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While fertility specialists have long known about these factors and their role in predicting IVF success, Yao and her team have set out to determine which ones matter most - and how each factor affects the others in individual cases. For instance, doctors know that older women in general have a more difficult time conceiving. But Yao believes it should be possible to better predict whether a woman in her 40s will get pregnant through IVF based on the overall quality of the embryos she and her partner produce. Doctors already use their own algorithms for determining a couple's chances...
...Cavalier attitudes aside, texting while driving has been cited as a likely factor in fatal accidents from coast to coast, prompting more than 20 states so far this year to consider banning the activity. Washington, New Jersey, Minnesota and the District of Columbia already prohibit texting while driving. And Louisiana is poised to follow suit, with similar legislation awaiting the governor's signature. On June 16, Alaska's governor signed a law that prohibits drivers from texting or watching videos. (It's still okay, however, to stare at a GPS device and talk on a cell phone...
...Religious Landscape Survey's findings appear to signal that religion may actually be a less divisive factor in American political life than had been suggested by the national conversation over the last few decades. Peter Berger, University Professor of Sociology and Theology at Boston University, said that the poll confirms that "the so-called culture war, in its more aggressive form, is mainly waged between rather small groups of people." The combination of such tolerance with high levels of religious participation and intensity in the U.S., says Berger, "is distinctively American - and rather cheering...
...government's] top priority to respect and protect human rights, seeing the people as a central factor for achieving sustainable development and the goal of building Vietnam into a strong country with wealthy people and a just, democratic and civilized society. Vietnam stands ready to talk with the U.S. on issues of mutual concern. The U.S. side has acknowledged positive progress in Vietnam. I am convinced that we need to increase contacts and dialogues in order to enhance mutual understanding on issues of differences...
Another, often overlooked, factor is the simple matter of safety. Urban children should get at least one break in trying to stay healthy, since the greater density of city life makes it easier to walk to school, the park or just about anyplace else. But that advantage often evaporates in poorer neighborhoods, where recreational areas can be few and walking anywhere is perceived to be dangerous. Xuemei Zhu, a doctoral student at Texas A&M University, surveyed the neighborhoods of Austin and found that even in dense communities, parents often refused to allow kids to walk to school, fearing they...