Health

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By Callie Shanafelt California is the state with the highest number of seniors living below federal poverty levels, and half of all Californian workers will spend their final years in poverty if nothing changes with our retirement system. But women ...

Here is a sneak peak of my Valentine's Day menu.  Because Tuesday night Valentine's Day with three boys is soooooo romantic, I am choosing to celebrate in a G-rated fashion.    Breakfast- fast, easy, and healthy.  Yes, you can do p...

Rachel Moro, of the Cancer Culture Chronicles, passed away February 6th. She was a frequent commenter here, and we kept in touch via email, having mostly the same positions on breast cancer advocacy. I can't tell you how hard it is to hear that she i...

February 8, 2012, Washington, DC – Today, twenty-three major mainstream religious leaders released a statement supporting the January 20, 2012 announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services that contraceptive services must be covered by ...

In this tale of two cities, there are two privatized parking deals: a terrible one in Chicago  and a lousy one in Indianapolis. Despite these examples of pioneering financial folly,  Sacramento arena proponents are recklessly driving the city toward a … Continue reading →

Feb. 8, 2012 - Teen pregnancies have declined dramatically in the United States since their peak in the early 1990s, as have the births and abortions that result; in 2008, teen pregnancies reached their lowest level in nearly 40 years, according to "U....

Feb. 7, 2012 - With the new year came many drug recalls. In the first six weeks of 2012, there were at least 13 drug-related recalls. Some were due to bacterial contamination. Eight distinct bacterial contaminants were identified in one over-the-counte...

San Diego has joined the urban agriculture movement. What started as a nonprofit group’s entanglement with bureaucracy while trying to plow a community garden in an impoverished neighborhood has ended with California’s second-largest city relaxing ...

By Natalie Jones Pension retirement plans once cushioned lower-income workers by pooling risk and requiring payments into a retirement plan. Today, both low-income and middle-income workers have a significant chance of retiring in poverty.