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Reduced Fertility After Cesarean Delivery Is Often Voluntary
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Women are less likely to bear another child following a cesarean delivery than after a vaginal birth, according to Norwegian epidemiologists. However, lower fertility after a c-section is "probably to a large degree voluntary and not related to the indication, nor to any physical consequence, of the cesarean delivery," they suggest. Reuters Health Information
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Ethnic Variation in Breast Cancer Incidence May Reflect Different Disease Types
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New findings confirm that white women have a lower incidence of early-onset breast cancer than black women, and a higher incidence of late-onset breast cancer. This "age-related racial crossover" is not an artifact but rather a robust effect likely reflecting breast cancer heterogeneity, the researchers suggest in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute for December 17. Reuters Health Information
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Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Predicts Cardiovascular Risk in Women
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Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), which inhibits nitric oxide synthase and is associated with cardiovascular disease, is an independent predictor of myocardial infarction and stroke in women, according to a population-based study reported in the May issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. Reuters Health Information
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