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Want to lower breast cancer risk? Lose a little weight
For postmenopausal women who are obese, breast cancer is more likely. That's because fat tissue seems to behave essentially as an organ of the endocrine system, pumping out the hormone estrogen. And estrogen is a driver of many common breast cancers....
Tags: Weight, Osteoporosis, Testosterone, Human Body, Health
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New stand-your-ground case? Not for Florida woman given 20 years
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.The Trayvon Martin case and Florida’s “stand your ground” law were brought into sharp relief yet again — this time in a Jacksonville courtroom where a woman who said she fired a warning shot to ward off an abusive husband was...Tags: Lawyers, Same-Sex Marriage, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Shootings, Judges
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News magazine war? Newsweek calls Obama 'First Gay President'
Take that, Time magazine! The latest issue of Newsweek magazine lionizes President Obama with the headline: "The First Gay President." The president is shown with a rainbow halo around his head — a multicolored symbol meant to underscore his...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Time (magazine), Social Media, Human Body, Health
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Is it safe to consume milk?
Last week was all about breast milk -- specifically, a big kid standing on a stool while being nursed by his young, attractive mom on the cover of Time magazine. In all the media hubbub, a story about raw milk infecting 10 people in California with...
Tags: Lactose Intolerance, Maurice Sendak, Twitter, Inc.
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Breast-feeding a big kid on the cover of TIME? Yawn
As a mother of three, I have a theory about parenting theories: The number of children a person has is inversely proportionate to that person's probable level of belief in parenting theories. Feed babies by the clock independent of their hunger? A few...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Human Body, Mitt Romney, Health, Family
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Time magazine cover: TV networks blur breast image
Show TrackerTV programs love talking about the controversial new Time magazine cover. They're just a little shy about showing the whole thing. For a story about "attachment parenting" - whose leading proponent Dr. Bill Sears advocates such extreme parenting... -
Time magazine breast-feeding cover provokes strong reaction
A Time magazine cover with L.A. mom Jamie Lynne Grumet breast-feeding her strapping, almost 4-year-old son promises to be the head-snapping checkout-stand stopper of the season, based on the fevered reaction provoked by the magazine's pre-Mother's...
Tags: Periodicals, Medical Specialization, Newspaper and Magazine, Social Media, Nursing
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Justice Department to monitor some Texas elections
HOUSTON -- Justice Department officials have announced plans to monitor local elections Saturday in three areas of Texas to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Federal observers will monitor polling places in Dallas, Galveston and...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Lawyers, Judges, Matthew Shepard
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How to parent like a celebrity
"Mad Men" actress January Jones ate her placenta (to be fair, dried and made into a pill). Alicia Silverstone chews up veggies and deposits them mama-bird-style into her baby son's mouth. And model Gisele Bundchen says her diaper-free son was toilet...
Tags: Education, Health Organizations, Weight, University of Delaware, Medical Specialization
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Guns to groceries: Villaraigosa's buyback program good P.R., bad policy
Imagine you're a carpenter who has fallen on hard times. The city announces that it's giving away $100 gift certificates good for buying groceries to anybody who turns in a full set of construction tools. Are you going to hand in your hammers and saws and...
Tags: Firearms, Mother's Day, Social Media, Antonio Villaraigosa, Mitt Romney
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The breast-feeding story we should be talking about
Time magazine fanned the flame around the "attachment parenting" debate Thursday with its provocative cover of a young mom breast-feeding her almost 4-year-old-son. Imagine the controversy the cover would have sparked if she were feeding him vegan...
Tags: Mayim Bialik, Depression, Feminism, Media Industry, Behavioral Conditions
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Texas stripper (and reporter) fights newspaper firing
By day, Sarah Tressler was a mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper. By night, she was an exotic dancer. That's what got her fired, she says. Tressler, 30, has filed a gender discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment...
Tags: Bristol Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, Employment Opportunities, Newspaper and Magazine, Social Media
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