Health Care

June 6, 2012

Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user 3liz4 When it comes to summer events, usually picnics and barbeques are what come to mind. For me, it's birthdays! I have a summer birthday, and I'm from a family full of summer birthdays. If birthday parties are on your summer horizon, try these easy tweaks and...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

June 5, 2012

This month, the Supreme Court of the United States will rule on Obamacare (a.k.a the Affordable Care Act/the new health care law). While there is a lot of speculation about what will happen to Obamacare in the next few weeks, there is one thing we know for sure: it is working. Millions of Americans...

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Serena Woods

Health Care

May 30, 2012

Why is it so difficult for doctors to confront the truth when a patient is dying, and almost impossible for most to talk about it openly with the patient and loved ones? Last week I shared a hunch. A journalist asked me the question, “Why do doctors find these conversations so hard?” I said I could...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Health Care

May 25, 2012

Anti-choice forces are taking aim at end-of-life care . They’re after people at the end of a long decline who exercise their right to stop life-prolonging technology or treatment. Their tactic is to tie the hands of doctors attending those patients, when palliative treatment might ease the patient’...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Environmental Health Health Care

May 22, 2012

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & CEO www.healthychild.org After the CDC lowered the threshold at which a child is at risk for lead poisoning by half last week, the number of children under six who are now considered at risk jumped from 77,000 to 442,000, according to the...

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Rachel Sarnoff

Health Care

May 18, 2012

Since 2009, we have seen millions of Americans benefit from Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act). Obamacare is lowering the cost of care, expanding access to care and improving the quality of care. There are many things we are thankful for, like the fact that insurance companies can't kick sick kids...

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Serena Woods

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

May 18, 2012

Detoxing your home shouldn't be a chore. Make it a party instead! As a busy parent, you have a lot on your mind, and the last thing you want to worry about is exposing your baby to harmful chemicals in your own home. But it’s not always easy to figure out where those toxic chemicals might be...

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Cassidy Randall

Health Care

May 17, 2012

Hitting theaters this week: What to Expect When You’re Expecting , Hollywood’s humorous take on the trials and travails of pregnancy and parenting. According to the trailer, the big screen comedy features five couples whose “lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood.”...

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A Better Balance

Health Care

May 16, 2012

Happy National Women's Health Week! This is a whole week dedicated to the health concerns of women and the new opportunities for better health that the Affordable Care Act offers women. Here's a brief description from Womenshealth.gov: "Women often serve as caregivers for their families, putting...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

May 16, 2012

Like many women of her generation, Sue was careful to get prenatal care and watch her weight gain as her doctor advised. In the early 1960s there were no warnings to avoid smoking or alcohol during pregnancy and no information about the potential hazards of environmental chemicals, either for Sue’s...

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