For Christians, Easter is a time of celebration.  I always look forward to the church service on Easter Sunday because I know the pulpit will be filled with beautiful flowers, the hymns will have a festive tone and a huge brunch will follow the service where I will try desperately not to ...

by Corey Whelan Tonight, Jewish families and their friends will be gathering around Passover seder tables, to tell the story of Moses and the exodus of the Jewish slaves from Egypt, centuries ago.  Like most holidays, this one will feature an abundant feast as well as the camaraderie ...

by Kimberly Inez McGuire A bit of good news for reproductive health today coming from Congress! Signaling their clear intention to protect families from toxic chemicals in everyday products, Senators Frank Lautenberg, Barbara Boxer, Amy Klobuchar, Charles Schumer and others today ...

by Kavita Jhaveri-Patel Calling all you soda, candy, doughnut, cookie loving people.  I have a couple of questions for you. When you are feeling hungry and/or tired and in need of an energy boost at 3 or 4 pm, what do you do? Do you reach for a candy bar, soda, or sugary snack for that ...

by Alexandra Nelson, M.S. The Internet has emerged as an increasingly available and popular source of social interaction and support for women struggling to manage stress and concerns about their fertility.  Online forums and message boards, where women gather virtually to discuss ...

By Iris Waichler, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.              In a blog I recently read the author described her “survivor’s guilt”.  She  experienced two pregnancy losses and has been trying to conceive since 2006.  ...

by Corey Whelan I was privileged to attend a Congressional briefing in Washington, D.C. yesterday, specific to toxic chemical exposure and reproductive health.  The briefing was coordinated through the Reproductive Health Technologies Project and the Guttmacher Institute, as well as ...

by Corey Whelan It feels like the whole world is on fire right now.  Civil unrest and natural disasters have been nudging the stressometer up notch by notch in our collective unconsciousness for awhile now, I think.  I remember reading newspaper articles years ago about the Cold War ...