Health Care

April 16, 2012

Compassion & Choices member Persis Oberreither, by completing an advance directive, inspired her teenage daughter to do the same. Here she tells of the heartbreak – and comfort – of honoring her daughter’s wishes. AMY'S STORY In recognition of National Healthcare Decisions Day, I want to share...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Health Care

April 11, 2012

A few weeks ago, the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative hosted an informative Facebook chat with MomsRising about the Affordable Care Act. Here are a few commonly asked questions on pregnancy, kids, and health reform, with expert answers and resources from Ashley Wheeland from the Colorado...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

April 11, 2012

Getting ready to set up a nursery? Make it as safe and nontoxic as possible with a few important green swaps when it comes to decor, furniture, bedding, and toys! Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user courosa Paint: Avoid VOCs (volatile organic compounds) by using low or no VOC paints. After the room...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

April 4, 2012

Want to know how health reform helps women? Not sure what preventive services to ask for? Unclear on which women's health services will be available this August? We've got answers! A few weeks ago, the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative hosted an informative Facebook chat with MomsRising about the...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

April 3, 2012

Getting ready for Easter this weekend? Do it the nontoxic way! There are easy, affordable, nontoxic alternatives for everything from egg dyes to Easter sweets. And you'll be in good company: Last year, the White House started making the annual White House Easter Egg Roll greener by using...

MomsRising Together

Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

March 29, 2012

We are so fed up with bisphenol-A (BPA). It's highly toxic, our families are being exposed to it left and right, and, now we have a chance to help get rid of it! In just two days the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is going to issue a final decision on whether or not BPA should be banned from...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

March 28, 2012

With diabetes and obesity rates still on the rise, CPEHN will be tackling one of the leading causes of these chronic conditions at our spring convenings, An Appetite for Equity: Ensuring Access to Healthy Foods . Making healthy foods more available can greatly improve health in California’s low-...

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Ellen Wu

Health Care

March 28, 2012

The fact is that one in eight women suffer from postpartum depression. No mother should ever feel like this is her “dirty little secret.”

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Michelle Noehren

Health Care Immigration

March 28, 2012

A few weeks ago, the right-wing Daily Caller ran a piece with the sensational headline “Transgender hormone treatments, abortion access for detained illegals irks congressman.” It’s about House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith’s opposition to humane treatment of immigrants detained by our government...

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Tramonte Lynn

Health Care

March 27, 2012

Recently, a mother in South Carolina reached out to the ACLU for help. She was pregnant, and although she had had two prior cesarean surgeries, she wished to attempt a “trial of labor,” that is, to give birth naturally, rather than having a scheduled cesarean surgery. The mother’s wish made sense...

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