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...Hypothesis, for example, Jonathan Haidt, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, discusses the opposing case studies of winning the lottery and becoming paralyzed. He writes, "It's better to win the lottery than to break your neck, but not by as much as you'd think ... Within a year, lottery winners and paraplegics have both (on average) returned most of the way to their baseline levels of happiness." (See George W. Bush's biggest economic mistakes...
...Yarber's microsurgical procedure involved the transplantation from her sister to her of a thin strip of cortical tissue - the part of the ovary that produces eggs. (The leftover strips of egg-producing tissue from the harvested ovary were frozen and stored for future use.) Within months, Yarber began menstruating. In September 2004, just five months after the transplant, she was pregnant. Five years and another tissue transplant later, Yarber has two daughters, ages 3½ years and 10 months, and is trying for a third child. Owing in large part to Yarber's willingness to talk about her experience...
...currently awaiting Institutional Review Board approval to perform ovary-tissue transplants for seven nonidentical twin pairs who have asked for it. (The potential transplant patients are Orthodox Jews, who for religious reasons are prohibited from using donor eggs.) He estimates that he should be able to perform the surgeries within a matter of months. "I know there will be people who have big ethical debates about it," he says, but in many ways, this seems like a logical progression of science. "Women are able to put off childbearing because of these enhanced opportunities in society and often don't seriously...
...Minimal regulations stipulate that birds be put in ventilated boxes and be delivered within 72 hours. But that’s really all they require—senders needn’t provide food, water, or any other amenities for their living cargoes...
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