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Corporate Chains Revolutionize Fertility Clinics: Improved IVF Success Rates, More Treatments and Safer Outcomes
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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.

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The LA crisis is bigger than the fires — insurance is the next burning issue
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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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Opinion: What to watch in the coming AI policy shake-up
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Something remarkable is happening in Washington. Tech executives who once shunned the political spotlight now make regular pilgrimages to Capitol Hill, and artificial intelligence — a field that traces back to the 1950s — has become the talk of the town.

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Speculative Reselling: How Far Should It Go?

Speculative Reselling: How Far Should It Go?

South China Morning Post, January 9, 2023

Although companies often restrict speculation, they don’t go all the way to eliminate it. A recent research examines why this is the case.

Covid lockdowns were not necessarily a ‘net negative’

Covid lockdowns were not necessarily a ‘net negative’

The Washington Post, January 8, 2023

This book on men has a vital message and a model to follow,” Mitch Daniels’s Jan. 4 op-ed on the recent reissuance of the book, “Men Without Work: America’s Invisible Crisis,” was thoughtful. But he violated his own message of considering various perspectives without declaring certainty in his main example regarding the Great Barrington Declaration signers. His conclusion that “the condemnation they incurred was profoundly anti-intellectual and anti-scientific” was defensible, but his declaration that pandemic lockdown policies were unequivocally a “net negative” was not, as it was implicitly predicated on how objectives are weighted.

The end of free returns could be good for the environment

The end of free returns could be good for the environment

WRAL, January 6, 2023

Returns have been growing year over year, creating millions of pounds of waste and needless emissions from shipping. Major retailers are starting to charge for returns, which could have a positive impact on the environment.

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