Archives for October 2013

http://www.slate.com/authors.bjrn_lomborg.html By Bjorn Lomborg, Slate (Project Syndicate) October 2013 For centuries, optimists and pessimists have argued over the state of the world. Pessimists see a world where more people means less food, where rising demand for resources means depletion and war, and, in recent decades, where boosting production capacity means more pollution and global warming. One of the current generation of pessimists’ … [Read more...]

October 14 , 2013 by: ASRM Office of Public Affairs Published in ASRM Press Release Boston, MA-  Researchers presenting at the conjoint meeting of the International Federation of Fertility Societies and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine have identified specific effects of bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates on human reproduction. These chemicals are used in the manufacture of plastics and other products, accumulate in the environment … [Read more...]

Boston, MA   October 15, 2013 – Aggregating ten international reports tracking the use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) the International Committee for the Monitoring of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ICMART) estimates that there have been 5 million babies born with the help of ART. The first ART baby was born in 1978. By 1990, there had been an estimated 90,000 births worldwide. By 2000, estimates put the number at approximately … [Read more...]

by John Henning Schumann MD September 30, 2013 4:48 PM (NPR) Debate is raging about Obamacare, and not just in Washington. Out here in Oklahoma we're grappling with implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Patients. Employers. Hospitals. Doctors. Insurers. All of us. Here then are one doctor's predictions about what we will see in the short and medium term for what I see as the unfolding Obamacare era — the biggest domestic health … [Read more...]