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Stillbirths decline but racial disparities persist E-mail
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The rate of fetal deaths, also known as stillbirths, occurring at 20 weeks of gestation or more declined substantially between 1990 and 2003, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although fetal mortality rates declined among all racial and ethnic groups from 1990-2003, the fetal mortality rate for non-Hispanic black women was more than double that of non-Hispanic white women (11.56 per 1,000 vs. 4.94 per 1,000).

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CDC - state-specific data on persons living with heart disease E-mail
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a report that finds a wide range of variation in the prevalence of coronary heart disease (a narrowing of the arteries that feed the heart), heart attack and angina (chest pain that occurs when the heart does not get enough blood).

The report provides the first ever information on the percentage of people living with heart disease in all 50 states and U.S. territories. The report found that some states and territories had double the prevalence of heart disease as others.

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SART Outcome Reports are now on-line E-mail
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Washington, DC - The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) is pleased to announce that the 2005 SART Outcome Reports are now on-line. The Outcome Reports are a user-friendly research tool containing the most up-to-date information on SART member clinics’ procedures and success rates and include clinic contact information and links to clinics’ websites. 
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Off-pump coronary bypass surgery has no cognitive or cardiac benefit over on-pump CABG E-mail
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CHICAGO—Even though coronary artery bypass graft surgery with use of cardio-pulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG) is associated with cognitive decline, avoiding cardio-pulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) had no effect on cognitive or cardiac outcomes at five years in low-risk patients, according to a study in the February 21 issue of JAMA.

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Pulse pressure an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation E-mail
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CHICAGO—Increased pulse pressure (the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure) appears to be an important predictor of the risk for new onset atrial fibrillation, according to a study in the February 21 issue of JAMA.

 

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