"doctors-without-borders" Articles & Blogs:
Haiti Ladies: A Benefit for Doctors Without Borders
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH- 11PM @ LE POISSON ROUGE-NYC$10 Advance tix available http://www.lepoissonrouge.comHaiti Ladies: A Benefit for Doctors Without Bordersw/ Lady DJ's: Ari Up, Lady Miss Kier, Allison Wolfe. Kim Ann Foxman, Dirty Jean, Ilirjana, Aleix ....[Read on] |
Depressing: Pay Gap Even Affects Lady Doctors
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According to an article in the Wall Street Journal's The Juggle blog this morning, the pay gap affects all kinds of ladies, including those who are highly skilled in saving lives. The Juggle reports that a new study published in the February issue of Heal...[Read on] |
New Research Signals New Era for Ovarian Cancer Screening
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British doctors have found that they can screen for the deadly disease and catch it in early stages in some postmenopausal womenOvarian Cancer Screenings | Today 9:10 am
Here’s another good reason for women to get regular cancer screenings: doctors ma...[Read on] |
Besides Japan, Where Else Is Paris Hilton Unwelcome?
| Photo by Glenn Francis.The Asian nation of Japan has prohibited Paris Hilton from crossing its borders, citing her recent guilty plea on drug possession charges. “Hilton was to appear Wednesday at a news conference in Tokyo to promote her fashion and fr...[Read on] |
Japanese female pitcher Yosida signs with U.S. men’s team
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A female pitcher from Japan, Eri Yoshida, signed on to play with an all-male minor league baseball team in the United States, reported the Associated Press on April 9. Yoshida will be playing for the Chico Outlaws, based in Chico, Calif. The team said she...[Read on] |
Halftime: No time to quit - South Africa, HIV and how the World Cup has hidden an epidemic.
| Jamele Hill of ESPN writes one of the most poignent pieces on the HIV crisis in South Africa. With the World Cup as the backdrop and considering the continents economic and health crises , Hill shows how the world's biggest spectacle has worked to hide th...[Read on] |
Ashley Fiolek is kicking up dirt
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Buy Kicking Up Dirt at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders or an independent bookseller.
At nineteen, Ashley Fiolek is already the top female competitor in a tough men’s sport: motocross, a form of off-road motorcycle racing that is one of the most c...[Read on] |
Empowering Tanzanian Women: New Women's Bank Encourages Women to Take Control of Finances
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The African country previously required numerous forms of documentation
and a high minimum deposit for women to start bank accounts. Now,
banking is a lot easierTanzania Bank for Women | Today 11:30 am
Women in Tanzania now have a whole new array of ban...[Read on] |
Book Review: 13 Little Blue Envelopes
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Author: Maureen Johnson
Pages: 368
Date Started: 8/1/10
Date Finished: 8/4/10
Simple Summary: Dead Aunt Meg sends shy Ginny gallivanting across Europe through thirteen little blue envelopes. Awkward flirting and adventures may occur.
Rating: ★★★★...[Read on] |
Mexican women directors get some notice
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Patricia Riggen
Cool piece in Newsweek about women directors gaining prominence in Mexico.
They may live in the shadows of their more famous male countrymates like Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón, but women directors like E...[Read on] |
Opponents sparring in boxing debate
| The Australian Medical Association wants to ban children (under 18, do you suppose?) from boxing, and put strict laws in place to control the sport. One doctor in favor of the ban pointed to the injury rate in “non-contact sports” such as rugb...[Read on] |
Disappointing Development in the Trial for Tiller
| Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert ruled on Friday that defense attorneys can present evidence to support a conviction of "voluntary manslaughter," defined in Kansas law as '"an unreasonable but honest belief that circumstances existed that jus...[Read on] |
Mammamia! Italian Women Speak Out Against Sexism
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The United States, as well as many other countries, was created under a patriarchal foundation that women are constantly struggling with, and Italy is no exception. In fact, Italian women have to exist under triple threats of sexism: the government...[Read on] |
Jada Pinkett Smith Kicks Ass
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H/T to Black Box Office for posting this interview with Jada Pinkett Smith who stars in and executive produces the new TNT drama Hawthorne which will premiere in June.
Pinkett Smith was interviewed by NPR’s News and Notes and it is worth a listen. She...[Read on] |
5 myths about health care around the world
| Great piece to pass along to anyone caught in the health-care reform hysteria:
From T.R. Reid in the Washington Post:
As Americans search for the cure to what ails our health-care system, we've overlooked an invaluable source of ideas and solutions: the...[Read on] |
Florida bill would make abortion punishable by life in prison
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Rep. Charles Van Zant wants to criminalize abortion
Oh, Florida.
Sponsored by Rep. Charles Van Zant (R-Palatka), HB 1097 would criminalize abortion, and make for no exceptions for rape or incest. And then there's this:
Except in cases where a woman's...[Read on] |
Martina Navratilova battling cancer with Kilimanjaro climb
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Nine-time Wimbledon champion and retired tennis legend Martina Navratilova is refusing to let her recent breast cancer diagnosis slow her down – she’s preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro later this year.
Doctors caught the condition in its early s...[Read on] |
A Story of Survival – Joan Hyler
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One of the first “Hollywood” people who reached out to me when I started writing the blog was Joan Hyler. That totally made my day. Joan Hyler is one of the legendary female managers in the business. She’s the shit. Some of her long time cli...[Read on] |
Sex and the City 2
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Over the last several days the reviews for Sex and the City 2 have been rolling in, and not surprisingly they have been scathing with a side of mean. I stopped reading them when I saw the word “leathery” describe the women’s skin.
I actually thin...[Read on] |
Vote today! 13 ways you can change the world through sports
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… as if you needed ideas.
Today is the last day you can vote for your favorites in the Sport for Change contest finalists run by Nike and Ashoka. This post contains links to the finalists, as well as some social media they’ve shared with the world.
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Take a Volunteer Vacation
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My husband has a BIG birthday coming up next year and I want to take him on an international trip. I’ve been debating what type of excursion to plan. After reading Nola Lee Kelsey’s new book The Voluntary Traveler, I knew I’d found my answer: a vol...[Read on] |
The facts about cervical cancer
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Perhaps one of the most well known preventive cancer treatments it the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, which is one hundred percent effective in precluding the development of cervical cancers since it’s FDA approval in 2006.
Auspiciously, doctors are indicating...[Read on] |
The Facts About Cervical Cancer
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Perhaps one of the most well known preventive cancer treatments it the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, which is one hundred percent effective in precluding the development of cervical cancers since it’s FDA approval in 2006.
Auspiciously, doctors are indicating...[Read on] |
Car Care: Faith in Your Tech = Faith in Your Vehicle
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"I feel like such a fool," Sandra complained. "All I did was take my car in for an oil change and wound up paying for oil, an oil filter and an air filter. Plus, because he called to tell me my fan belt was shot, I had to get one of those installed.
"Ho...[Read on] |
Yoga: Enlighten Up!: The "Reality" of the Documentary
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It surprised me reading that Enlighten Up! filmmaker Kate Churchill felt that with her latest documentary, she had removed herself from the picture more than any other film she’s created. While I enjoyed many aspects, there was so much of her in it: her...[Read on] |
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