Health Care

April 19, 2012

How do we get doctors to honor our wishes at the end of life? Most recommend preparing an advance directive , and I'm no exception. These documents are not infallible, but they are the best things we've got going for us when we can't speak for ourselves. However, one popular advance directive could...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Health Care

April 18, 2012

Whoopi Goldberg and friends on The View just threw a Molotov cocktail of ignorance into the middle of the Mommy Wars. This time it’s about whether hospitals have the right to market formula to new moms with free samples. The women of The View give a unanimous, “Yes.” But the proposed ban on...

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Melissa Bartick

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...

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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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