Thursday, March 23, 2006

Stress of living surrounded by Racists causing premature babies

BABIES, BIGOTRY AND 9/11 - TOPRichard Morin, Washington Post, 3/23/06http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR2006032202205.htmlThe ugly wave of anti-Arab feelings immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, may have been responsible for a sharp increase in the incidence of premature and low-birth-weight babies born to women of Arab descent in the United States in the months that followed the terrorist attacks.The evidence is circumstantial but compelling, epidemiologist Diane S. Lauderdale of the University of Chicago says in the latest issue of Demography. (MORE)SEE: Birth Outcomes for Arabic-Named Women in California Before and After September 11

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