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Breastfeeding Moms Boot Nestlé from Maternity Wards
by Elizabeth Ben-Ishaiposted Oct 04, 2012 - If breastfeeding is healthier for babies, why are hospitals pushing corporate infant formula? How a growing number of states and cities are banning marketing in the maternity ward.
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Speaking for All Bodies (Not Just the “Perfect” Ones)
by Sven Eberleinposted Oct 03, 2012 - In “Sins Invalid,” performance artists shatter stereotypes around sex and disabilities to reclaim the body's redemptive power.
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Notes from the Frontlines of Bringing Up Girls
by Tomas Monizposted Oct 03, 2012 - What I really want to tell my daughters about autonomy and sex, in the midst of a war on women.
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9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health (Without Joining a Gym)
by Sven Eberleinposted Sep 20, 2012 - Laughter, the arts, touch, sleep. What you can do in your everyday life to get healthier.
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A Graceful Exit: Taking Charge at the End of Life
by Claudia Roweposted Sep 19, 2012 - How can we break the silence about what happens when we’re dying?
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A Mothers’ Movement for Future Generations
by Heidi Hutnerposted Sep 18, 2012 - Cancer survivor Heidi Hutner worried about how to raise a baby girl in an increasingly toxic world. Why she, and others, are convening the Women’s Congress for Future Generations to make the earth safe again for our children.
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Detroit’s Good Food Cure
by Larry Gabrielposted Sep 06, 2012 - What happens when the Motor City transforms itself into the capital of grow-your-own food?
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Widespread War on Reproductive Rights
by Lynsi Burtonposted Sep 04, 2012 - National polls show that most of the public supports birth control and abortion rights. So what’s with the trend of trying to limit them?
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Make the Connections: Poverty, Obesity, and Diabetes
by Doug Pibelposted Sep 04, 2012 - How to fight diabetes with better policy—and cut your own diabetes risk by 93 percent.
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Video: Elders at Risk in Ryan’s Health Care Plan
posted Aug 29, 2012 - Sarah van Gelder appears on FreeSpeech TV to explain the consequences of Republican health care plan.
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The Dark Side of the “Green Economy”
by Jeff Conantposted Aug 23, 2012 - Why some indigenous groups and environmentalists are saying no to the “green economy.”
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The Body Politic
by Madeline Ostranderposted Aug 21, 2012 - Taking charge of our bodies means more than buying stuff. It means reckoning with the intersection between our humanity and the political and environmental decisions our society makes.
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Why Your Health Is Bigger Than Your Body
by Claudia Roweposted Aug 21, 2012 - New findings explain how politics, economics, and ecology can help or hurt our bodies.
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In Yoga, Better Breathing Through ... Beatboxing?
by Lauren Hardyposted Aug 13, 2012 - Video: Can the offbeat fusion of acoustic guitar and electronic loops help you breathe your way to better movement?
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Eve Ensler: Freedom Starts With a “V”
by Madeline Ostranderposted Aug 09, 2012 - The “Vagina Monologues” author on why knowing your body can shake up the world.
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