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• Beverages to Spike Your Blood Sugar

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 143
  Roxanne Sukol MD "Your Health is on Your Plate" drsukol.teachmed.com I decided to visit the “beverage center” at our local Walmart to see whats in stock.  I especially wanted to look at the names of some of these beverages.   My hypothesis, borne out of experiences with margarine and breakfast cereals, is ...
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• One Reason to Celebrate Health Care Reform If You Support Reproductive Rights

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  Amid the anger, frustration, challenges and fights for womens health and rights in health care reform, there is a reason to celebrate. Lucinda Marshall notes the feeling of living in The Handmaids Tale these days with the ways in which our government has thus far trampled upon, shredded and maintained tight ...
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• The Handmaids Tale Comes to Life

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  This article originally appeared on Feminist Peace Network . Shortly before the Senate approved its version of  health care reform legislation, I quiped that I was re-reading Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in order to get psyched for the vote.  Truthfully, it was only partly said in jest. ...
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• In Missouri, Advocates Remain on Red Alert

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  All eyes have been on the healthcare reform negotiations inWashington, D.C. for months and it is easy to see why. The Stupak Amendment tohealthcare reform legislation in the House and the Nelson "compromise" containedin the healthcare reform legislation passed out of the Senate demonstrate how healthcare reform will ...
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• Senator Byron Dorgan to Retire at End of Term

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announced today that he not seek reelection in 2010 and will retire from the Senate at the end of this year. Dorgan has represented his state for 30 years, first in the House and then in the Senate. The Wall Street Journal , notes that Dorgan is "the first Democratic senator to decide ...
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• Computer Clicks Can Be Music to Ears of World’s Poor and Less Fortunate

  
  eReleases Press Release Headlines — Authority: 149
  
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• Seething Battle Continues Over Catholic Takeover of Hospitals in Denver

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  Backroom deals, multiple lawsuits and $600 million dollarsmark the Sisters of Charity attempt to force religious medical directives onnon-sectarian medical centers in Colorado. A controversial move to transfer operational control of threesecular Denver-area hospitals to a Catholic healthcare system expected to ...
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• The Handmaid’s Tale Comes To Life

  
  Feminist Peace Network — Authority: 467
  Shortly before the Senate approved its version of  health care reform legislation, I quiped that I was re-reading Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in order to get psyched for the vote.  Truthfully, it was only partly said in jest. The hijacking of abortion rights as a bargaining chip for the ...
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• Fostering Success

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  The noted poet and author Maya Angelou eloquently andpoignantly stated that "childrens talents to endure stems from theirignorance of alternatives." I could not agree more. The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me. If we as a nation are to break ...
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• Weekly Pulse: What’s Next For Health Care Reform?

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  The Senate passed its health care bill in the early morning hours ofChristmas Eve. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had to makemajor compromises to secure the votes of fence-sitters like Sens. BenNelson (R-NE) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT). Reid sacrificed the publicoption to keep Lieberman on board and tightened ...
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• Making the Connections: An Integration Wish List for Research, Policy, and Practice

  
  The New Security Beat — Authority: 125
  New York Times columnist Nick Kristof is likely a well-known voice to New Security Beat readers. His focus on ground level development stories from around the world expose a range of neglected issues that usually struggle for mainstream media coverage: maternal health, microcredit, human trafficking, family ...
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• Top Ten Wins for Womens Health and Rights in 2009

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  RH Reality Check will resume regular daily publication and real-time coverage on January 4th, 2010.  Happy New Year to all! 1.  Activists in India Achieve an Historic Win for Gay Rights; In Nigeria, a Step Forward At thebeginning of July, the High Court of Delhi, India struckdown Penal Code 377 , ...
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• U.S. Commander in Iraq to Rescind Policy Punishing Pregnant Soldiers

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  The Associated Press reports that the top United States commander in Iraq intends to rescind the policy earlier established by one of his subordinate commanders in Iraq that had placed pregnant soldiers at risk of discipline. According to the AP report, Gen. Ray Odierno has drafted a broad new policy for ...
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• Joy Szabo Travels 350 Miles for Vaginal Birth

  
  Crunchy Domestic Goddess — Authority: 116
  Joy Szabo recently drew nationwide attention when she refused to have a repeat cesarean section at her local Page, Arizona, hospital. Instead, Joy and her husband Jeff decided that Joy (alone) would move 350 miles from home to Phoenix where they could, according to CNN , get “the birth they wanted” - a vaginal ...
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• A Thank You.....To Our Readers....

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  Dear Readers, Contributors, and Commentors,   I could not let this day go by without wishing all of you who celebrate a very merry, happy, healthy and joyous Christmas; those of you like me who do not celebrate Christmas a very joyous, healthy and happy holiday break, and all of you a happy, healthy new year.   ...
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• Get Real! Are We Addicted to Sex?

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  cfishhyy2694 asks: My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 7 months. We had sex after the 1st month because we felt that special connection with each other. Ever since the first time with him, I keep wanting more. I think Im addicted to sex with him. That is all I think about constantly. He is the same ...
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• Twas the Night Before Conference, When All Through the House....

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  Twas the night before Conference, when all through the House Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The amendments were hung by the managers chair, In hope that the votes soon would be there. The Senate kept going, those dallying feds, While visions of victory danced in their ...
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• Cardiology & Birth Analogy

  
  Citizens for Midwifery — Authority: 119
  Im sorting through my large stacks of books containing pages Ive marked with quotes/ideas Id like to share via various blogs. The pile has become very overwhelming and Ive decided I need to pare it down...decide what to post about and what to put back on my shelf. Some time ago, I shared a birth analogy from the book ...
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• Is the Health Care Bill Senator Boxers "Missouri Compromise?"

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  " A house divided against itself cannot stand ."  Abraham Lincoln. “When you have both extremes saying they’re unhappy, I think it’s [the Senate’s December 21, 2009 healthcare bill] a fair compromise," Mrs. Boxer said. Well, Senator, Boxer, I have two words for you: Missouri ...
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• Judge Okays Biblical Defense as Tiller Murder Motive

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 666
  Wendy Norris is an editor and investigative reporter in Denver, Colorado.  She covers the Rocky Mountain West and Plains States for RH Reality Check. A Kansas judge curbed but did not disallow the use of a radical "Biblical defensive force" strategy at Scott Roeders murder trial next month. Sedgwick ...
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