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Brenda Wilson Reports On A Study In Today's New England Journal Of Medicine

which finds that black patients with serious heart disease are less likely to undergo heart bypass surgery, than white patients with similar symptoms. The study says that fact may explain the higher death rate from heart disease among black patients.

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