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The Hindu
24-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Adopt healthy lifestyle choices to boost fertility, say medical experts
On the eve of World IVF (In-Vitro Fertilisation) Day, medical experts exhorted people to adopt healthy lifestyle choices because they affect fertility. The doctors were speaking at a wellness webinar on Understanding IVF and Fertility presented by Kauvery Hospital in collaboration with The Hindu. Sharing his views on 'The Evolution of Infertility Treatment', Gopinath, Director, Reproductive Medicine, Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani, said: 'It affects one in six couples and the selection of patient with proper indication is crucial.' He spoke about how and why 3-parenting baby is picking up, under which the cytoplasm from donor eggs is transferred to the mother's oocyte and fertilised by the father. 'It is helpful in mitochondrial dysfunctions,' he said, and highlighted fertility preservation done in unmarried women or women who want to postpone childbirth and in those diagnosed with cancer in reproductive age group. K. Shanmugavadivu Venkatesan, Senior Obstetrician and Gynaec Endoscopic Surgeon, and Reproductive Medicine Consultant, Kauvery Hospital, Salem, spoke on 'Subfertility in Women' to remind that it is not the inability to conceive but but a delay due to reduced ability'. Women with ovulation disorders, PCOS, abnormalities in shape and size of uterus have the possibility of conceiving with medical intervention, she added. S. Divya, Consultant, Fertility Specialist, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, explained in detail how the procedure of IVF is carried out which has an average success rate of 30% to 40% depending on the patient's profile. Ramya Praveen Chander, Consultant, Reproductive Medicine and IVF Specialist, Kauvery Hospital, Radial Road, said: 'Women with unexplained infertility and mild endometriosis and men with sexual dysfunction and retrograde ejaculation require Intra Uterine Insemination (IUI). According to her around 80% pregnancies occur in first three IUI cycles and younger women in their 20s have higher success rate. Beyond that, advanced treatment like IVF is needed, she said delineating the risks and benefits of IUI. Watch the webinar here:
ITV News
15-07-2025
- Politics
- ITV News
The Evolution of Putin: Bullied Child, KGB Man, Autocrat
The Evolution of Putin: Bullied Child, KGB Man, Autocrat - The strange stories of Vladimir Putin's past, told by three people who encountered him. More info
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mayor signals DC will rename Black Lives Matter Plaza after GOP lawmaker threatens federal funding
The mayor of Washington, D.C. signaled Tuesday that the mural marking Black Lives Matter Plaza in view of the White House will likely be painted over after a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill threatening the District's federal funding if it fails to change the name. Black Lives Matter Plaza is marked with a mural of its name in bright-yellow letters along a two-block pedestrian stretch of 16th Street NW in downtown D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, the second Black woman to serve as D.C. mayor, addressed wiping out the name in a post on X and in a news release titled 'The Evolution of Black Lives Matter Plaza' a day after the proposed legislation was introduced. She wrote that the plaza would become part of a citywide project in which students and artists would create new murals on the street to celebrate the country's 250th birthday. 'The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a very painful period, but now we can't afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference. The devastating impacts of the federal job cuts must be our number one concern,' Bowser wrote. 'Our focus is on economic growth, public safety and supporting our residents affected by these cuts,' she added. Bowser arranged to have the mural painted the morning of June 5, 2020, just days after federal authorities used chemical spray and smoke grenades to clear protesters from the area so that President Trump could walk to a historic church near the White House and pose for photographs holding a Bible. Activists across the nation during that time were protesting the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody. Trump, who was rushed one night to the White House bunker with First Lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron, amid protests, attacked Bowser as 'incompetent' for renaming the plaza. The plaza bill, HR 1774, introduced by Georgia Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde, seeks to withhold federal funding unless the city 'removes the phrase Black Lives Matter from the street symbolically designated as Black Lives Matter Plaza ... in addition to government websites, documents and other material under Washington, D.C. jurisdiction.' The bill calls for the area to be redesignated as 'Liberty Plaza.' The bill is currently in committee and has no cosponsors. It was not immediately clear if the mayor will rename the area 'Liberty Plaza.' The plaza will still be part of the city's 250 mural project in honor of the country's birthday next year, Bowser said. Students and artists will be invited to create new murals across all eight wards of the area, which will include Black Lives Matter Plaza. Bowser has been treading carefully since Trump's re-election. Last month, the president suggested the federal government should take over the District of Columbia, which is currently overseen by Congress, as established in the Constitution. About $1.5 billion in federal grant funding is slated for the city's 2025 fiscal year operating budget, according to the D.C. Policy Center. Washington, D.C. is expected to lose $1 billion over the next three years, largely due to federal layoffs expected to throw the area into a recession, the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute reported this week. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), spearheaded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has eliminated thousands of federal government jobs. Approximately 13 percent of the city's population has been employed by the federal government. The Fiscal Policy Institute predicts the revenue drop will disproportionately harm Black workers.
The Independent
05-03-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Mayor signals DC will rename Black Lives Matter Plaza after GOP lawmaker threatens federal funding
The mayor of Washington, D.C. signaled Tuesday that the mural marking Black Lives Matter Plaza in view of the White House will likely be painted over after a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill threatening the District's federal funding if it fails to change the name. Black Lives Matter Plaza is marked with a mural of its name in bright-yellow letters along a two-block pedestrian stretch of 16th Street NW in downtown D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, the second Black woman to serve as D.C. mayor, addressed wiping out the name in a post on X and in a news release titled 'The Evolution of Black Lives Matter Plaza' a day after the proposed legislation was introduced. She wrote that the plaza would become part of a citywide project in which students and artists would create new murals on the street to celebrate the country's 250th birthday. 'The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a very painful period, but now we can't afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference. The devastating impacts of the federal job cuts must be our number one concern,' Bowser wrote. 'Our focus is on economic growth, public safety and supporting our residents affected by these cuts,' she added. Mayor Bowser released the following statement on the evolution of Black Lives Matter Plaza: — Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) March 4, 2025 Bowser arranged to have the mural painted the morning of June 5, 2020, just days after federal authorities used chemical spray and smoke grenades to clear protesters from the area so that President Trump could walk to a historic church near the White House and pose for photographs holding a Bible. Activists across the nation during that time were protesting the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody. Trump, who was rushed one night to the White House bunker with First Lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron, amid protests, attacked Bowser as 'incompetent' for renaming the plaza. The plaza bill, HR 1774, introduced by Georgia Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde, seeks to withhold federal funding unless the city 'removes the phrase Black Lives Matter from the street symbolically designated as Black Lives Matter Plaza ... in addition to government websites, documents and other material under Washington, D.C. jurisdiction.' The bill calls for the area to be redesignated as 'Liberty Plaza.' The bill is currently in committee and has no cosponsors. It was not immediately clear if the mayor will rename the area 'Liberty Plaza.' The plaza will still be part of the city's 250 mural project in honor of the country's birthday next year, Bowser said. Students and artists will be invited to create new murals across all eight wards of the area, which will include Black Lives Matter Plaza. Bowser has been treading carefully since Trump's re-election. Last month, the president suggested the federal government should take over the District of Columbia, which is currently overseen by Congress, as established in the Constitution. About $1.5 billion in federal grant funding is slated for the city's 2025 fiscal year operating budget, according to the D.C. Policy Center. Washington, D.C. is expected to lose $1 billion over the next three years, largely due to federal layoffs expected to throw the area into a recession, the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute reported this week. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), spearheaded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has eliminated thousands of federal government jobs. Approximately 13 percent of the city's population has been employed by the federal government. The Fiscal Policy Institute predicts the revenue drop will disproportionately harm Black workers.
