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Andrea Silva
At Centura Health at Home in Denver, Andrea Silva resolved a struggle that many new mothers face – returning to work while continuing to provide nutritious breast milk for her baby.
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Norma Morales
Sometimes all it takes is one good thing, leading to another, to get on the path to healthier living. At least, that’s how Norma Morales sees it.
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Prevention Matters: Stopping Sickness Before it Starts
by David R. Williams, Ph.D., Staff Director
June 04, 2009
When Prevention Matters, the blog for Partnership for Prevention, asked that I write a guest post about the Commission’s recommendations, I gladly accepted the opportunity.
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Health Reform – We Need to Widen the Lens
by Paula Braveman, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
May 20, 2009
We need health reform in the United States, and we need it quickly. There is wide consensus about the need for change, but are we likely to achieve a healthier America solely through the approaches to health reform now on the table?
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Losing Your Job May be Hazardous to Your Health
by David R. Williams, Ph.D., Staff Director
May 13, 2009
On Friday, the Labor Department announced that the U.S. unemployment rate hit 8.9 percent in April – the highest level since September 1983. For Americans struggling to make their mortgage payments or searching for work, the financial impact is clear. What may be overlooked, however, is the effect of losing a job on a person’s health.
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