Baby boom in Iowa: septuplets reignite the debate about fertility drugs

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The birth of the McCaughey septuplets has raised concerns about the need to control the use of reproductive technologies that cause multiple births because theses babies often suffer chronic disabilities. Many doctors favor selective reduction when a pregnancy involves multiple fetuses.

Health aspects, Complications and side effects, Behavior, Human reproductive technology, Fertility agents, Fertility drugs, Multiple birth, McCaughey, Bobbi

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Hong Kong's crisis: panic selling rattles stock markets around the world

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The Hong Kong stock exchanged dropped 23% in four days at the end of Oct 1997, losing $40.7 billion on just one day. The crash provoked panic selling on markets around the world, with drops of 4% in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and 2% in the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 Index.

Analysis, Economic aspects, Finance, Stock-exchange, Stock exchanges, International economic relations, Hong Kong, Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd.

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