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What Every Woman Should Know This September
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The Alliance, which formed in 1997, is made up of the leaders from seven different ovarian cancer groups. They joined forces in hopes to create a stronger voice so that national policy makers and women?s health care leaders would have a greater understanding of the need for better education and research on the topic of ovarian cancer.
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Going Blue
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Along with her brother, Philippe Cousteau Jr., Alexandra Cousteau founded an organization called EarthEcho International. The organization strives to get the word out about protecting the Earth?s oceans and freshwater systems by partnering up with various media outlets.
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New Year's Resolution: Ask For That Raise
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A recent report written by Eileen Zimmerman in the Job Market section of the New York Times offers answers for people who may find this task embarrassing or difficult to muster.
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Greening Up For The Holidays
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There is one website showcasing a unique and thoughtful gift idea this year, Greensender.com offers a kind of environmentalist's starter kit. It truly is the gift that keeps on giving, to the environment that is.
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Rules For Renegades by Christine Comaford-Lynch
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This fast-paced page-turner does not read like your every day self-help book. It is more like Comaford-Lynch's own personal diary starting from age 16 on.
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Halloween Doesn't Have To Be So Scary
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According to an article published in Parenting Magazine a child is four times more likely to be fatally injured by a motor vehicle on Halloween than any other day of the year. That is a very scary statistic.
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New Hope through Hypnosis
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The findings are very interesting. Women in the hypnosis group required significantly less medication during surgery. Though the amount of pain medication taken after the surgery was the same between the control and hypnosis group, the women in the hypnosis group reported less pain, nausea, fatigue, and emotional upset than the women in the control group.
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Your Purse: A Weighty Issue
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We are so busy preparing for the day that we often forget the back and neck pain that can be brought on from lugging a heavy bag around all day.
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False Memories
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Perhaps the most damaging and memorable blows to James Frey's so-called memoir was the interview he gave Oprah Winfrey after the allegations were brought up against the book's credibility. Winfrey voiced the anger and betrayal she felt toward Frey after including "A Million Little Pieces? in her television book club as a must read.
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Doulas Deliver
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Studies are now proving that women who hire doulas need a great deal less medical intervention such as; cesarean, pain relieving and labor inducing drugs, forceps delivery, and so on. Women are also experiencing shorter labors and report feeling more satisfied with the delivery process than mothers who did not use a doula.
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