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Committee member Luc D. Schuster was not convinced that the transfer rate is problematic. “We need to consider the number of kids who are transferring more than once and the schools the kids are leaving from,” he said...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: School Committee Reviews Diversity | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...more pressing problem, however, is addressing preterm births that occur because of poor prenatal care, says Riley. The rate of these avoidable early births are highest among non-Hispanic African-American women in the U.S. "No matter what year you look at, these women are at the top of the graph," she says. "We haven't made much progress there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the U.S. Gets a D on Preterm Birth Rates | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...there may be solutions that physicians could begin implementing today to the problem of preterm births among these populations. A drug known as 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone, for example, has been shown to reduce the rate of premature birth in women who have previously had high-risk pregnancies or unexplained early births. On the fertility front, transferring fewer embryos for each pregnancy cycle could help lower the multiple-gestation rate and thereby bring down the risk of premature births. Educating women about the importance of a full-term pregnancy and the risk factors that are associated with premature births is also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the U.S. Gets a D on Preterm Birth Rates | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...explanation for the sudden drop in popularity of our favorite New Haven rival. "I think speculating about about small fluctuations in year to year counts is pointless," Jeff Brenzel, Yale dean of undergraduate admissions, said in an emailed statement to the YDN. He added that the early admission rate will likely reflect last year's figure...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale: So (Not) Hot Right Now | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

Well, Yale sure won't be beating our early acceptance rate. We've already achieved the goal of ultimate exclusivity with zero percent...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale: So (Not) Hot Right Now | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

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