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November 26, 2008

links for 2008-11-26

Report: 215,000 children in Ohio have no health insurance

There are 8.6 million uninsured children in the United States -- including 215,000 in Ohio, according to a new report released today by Families USA.
Diabetic women likelier to die after heart attack

Women younger than age 65 with diabetes tend to have worse cardiovascular risk profiles than diabetic men of the same age, leading to higher death rates following a heart attack.
JAMA-Disparities in Liver Transplantation Before and After Introduction of the MELD Score

Following introduction of the MELD score to the liver transplantation allocation system, race was no longer associated with receipt of a liver transplant or death on the waiting list, but disparities based on sex remain.
America the Illiterate

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