By Elayne Clift, Womens Feature Service
When it comes to pre-election debates on health care in America, the consensus is clear: the badly broken system is in need of significant reform. For women, in particular, much is at stake.
Approximately one in seven women in the US lack health insurance, including nursing home workers and home health providers, many of whom earn the minimum wage. Drug prices are out of control, a particular issue for Read the rest of this entry »

Blogs Comment On Catholic Voters, Presidential Debate, Infant Mortality, Abortion
The following is a summary of selected women’s health-related blog entries.
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John Farrell,
U.S. News and World Report
: Responding to the “dispute over Catholics and politics” that has been “revived in this election cycle,” Farrell writes that “it is not a sin for Catholics to vote for” Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) “or other Democratic Read the rest of this entry »

It’s is nice writing this post knowing that most of our readers have no idea what I look like.  Please set aside your assumptions about my size, it is irrelevant.  Instead, take a look at yourself.  Are you satisfied?  Most studies say that a majority of women are not happy with the way they look- and that the repercussions from this lack of self-acceptance are serious.
But I’m not here to preach.  I was a pudgy little kid, my preferred Read the rest of this entry »

Croke Park, Dublin
Wednesday, 11 February
Text commentary on the BBC Sport website and live on BBC Radio Five Live. Live on Sky Sports 1
Paul McShane remains a major fitness doubt for the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against Georgia at Croke Park on Wednesday.
McShane trained on Tuesday but assistant boss Marco Tardelli said that the defender’s hamstring injury makes his prospects of starting “so-so”.
Birmingham’s Stephen Read the rest of this entry »

The first quarter — when resolutions are still fresh — is when many weight-loss companies launch marketing efforts. Weight Watchers spent more than $50 million January through March 2008 to tout its products and services, according to TNS Media Intelligence. NutriSystem,
a food provider based on portion control, shelled out more than $90 million.
But even with big spending, it will be “especially tough” to recruit consumers, says John Read the rest of this entry »

Last updated October 7, 2008 7:32 a.m. PT
TACOMA, Wash. — An employee at Western State Hospital pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in Tacoma and was released on $50,000 bail.
The charges filed last week against 51-year-old Ronald Maurice Roberts involve three women – two patients and a former colleague – at the state mental hospital in Lakewood.
The hospital has placed him on paid leave from his job as a mental health technician Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes – Are You at Risk? Diet Company HMR Shares Top Strategy to Prevent or Delay Diabetes
Many people may not be aware that lifestyle choices, specifically excess body weight or physical inactivity, puts them at a much greater risk for diabetes. The good news is that there are simple things you can start doing right away to reduce your risk of getting diabetes.
) October 30, 2008 — Diabetes has become a top health concern in the U.S., ranking Read the rest of this entry »

Today is Thanksgiving Day, which officially signals the beginning of the annual season of holiday overeating. Actually, the season began in late October, when many of us secretly raided our kids’ Halloween candy buckets, and it continues through Jan. 1, when we resolve to start eating sensibly again and resume exercising.
Why put off to the New Year what you can start now? The folks at the Haywood Regional Health and Fitness Center are providing Read the rest of this entry »

Walking into the ASI Women’s Center arouses a sense of comfort and a safe place.
Information leaflets line the walls and table in the entrance, but the first thing to really catch the eye is the three soft couches centered in the room inviting students to take a break and just “be.”
A private space is available for people who need to get away for a moment weather to breast feed, cry or take a nap.
“There is no time limit for people” says Hermi Read the rest of this entry »

January 7, 2009
GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation army that launches a monstrous military aggression on Gaza Strip has threatened to reduce Al-Shefa hospital to rubbles, alleging that Hamas leaders were hiding inside it.
The hospital is considered the biggest hospital in the tiny Strip where hundreds of patients are lying.
Dr. Muaweya Abu Hassanein, the director of the emergency department in the hospital categorically denied the Israeli Read the rest of this entry »