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Fewer U.S. Teens Are Getting Pregnant: Study
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Fewer U.S. teens got pregnant in 2004 but more women in their 20s had out-of-wedlock pregnancies, according to new federal statistics released on Monday. Reuters Health Information
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Outreach Program Speeds Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Black Women
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Implementation of breast cancer outreach initiatives in Atlanta, Georgia, doubled the proportion of stage 0 tumors diagnosed in African American women since 2001, with a nearly reciprocal drop in the proportion of stage 4 diagnoses, investigators report in the August 1st issue of Cancer. Reuters Health Information
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Depression Might Influence Breast Cancer Risk
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Depression appears to somewhat heighten the risk of breast cancer, but has no significant association with lung, colon or prostate cancer, according to a meta-analysis by Dutch researchers of prospective epidemiological studies. Reuters Health Information
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Immigrant Women to the UK Adopt Unhealthy Maternal Behaviors
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Women of ethnic minority groups who immigrate to the UK are initially less likely than white women born there to drink alcohol or smoke during pregnancy and more likely to breast-feed their infants. However, maternal health behaviors tend to worsen with length of residency in the UK, investigators report in the April 11th issue of BMJ Online First. Reuters Health Information
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