April 29, 1998

New York State Health Department panel urges sweeping changes in regulation of new fertility technologies, including more steps to reduce incidence of multiple births; holds doctors providing infertility treatments must think more about devastating health problems often faced by babies from pregnancies of three or more babies; finds many women are inadequately informed about risks and costs of treatments and their generally low chances of success (L)

Miami Heat defeat New York Knickerbockers, 91-85, in third game of NBA playoff series; lead series, 2-1; photo (M)

Democracy drive is growing on university campuses across Indonesia; students seem unsure whether movement will end with bloody crackdown or people's revolution, but are increasingly willing to confront police; are gaining support among middle class, which blames Pres Suharto for economic crisis, by denouncing corruption and rising prices; protests are eroding Suharto's aura of authority and omnipotence and creating new confusion about where nation is heading; map; photos (M)

There are more teen-agers now than at any time since the baby boom, and they are defying avery adult effort to label them. But then, how do you tag a group that includes bubbly Hanson fans, hip-hop homeboys, savvy junior entrepreneurs, single mothers, student activists and cybernauts? Section G

Several large health insurers are adopting strict reimbursement policies for Viagra, Pfizer Inc's new pill for male impotence, requiring proof of medical cause for problem and limiting number of pills; experts think preliminary standards, being developed amid frenzy of interest in drug, will quickly evolve into national pattern for reimbursement; graph (M)