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Some fertility specialists worry that Suleman's octuplets--only the second set in U.S. history--will lead to calls for a system like the one in England, where reproductive medicine is overseen by a government agency that can revoke a doctor's license or close a clinic and sets age...

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

At a time when the White House faith-based-initiatives office created by George W. Bush has precious few supporters on the left or right, President Barack Obama is following through with his campaign pledge to expand its scope and influence within his Administration. Obama made that clear Thursday morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Tries to Renew Faith in a Faith-Based Office | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

They may not have to. One of the reasons to create a Presidential Advisory Council is to give its members the job of dealing with thorny issues and coming to consensus. If they can't arrive at a workable solution - whether on hiring questions or an abortion-reduction policy - it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Tries to Renew Faith in a Faith-Based Office | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

"That is a reasonable and biologically plausible explanation for why we might be seeing a more precipitous drop in breast cancer than we might expect from the normal lead time for reduction of malignancies," says Dr. Jonathan Berek, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Halting Hormone Therapy Reduces Breast Cancer Risk Quickly | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

And although the academic back-and-forth over what caused an undeniably good health trend - a reduction in breast cancer - might seem superfluous, the study does reaffirm an important message for women: Hormone use at menopause does increase the risk of breast cancer, so estrogen and progestin should be used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Halting Hormone Therapy Reduces Breast Cancer Risk Quickly | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

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