fertility treatments such as in vitro ferlgtlyization can range from $10,000 to is a,000 in cost. if more than one treatment is needed because the embryo does not survive or the woman mace carries that cost can soar. insurance does not cover fertility treatments, some have switched to the brink of bankruptcy. while some loans and grants areu available you can apply for an ibf scholarship. a nonprofit organization matches qualified recipients with fertility clinics, gets doctors to donate services and drug companies to provide free medication. scholarship recipients agree to contribute $3500 of their own money to help the organization known as inside stay in business. >> eric: so deali the issues can be overwhelming. here is juli fraga a fertility psychologist which is an interesting title? >> a fertility psychologist does a complimentary to what dr. rose dr. rosen does which helps with the mind, body and emotional effects that can bring in an individual and couple. >> eric: you know there is problems but dr. johnson mentioned scholarships. so there could be a money angle to this,

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tales como la prohibicion de servicios de control de la natalidad por medio de fertilizaciones "in vitroes. ---los 4 centros seran operados por la organizacion "dignity health". cu ---nos vamos a la primera pausa y ya regresamos... take vo ---algo sorpendente!.. . sus salarios dependen de los impuestos, pero muchos funcionarios no cumplen al cien por ciento con este deber. take sot "mas adelante les tengo acceso total a uno de los galanes de relaciones peligrosas...la nueva telenovela de telemundo...qu edense con nosotros..." segment ends cu ---los pre-candidatos republicanos se estan atacando por todos lados... y hoy en la florida, no fue la excepcion. vo --ya que hoy hubo debate presidencial televisado y mitt romney quien en algun momento llevaba la delantera atac agresivamente al ganador de las primaria en carolina del sur, newt gingrich, convirtiendose en el blanco. --romney lo ataco, entre otras cosas, por el puesto que tenia en la firma "fredy mac" donde dijo que su titulo era uno, pero su verdadero trabajo era otro. --gingrich, contest que la compaÑia de romney "bain capital" teni

, which wouldn't just ban a woman's right to choice, it would effectively ban birth control and in vitrontroversial, mississippi voted it down this year. so the majority of voters in mississippi appear to be too liberal for the gop candidates. >> that's correct. no, it's absolutely amazing. you see governor romney again supporting a personhood amendment, which would, could not only disallow and prohibit access to commonly used forms of birth control, but also as you say, prohibit in vitro fertilization, even threaten access to women to health care, women who have cancer, who need cancer treatments. that is why the mississippi voters overwhelmingly rejected this kind of amendment. and it's just incredible to see how extreme the republican primary has gotten in this race to see who could be worse for women. i think what they're really forgetting, martin, is at the end of the day, in november 2012, the majority of voters in this country are going to be women. and they are likely going to determine who the next president is. and they're not going to protect the these kind of attacks on women

have a new study, a warning against transferring more than two embryos for folks going through in vitro fertilization. there's saying there's a health risk not just for the mothers but the babies with be too. typically, three or month emb o embryos will be implanted. we'll talk about that in the next hour. >>> $500,000 bonuses for solyndra executives. that's the company that's bankrupt. remember that? we'll dig into that. >> and that the government gave a bunch of money to. >>> and a desperate search is on for a missing student. we have the early reads. we'll tell you why new year's eve plays into this story. you're watching "early start." ♪ ♪ ♪ one too many... [ male announcer ] it's time to reclaim your garage. the all-new passat. the 2012 motor trend car of the year. ♪ seek your way and go with two children and no way to support them. people told me i wasn't going to do anything. and i just decided i have more to offer than that. i put myself through nursing school, and then i decided to go get a doctorate degree. university of phoenix gave me the knowledge to make a difference in pe

they have exhausted their life savings on buying frozen sperm from sperm banks and going through in vitro fertilization and fertility treatments. will need several couples to night. one of them in the state of wyoming has taken 60 foster kids in over the last nine years of their marriage, but they want the baby of their own. they spent all their life savings. one day they got some sperm for free. women desperate to conceive. >> free is enticing. since that is illegally donated, how do the transactions take place? >> it is not technically illegal, but they are not complying with fda guidelines around sperm banks and tissue donation of any kind. so the fda is cracking down on this. but it is not technically illegal. you raised the question about the safety of this. the fact of the matter, frozen sperm is frozen six months so but you can test for any diseases that sometimes take time to merge and become obvious. many of these couples that are getting sperm donations for free are taking these men on their word. some of them ask for spd test results and results of a physical. but there's no ov

