"go-red-for-women-american-heart-association" Articles & Blogs:
Tobacco Companies Target Women, Say Foes
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Antismoking groups are taking on tobacco industry for targeting womenPost | 02/26/2009 4:15 pm
The tobacco industry has never been known for subtlety — and that’s no less true in their marketing toward women, say antismoking groups.
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Smart Women Take Heart: Your Love Life Is Fine
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(WOMENSENEWS)--What should smart ambitious women with some measure of career fulfillment do to prove they're not miserable and sexless? Hold a mass demonstration with smiley-face banners?
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Women More at Risk of Death for Certain Cardiovascular Diseases Than Men
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And more research shows that women should be on the watch for seven
symptoms of ovarian cancer so they can beat the deadly disease before
it progressesCardiovascular Disease, Ovarian Cancer | Today 10:05 am
Here’s another reason to take good care ...[Read on] |
Study: Rocky Marriages Bring Heart Risk for Women
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New research emphasizes that women need to take better care of their waistlines and their hearts when feuding with their hubbiesPost | Today 11:55 am
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We all know that rocky marriages can be stressful, but new research from the University of Ut...[Read on] |
Study: Exercise Helps Reduce 'Bad' Cholesterol in Women
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Just one more reason to get off the couch and hit the gym or the great outdoors — your heart will thank you!Exercise Health Benefits for Women | 07/31/2009 10:30 am
We all knew exercise was good for our health, but we’re now finding out hitt...[Read on] |
ChickSpeak Celebrates Female Heroes: Past, Present and Future
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Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. I am so proud and blessed to be an American. Running the risk of sounding cliché, the United States truly is the land of opportunity. While watching the current events unfold in the Middle East and in othe...[Read on] |
India's Single Women Resist Stigma, Demand Rights
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NEW DELHI (WOMENSENEWS)--When relatives barred Kamal Pathik from her son's wedding because the presence of widows is considered inauspicious, the Association of Single Strong Women stepped in. The group, willing to take on her family, advocates for single...[Read on] |
Australians set record for fastest stiletto race
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In the wake of last week’s LIVE’s High Heel-a-Thon to benefit the Heart Association, four Australian women have just nabbed the world record for the fastest relay race in stiletto heels.
The quartet from the Australian capital of Canberra complet...[Read on] |
10 'Obama Women' Who Are Changing Washington
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These powerful African American women, newly nicknamed the ‘Obama Women,’ have taken big jobs in the new administration and are some of the driving forces behind this new era of changePhoto Essay | Today 2:25 pmA new wave of women has hit Wash...[Read on] |
Jiffy Lube to raise $1 Million to fight heart disease
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Just three weeks into its "2010 Maintenance Partners For Life Campaign," Jiffy Lube has already reached more than 65 percent of its $1 million national fundraising.
Through the generous support of its customers, as of February 22 Jiffy Lube has already ...[Read on] |
Cinema Verite takes on An American Family
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Before The Real World, Horrible Housewives or Jersey Shore Jerks, there was An American Family. Back in the early 70’s, the idea of reality TV was born when a documentary filmmaker decided to ask the Loud family from Santa Barbara California, if he ...[Read on] |
Cool Chick to Watch: Anais Mitchell
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Anais Mitchell is not new to the music scene, and although she may not be topping the charts in quite the same way as Lady GaGa, she’s definitely been making her mark. Signed to Ani Difranco’s label, Righteous Babe Records, this sweet-voiced songstres...[Read on] |
Yes! (Or, Oh No): Time's The State of the American Woman
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A comprehensive report shows that women have made their way to the top in several aspects of career and life — but with that has come an additional burden that our mothers never felt … Share with us an anecdote in your life that helped carry u...[Read on] |
Women breaking barriers: A milestone
| From the Association for Women in Sports Media: Today marks the 35th anniversary of Robin Herman and Marcel St. Cyr becoming the first female sports reporters to enter a locker room for post-game interviews.Herman was a reporter at The New York Times and ...[Read on] |
In the Heart of the Muslim World, Obama Delivers a Message to Women Everywhere
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by Debra Eichenbaum, Legal Intern, National Women's Law Center
When President Obama spoke at Cairo University last week, press outlets from around the world covered his overtures of peace and reconciliation to the Muslim world. Without doubt, it was an...[Read on] |
Canadian skater Rochette talks about her mother
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One of the most memorable, and inspirational, stories from the recent Winter Olympics involves Canadian figure skating Joannie Rochette who took to the ice in Vancouver only days after her mother Therese, 55, died of a massive heart attack. Rochette, a ...[Read on] |
LIVE’S High Heel-a-thon
| The 2010 Regis and Kelly LIVE! High Heel-A-Thon is set to take place on Wednesday, September 22nd. The High Heel-A-Thon is a fun 150-yard dash in support of The Heart Truth®. Although this is simply a fun event in heels, a lot of serious athletes als...[Read on] |
WAAI founder Lorraine Schultz receives prestigious Woman of the Year Award
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Lorraine Schultz, founder and CEO of the Women's Automotive Association International (WAAI), has been chosen the 2010 recipient of Manheim's prestigious Barbara Cox Anthony Woman of the Year Award. The award, presented at the Northwood University brea...[Read on] |
Biggest Loser Couples Reflections
| So I’ve been thinking about The Biggest Loser and its impact on American culture for some time. I can’t help but notice all the efforts in government and healthcare to inspire change and how little really gets done. Cross that with The Biggest Loser a...[Read on] |
Preserving Women’s Films
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Jessie Maple
One of the great programs at New York Women in Film and TV is the women’s film preservation fund. This “is the only project of its kind in the world working to preserve the cultural legacy of women in cinema by restoring and c...[Read on] |
Tampon TV: marketing o.b., and alternatives to consider
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Tired of the o.b. tampocolypse story yet? We're not. The o.b.s are still missing, and folks are beginning to turn to alternatives (more on that later). That's all good, I think. But what you young folks might not realize, is that once upon a time o.b. ...[Read on] |
For Colored Girls – Review
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The actresses who star in the new film For Colored Girls have been saying on the press tour that the film is not just for colored girls. I find it crazy that women have to stand up and say that a film that stars some of our finest African American actr...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Helen Mirren
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Helen Mirren was honored last week in London with a lifetime achievement award from Women in Film and TV International. She is now appearing in The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoy which will probably get her another Oscar nomination. The film is in limi...[Read on] |
The Truth About Trans Fat Oils: How Much Are You Consuming?
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Starting yesterday, California restaurants are strictly banned from cooking with trans fat oils. The bill, which was signed in 2008 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, gave restaurants in California a year’s notice to phase out any usage of trans fat oils. B...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office This Weekend
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There are a several movies opening this weekend in limited release and both American Violet and Lemon Tree open wider.
American Violet opens in Boston; Philadelphia; San Francisco; Houston; Austin and Seattle. Here’s my interview with Regina Kelly wh...[Read on] |
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