Word: successful
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...aborigines' success gives new heart to American Indians, who for years have been pressing state governments to hand over ancestral bones and tribal artifacts, many of which are gathering dust in museum basements. "We believe you should not disturb the dead," says Sioux Indian Maria Pearson of Marne, Iowa, a leader of her tribe's efforts to reclaim bones. To date, Native Americans have had only limited success. In 1981 Yurok Indians in California persuaded the state to return seven ancestral skeletons, which were then reburied. Iowa and Minnesota have passed laws requiring that archaeologists consult with Native...
...will be unable to complete its journey. To examine the tubes, a doctor uses X rays or a telescope-like instrument called a laparoscope, which is inserted directly into the pelvic area through a small, abdominal incision. Delicate microsurgery, and, more recently, laser surgery, sometimes can repair the damage successfully. According to Beverly Freeman, executive director of Resolve, a national infertility-counseling organization, microsurgery can restore fertility in 70% of women with minor scarring around their tubes. But for those whose tubes are completely blocked, the chance of success ranges from 20% to zero. These women are the usual candidates...
...petri dishes containing a solution of nutrients and then deposited in an incubator for four to eight hours. The husband, meanwhile, has produced a sperm sample. It is hardly a romantic moment, recalls Cleveland Businessman Popela, who made four trips to Cambridgeshire with his wife, each time without success. "You have to take the jar and walk past a group of people as you go into the designated room, where there's an old brass bed and a couple of Playboy magazines. They all know what you're doing and they're watching the clock, because there are several people...
...tension of the next two weeks, as the couple awaits the results of pregnancy tests, is agonizing. "Women have been known to break out in hives," reports Linda Bailey, nurse-coordinator at the IVF program at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. Success rates vary from clinic to clinic; some centers open and close without a single success. But even the best clinics offer little more than a 20% chance of pregnancy. Since tiny factors like water quality seem to affect results, both physicians and patients tend become almost superstitious about what else might sway the odds. Said...
...recent years, IVF practitioners have discovered a more reliable way of improving results: transferring more than one embryo at a time. At the Jones' clinic, which has one of the world's highest success rates, there is a 20% chance of pregnancy if one embryo is inserted, a 28% chance if two are used and a 38% chance with three. However, transferring more than one embryo also increases the likelihood of multiple births...