Again I don't want to be contentious since I agree with both the point
that there isn't enough data and that there are likely many risks -
extending vastly beyond the medical and beyond the nebulous notion that
children have a right to an "open" future - that have not been
quantified.  But those australian studies are super problematic and I
would be very careful about citing them.  This is an area where a
review of the literature is clearly called for and I would be very
interested in working on one with anybody interested in co-authoring??
Obviously the people least likely to publish it are those at Human
Reproduction and Fertility and Sterility, but I will wager that Health
Affairs or JAMA would do so.


On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 11:44  AM, Susana E. Sommer wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  Cynthia Cohen in  "Give me children or I shall die...", Hastings
> Center
> Report, v.26, # 9, 1996 she mentions that Australia is the only
> country to
> have statistics and follow up of the children born by NRT and that it
> shows
> that these children have a higher probability of suffering certain
> illnesses, besides those due to premature birth and multiple
> pregnancies.
>
> Susana E. Sommer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laura Purdy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Assisted Reproduction May Be Linked To Birth Defect
> Syndrome
>
>
>> Joan--
>> There is a literature on the topic--search for IVF and ovarian
> cancer--that
>> should get you into it.
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:02 AM 11/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>> At 08:16 AM 11/18/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>>> From ScienceDaily
>>>> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021118065310.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Source:   Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
>>>> Date:   11/18/2002
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Assisted Reproduction May Be Linked To Birth Defect Syndrome
>>>
>>> Thanks to Doug for this post.  While we're on assisted reproduction,
>>> I
> have
>>> long suspected that the fertility drugs given to women who are
>>> trying to
>>> conceive are likely to be linked to reproductive cancers (just as I
>>> long
>>> suspected that hormone replacement therapy is so linked).  Has anyone
> seen
>>> any studies to this effect?
>>>
>>> Joan
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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