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...dozens of factors that fertility specialists consider when helping couples conceive, the Stanford researchers whittled down the list to the four most powerful predictors of an IVF pregnancy: the total number of embryos that a couple produces during a cycle, the number of embryos that survive to the eight-cell stage, the percentage of embryos that stop dividing and a woman's level of the follicle-stimulating hormone. What surprised the study's authors was that these measures appeared to be more relevant to establishing a pregnancy than embryo quality - that is, how many of a couple's "good" embryos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Predicting In Vitro Success | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...came down with a bad case of strangulated hernia. I walked half a mile through a heavy rain to the main road to meet the medics, lest they lose their way in our forest - which happened the last time we called for urgent medical help. They do carry cell phones, but can't afford the cost of using them. An hour after I got to the main road first, we finally connected. The medical orderly was friendly and unflustered. Having examined the patient, she advised hospitalization as a matter of urgency, and dismissed any apprehensions on our part about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Only Fools Would Fix a Broken Road | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...Here soldiers discovered compact discs and files relating to JI operations, including a JI spreadsheet carefully documenting the expenditure of €40,000 on food, motor boats and vans, and even cell-phone cards. "I think it was Umar Patek who was doing the group's accounts," says Sabban. ICG terror expert Collier thinks Patek is more than just a terrorist bean counter. "He commands Abu Sayyaf Group forces and he can be seen as an ASG commander in his own right," Collier says, "as well as a JI freelancer. Dulmatin and Patek are both still in communication with allies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Manhunt | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...According to Istie, they moved often and Dulmatin spent months away, but he would always stay in touch, texting and calling her via cell phone. She told police she knew nothing of any terrorist activities. In late 2005, she was warned to flee ahead of a military operation. Taking the children, she headed southeast to Jolo, where she was arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Manhunt | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...Huckabee declares that Obama's religion and his former pastor should be irrelevant issues in the campaign, they undercut the criticisms made by their elders in the Christian Right. In 2004, there was near-universal agreement by religious conservatives that their "non-negotiable" issues were limited to abortion, stem-cell research and gay marriage. But Warren and others now insist that the environment and poverty and health care reform are legitimate concerns as well, and the people in the pews increasingly agree with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Dobson's Obama Hit Backfiring? | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

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