controversial new study, a strong embryo may help a weaker one survive in twin pregnancies created by in vitroertilization. several studies found they roult in higher live birth rates, one expert argued the study's data fails to prove the concept of so-called embryo assistance. >>> for more information on this story and other health news, always head to the web. check out our health page online at msnbc.com. >>> hockey is winter showcase was a thriller and all the action from college football's biggest bowl day. >>> plus, of all those bowl games, if you like scoring, the rose bowl was the one for you. your first look at sports is straight ahead. hey guys, breakfast! ♪ [ female announcer ] if whole grain isn't the first ingredient in your breakfast cereal, what is? now, in every box of general mills big g cereal, there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first on the side. from honey nut cheerios to cinnamon toast crunch to lucky charms, get more whole grain than any other ingredient... without question. just look for the white check. >>> welcome back to "first

the costs of in vitro fertilization is so high, couples push for as many embryos as possible to be implanted generally the max. >> the unintended consequences of increasing multiple births is not a good thing. and one needs to found find a way of controlling that. >> reporter: unintended consequences can include low birth weight and preterm birth. as technologies improve so does safety and success rate. >> the technology's gotten so much better we really can do well with the pregnancy rate with a single embryo going back. >> reporter: the more conservative approach shows in the data. the twin birth rate has slowed since 2005. erika edwards, nbc news. >> with all those twins you get the double strollers, double car seats, everything involved. >> a lot of work. >> let's bring in jeff ranieri. we were talking it's fire servety with dry weather yeah, it's been three, eight weeks now. we've had little to no rainfall across the bay area. today the thing we don't need, more dry, warm air setting in across the bay area. running about 3 to 6 degrees warmer from this time yesterday. most increases her

other hospitals because church restrictions blocked them from offering birth control services, in vitro fertilization and sterilizations. the four hospitals will now be don knee nominational and operate as dignity health. >>> technology and your privacy. the supreme court making a ruling that some say is one of the most important decisions in this computer age. >>> and the new offer from the owner of that italian cruise ship. why survivors say it's absolutely insulting. >>> and a warning about massive solar storms. how upcoming flares are going to impact the air travel. s >>> student activism could hike the minimum wage in the city of san jose from $8 to $10 an hour now that some college students have submitted an initiative at city hall. workers in the fast food industry among those who would benefit from the effort of a sociology class at san jose state. the students analyzed several social problems they saw around them and decided to focus their political effort on helping create a living wage. >> if you work, you should not live in poverty. i think the basic, kind of fair -- in amer

. >>> scientists looking at in vitro fertilization say that they should limit to embryo owes to one or two. the rate of live birth is greater when the mother is implanted as opposed to three or more in there. three or more were associated with a high risk of severe preterm birth. >>> a national campaign now urging "sesame street" to return to breast-feeding or at least showing it. there are more than 5500 signatures on lonnie mitchell's online petition site. in the 1970s and '80s it was common to explain breast- feeding on "sesame street." the mommy blogger wants to advocate the health benefits of nursing and take away the taboo. we asked the people in our area to chime in, see what they thought. >> i think it's a terrific idea. it's perfectly natural and it's the best thing for your baby, why not encourage the entire family to support it? >> a little bit over the top to have "sesame street" showing breasts in any -- in any context. >> so we reached out to "sesame street" and they say they are focusing on math and science this year. they've depicted breast-feeding in the past when it w

the medical watch our recommendation to limit the number of embryos that are transferred during in vitro fertilization the british researchers looked at icf data involving 33,000 babies for women older than the age of 40 transferring more than one embryo resulted in a higher rate of live births by transferring three or more embryos also led to a higher rate of health complications for both the mothers and babies the researchers conclude the women older than 40 should have to embryo's transfer during the icf process those younger than 40 should have all-in-one transferred and nobody should have three or more >>the deaths of four runners at three recent marathons' has raised some concerns about the safety of running long distances but a new study shows that the odds of suffering cardiac arrest and sudden death during a race are extremely low researchers found only 42 runners die from cardiac arrest at marathon's and half marathons between 2000-2010 with a 11 million people took place in almost 11,000 marathons' and half marathons during that time. >>imagine getting all the benefits are run

