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Surprising Risk Factors for Heart Disease in Women
The New England Journal of Medicine just published a new study on the effects of radiation therapy on women who are being treated for breast cancer and the news is disturbing. Women who receive radiot…
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Know Your Body, Tell Your Friends: My Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome Story
By: Heather King My right hand, the inside with its lines across the palm and spreading up toward my fingers, is covered in tiny little paper-cut-looking slits. No matter what I try, I have somethi…
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5 Medical Tests Every Boomer Woman Should Have
By Marlo Sollitto, AgingCare.com contributing editor Women tend to take care of everyone else in their lives, at the expense of their own health. Oftentimes we don't maintain doctor visits for ours…
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10 Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds
If you throw away the seeds when you carve your next pumpkin you might want to reconsider, particularly after trying freshly roasted seeds. But they don’t just taste great, these seeds support superb …
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If Birth Control Were Free, Which Type Would You Choose?
Originally published on May 24, 2012, on bedsider.org. In terms of effectiveness, not all birth control methods are created equal. And if there was any doubt as to which methods stand out in that a…
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37 Percent of U.S. Babies Are “a Surprise”
Originally published on July 24, 2012, on bedsider.org. New data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) tell us that 37 percent of all babies born to 15-44-year-old women bet…
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Birth Control is Green!
By Kirsten Moore, Executive Director of the Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP). Originally published on April 20, 2012, on bedsider.org. You’re always thinking about what you can do to…
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Nepal’s Kung Fu Nuns in Practice
The Amitabha Drukpa Nunnery in Kathmandu, Nepal, houses the world's first order of kung fu nuns. Arts Video News by NewsLook var nl_rand = "d0DWKyX2OxPSbkiR", NewsLook = NewsLook || {}; News…
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One Woman’s Unreal Freerunning Skills
Freerunning expert Luci Steel Romberg makes it look so easy. Lifestyle News by NewsLook var nl_rand = "oYNQ4uPLNA8TUCjX", NewsLook = NewsLook || {}; NewsLook.embeds = NewsLook.embeds || {}; …
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Take One for the Team
I admire people that are trying to make the world better. It takes so much energy to pay attention and come to a clear understanding of the real issues and, as much opening, to come up with solutio…
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I love floral arrangement. Thank you!
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I love picking wildflowers and making my own arrangements. Brightens up the home and fills it with a…
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Amazing. Thanks
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Thanks for this, a very thought-provoking post. I particularly liked that Arabic quote.
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