Word: clinicism
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...twins--has put fertility specialists on the defensive as they try to counter the perception that theirs is an undisciplined, irresponsible profession. "The word cowboys comes to mind," says Robert Stillman, medical director at Shady Grove Fertility Center in Rockville, Md., the country's largest fertility clinic...
...other fertility doctors contend that reproductive medicine is among the most regulated specialties in the U.S. Clinics have to report to the Centers for 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...
...most, all the group can do is revoke society membership from a clinic gone astray. "We have no legal authority to stop someone from practicing," says Tipton, the group's spokesman...
...lead that it would keep until the sound of the final buzzer.A three-and-a-half minute span close to the end of the first half saw the Crimson go on an 11-0 run and take a 19-point lead.“We put on a clinic at both ends of the floor,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said.“We were really hitting the open person and moving the ball,” Rollins added.Matera’s play was the story of the first half. Coming off her career-high...
...areas, she says she's not sure when life will return to normal. On Sunday, the traffic lights in her neighborhood were not working (she's seen several drivers fail to stop at intersections) and she had not been to work in a week (she was told by her clinic to remain at home, rather than risk the icy, treacherous drive into work). That's the same message that went out to Louisville's public school students; classes for the remainder of last week were called off by Wednesday morning. Schools were still closed Monday...