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09/29/05		National Children's Study Seeks to Explain African American Child Health Disparities
African Americans make up a substantial percentage of the nation's population. (Population projections can be found on the U.S. Census Web site in Table 1a at http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-5.pdf.)

09/29/05		National Children's Study Seeks to Explain Hispanic Child Health Disparities
Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic minority group in the country, and by 2050, one of every four Americans will be Hispanic. (Population projections can be found on the U.S. Census Web site in Table 1a at http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/usinterimproj/natprojtab01a.pdf.)

09/29/05		National Children's Study Seeks to Explain Native American Child Health Disparities
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that there are approximately 2.5 million American Indians in the United States, constituting 0.9 percent of the total population, and that they live primarily in the West, Southwest, and Midwest. Modest growth of these communities is predicted in the next few decades (http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/c2kbr01-15.pdf).

09/29/05		NICHD Announces Contracts to First Research Centers for Planned National Children's Study
The National Children's Study-planned to be the largest study ever undertaken to assess the effects of the environment on child and adult health-took a major step forward today with the announcement that contracts have been awarded to 6 Vanguard Centers to pilot and complete the first phases of the Study.

09/29/05		Remarks of Duane Alexander, M.D., Director, Announcement of Vanguard Centers
Good afternoon. Welcome and thank you for coming. I'd like to thank the United States Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Richard Carmona for being with us today.

09/29/05		Remarks of Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, Announcement of Vanguard Centers
Thank you, Dr. Alexander. I'm happy to be here today as we embark upon the promise of the National Children's Study. As you mentioned, the 2005 agenda of the Office of the Surgeon General can be summed up in six words: "The Year of The Healthy Child."

12/12/03		Media Availability for the National Children's Study Assembly Meeting
Media availability with leading health and environment officials to provide the latest information on the development of the National Children's Study, a groundbreaking, long-term research project to examine the environmental influences on children's health and development.

02/23/00		NICHD Study Shows Treatment Fails to Prevent Preterm Birth
In the largest study of its kind, antibiotic treatment to eliminate bacterial vaginosis failed to prevent premature birth, according to a study supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and coauthored by researchers at the NICHD and several other institutions.

11/24/99		Moderate Caffeine Use Does Not Increase Miscarriage Risk But High Caffeine Use Doubles Risk
Consuming the amount of caffeine equivalent to that found in one to two cups of coffee does not appear to increase a pregnant woman's chances of having a miscarriage.

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