by Corey Whelan About a year ago, I got a google alert for my name and found a very passionately written blog in response to an article that I had written on Celiac Disease and infertility.  The author was Marisa Horowitz-Jaffe.  Marisa and I have stayed in touch over the year, as we ...

  by Kristen Magnacca Have you seen The AFA’s Infertility Awareness stamp!  Boy, have we come a long way!   Fertility awareness on a stamp: talk about making strides in the shift in conscientious  about fertility and creation.    I remember ...

A colleague and friend wrote to me a couple of days ago, asking if I was in Rome for the conference on treating infertility hosted by the Pontifical Academy for Life. While I’m extremely flattered that someone thinks I have that much power, I’m under no illusion that the teaching of ...

Journalist Marie Colvin died doing what she loved best.  She believed that she could make a difference in the world by uncovering the atrosities associated with our global state of unending war.  In the words of her heart-broken mom, "She led an important life". Marie never got around ...

by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.              The recent decision by the Susan G. Komen foundation to stop funding Planned Parenthood really caught my interest. The Komen Foundation initially announced they would not fund breast cancer ...

by Corey WhelanI'm as organic as a single mother on a budget can be.  We buy little to no canned food because of BPA, opt for organic dry cleaning and natural fibers and, well, do the best we can to avoid the avoidable junk in our atmosphere.  So it was with eagerness that I opened up a ...

by Corey Whelan The world welcomed the birth of Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, on the last day of 2011.  Nine days later we learned that this very public couple had kept a very private secret - the loss of an earlier pregnancy.  Rapper Jay-Z's  latest release, ...

by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.            We all are going to be hearing from all the potential presidential candidates about a variety of topics in the upcoming election year.  Among the topics on the agenda is the issue of women’s rights ...

World AIDS Day December 1st, 2011   Photo, courtesy of Ken ...

The leaves are falling off the trees now. My street looks like it's paved in flame, it's so beautiful in the morning walking the dogs. I've always loved this time of year. I live on a typical street, at least by Brooklyn standards.  It's a family block.  Lots of elderly people who have ...