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**FILE PHOTO** An overweight man walks the streets of Washington July 22, 2003. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — In yet another example of how obesity is playing havoc with Americans’ health, a new study finds that the number of inconclusive diagnostic imaging exams has doubled in the last 15 years — a phenomenon experts attribute to all those extra pounds.


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