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		<title>Safety First</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Readers: first of all, I must apologize for the few and far between blogs as of late.  Besides working at WHF, I&#8217;m also in graduate school and with my other WHF responsibilities, I&#8217;ve had to put blogging on the back burner.  By the way, have I mentioned that Alison Krauss is playing our fundraising [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3340</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s with all those flowers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Editors Note: During the month of May, Women&#8217;s Health Foundation is supporting the &#8220;Share Mayflowers&#8221; campaign, a public health and awareness campaign focused primarily on the under-discussed topics of female pelvic and perinatal health, launched by Women&#8217;s Action Initiative. Women&#8217;s Health Foundation is supporting this movement virally (hence the tweets, facebook posts, and such) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3321</link>
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		<title>First Time Vibes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard it all the time; “Why do I need a vibrator?  I have a boyfriend, husband, sexual partner, friend with benefits, etc.”.  I said, so what?  It’s not about them.  It’s about you.  Vibrators provide the ultimate do-it-yourself-do-it-your-own-way fantasy, free from the eyes, ears and mouth of a partner.  As Greta Garbo one said, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3315</link>
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		<title>New Research Reports That We Know Nothing. Great.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I just read a fascinating report on chronic pelvic pain (CPP) published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (I know&#8230;nerd alert!!).  A group of researchers affiliated with the  Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center reviewed decades of medical publications (yikes!) and this is what they found:  Even though CPP is as common as asthma, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3294</link>
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		<title>Heather Guidone is the 2012 Passion Award Winner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 2012 Passion Award Winner, Heather Guidone &#160; This year, we had a large pool of so many deserving candidates for the 2012 Passion Award.  Personally, I was overwhelmed by the amazing stories that were submitted: all were narratives of struggle and eventual triumph.  At the risk of sounding cheesy I feel that every single [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3281</link>
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		<title>Sharon Green named 2012 Medical Activist Award Winner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; We are so excited to announce that  Sharon Green of Chicago, is our 2012 Medical Activist Award Winner.  Sharon  is the Director of  Program Development and Strategic Planning Institute for Women’s Health Research. Sharon started her career as a medical technologist working in the special hematology departments at the University of Illinois and then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3261</link>
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		<title>Great article on Kegels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrity trainer, Kathy Kaehler wrote a great article on kegels  on the Huff Post Blog here &#8211; check it out.  The grocery bag simile to pelvic floor muscles is great &#8211; we usually liken the pelvic floor to a &#8220;hammock&#8221; holding up your pelvic organs.  If you&#8217;re one of those people who knows they should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3263</link>
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		<title>National Public Health Week: April 2 &#8211; 8, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Today is the start of National Public Health Week which, I know, sounds like a giant snooze fest but is actually a vital campaign.  Sponsored by the American Public Health Association (APHA),  NPHW&#8217;s 2012 campaign, titled &#8220;A Healthier America Begins Today: Join the Movement&#8221; is centered around disease prevention.  According to the APHA, nearly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3258</link>
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		<title>Marie Osmond Has An &#8220;Oops!&#8221; Moment, Internet is Pretty Nice About It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; I know I&#8217;m late to the game on this &#8211; but perhaps this blog is your only source for what&#8217;s happening in the viral world? I do pride myself on having the best pop culture knowledge in the office and you readers can all reap the benefits of my useless wisdom. Here&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3228</link>
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		<title>Win A Chance To See Alison Krauss at Below the Belt!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; 2011 Passion Award Winner Janice Kahn poses with her husband at Below the Belt We are officially accepting nominations for our 2012 Passion Award, to be given out at Below the Belt: Fighting for Women&#8217;s Pelvic Health, Thursday, June 7th in Chicago.  The winner receives a free trip to Chicago, one night&#8217;s stay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://womenshealthfoundation.org/blog/?p=3191</link>
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