Together

March 6, 2013

Trying to keep up with all the pixels and ink spilled lately about Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Marissa Mayer’s office roll call at Yahoo!, the 100th anniversary of the Suffragists’ Parade, all hot on the heels of the the 50th anniversary of The Feminine Mystique , has been making my head spin. I will...

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health Health Care

March 5, 2013

[Crossposted from the Huffington Post ] When is a flame retardant not a flame retardant? When it is no more effective in retarding flames than, well, nothing. Since fire safety experts and government studies say that chemical flame retardants as they are used in many products are not effective,...

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Charles Margulis

March 5, 2013

"I am usually a very shy person, and now I am more outgoing. I was able to teach those children about certain things like snakes that we have and the turtles that we have. ... I want to do something toward that, working with children when I get older." These inspiring words come from a high school...

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Claire Moshenberg

March 5, 2013

What do children eat in school? Probably not what you think. Research shows that 40 percent of students buy and eat snack foods at school in a typical day. When schools sell unhealthy snacks and drinks outside of meals, it can cause kids to eat less of their lunch, consume more fat, take in fewer...

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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka

Health Care

March 4, 2013

I know first hand that Medicaid saves lives and reduces medical costs. When I was pregnant with my son, I went into preterm labor at 26 weeks. I had medical coverage through Medicaid, so when I noticed that something felt off, I went directly to the hospital. Without Medicaid, I would have been...

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Charlie Rose

March 4, 2013

In August 2012, US Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that insurance companies would be required to cover lactation services as part of a provision of the Affordable Care Act that breastfeeding advocates nationwide applauded. While there are kinks...

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Sahira Long, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

Food!

March 2, 2013

BREAKING NEWS: First Lady Michelle Obama shared a warm video welcome to the MomsRising.org "Food Power" Conference. For this "Food Power" Conference, MomsRising.org, the online and on-the-ground grassroots organization with more than 1.1 million members, is bringing together moms, dads, bloggers,...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

March 1, 2013

Developing a strong influence strategy requires thinking through four critical elements: A clear sense of the decision(s) that need to get made; An understanding of who makes these decision(s); An informed hypothesis about how the decision(s) will get made; and An understanding of how the...

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Kristen Grimm

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

March 1, 2013

This past President’ Day my oldest child turned 18 and instead of celebrating his young adulthood with him, I was across the country standing on the National Mall with more than 40,000 strangers. While I may sound like an uncaring mom, the opposite is true. I’d gone to Washington DC precisely...

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