. >> the cost of in vitro is so high couples often approached the most as possible. >> of the unintended consequences is not a good thing, and one needs to find a way of controlling that. >> the unintended consequences can include low birthweight and pre-term birth. ivf experts say the safety and success rate continues. >> really can do well with the pregnancy rate with a single embryo going back. the more conservative approach shows and the data. the twin birth rate has slowed since 2005. >> finally tonight, we could start to see changes when it comes to lead paint standards for children. a federal panel advisory is recommending a change in the way they judge the threshold for children. that means hundreds of thousands of war kids could be classified as having lead poisoning. -- of more kids could be classified as having lead poisoning. the cdc has three months to act on these recommendations. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with tom tasselmire. >> flurries developing again. we will keep an eye on this. a quick burst of snow could cope the ground as we head through the next

. >> new study suggesting that new limits on in vitro fertilization may be in order. a woman may not have two embryos transferred when using it. transferring three or more during a cycle should be avoided because it leads to more health complications to both the mother and baby. women under 40 should have one embryo transfer per cycle. >>> one of the best solutions may be to call mom. researchers at university of wisconsin the sound of a mother's voice triggers a physical response that comforts. it's associated with a drop of cortizone. they also helped raised levels of hormone that helps in concentration. so call your mother. >> larry: good advice. at any time. >> on to business news, consumer electronics, tech companies showcasing their digital dashboards. anterior story and more, let's go to live to bloomberg west with today's report. >>> twitter is getting ready to be a public company. they aren't ready to be ipo just yet but twitter executives and the board is preparing for an ipo. that could mean more management changes and more opposition. just few years ago, c

. >>> in this segment for health for her, does the number of embryo goes used during in vitro fertilizationor risk? >> reporter: when doctors do fertility treatment the goal is to have a healthy baby and avoid multiples, if possible. the reason is that multiples are born early more o than single babies, and mothers are more likely to get sick if they have twins, triplets or more. a group of british physicians decided to see how many embryos do you need to put inside a mom in order to get a live, healthy baby, a live birth and avoid multiples, if possible? what they found is that two embryos, one or two embryos does the trick. three embryos doesn't increase the chances of getting you a healthy baby. they developed these guidelines. they think for women who are over 40, putting in two embryos at most is a good idea. women under four, they should only put in one embryo. in britain, they regulate medicine much more so than they do in the united states. the united states doctors we talked to, they don't like this idea very much. they say that different women need different kinds of procedures an

. >> is in vitro fertilization. process where you collect the egg from the woman and you collected the sperm from the man. then you put the sperm and egg together outside the body. >> carolyn: you can join eric thomas for "beyond the headlines" right after our newscast. >>> most people choose a tablet computer based on what it can do. the man you are about to meet is not most people. he wanted to make it the way he wanted to make it work. here is a carolyn johnson with the story. >> by using up and down buttons here, i can traverse the menu. >> if gordon's bedroom looks like a miniature radio shack. he spent hundreds of hours building a surprise gift for his sister who suffers from cerebral palsy. >> turning that pages is difficult for her. >> she wanted to give her the gift of reading through the popular kindle reader. since the disease has devastated the motor control in her hands the small tablet was difficult to use. >> it's a great device for reading but it requires dexterity to use. >> so he set out to build a

similar to the state level personhood amendment that could ban many forms of contraception and in vitroertilization. explains how under health reform mammograms and health screens are free, then it goes back on the attack. at the same time, our opponents have been waging a war or women's health, attempting to defund planted parenthood, overturn roe versus wade. if we will protect our progress and take more steps forward, we need to show we have his back now when the heat is on. then they ask you to sign a petition and puts you on their radar to raise money and to get out for the vote. with rick santorum or without, the anti-abortion movement has so taken over the republican party now that they have turned the republican party's nominating contest in an anti-abortion primary. they might think that is good politics for them but leaves democrats wide open to lock up every pro choice vote in the country and then some. it seems like now they are finally trying to. >>> joining us is alan grayson, represented florida's 8th district, nice to see you again, thank you for joining us. >> thank you

