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The Twin Conundrum

By Chen May Yee  

In case you missed it, the NYT had a fascinating front page story Sunday onhow the rise ofIVF babies has led to a rise in the incidenceof twins (after all, if you're going totransferone embryo, why not two?).These twinsare more likely tobe premature and have health issues, which costbig $'sto treat (more than $1 million per set of twins, and that's just to get them out of the the NICU).  

Click here for the story. And here for a bunch of docs and academics weigh in here .  


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