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July 2, 2009

http://www.westbranchtimes.com/article.php?id=4581
Letter: Watchdog Grassley Goes Under the Microscope (West Branch Times On-line)

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=50490
Pregnancy Prevention, Contraception Recommended for ‘Priority Attention and Funding’ (Cybercast News Service)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6613
142.ece
Parents to Be Offered Test to Detect Inherited Diseases in Embryos (The Times of London)

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/2009/07/01/uwe-reinhardt
-plain-talk-on-health-reform.html
Uwe Reinhardt: Plain Talk on Health Reform: A Prominent Health Economist Talks About High Prices, Medical Insurance, and Rationing (U.S. News and World Report)

July 1, 2009

http://www.gazette.com/articles/personhood-57580-colorado-jones.html
Groups to Make Another Try for 'Personhood' Measure (The Colorado Springs Gazette)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203366604574237
912351241156.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Fertility Method For Older Women Spawns Doubts: Evidence Fails to Support Use of Popular Technique for Screening Embryos (Wall Street Journal)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1196767/Blood-test-tell-IVF
-couples-treatment-likely-work.html
Blood Test Can Tell IVF Couples if Treatment is Likely to Work (The Daily Mail)

June 30, 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020393750457425
2362862563486.html
Chlamydia, the Silent STD That Can Cause Infertility (Wall Street Journal)

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1712977/babies_born_after_
freezethawing_embryos_do_just_as_well/
Babies Born After Freeze-thawing Embryos Do Just As Well (Red Orbit)

http://chattahbox.com/health/2009/06/30/fast-track-infertility-treat
ments-quicker-pregnancies-lower-costs/
Fast-Track Infertility Treatments: Quicker Pregnancies, Lower Costs (ChattahBox)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/
30/AR2009063000864.html
Study: More Sex May Help Damaged Sperm (Washington Post/AP)

June 29, 2009

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/
26/AR2009062602805.html
Jon and Kate Plus Health Care: Would Better Insurance Have Saved this Marriage? (Washington Post)

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/sns-ap-eu-med-ovary-
transplants,0,5164073.story
New Techniques Make More Ovary Transplants Possible, May Help Women Fight Biological Clock (Los Angeles Times/AP)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jun/29/triathletes-cycling-
sperm-quality
Serious Cyclists at Risk of Sperm Damage, Conference Told: Intensive Cycle Training Such as That UnderTaken by Triathletes has a Negative Effect on Sperm Quality, Researchers Tell the European Fertility Conference (The Guardian)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6597
597.ece
Trials for Embryo Quality Test Give Infertile Couples New Hope (Times of London)

June 26, 2009

http://health.usnews.com/blogs/on-women/2009/06/25/searching-for-
an-egg-donor-check-out-a-new-website.html
Searching for an Egg Donor? Check Out a New Website (US News and World Report)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/nyregion/26stemcell.html?
ref=nyregion
New York State Allows Payment for Egg Donations for Research (New York Times)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625141504.htm
Partner Issues Significantly Influence Women's Sexual Activity In Later Years, Study Shows (Science Daily)

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/06/22/hscout628276.html
Obesity Greatly Raises Endometrial Cancer Risk (Forbes.com/HealthDay)

June 25, 2009

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fda-approves-generic-plan-b-
contraceptive
FDA Approves Generic Plan B Contraceptive (MarketWatch)

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/62421/brain-hormone-may-play
-role-fertility
Brain Hormone May Play Role in Fertility (Otago Daily Times)

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1710422/stress_puts_strain
_on_reproductive_system/
Stress Puts Strain on Reproductive System (redOrbit)

June 24, 2009

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dead-sperm19-2009jun19
,0,3978179.story
Benefits Denied to Girl Conceived With Dead Father's Sperm: A U.S. Appeals Courts Says the Los Angeles 10-year-old is Not Entitled to Social Security Survivor Payments Because of California Inheritance Law and Lack of Evidence the Father Gave Consent (Los Angeles Times)

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/23/ap6576387.html
LA Senate OKs Bill to Allow Health Care Refusal (Forbes/AP)

http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1635337,w-sex-birth-control
-planned-parenthood-062309.article
No Sex Please There's a Recession (Chicago Sun Times)

June 23, 2009

http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/852571020057CC
F6852575DD0072DBDF
Early Detection, Treatment of Endometrial Tuberculosis Can Prevent Infertility in Women: Presented at ICC (Doctor's Guide)

http://www.examiner.com/x-11666-Norfolk-Infertility--Miscarriage-Ex
aminer~y2009m6d22-Fifteen-states-mandate-certain-fertility-insura
nce-coverage
Fifteen States Mandate Certain Fertiltiy Insurance Coverage (Examiner)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705312218,00.html
Tips to Help Fast-track Your Fertility (Deseret News)

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2009/News/WTX055622.htm
How Science United For Hybrid Embryo Debate (Wellcome Trust)

June 22, 2009

http://www.newsweek.com/id/202819
Life on Ice: In 1995, a California Doctor Took Responsibility for Thousands of Unwanted Embryos. He's Still Figuring Out What to Do With Them (Newsweek)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/art/chi-0621-fertility
-dramasjun21,0,2997759.story
Heartache of Infertility Shared on Stage, Screen (Chicago Tribune)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-0621-fertility-
dramas-side1jun21,0,7805988.story
Infertility by the Numbers (Chicago Tribune)

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