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...Disease Control and Prevention the number of embryos transferred in each IVF cycle--in which sperm and egg are fertilized outside a woman's body then transferred to her uterus--as well as the resulting number of live births. This reporting system was set up to help potential patients assess their chances of having a baby but has evolved into a way to monitor a clinic's number of triplets and higher multiples, who are more likely to have serious health problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ethics of Octuplets | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...nascent student group, headed by founder Jacqueline E. Stenson ’08, led a preliminary expedition to the Dominican Republic to assess the public health situation in the region...

Author: By Niha S Jain, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Bring Water, Hope | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...This requirement was originally set up to empower patients, who can now assess their chances of getting pregnant on the basis of a particular clinic's success rate. But the reporting system has evolved into being a way to monitor a clinic's number of multiple births, which are more dangerous - and more costly - for mother and baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Octuplets Fallout: Should Fertility Doctors Set Limits? | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

...predict anything else? You just put a question to him in the moment and see how he reacts. He's a very readable barometer. Just ask him your question and assess his mood and there's your answer. Chuck is kind of a Zen groundhog. He is filled with wisdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Groundhog Handler Doug Schwartz | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

...only electricity but of communication. "This is a situation that's awesome in scope. Ninety of 120 counties are declared emergencies, and it's becoming an issue of communication. Communication towers and lines have gone down, whole communication systems have been devastated," which made it difficult to assess conditions and target relief efforts. He also acknowledged that given the breadth of the emergency, some municipalities had been slow in receiving aid. "There's a level of frustration at the local level, and that's completely understandable, but we're currently assessing how best to assess what capacity we need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kentucky's Ice Storm Worse in Aftermath | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

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