February 6, 1998 - note host back announce When the Iowa septuplets were born last November, many experts in reproductive medicine reacted with mixed feelings. The mother, Bobbi McCaughey, got pregnant using a powerful fertility drug that stimulated her ovaries so much that she produced seven babies. Some infertility specialists say that the chance of multiple births--and other risks with infertility medicine--might be lower if not for a long-standing ban on federal support for human embryo research. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephen Smith reports: To find out more about our series, "The Fertility Ra
February 5, 1998 - Millions of Americans are infertile, and many are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars on new, high tech treatments to help them have babies. New clinics are opening around the country to tap into that market. Some doctors and medical ethicists fear competition among the clinics is turning doctors into hucksters, and that some will take medical risks to try to raise their clinical pregnancy rates. Still, many patients are pleased to be able to shop around for a clinic that offers them a baby at a discount price. In the next installment of our series, "The Fertility Race," Minnesota PUblic Radio's Catherine Winter reports on the explosive growth of the fertility industry.
January 9, 1998 - The news this week that a maverick Chicago researcher intends to defy President Clinton's request for a voluntary moratorium on human cloning may accelerate Congressional efforts to make cloning illegal. Infertility specialists warn that bills now before Congress might go beyond cloning to stifle research on important new infertility therapies. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephen Smith has more as part of our on-going series, The Fertility Race.
June 6, 1997 - Midday presents the MPR/Soundprint documentary "Working Nights." MPR’s Stephen Smith looks at health and science behind the experience of people who work nights.
March 10, 1997 - Midday presents two Minnesota Public Radio documentaries by producer Stephen Smith and Michael Montgomery. The first, Face of Mercy, Face of Hate, is about the life and mysterious death of a Bosnia Serb. The second, A Plague of Plastic Soldiers, is about efforts to clear land mines in Cambodia.
February 13, 1997 - Midday rebroadcasts award-winning MPR documentary Song Catcher, Frances Densmore of Red Wing. Following documentary, MPR’s Gary Eichten holds a discussion with guests Marcia Anderson, chief curator and head of the Museum Collections Department at the Minnesota Historical Society; and Faith Bad Bear, assistant curator of Ethnology at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
January 15, 1997 - As part of a series on poverty, MPR’s Stephen Smith reports on low-income housing.
September 13, 1996 - Midday airs a Minnesota Public Radio documentary about Bosnia, entitled Face of Mercy, Face of Hate. After documentary, MPR's Stephen Smith, who produced piece, will be in the studio to answer listener questions, along with correspondent Michael Montgomery, who is in Sarajevo and contributes via phone.
September 13, 1996 - All Things Considered presents the American RadioWorks documentary “Face of Mercy, Face of Hate,” which investigates the death of Predrag Bundalo, a Bosian-Serb friend of correspondent.
June 13, 1996 - MPR’s Stephen Smith reports on the ongoing battle against honeybee colony loss in the U.S. and the impact to honey business and the greater food supply. Smith interviews Minnesota beekeeper and an entomologist.