Health Care

October 16, 2013

Yesterday was my son, Ethan’s, 7th birthday, and it wasn't a sure thing he'd make it this far. I wanted to take this opportunity to share my family's story with the Wellness Wonder Team to give you an idea of why I have become so passionate about the need for a better healthcare system in the...

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

October 16, 2013

As an assistant Head Start teacher, I see the impact of the program every day. Our program in Chicago has children who would continue to have rotting teeth and no childhood immunizations without the support and requirements of the program. Children who are non-communicative, developmentally delayed...

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Marianne Flanagan

Health Care

October 11, 2013

It’s really hot in the Rose Garden and I am standing behind President Obama, trying not to fidget. I don’t know where to look, so I stare at the back of his head. It’s a nice head. He’s talking about the Affordable Health Care Act, which everyone can start signing up for today, October 1. When I...

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Amanda Barrett

Food! Health Care

October 11, 2013

Disclaimer: The information, recommendations, and inspirations found on this post are not intended to replace the advice of a qualified health care professional and are not intended as medical advice. They are solely for the purpose of sharing knowledge and information from the personal experience...

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Melinda Gonzalez

Health Care

October 10, 2013

It's inescapable. Talk about healthcare reform is everywhere we look this week. From social media, to TV ads, to the newspaper—the whole country is abuzz over the new law. There's been a lot of positive news—like the record-breaking over 7 million people who visited Healthcare.gov in the first...

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Felicia Burnett

Politics & Policy Health Care

October 9, 2013

BB's brought you the story of advocacy , the story of global responsibility , and now it's Babushka's story that you will read. Queeee??? JU SO FONII!!! Of course I wrote the other stories and shared them through my eyes, but this one My Beautifuls is a very real and personal tale that affected BB...

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Sonia Guerra

Environmental Health Food! Health Care

October 9, 2013

Researchers increasingly draw links between pesticides and serious illnesses like cancer, Parkinson’s disease, birth defects, and a host of others, as well as impacts on aquatic life, such as the Potomac River’s very own intersex fish. Lately the mystery surrounding worldwide beehive loss is leading researchers to question when, where and how pesticides are used and how they affect bees. Maybe the beekeepers’ demand for the most basic pesticide information could be a tipping point in the quest for a reporting database.

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Ruth Berlin

Health Care

October 8, 2013

On October 1, 2013, a historical accomplishment for socioeconomic parity for all Americans but in particular for African Americans and minorities and the beginning of a happier, healthier, more equal America for ALL totally happened. Also on October 1, 2013, most major functions of the United States government shutdown. For my those living under a rock, October 1st was the official beginning of the (first) “open enrollment period” for Health Insurance Marketplaces around the country. For all of my non-political readers, it was also the first day of the government’s 2014 Fiscal Budget.

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Angelique Roche

Health Care Politics & Policy

October 8, 2013

This is the face of depression. And this: Pretty hard to believe, right? Not really. People expect depression to look a certain way, to sound a certain way. And it doesn’t. It’s taken me a LONG time to write this. I have known it was necessary but I have been hesitant. Because I did not know where...

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Sili Recio

Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

October 4, 2013

In 2006, I was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. After surgery and six rounds of chemotherapy, I returned to normal life. Early detection should have kept me cancer free, but after four years, I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer with tumors now growing in my lymph nodes, liver, bones...

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