Stomach stapling may lower cancer risk

LONDON: Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says.

In a study of more than 2,000 obese people who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs, Swedish researchers found women who had the procedure were less likely to get cancer than those who did not.

But for some reason, the surgery didn't have the same effect in men; there was virtually no difference in the cancer rates in men who had the surgery and those who did not.