Sixty percent of men were rendered impotent by the operation, according to one study.

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Similarly, that February the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development issued a study lowballing the dimension of the local-debt situation.

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Because the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) did a study not long ago about the nations with the greatest social mobility, and the list reads shockingly close to the one Chris quoted.

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According to a study carried out by Dr Landau, in co-operation with Marc Parmentier at the Free University of Brussels, and Stephen O'Brien at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland, roughly one in every ten Caucasians carries it, although it is strangely absent in African and Asian populations.

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Now this delayed study shows that even pharma's Mr. Fix-It can't run a straightforward operation.

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The study, published in the Lancet, could spare other women the trauma and worry of an unnecessary operation, as well as the distressing news that they may be at risk from cancer.

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