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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Delayed Sleep Pattern Tied to Irregular Menstrual Cycles

FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) — Having delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) appears to be linked to irregular menstrual cycles and increased premenstrual symptoms in women, according to a new report.
DSPS occurs when your internal clock is naturally out of sync with real time, so that staying up late and having difficulty waking early is […]

Vaccine Debate: Are We Hurting Our Kids?

Pocono Record
June 2, 2008
by Melanie Van Derveer
http://www.pocon orecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20080602/NEWS/806020315
“I have four children and never vaccinated any of them,” East Stroudsburg resident Susan Spannagel said. “I come from a holistic family. My father was a chiropractor and my family always had a natural approach to health.”
Parents have a choice regarding vaccinations and many are […]

A No-Brainer: Obey the M.D. With the Needle or My Conscience?

NVIC Vaccine E-Newsletter
June 11, 20008
by Barbara Loe Fisher
ww w.vaccineawakening.blogspot.com
www.NVIC.org
I know and respect a number of enlightened medical doctors working with Moms and Dads as equal partners in making health care decisions for children, which may include making informed vaccination choices that do not necessarily conform with government policy. I also admire responsible, insightful […]

‘Circadian eye’ could be key to insomnia

17:45 11 June 2008
NewScientist.com news service
Ewen Callaway
You might call it our circadian eye. A handful of retina cells sense light, not for vision, but instead to reset our body clocks each day. Killing off these cells in mice leaves their sight unharmed, but throws their clocks out of whack, two new studies show.
Jolting these […]

Shakti Woman, Feeling Our Fire, Healing our World

by Vicki Noble
Excerpt from Shakti Woman, Feeling Our Fire, Healing our World by Vicki Noble, (pgs. 187-94, 197-98). Published by permission of the author Order from Powells
The sexual conditioning to which we have been subjected in our culture has been evolving for five thousand years and has been through numerous shifts. Marija Gimbutas’s […]

Showing the Patient the Door, Permanently

New York Times
June 10, 2008
by Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.
http://www.nytimes.com/20 08/06/10/health/views/10case.html? partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
It wasn’t the boy I had a problem with. It was his mother.
We had met a few months earlier, when I gave her 14-year-old son a diagnosis of mild asthma. I didn’t mind her tough questions, but her tone of voice put me […]

Faith Lets Some Kids Skip Shots

The Washington Post
June 10, 2008
by Sandra G. Boodman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603770_pf. html
In public health circles they are known as “exempters” — parents who for reasons of faith or philosophy choose not to immunize their children against diseases such as measles and whooping cough. Some exempters claim that childhood vaccines contain unnatural or harmful ingredients; others say […]

Parents Rally in Albany Against Forced Vaccination

National Vaccine Information Center
Barbara Loe Fisher
June 9, 2008
Parents will rally in Albany, NY on Tuesday, June 10, to protest a vaccine bill
(AB10942) that would mandate the 69 doses of 16 vaccines the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends for all children through age 18 plus would automatically mandate all new vaccines federal officials recommend in […]

Clinton, Paul and Couric-How Barriers Fall

Summary: Hillary Clinton’s ground-breaking presidential campaign brought the women’s movement a step closer to achieving equality in the United States. But Clinton has women’s suffragist Alice Paul to thank for bringing women to this pivotal point in history. As Peggy Simpson reports in the latest WMC Exclusive, Paul organized a suffrage march in […]

Hillary Clinton’s Concession Speech

June 7, 2008
Hillary’s Remarks in Washington, DC
Thank you so much. Thank you all.
Well, this isn’t exactly the party I’d planned, but I sure like the company.
I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you – to everyone who poured your hearts and your hopes into this campaign, […]