Health Care

February 26, 2013

As I reflect on my 16 month (and counting) breastfeeding experience, I think about the elements that have been critical to such a wonderful stage in the life of me and my child: the desire to breastfeed, education, resources, and support. I always knew that when I had a baby, I would breastfeed. I...

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April Brown

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

When it came to breastfeeding my two amazing children, it was an easy choice to make. I wanted to be sure I provided my children with the very best start in life and I understood that breast milk was considered the very best first food. Being born African American, we are already predisposed to...

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Anjanette Davenport Hatter

Blog Carnivals Health Care

February 26, 2013

My daughter was born 3lbs and 12oz, on February 10th 2011 at 37 weeks. She was tiny for her gestational age because she experienced, Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR). I had an emergency C-Section and she was placed into the NICU. I was determined to breastfeed my daughter prior to her birth...

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Cheyenne Mateen

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

When it comes to breastfeeding, major media outlets have pretty much decided that it’s a leisurely activity that some women may engage for their entertainment. Seriously, discussions of the topic are deemed newsworthy by the extent of controversy they create. Last year, there was this thing with...

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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka

Environmental Health Health Care

February 22, 2013

Something's rotten in Denmark. Well, in DC actually. That's where the decision's been made — again and again and again — to keep a nasty insecticide called chlorpyrifos on the market. The result? A generation of kids is sicker and less smart. I'm truly not being melodramatic, though I admit the...

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Kristin Schafer

Health Care

February 22, 2013

Do you want to give the insurance industry *more* power over New Mexicans’ health coverage choices?! If you answered, “No!”, you must call New Mexico’s legislators RIGHT NOW to speak up to stop the insurance industry's attempt to gain more control over our state's new health coverage marketplace...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

February 21, 2013

Lately, I’ve been getting the feeling that too much is being asked of mothers. Yes, we are notorious multi-taskers and play into the Supermom archetype, but when you look at the political, social and economic landscape, the expectations upon mothers, I fear, is reaching tipping point status. What’s...

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Kimberly Seals Allers

Health Care

February 21, 2013

It’s amazing how much technology has advanced in just 15 years. Back in the mid-1990s, the internet was new and everyone was still learning how to use it. Flash forward to today, and you might be reading this blog on your phone! While enormous medical and technological advancements have been made...

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Ellen Wu

Environmental Health Health Care

February 20, 2013

A new report from Women's Voices for the Earth, Secret Scents: How Hidden Fragrance Allergens Harm Public Health , finds that millions of people are affected by skin allergies caused by chemicals in fragrance. In fact, allergic reactions to fragrance chemicals are common, and have increased...

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Cassidy Randall

Health Care

February 15, 2013

February marks American Heart Month, a nationwide initiative to raise awareness in the effort to combat heart disease and educate communities on prevention and treatment options. Heart-related illness is still the leading cause of death in the United States, with one in every three deaths resulting...

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