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Environmental Health

Glade Air Freshener: Poster Child for Toxic Secrets

May 20, 2013
Women's Voices for the Earth recently launched our Glade: Stop Keeping Toxic Secrets Campaign. Learn more here. Join us to ask Glade to stop keeping their fragrance ingredients a secret! Air freshener seems to be more and more prevalent in our society these days. One market analysis forecast that...
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Cassidy Randall
Health Care

Sé Proactivo: Las Enfermedades del Corazón se Pueden Prevenir

May 18, 2013
Click here to read the article in English . Como mamá ocupada que trabaja, y la única proveedora de mi familia, yo he trabajado mucho y me he divertido mucho. No quería que a mis hijos les faltara lo que podrían haber tenido en una familia con dos padres. Como resultado, me hundí a mi misma,...
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Migdalia Rivera
Health Care

Get Proactive: Heart Disease Can Be Prevented

May 18, 2013
Haga clic aquí para leer el artículo en español . As a busy working Mom and the sole provider of my family, I worked hard and played hard. I did not want my sons to lack what they would have had in a two parent household. As a result, I drove myself into the ground, sleeping 4-5 hours a day and...
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Migdalia Rivera
Gun Safety

Gems of Wisdom from 3rd Graders on Gun Violence

May 17, 2013
I had to share this audio clip of Vice President Biden reading from a binder of letters about guns from third graders in North Philadelphia. As Biden's mother used to say, "Out of the mouths of babes comes gems of wisdom." These little kids understand, because, coming from one of Philadelphia's...
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Gloria Pan
Health Care

Health and fitness advice from an Olympic champion in swimming

May 17, 2013
Health and fitness advice from an Olympic champion in swimming? With three pre-teenage children, full-time employment, and a frequently-traveling husband, I too find it hard to make sports and fitness a priority. In preparation for the Olympics, I swam 800 laps a day, and consistently ran and...
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Nancy Hogshead-Makar

In Search of a Tampon at the State Democratic Convention

May 17, 2013
Last weekend, I attended my first ever state convention of the Democratic Party of New Mexico. My first few weeks in local party leadership have been packed with epiphanies. Unfortunately, these did not include remembering to stash the all-important box of feminine hygiene products in my suitcase...
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Lauren Reichelt

The Gift of Health with text4baby

May 16, 2013
Moms’ health matters because their family depends on them. That’s the overwhelming sentiment received from our Facebook and Twitter followers. At text4baby, we understand that moms are busy, and pregnant women and new moms may not have time to read everything there is about this important period in...
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Sarah Ingersoll

“Doctor, Please Help me Die”

May 16, 2013
Dr. Tom Preston, a Compassion & Choices leader in Seattle, chose these poignant words for the title of his new book . They are powerful words, gripping even on paper. Imagine them emerging from the lips of a patient, perhaps one whom the doctor has treated over decades, who is now dying of...
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Barbara Coombs Lee

MomsRising Google Hangout this Friday 5/17/13

May 16, 2013
Join MomsRising, for our first ever Google Hangout on Air via YouTube this Friday, 5/17/13! We will be joined by special guests, @MyBrownBaby and @DubyaWife to talk about their personal experiences with balancing being a Mom and the challenges of creating and maintaining regular healthy habits...
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Angelique Roche
Health Care

Parenting with ADHD

May 16, 2013
Today I’m writing for Momsrising in support of National Women’s Healthcare Week . Why do women need their own healthcare week you might ask? Head shaking—because if mom gets sick who will remember that you only like your macaroni and cheese with rotini pasta? Or that the reason you refuse to wear...
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Stephanie Lormand

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