These simple and safe interventions should be widely used for minor procedures in neonates. They found that rates were higher in private than public hospitals, although better off women are generally at lower obstetric risk. The rate of caesarean section was related to higher gross national product per capita and other socioeconomic indicators. Slower fetal development may protect women from heart disease We do not know why women have lower rates of coronary heart disease than men. The authors suggest that these differences in body proportions at birth reflect intrinsic differences between the sexes in their responses to fetal undernutrition.
Female fetuses are less vulnerable to undernutrition because they grow more slowly.
The lower rates of coronary heart disease among women may therefore originate in their slower rates of growth in utero. In a previous study Thompson et al showed that general practitioners' workload fell after implementation of a nurse telephone consultation service at evenings and weekends. The nurses managed as high a proportion of calls at night as in the evening and at weekends, without more patients attending daytime surgery in the subsequent three days. The urea breath test is important for follow up after Helicobacter pylori treatment but is expensive and needs special equipment. H pylori antigen in stool samples.