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Study Gives Lift to Mastectomy Patients - ABC News

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For decades women who underwent a mastectomy were told they could not do much lifting for fear of triggering swelling of the arm, but a new study shows that lifting weights may reduce the uncomfortable leathery skin texture, heaviness and pain symptoms of lymphedema.

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Tags: Edema, Skin, Pain, Women's Health

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