BALTIMORE, MD, January 21, 2025 – New research published in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals that corporate chain ownership of fertility clinics not only increases access to treatment but also enhances patient outcomes. The study shows that chain-owned clinics perform 27.2% more IVF cycles, achieve a 13.6% improvement in success rates, and adopt standardized practices that reduce risky multiple births while prioritizing healthier single births.
The Los Angeles wildfires have spread across tens of thousands of acres of land, burning everything in their path. Homes have been destroyed and lives upended as families begin the process of rebuilding — not only their homes, but their lives.
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Her work examines inequality based on gender, race, and class in the domains of education, employment, and health. Her research on the diffusion of the shareholder model in Finland received the Louis R. Pondy Best Dissertation Award from the Academy of Management in 2012.
The findings of a study suggest that health care providers and organizations should follow a set of guidelines for producing engaging, easily digestible YouTube content that helps patients with chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, managing their diagnoses.
The everyday consumer impact of the new coronavirus is relatively mild in the US thus far, compared to places such as China, South Korea, Japan, and Italy. But that doesn’t mean Americans are free and clear should the contagion spread. The most immediate sign would be a panic-driven stockpiling of groceries.
Reese Witherspoon captured the cultural mood of our political, environmental and coronavirus-obsessed news cycle: overwhelmed.
“This morning, a friend said to me, ‘I can see you are overwhelmed. Just take a moment’ and I started to cry,” the actress wrote on Instagram Wednesday. “I just felt so heavy-hearted. There is so much happening... a devastating storm in my hometown of #Nashville, people suffering from a mysterious illness, people arguing over political ideology. So much hate and tension and discord. Honestly, this week has been a lot. And it’s only Wednesday.”
A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that disclaimers on some fake news stories make people more readily believe other false stories.
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