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...There has to be a lot of optimism built into a 20% stock market rise that takes less than half a month. But, news that GM (GM) or Chrysler might go bankrupt and that large American banks may need more government money pushed stocks down again. In a very short period of time, investors have begun to doubt whether there is a good chance that the recession will lose steam before the end of this year. The month which began with optimism is not closing out that way. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
...long-term risks for infertility patients, who receive the same protocol for ovarian stimulation and retrieval as donors. The primary health concern is cancer, and studies assessing cancer rates among infertility patients have drawn conflicting results. Many such studies are hobbled by small sample groups, or are too short term. The most extensive study to date, published in February in the American Journal of Epidemiology, used historical data from women who gave birth in Jerusalem in the early 1970s. It found a significant 30-year increase in various cancers among women who underwent fertility treatments, with the highest risk being...
...serious short-term risks of egg donation are much better understood: ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, ovarian torsion or ruptured ovarian cysts. In late 2008, a study of 587 egg donors who underwent a total of 973 cycles of ovarian stimulation at a single clinic in New York City found serious complications in 0.7% of the cycles and minor complications severe enough to prompt donors to seek medical attention in 8.5% of the cycles...
...updates, and photos of red Solo cups are now fair game. If you reject, they will be crushed and guilt-trip you, claiming that they are “hip” and can handle it. If you put them on limited profile, chances are good that in the short term they will have no idea what limited profile is and will be quite pleased, but before long they’re sure to catch...
...from obesity—measured in insurance costs, Medicare, and Medicaid—came to the grand sum of $117 billion. These are costs that come back to affect all Americans in the form of rising insurance premiums and a struggling health-care system and are enough to outweigh short-term business profit...