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UB to undertake obesity study

(March 9, 2006)

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and the School of Public Health and Health Professions Tuesday announced a five-year research-and-treatment program for the severely obese that will study the effects of weight-loss alternatives to gastric bypass surgery.

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