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November 19, 2008

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/18/fertility.treatm
ent.defects/
Fertility Treatments Linked to Certain Birth Defects (CNN)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/nov/13/health-breast-can
cer-ivf
Researchers Find No Link Between IVF and Breast Cancer (Guardian)

http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/11/2008112101c.htm
Frozen Eggs: Oocyte Cryopreservation is Not the Secret to Professional Success in Academe (Chronicle of Higher Education)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5144248
.ece
Overweight Women More Likely To Miscarry (Times)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2008/nov/13/female-geni
tal-mutilation-sexual-dysfunction
Female Genital Mutilation Denies Sexual Pleasure to Millions of Women: Two Doctors in Saudi Arabia Want to Change Cultural Attitudes to Female Genital Mutilation By Gathering Evidence of its Links to Sexual Dysfunction (Guardian)

November 18, 2008

http://www.lifescript.com/Health/News/Reuters/2008/11/12/Arousal_
gel_makes_sex_better_for_women.aspx
Arousal Gel Makes Sex Better for Women (LifeScript/Reuters Health)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/
AR2008111703682.html
Some Abortion Foes Shifting Focus from Ban to Reduction (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17
/AR2008111701491.html
Smoking Harms the Egg, Embryo (Washington Post/Health Day News)

November 17, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/3464466/Minis
ters-tell-councils-to-push-contraceptive-jabs-and-implants.html
Ministers Tell Councils to Push Contraceptive Jabs and Implants: Girls as Young as 13 Will be Pressed to Have Contraceptive Jabs Under Government Plans to ‘Urgently’ Bring Down Teenage Pregnancy Rates (Telegraph)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristina-page/the-obamagelical-reforma
t_b_144026.html
The Obamagelical Reformation (Huffington Post)

http://www.babycenter.com/204_chemical-in-plastics-may-cause-
fertility-problems_10302643.bc
Chemicals in Plastics May Cause Fertility Problems (HealthDay News)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/11/obama.executive.orders/
index.html
Obama May Reverse Bush Policies on Stem Cells, Drilling, Abortion (CNN)

November 14, 2008

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ASRM/11783
ASRM: Pressure Builds for Open-Identity Sperm Donation in the U.S. (MedPage Today)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/health/chen11-13.html?_r=1&bl
&ex=1226811600&en=69c9c3988c55907d&ei=5087%0A
Confronting the Racial Barriers Between Doctors and Patients (New York Times)

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=6249290&page=1
Transgender Couples: Changing the Face of Family; A Spectrum of Paths to Parenthood, Long Before Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie (ABC News)

November 13, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3445835/Acupuncture-
during-IVF-treatment-does-not-increase-chances-of-successful-preg
nancy.html
Acupuncture During IVF Treatment 'Does Not Increase Chances Of Successful Pregnancy': Having Acupuncture While Going Through IVF Treatment Does Not Increase the Chances of a Woman Having a Successful Pregnancy, the Latest Research Has Shown (Telegraph)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081113/hl_nm/us_consent_form_
infertility_therapy
Consent Form Developed for Infertility Therapy (Yahoo! News/Reuters Health)

http://www.forward.com/articles/14550/
Let’s Talk About Sex: Foundation Launches Educational Initiative (Jewish Daily Forward)

November 12, 2008

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5135497.ece
Eating Tomatoes May Help Treat Endometriosis (The Times)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1084901/How-ovary-transpla
nts-let-women-babies-age.html
How Ovary Transplants 'Will Let Women Have Babies at Any Age' (Daily Mail)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/health/12sperm.html?partner=
rss&emc=rss
Shortage of Sperm Donors in Britain Prompts Calls for Change (New York Times)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5133467.ece
British Woman Has World's First Baby By Full Ovary Transplant (The Times)

http://www.revolutionhealth.com/articles/ultrasound-guidance-during-
embryo-transfer-improves-pregnancy-rates/reut-20081111clin008
Ultrasound Guidance During Embryo Transfer Improves Pregnancy Rates (Reuters)

November 11, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4A980E20081110
?eedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Antidepressant Treatment May Reduce Male Fertility (Reuters Health)

http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.2466826.0.IVF
_screening_technique_could_double_chance_of_conception.php
IVF Screening Technique ‘Could Double Chance of Conception’ (The Herald)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/nov/10/stem
cells-obama-white-house
Rationality returns to the White House: Sweeping Away Bush's Stem Cell Laws Would Show That Obama's Administration Values Research, Evidence And Scientific Argument (The Guardian)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5119726.ece
Promising, But Bigger Trial is Needed to Win Over Doctors (The Times)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3439954/Sperm-donors-
should-get-cut-price-IVF-to-tackle-shortage.html
Sperm Donors Should Get Cut-price IVF to Tackle Shortage: Couples Having Difficulty Conceiving Should Get Cut Price IVF Treatment in Return for Sperm Donations to Solve the Serious Shortage of Donors, Fertility Experts Have Said (Telegraph)

November 10, 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/nov/09/health
Woman to Give Birth After First Ovary Transplant Pregnancy (Guardian)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5119721.ece
Embryo ‘Quality Check’ Could Double IVF Success Rate (The Times)

http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081110/NEWS/811109985/1055&
title=Liberal%20activists%20have%20long%20legislative%20wish%20list
Liberal Activists Have Long Legislative Wish List (Roseburg News-Review)

http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=86ED6CC0-
5056-B82A-37D6BDB846BE6AB6
Former First Lady Part of Project Supporting Birth Control (Radio Iowa)

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/26374
Feminists Can Be Pro-life (Yale Daily News)

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