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...National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, found that a method of screening women for Down in the first trimester is an even better indicator of risk than second-trimester screening. The aptly named FASTER study (for first- and second- trimester evaluation of risk), published in the New England Journal of Medicine, determined that if done properly, the first-trimester screening detects 87% of fetuses with Down at 11 weeks gestation, while the second-trimester blood screening detects 81% if four substances are screened and only 69% if the more popular triple-screen test is used. Most accurate...
...DIED. PATRICK LICHFIELD, 66, society photographer and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II; of a stroke; in Oxford, England. After inheriting a title he never used, the 5th Earl of Lichfield quit the army in 1962 for a career as a fashion photographer during London's "Swinging Sixties." Lichfield's glossy lifestyle, high-profile romantic liaisons and 1986 divorce never cost him the loyalty of the Royal Family, which employed him to take many official portraits...
...Kaine to victory--in a state that hasn't voted for a Democrat for President since L.B.J.--was Warner's popularity. Part of it is style: Warner won narrowly in 2001 by courting gun owners and working the NASCAR circuit, even though he grew up in the New England state of Connecticut and is worth some $200 million. But the real political miracle is the fact that Virginians have only grown to love him more as he has slashed popular programs and raised taxes...
DIED. JOHN FOWLES, 79, British author of such popular, critically acclaimed novels as The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman; in Lyme Regis, England. Swayed by Sartre and Camus, Fowles explored existential themes of obsession, uncertainty and free will, stretching the limits of literary form (he was a fan of multiple endings) and dreaming scenes into existence (Woman, the Victorian love saga that became a hit film starring Meryl Streep, started with his recurring dream of a woman on a pier). Uneasy with his commercial success, he lived largely as a recluse, once saying he could never...
WAKE UP! SNORING AND STROKES Obstructive sleep apnea, a narrowing of the airways, causes raucous snoring and shortness of breath in millions of Americans (and keeps millions of spouses awake at night). Apnea has been linked to heart disease, but a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that it also significantly raises the risk of strokes...