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05/03/12
In recent years, the incidence of hypospadias, a congenital malformation of the penis, has doubled . Leading health experts blame this surge on a family of toxic chemicals called endocrine disruptors, which attack the hormone system. o Photo by Flickr user F-oxymoron Nicholas Kristof , a columnist...
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05/03/12
Making Miss Representation has changed my life in more ways than one. Not only has the documentary transformed the way I consume media but it’s also influenced my parenting decisions when it comes to household media consumption. If I want to challenge the way the media represents women and girls –...
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05/03/12
"I feel like I've been in the eye of a perfect storm of messages about the need to walk," says Anita Jackson, Social Media Director at MomsRising. "From articles detailing how my sedentary lifestyle is killing me to a hilarious Funny or Die video featuring the West Wing cast walking and talking...
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05/02/12
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & C.E.O Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Potential Autism Causes Identified What causes autism? Dr. Phil Landrigan, professor and chair of preventive medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York and Honorary Board member of...
05/02/12
On April 20, the Gulf Coast remembered the day two years ago that changed our lives. The BP Oil Disaster may no longer be headline news but it's not over for the thousands of Americans who have lost their livelihoods, suffered health consequences, and greatly fear the decades long fight ahead. In...
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05/02/12
I was lucky that I went to college in 1976. I was working as a secretary but I wanted so much to be a teacher. My husband and I were living paycheck to paycheck and could meet our bills just fine, but we had no extra money to send me to college. My parents were doing just fine, but they were still...
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05/02/12
With summer around the corner, now is the perfect time to start working on a garden! Don't worry, this doesn't have to be a huge project. Start small with some simple outdoor or indoor gardening (or both!). Get started with a few indoor plants (or even just one! Even one indoor plant can improve...
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05/01/12
While shopping in an open market with her son, Ibrahim, a terrorist car bomb exploded next to Iraqi mother Ekhlas Zaky. The explosive shock wave struck her son in the head, blinding him in one eye and possibly damaging his brain. After the smoke cleared, young Ibrahim never spoke again. Since birth...
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05/01/12
Hot off the presses – a new report finds access to paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child reduces the likelihood that a family will be forced to resort to public support or food stamps. Rutgers University and the National Partnership for Women & Families have analyzed data in the...
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04/30/12
by Judy Molland A community in Florida is prohibiting anyone under age 18 from going outside unsupervised by an adult. That’s right: if you’re a kid at Ole Village in Lely Resort, Collier County, Florida, that means no bike riding, no walking to the bus stop, no being outside at all, without an...
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