similar to the state level personhood amendment that could ban many forms of contraception and in vitrotilization. explains how under health reform mammograms and health screens are free, then it goes back on the attack. at the same time, our opponents have been waging a war or women's health, attempting to defund planted parenthood, overturn roe versus wade. if we will protect our progress and take more steps forward, we need to show we have his back now when the heat is on. then they ask you to sign a petition and puts you on their radar to raise money and to get out for the vote. with rick santorum or without, the anti-abortion movement has so taken over the republican party now that they have turned the republican party's nominating contest in an anti-abortion primary. they might think that is good politics for them but leaves democrats wide open to lock up every pro choice vote in the country and then some. it seems like now they are finally trying to. >>> joining us is alan grayson, represented florida's 8th district, nice to see you again, thank you for joining us. >> thank you.

births, but security experts say technology is improving the safety and success rate of things like in vitroertilization and reducing the likelihood of multiple births. but yeah, low birth weight is anterior sous concern. >> absolutely. and those children who have those complications could face more complications down the line. >> absolutely. >> but we love babies. story. >> and twins are awfully cute. >> very cute. >>> let's find out about our weather and traffic. here is tom. >> good morning. it's milder when you step out. you'll notice the difference this morning. temperatures around the region are howevering in the upper 20s to around 30. remember yesterday mroshg, it was down into the single digits. quite a change from yesterday. 34, reagan national. upper 20s in prince georges counties. it's near 30 around the panhandle of west virginia. farther west, it's warmer, in the mid 30s. we've had some clouds coming throughout night. those have dissipated. where the flurries are stronger, especially on the eastern shore, watch out for slick spots there. day planner, sunrise, 7:27. clouds break

would you do if you were disparate for a baby and had already spent tens of thousands of dollars on in vitrove a high day right now. so it's a good day to inseminate. >> reporter: like millions of couples, beth and richard are on a quest to have a baby. but unlike most, their labor of love is launching them on a cross-country odd yssey. >> he just texed me back. >> reporter: richard's vasectomy could not be reversed. they spent years taking in foster children. adopting some of them. beth still yearned to have a baby herself. >> reporter: after two years and $14,000 worth of sperm banks and artificial inseminations, they nearly lost hope. until beth clicked on the computer. >> some people go on the internet for sex. why can't i do it for sperm. >> what did you google? >> free sperm. >> reporter: to her surprise, there's an online univeers of sperm donations. this reporter spent months investigating this new online world for a yt newsweek" cover story. >> fairly common location for the exchange is star bucks. >> star bucks? >> tstarbucks? >> they'll use a sterile cup. hand the cup to the recip

. >> primero dio a luz a marÍa, despuÉs tuvo que someterse a nueve caracterizaciones in vitro, mÁs tardea . -una nueva novela. >> estoy de lunes a jueves en mÉxico. >> se convirtiÓ en empresaria, pero con tanto trabajo, tiene un sueÑo que quiere hacer realidad. >> tengo muchas ganas de sacar adelante un disco que ha estado medio parado, porque he estado ocupada, y el negocio del disco ya no es negocio, es mÁs gusto. >> wow! me quito el sombrero! quÉ bÁrbara laura1 empresaria, madre, actriz, cuatro hijos, las mujeres somos lo mÁximo. >> no pueden decirle que no porque estoy de acuerdo con chiqui. >> y seguro aparecerÁ ese gallÁn asi que agencia. -paciencia. >> nosotros vamos a una pausa, y ha tenido algÚn sueÑo de esos extraÑos? bueno, tiene que escuchar lo que dice la motivadora espiritual sobre esa parte misteriosa. >> serÁ cierto que el amor la diferencia de edades no importa? quÉ dijo casper? >> ella es de chicago, estÁ con nosotros bracero musical. >> cuÉntanos tu sueÑo. >> quiero decir que sueÑo siempre que estoy volando, quÉ significa eso? >> eso lo podemos correlacionar, con todas

