(HealthDay)—Rates of perinatal mortality remained unchanged from 2014 to 2016, according to an August data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
Sep 6, 2018
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Obesity and smoking are the two leading causes of preventable deaths in the U.S., yet their full impact on health disparities is still being uncovered.
Mar 14, 2019
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Despite improvement in CPR training, the survival rate for women experiencing cardiac arrest outside of a hospital has not improved significantly, especially for Hispanic women. The American Heart Association is determined ...
Aug 24, 2022
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A new study shows that a woman's pre-pregnancy body fat (adiposity), in-pregnancy weight gain, and presence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can all combine to steeply increase the risk of giving birth to large-for-gestational ...
Apr 9, 2013
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The latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that only a third of all pregnant women in the U.S. are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, yet they are among the most vulnerable who ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Stress on an expectant mother could affect her baby's chance of developing disease—perhaps even over the course of the child's life, UC researchers have found.
Jan 11, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic produced no shortage of somber statistics. But for people who care about women's health, one number about Hispanic women stood out.
Sep 30, 2022
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A new study from University of Illinois at Chicago researchers suggests delays in diagnosis and use of under-resourced health centers account for most racial and ethnic disparities when it comes to a timely breast cancer ...
Dec 21, 2018
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In Mexico, breast cancer has been adequately controlled, and is no longer considered a risk of death when it's diagnosed. The disease is common among women in the capital and the northern states, it ranks first in incidence ...
Jul 28, 2015
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(HealthDay) -- For women with breast cancer, disease characteristics correlate significantly with chemotherapy receipt, with no indication of racial barriers to treatment, according to a study published online Aug. 6 in the ...
Aug 10, 2012
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