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EWG Report: Cleaning Supplies Can Contaminate Classroom Air
Health & Wellness  (tags: EWG, report, cleaning, supplies, contaminate, classroom, air, toxics, chemicals, safety, health )

Kellie
- 31 days ago - ewg.org
Ordinary school cleaning supplies can expose children to multiple chemicals linked to asthma, cancer, and other documented health problems and to hundreds of other air contaminants that have never been tested for safety
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act-Take Action
Health & Wellness  (tags: drugs, medicine, safety, risks, protection, study, food )

Tierney
- 43 days ago - actionnetwork.org
Most doctors commonly warn their patients never to take antibiotics if they are not actually sick. Yet that is exactly what is happening on industrial farms where food animals often are given low doses of antibiotics over long
Kidney Foundation Petition! TAKE ACTION!
Health & Wellness  (tags: National Kidney Foundation, Health Care Bill, Senate, Immunosuppressive drugs, kidney transplants, Medicare, petition, support kidney disease )

Kristmas
- 54 days ago - capwiz.com
Please Support Immunosuppressive Drug Extension in the Senate Health Care Bill--rugs for the life of the kidney transplant through Medicare, not just for 36 months post-transplant.
Anybody Rethinking Swine-Flu Vaccine Yet?
Health & Wellness  (tags: H1N1 flu, H121 Vaccine, Vaccination risks, vaccination safety, Luke Air Force Base, Glendale Az, Swine Flu, Swine flu complications )

Kristmas
- 50 days ago - myfoxphoenix.com
H221 vaccines? Are they safe or not to have? It's getting pretty close to home for me with this death! Authorities say Staff Sgt. Shawn J. Rankin died Oct. 4 at his home in Glendale. Base officials say the 25-year-old Rankin was diagnosed w/swine flu.
October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - TAKE ACTION!
Health & Wellness  (tags: USA, Susan G. Komen, advocacy alliance, house Energy-Commerce's subcomittee on H, cancer priorities )

Kristmas
- 50 days ago - komenpolicy.org
As 1 of my 1st acts as President of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Advocacy Alliance, I had the honor of testifying before the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health in support of a number of key cancer priorities - cont'd...
USA: In Protecting Against Flu, Face Masks Rank Last. Best? Vaccination!
Health & Wellness  (tags: USA, protection against H121, hospitals, hospitial staff, vaccinations, protective germ equipment, face masks, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre, patient waiting rooms, hospitals, N95 respirators )

Kristmas
- 50 days ago - reuters.com
New guidelines on protecting hospital workers against the H1N1 swine flu stress keeping influenza patients away from others; put protective equipment such as face masks last.vaccinate as many staff as possible against H1N1; U.S. Centers for Disease Cntrl.
Senate Democrats Open Healthcare Talks
Health & Wellness  (tags: Healthcare reform, Democrat discussions, party divisions, government-run insurance plan )

Kristmas
- 50 days ago - reuters.com
Democrats opened difficult talks on healthcare reform in the U.S. Senate Wednesday, promising to bridge party divisions on a government-run insurance plan and paying for the overhaul.
Resort Near Sedona Had Previous Sweat Lodge Incident
Health & Wellness  (tags: US, Arizona, Sedona, sweat lodge, Angel Valley Spiritual Retreat Center, James Arthur Ray, deaths, spiritual experiences, death risks, World Wealth Summit, San Diego, homicide investigation, coma, no permit, dehydration, kidney failure, sauna )

Kristmas
- 49 days ago - google.com
The scene that unfolded outside a sweat lodge at a remote compound near Sedona was not the first time paramedics responded to one of James Arthur Ray's seminars at the Angel Valley Spiritual Retreat Center. 42 yr.old man in 2005!
Eyes on U-Tube: Screening or Exam?
Health & Wellness  (tags: Vision screenings, required eye exams, Kids Eyes Count Campaign, National Eye Institute, Healthy Eyes Healthy People, Illinois Optometric Association )

Janet
- 59 days ago - janetsjournalblog.com
Vision screening or eye exam? Learn the difference and see what's best. This video helped pass Illinois' eye exam law and can help your state, too. Winner of the "Healthy Eyes, Healthy People" grant in 2004. Also links to the Kids Eyes Count Campaign!
Tell President Obama to Include Women and Children in a National HIV/AIDS Strategy ! TAKE ACTION !
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, HIV/AIDS, women, children, protection, health )

Cher
- 85 days ago - change.org
Join me in urging President Obama to make women, children, and families a priority in a National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
 
 
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