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08/16/12

The Super 8. Many people are in vacation mindsets right now, so the words "Super 8" may spark images of motels on summer vacation stops. But I'm not talking about a Super 8 motel on a family road trip to the Grand Canyon. Nope. I'm talking about the new Super 8: The 8 new free women's preventative...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Environmental Health

08/15/12

Do you remember the moment you first learned you were pregnant? After the shock and awe period passes, pregnancy is the perfect time to commit to eliminating toxic chemicals from your food, home, and personal care products. Making your daily routines as healthy as possible during pregnancy will...

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Margie Kelly

Podcast

08/15/12

The Olympics! The torch. The pageantry. The athletic accomplishments that are unimaginable to us mere mortals. This is a historic Olympics for women: The U.S. team included more female athletes than male for the first time ever. We've come a long way since Title Nine passed 40 years ago, now more...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/15/12

Summer break is coming to an end way too soon (or maybe not soon enough!). Kids will be going back to school to get a heavy dose of reading, writing, math, and (for many kids) junk food. That’s right! Monday, the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine released a report by Bridging The Gap,...

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Monifa Bandele

Environmental Health

08/15/12

Teeth swiped from tooth fairies could provide important information about the link between chemicals and autism. Researchers are excited . We already know that timing is a critical piece of the autism/chemical connection. Scientists now say that by grinding up baby teeth, they can accurately...

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Kristin Schafer

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Paid Sick Days

08/14/12

Candy Crowley. Image via Wikipedia. Great news yesterday! FINALLY, after decades without a female moderator, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that a woman, Candy Crowley of CNN, would moderate one of the three nationally televised Presidential debates. [1] Woot! *Click here to...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/14/12

What I liked most about the Olympics were the commercials that thanked moms for all they do behind the scenes to help their children achieve their best. As the mother of a young athlete who finds herself stretched between working full-time and getting my son to hockey and soccer practices, I saw...

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Donna De La Cruz

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care

08/14/12

If there was ever any doubt that the U.S. federal budget would claim center-stage in the 2012 presidential race, it vanished with Mitt Romney's selection of House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) as the GOP Vice Presidential nominee. Although Mitt Romney has emphasized he will run on a Romney budget,...

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Jo Comerford

Blog Carnivals

08/13/12

This year, in California, we have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of more than 200,000 working women. There isn’t a mom out there who will tell you that domestic work isn’t real work -- as moms, we all know the effort that goes into caring for others. But for more than 70...

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Bekah Mandell

Blog Carnivals

08/13/12

Every true champion knows that the road to victory is filled with sacrifice. My mother is no exception. In the early 1990’s my mother, my younger sister and I were living in an inner-city corridor of San Salvador, El Salvador. After a spike in violence overtook our neighborhood, my mother debated...

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