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C-Sections in U.S. Are at All-Time High
AP via Daily Press - By MIKE STOBBE Associated Press Writer November 15, 2005, 4:48 PM EST ATLANTA -- The rate of Caesarean sections in the U.S. an all-time high, despite efforts by public health authorities to bring down the number of such deliveries surgery: A doctor cuts open a women's abdomen to retrieve the baby

Americans relying on drugs to lower cholesterol
MSNBC - Obesity is often accompanied by high cholesterol levels, and both factors raise the risk of a heart attack or a stroke. 2002, average total cholesterol levels for men and women ages 20 to 74 dropped from 222 milligrams per from 263 to 223 in women (down 15 percent). Below 200 is

Audit faults FDA on Morning-after pill
Seattle Post Intelligencer - The FDA's mission is to improve our health, not play to a political base, and right now it's it can be difficult for women to get a prescription in time

New mothers should walk to cut risk of blood clots, study finds
Star Tribune - where data has been gathered for a long-term health project. Nearly all of the women in the study were white, so researchers said findings might not apply to other races. , rare, they are four times greater for pregnant women and new mothers, a large 30-year study

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