NY Daily News story on breast reduction surgery not up to challenge

June 5, 2009 7:27 AM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks

In one of the worst examples of disease-mongering we've ever seen, the paper let a plastic surgeon get away with saying, “The pain that women with large breasts can have has been compared to when someone gets metastasized cancer of the spine.”

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Barbara Glickstein | June 5, 2009 9:34 AM | Reply

Thanks for posting this outrageous comment published in the NY Daily News. I plan on writing a letter to the editor.
Barbara Glickstein, RN, MPH, MS
Public Health Nurse

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