A study on Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto provided a lead for a modern medical study on anorexia and emphysema. Canadian researchers are following up on a study conducted by Jewish doctors in the Warsaw Ghetto and kept secret from the Nazis that found those who are starving lose lung tissues, Canadian media reported.
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