would you do if you were desperate for a baby and had already spent tens of thousands of dollars on in vitroe a high day right now. so it's a good day to inseminate. >> reporter: like millions of couples, beth and richard are on a quest to have a baby. but unlike most, their labor of love is launching them on a cross-country odyssey. >> he just texted me back. he says he's on the way. >> reporter: their journey started when they discovered richard's vasectomy could not be reversed. they spent years taking in foster children. adopting some of them. at 33 years of age, beth still yearned to have a baby herself. >> reporter: after two years and $14,000 worth of sperm banks and artificial inseminations, they nearly lost hope. and then one day beth turned on her computer and clicked on to a brave new world. >> some people go on the internet for sex. why can't i go on the internet for sperm? >> reporter: what did you google? >> free sperm. >> reporter: to her surprise, there's an online universe of free sperm donations. >> it's a rare combination of match.com and a sperm bank. >> reporter: this re

. >>> a new study saying anymore than two embryos in in vitro fertilization is not good. >>> walls rippeds morning. reports of more than two dozen people hurt after a possible tornado ripped through two counties in north carolina. someone snapped this photo of a funnel cloud forming in the distance as the sky turned black. there it is. wow. we're still waiting for official word from the national weather service that a twister touched down there. >>> it's about 11 minutes after the hour. let's get this morning's travel forecast. rob is out so let's go to jacqui jeras. good morning. >> good morning, christine. i'm here to greet everybody with winter weather. it has finally arrived after months of unseasonably high temperatures. we've got a lot of snow and arctic air building in across the midwest and into the great lakes. ahead of it still feeling mild here into the big cities, but rain and ugly in new york city as well as into boston. snowfall accumulations, just on average about two to five inches. heavier around the great lakes. that's where we have the winter weather advisories which ar

in this case they're fighting it because this is a family that went through in vitro, seven different finally -- >> that child lived with them for two years? >> the child did. the mother gave the baby up for adoption and apparently the father didn't know. >> it's tragic. that's tragic on both sides. >> it is. >> there's a father who wants his child and adoptive parents who have a child. >> and the law. the obscure law that occasionally gets used. >> really sad story. >>> another weird one, too, out of connecticut. a paramedic -- i'm not sure i ever heard of this happening before. >> crazy. >> facing sexual assault. i really want to see this one come to trial because i would like to see the evidence and details on this one. the paramedic allegedly -- he's facing charges for raping a 22-year-old woman, semi conscious in the back of his ambulance. 49-year-old mark powell. i guess he's also being charge with unlawful restraint because the gurney had no straps. he has turned himself in. the woman waited three days to report this crime, alleged crime, because she said that she was embarrass

we have been working with oncologists to increase awareness of the availability to do emergency in vitroation in these -- fertilization when they are diagnosed with cancer. we do not start radiation until we have preserved eggs. >> can you explain for our viewers, is it all kinds of cancer? is it the treatment? [technical difficulties] >> they are not currently married or desiring to fertilize the eggs, but allowing them to freeze embryos for the future. >> i think anyone who does not know anything about fertilization treatment understands it is expensive. you are working with a barn in that regard -- partner in that regard? >> we are working with the live strong foundation which allows ladies financial assistance in preparing for these emergency iv f. cycles. >> is this something who a woman at hopkins gets the diagnosis like this of a certain age is automatically referred to your center, or is this mog that a woman regardless of where stheeze treated -- or is this something that a woman regardless of where she's being treated can contact you for assistance? >> she does not have to be a

the late 1970's, the predominant way to discover drugs was in vitro testing.nd plant extracts and you extract chemicals from them. then we learned how to synthesize molecule's. but this debt chains between in vitro and the chemistry approach was not overnight. took a while for people to take these approaches and figure how to apply them in the context of industrialization of pharmaceutical discovery. i think the same thing is happening right now with the human genome. i'm not a scientist, as we have already established, but i talked to my scientific colleagues. they looked in areas. what used to be a black box, they're now beginning to understand. they understand that often multiple targets are involved in cancer or asthma. it will take some time before people can master that and really pick the right target and find the right interventionist. a small molecule. but i am convinced that it will happen. >> next decade. >> absolutely. >> what will that mean? you mentioned cancer. forty years since the war on cancer was declared? it sometimes feels a little bit lik