Topic: Sean Tipton

Are Egg-Donor Ads Offering to Pay Too Much?

Women who donate eggs for use with in-vitro techniques aren't supposed to be compensated more than $10,000. And the amount paid isn't supposed to vary based on characteristics of the donor, according to guidelines from the American Society of ...

Bad weather may drive UK "staycationers" abroad

LONDON (Reuters Life! "Staycations" were flavor of the month for a while, but with rain and clouds forecast for Britain in August -- the top holiday month -- people are doing what they can to get away. "Sunny destinations such as Spain, Greece and ...

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A U.S. fertility clinic has announced that within six months it will begin offering couples the option to have tailor-made babies, selecting not only their offspring's gender but also cosmetic traits such as hair and eye color. The Fertility Institutes ...
Regulators must avoid knee-jerk reactions to the case of the octuplets born to a mother who reportedly already had six kids, writes TechNewsWorld columnist Sonia Arrison. The news of octuplets born recently near Los Angeles shocked many people, especially since the mother ...
7/12/2007 Print E-mail Health experts said Wednesday they agreed with former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona's claim that the Bush administration has continually silenced medical and scientific opinions in favor of politics and religious dogma.. During his testimony before ...

Airport chaos over flight tax rise

British Airways has pledged to cover the extra tax for passengers who paid for their tickets before the February 1 deadline when the increased levy comes into force.. But budget airline easyJet are asking passengers to pay up before Monday and Ryanair ...