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Dress in red Feb. 3 to raise awareness of women's health
The month of February is American Heart Month and Friday is National Wear Red Day. Heart disease is the number one killer of American women. It kills one of every three American women. If you can’t wear red on Friday, everyone is encouraged to...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease
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Jennifer's Journal: Women's Health Week
National Women’s Health Week is traditionally observed the week leading up to Mother’s Day. Why highlight women’s health? It encourages women to take steps to improve their physical and mental health and lower their risk of certain...
Tags: Salt, Health, Cheese Corn, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Carrots
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Proposal to block insurance coverage for abortions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An anti-abortion group seeking to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering abortions without a supplemental policy cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in its effort to take the proposal to voters, even without Republican...
Tags: Social Issues, Elections, Planned Parenthood, Rick Snyder, Executive Branch
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Breast milk donations accepted in Oak Park
An Oak Park doctor has started accepting donations of breast milk, largely for use by intensive care units in hospitals that treat premature babies whose mothers can't provide the milk on their own. Milk is donated by mothers who pass a screening that...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Park Ridge, Oak Park, Human Interest, Premature Birth
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Jackson wins GOP Lt. Gov. nomination, Obenshain gets A.G. nod
RICHMOND – Chesapeake-based minister E.W. Jackson won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor and state Sen. Mark Obenshain won the nomination for attorney general at the state party convention Saturday. Jackson won the nomination in the...
Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Environmental Politics, Parties and Movements, Politics, Voting
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Obenshain wins GOP attorney general nomination
RICHMOND – State Sen. Mark Obenshain beat out Del. Rob Bell for the Republican nomination for attorney general at the party convention Saturday. As of press time delegates were on their fourth vote to determine the GOP lieutenant governor nominee,...Tags: Conservation, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Environmental Politics, Prince William County, Parties and Movements
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Clermont location is Goodwill Industries of Central Florida's first 'American-made' retail store
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida has opened its first "American-made" retail store and Job Connection Center at 1855 S. Grand Highway, Clermont. Completed in partnership with Winter Park-based Williams Company, roughly 98 percent of the...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Conservation, ABC (tv network), Goodwill Industries International, Healthcare Provider
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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Court Preliminary, Mike Beebe, Trials
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Angelina Jolie among growing number of women choosing mastectomy before cancer
Actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy rather than risk developing breast cancer hit close to home for Melissa DeSantis, a Bel Air mother of three children. As DeSantis read about Jolie's experience, she began to feel a sense of...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Mastectomy, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Franklin Square Medical Center, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Biotechnology Industry, Ovarian Cancer, U.S. Supreme Court, Mastectomy
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McAuliffe promises to cut 'red tape' for community colleges
RICHMOND – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe said Monday that he wants to reduce purchasing, hiring and workforce regulations on the state's 23 community colleges. McAuliffe was in Richmond Monday as part of a weeklong campaign...
Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Plant Openings, International Paper Company, Politics, Primaries
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Top 3 Health Tips: Ways Twitter can help you stay fit
Did you wake up early for your new spin class? Tweet about it! A new study shows using Twitter as a support network can help people shed extra pounds. Try these tips from Women's Health magazine, published by Rodale of Emmaus, on how social media can help...Tags: Social Media, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Emmaus
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