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Abstract: . . . funded For more information about how medical schools and teaching hospitals are fulfilling the promise of medical research, go to: www.aamc.org/research/ftp . . . . . . level, high body mass index, or smoking), screened between 1967 and 1973, were less likely to be alive in 2001 than their counterparts with none of these risk factors. Only 20 percent of the women in the study were classified as low risk, demonstrating the urgent need to establish heart -healthy habits among women early . . . . . . Medical Center NIH funded Determined that even one child is enough to put working mothers at higher stress and at risk for health problems such as heart attack. Duke University Medical Center NIH funded For more information about how medical schools and teaching hospitals are fulfilling the . . . . . . the Promise Heart Disease : A Special Challenge for Women Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. For women, it presents a special challenge: Heart disease kills one in every three women. Eighty percent of women ages 40-60 have one or more risk factors for heart disease . . . --1316,4,164,1451,6578
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