New focus on adverse impact of male factors in assisted reproductive treatments
May 17 2021
The adverse impact of male factors in assisted reproductive treatments was brought into a clear and disturbing focus at the 10
th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE).
The ASPIRE Congress, originally to be held in the Philippines, is being presented in virtual format – https://aspire2021.cme-congresses.com – to on-line participants in more than 100 countries because of ongoing concerns about COVID-19.
Professor Peter Schlegel from the Centre of Reproductive Medicine at New York s Weill Cornell Medical College, cast new light on sperm quality, the source of sperm for assisted conception – either from testicular, epididymal or ejaculate – male obesity and paternal age in the success of fertility treatment.
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Bad blood: The rise and fall of Theranos boss Elizabeth Holmes
14 May, 2021 12:34 AM
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Elizabeth Holmes on the cover of Forbes in 2014. Photo / Forbes
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Margi Murphy
When Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes came walking through the office, employees would mutter E is coming under their breath. We didn t want to say her name out loud, says Cheryl Gafner, a former receptionist at the biotechnology company. It was like Beetlejuice, if you said it three times then s would happen.
Perhaps workers were on to something. Today, Holmes, whom Gafner once joked was hatched out of a pod due to her cold demeanour, could face up to 20 years in prison for allegedly lying to investors, doctors and patients about the limits of Theranos technology.
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Amid the COVID-19 emergency, it has been easy to forget another looming health crisis.
Unchecked by lockdowns or masks, Alzheimer’s disease still afflicts half a million Canadians and is projected to sicken almost twice that many in coming years. And despite numerous attempts at developing drugs to treat the always-fatal ailment, no effective therapy has emerged.
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But a new Canadian study hints at a novel and largely overlooked hypothesis, one that could open up a whole new avenue of pharmaceutical attack if borne out.
May 12, 2021
Congratulations class of 2021
This year marks the second virtual graduation ceremony for our general and advanced trainees. Here, eight fellows from five different countries: Natalija Odanovic, MD, Samuel W. Reinhardt, MD, Maen Abou Ziki, MD, Ehimen Aneni MD, MPH, Katherine Clark, MD, Jennifer M. Kwan MD, PhD, and Virginia Singla, MD, recollect the significant and lasting experiences from their training in cardiovascular medicine. A virtual webinar tentatively scheduled for June 10, 2021 will be held to celebrate our 26 graduates.
Natalija Odanovic, MD
I was born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, where I had a carefree and magical childhood. I went to medical school (for free!) at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine. I did my Internal Medicine Residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School where I had a wonderful time befriended many co-residents, learned a lot, and discovered my love for cardiology. Coming to Yale for fellowship was the perfect match for