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Produce shopping without pesticides
There's no question that fruits and vegetables are an essential part of a healthy diet and provide benefits to body and mind that go far beyond conventional nutrition. Most are rich in phytochemicals, whose natural power to support health and combat...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peaches, Potassium (dietary supplement), Healthy Diet, Vitamin Therapy
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Presidential election or abortion referendum?
The platforms that the two political parties publish every four years are a lot like the warranties that come with washers or refrigerators: Nobody ever reads them, but if you do, you find that nothing in them actually applies. This year, though, the...Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Abortion, Politics, John McCain, Paul Ryan
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Women flex muscle at the polls
Congratulations, ladies. You kept the barbarians from the gate. On Tuesday, Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri, who famously said that a woman's reproductive system shuts down during "legitimate rape" and prevents conception, lost by 15 points to incumbent Sen....Tags: Abortion, Joe Walsh, Politics, Iraq War (2003-2011), Joe Donnelly
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Other Voices
Republicans are frantically trying to get U.S. Rep. Todd Akin to drop out of the Senate race in Missouri after his remark about abortion and rape, but not because it was offensive and ignorant. They're afraid he might lose and cost them a chance at a...Tags: Abortion, Politics, Zynga Inc., Paul Ryan, Republican Party
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Akin's remarks on rape may help clarify the abortion debate
Like any sentient person, I was appalled by Missouri Republican Congressman Todd Akin's comments about "legitimate rape." I was shocked by the Limbaugh-ian proportions of his ignorance about the female reproductive system ("in cases of legitimate rape,...Tags: Abortion, Politics, NASA, Paul Ryan, Republican Party
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Artscape headliner Brian McKnight's X-rated turn stirs controversy
For the past seven years, Darnella Parks and her entire family — from toddler nieces to her 84-year-old grandmother — have attended Artscape. They come for the crafts, the food and, most of all, the live entertainment. But this year, the 33-...
Tags: Brian McKnight, Festive Events, Movies, Charles Street, Arts and Culture
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Despite rain, Brian McKnight wins over Artscape crowd
She said she had a boyfriend but he didn’t come to Artscape. “Well then, I was wondering, can I be your boyfriend for the next five or six minutes,” asked the multi-platinum R&B singer Brian McKnight to the fan he plucked from the...
Tags: Artscape, Brian McKnight, Music, Movies, Entertainment
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Fertility preservation for women with cancer
When a young woman is diagnosed with cancer, getting pregnant is probably the last thing on her mind. But if she wants children in the future, it's something she should think about. The chemotherapy and radiation treatments used to treat cancer can hurt a...Tags: Science and Technology, Cancer, Oncology, Biotechnology, Obstetrics
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Men's fertility test available for home
When a couple is struggling to conceive, it's the woman who is usually the first — and often the only one — to be poked, prodded and analyzed, experts say. The burden of figuring out infertility is too often placed on the woman alone....Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Hormones and Metabolism, Medical Procedures and Tests, University of Virginia, Vasectomy
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Q&A on fertility with Dr. Pasquale Patrizio
In an age of assisted reproductive technology, can you rewind the biological clock? Not as much as you think, say Yale researchers in a study published in a recent issue of "Fertility and Sterility." Those are the findings of Dr. Pasquale Patrizio,...
Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Obstetrics, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Genes and Chromosomes, Infertility
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Grandsons may be affected by old pregnancy drug
Reuters(Reuters Health) - Four decades after doctors realized that a drug called DES - used to prevent pregnancy complications - had devastating consequences for babies, a new study finds those effects may be reverberating into the third generation. French...Tags: Science and Technology, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Penis, Cancer, Medical Research
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Meditation activity draws concern
TribLocal - Crystal Lake » NewsStudents in a freshman honors English class at Prairie Ridge High School were asked to assume certain positions, chant and lie on the floor as …...
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