"foodborne-illness" Articles & Blogs:
Are we all crash test dummies for the food industry?
| People often ask me how I manage to eat, given what I do for a living. It’s true—by all rights, I should be starving. As the lead author of the new report just released from Center for Science in the Public Interest, The Ten Riskiest Foods Regulated...[Read on] |
Hollywood Women Speak Out
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Three Hollywood women -- Glenn Close, Nicole Kidman and Heather Graham -- got into the political action this week each on a different issue.
Nicole Kidman went to Capitol Hill to talk about violence against women. No matter what she has or hasn’t don...[Read on] |
Despite Myth, Anorexics Do Become Pregnant
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(WOMENSENEWS)--As a child with anorexia, I was too young to worry about losing my period.
But many of the older girls and women in my treatment center believed the loss of a regular period was a perk to the potentially deadly illness. With the loss of th...[Read on] |
With a flat tire, bloody shoes and a smile, Chrissie Wellington smashes world Ironman record
| This was her Kona. Chrissie Wellington, who had to pull out of October's Ironman World Championships in Kona due to illness, made up for it and then some today at Ford Ironman Arizona.
Wellington set a new record for an official Ironman course of 8:36:13...[Read on] |
5 Places Guaranteed to Restore Your Soul
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An expert globetrotter shares the top destinations to revitalize the body and mindAdventure | Today 12:00 am
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After years of pursuing successful careers, which paid the bills but brought no joy, I was consumed with a spiritual emptiness that made...[Read on] |
Gail Sheehy: Remembering Elizabeth Edwards
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Gasper Tringale
What if the wife of one of the country’s most reviled politicians had used her public platform even more vigorously to advocate for positive change in our health care system?
Elizabeth Edwards was a model of tenacity in fig...[Read on] |
2009 Women's Health Heroes.
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Go check out Our Bodies Ourselves 2009 Women's Health Heroes. It is an amazing group of women's health advocates. From the blog,
The 20 outstanding individuals and organizations inducted in May 2009 have made significant, long-lasting contributions to ...[Read on] |
Sad Broadway News: The Miracle Worker to Close
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Just read the news that The Miracle Worker starring Abigail Breslin and Allison Pill is going to close next Sunday. It didn’t get the greatest reviews, but a friend who saw it said the audience was full of girls who adored it.
I think it was hard to ...[Read on] |
Interview with Sandra Nettlebeck: Writer/Director of Helen
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I didn’t really know much about Helen (except that it was going to be released this summer) until I got an email from Sandra Nettlebeck, the director asking me what I knew about when her film was coming out. I was surprised to get the email from a w...[Read on] |
From the Editor’s Desk: Fight Panic Attacks
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The room suddenly starts to spin, your stomach hits the floor, and your heart is racing at an accelerated pace. You can’t focus your eyes and your breathing becomes heavy and uncomfortable.
You start to believe you won’t be able to inhale deeply agai...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama combats Obesity with Let’s Move
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On February 9, first lady Michelle Obama spoke out against childhood obesity and introduced her new plan of action called Let’s Move. The goal of this nationwide campaign is to solve the issues surrounding the epidemic of obesity within this generation ...[Read on] |
MacArthur Genius Awards-2009
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The Macarthur Foundation has annointed its list of “geniuses” for 2009 and happily its split 50/50.
Here are the women recipients (captions from AP):
Lynsey Addario, 35, photojournalist, Istanbul, Turkey. Creating a visual record of major conflicts ...[Read on] |
Kawasaki’s Green Goes Pink
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Jenna Goldberg
We all love action sports, and sometimes that passion drives us to do challenging and borderline- psychotic things. Take for instance, running a 24-hour motocross marathon, helping riders of all ages to learn to ride a dirt bike, re...[Read on] |
Summit on the Summit
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File this under Pretty Good!
Did you know that over 1 billion people don’t have access to clean water? In fact, every 15 seconds a child dies from a preventable water-related disease – that is the equivalent of crashing a 747 jet filled with children...[Read on] |
Letters to Loved Ones Month
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I know, I know, you’re probably cocking your head to one side right about now and scrunching your face in confusion. Why in August — not February — am I choosing this theme, you might ask? Well, even with the heat bearing down on most of us and wil...[Read on] |
Donate your car to the Songs of Love Car donation program
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The Songs of Love Foundation
is a national nonprofit organization that creates uplifting,
personalized songs for children and teens struggling with a
life-threatening illness or lifetime disability -- free of charge. Each
CD is professionally produced wi...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office This Weekend: June 5
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After a long drought there are a few choices this weekend especially for those folks in the NY area. The widest release this weekend is My Life in Ruins, Nia Vardalos’ return to Greece and the big screen after a long absence. Vardalos has been everywh...[Read on] |
Maternal Mortality Rates Drop, But That's Not the Whole Story
| As Miriam reported in What We Missed, The Lancet recently released a report revealing that maternal deaths sharply declined worldwide in 2008, meaning that less women all over the world are dying in pregnancy and childbirth. Hooray! This is excellent, in...[Read on] |
The "Dear Health Plan Enrollee" Letter
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
This post is part of a series on Women and Health Reform.
It came via certified mail, which was enough to make her nervous, but a quick glance at the return address actually made her...[Read on] |
A Chick’s Guide to Handling Stressful Situations
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Stress. You can live with it, you can’t live without it.
Believe it or not, stress actually has positive effects that are essential to your health and safety. It allows you to react with a flight or fight response whenever harmful situations are presen...[Read on] |
Interview with Rachael Horovitz, Executive Producer of Grey Gardens
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Co-posted on wowOwow.com
“Grey Gardens” premieres April 18 on HBO, and before you watch it, read what Executive Producer Rachael Horovitz says about stars Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore, the Kennedy family and the enduring women behind the legacy. ...[Read on] |
Precious, my Precious: Black Female Citizenship, Complexity, and the Politics of Unrelenting Survival
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[Editor's Note] I haven't seen Precious yet, but I have read about it endlessly and already cried just reading reviews. One of the most powerful interpretations I have read so far on Precious comes from my good friend, colleague and mentor Malkia Cyril fr...[Read on] |
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