Infertility

He wanted sex education to begin at a very early age sex education should be added to school syllabus to prevent diseases like HIV/AIDS among youth.

A R Nanda, Executive Director of Population Foundation of India, said the demographic changes in the world revealed startling figures which said that half of the world's HIV/AIDS cases were found among the youth in the age bracket of 15 to 24.

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Lee," as well as the "ultrasound video" of the fetus, are simply animated GIF images.

They look precisely the same from one day to the next.

I.e., it's fake from top to bottom.

But is it plausible?

Not very.

Some scientists have argued that a male pregnancy is theoretically possible, but in reality the procedure would be so dangerous that the risks would outweigh any possible benefits.

Essentially what it would require would be inducing an ectopic pregnancy — wherein an embryo is implanted somewhere other than the uterus — in a male subject.

In women such pregnancies are considered so hazardous (the number one cause of first-trimester deaths) that they're almost always terminated soon after diagnosis.

Even if such a condition could be artificially induced in a male, the subject would run a greater and greater risk of hemorrhaging to death as the pregnancy proceeded.

I.e., it's implausible.

But is it art?

Well, sure — if only in the sense that it's an elaborately constructed farce credited to two established artists.

But there's nothing particularly original or groundbreaking here.

In a deadpan interview, Lee Mingwei waxes indignant over the fact that historically the idea of a man bearing a child has been consider...

"The acupuncture helps to balance out the endocrine system so the person will get the best chance, both in males and females.

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If there's a blocked Fallopian tube or something, it doesn't open it up.

We tell them that.

But helping with the whole endocrine system."And acupuncturists also help people quit smoking?

"We love to."What's your success rate?

"Better than 85 percent.

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It's different for everybody but (smoking) can be very addictive.

That's the whole thing, getting through that withdrawal period.

With the acupuncture, it's also helpful because if someone's feeling 'eh,' (it) balances out the brain's natural biochemicals."You studied in China.

What was your time there like?

"The people were really nice, but the government's got their problems."Andy Rathbun covers City Hall and local news.

He can be reached at 962-3380 or arathbun@battlecr.gannett.com.

Originally published March 27, 2006 Print this article Email this to a friend Subscribe Now Doug Allen/The Enquirer David Krofcheck of the Health & Energy PC Acupuncture checks on the needles in a patient suffering with allergies.

The David Krofcheck file WHO: David Krofcheck.

AGE: 50.

HOME: Richland.

OCCUPATION: Acupuncturist at Health & Energy, PC, 501 E.

Columbia Ave., 962-2836.

EDUCATION: California Acupuncture College and China's Academy for Traditional Chinese Medicine.

PERSONAL: Wife, Sheila, 60; sons, William, 34, and Eric, 31.On the jobIf you know someone who has a...