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Sequester Dirties the Air

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.15.2013 | Green
Read More: Superfund Enforcement, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Cardiac and Respiratory Disease, Clean Air, Economics, Sen. Tom Carper, Fracking, Politics, Green, Public Health, Energy Star Program, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Epa Cuts, Pollution, Clean Air Act, Soot, Fine Particle Pollution, Green News, Taxpayer Oil Subsidies, Lisa Jackson, Sequester, Clean-Ups, Airnow, Green News
Marcia G. Yerman

The average American may not be aware of how these sequester cuts will impact the air that they breathe. Perhaps, most surprising to them, would be how the affected programs that reduce air pollution will shape the state of national health for everyone.

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Gun Violence Victims Deserve "Do Something" Congress

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Congress, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Cedric Richmond, Colleen Hanabusa, President Obama, Michael Bennet, Sen. Dan Inouye, Chris Coons, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Democrats, Nra, Gun Violence, Senator-Elect Mark Kirk, Gun Deaths. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Ron Wyden, Voters, U.S. House, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Republicans, Politics News
Paul Helmke

If there is one thing the new Congress and President Obama ought to agree on, it's that gun violence victims deserve their support, their leadership, and their determination.

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A New Recipe for Heart Health

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Eating, Blood Sugar, Healthy Living, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Diet, The Yentl Syndrome, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Richard Collins, Dr. Rashmi Gulati, Integrative Medicine, Stress, Dr. Bernadine Healy, National Institute of Health, Women and Heart Disease, Dr, Dr. John M. Kennedy, Women's Health, Heart Disease, Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, Office of Research on Women's Health, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Today, heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. Sudden cardiac death is the most frequent presentation of the disease in women.

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Olympia Snowe: The Linchpin Of Obama's Pointless Quest For Bipartisanship

Newsweek | Howard Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Sen. John Kerry, Senate, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Olympia Snowe, Filibuster-Proof Majority, Republican, Health Care Reform, Senate Finance Committee Bill, Bipartisanship, Republican Senators, Barack Obama, Politics News

On Mount Olympus in Greece there were many gods, but on Mount Olympia in the District of Columbia there is one: Snowe of Maine, daughter of Spartan im...

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"Media, We Have a Problem: Apollo 11 and NASA History Coverage Omits Women Astronauts"

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Mercury 13, Eileen Collins, Women Astronauts, Nasa, Mercury 7, Women's History, Sally Ride, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Judy Chicago, Geraldine Ferraro, NASA History, Apollo 11, Elizabeth A. Sackler, Time Magazine, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Bella Abzug, Brooklyn Museum, Media News
Beverly Wettenstein

My mission is to give the women's history perspective to today's news events.

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