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Chances Are Your Mammogram Is Not Being Read By An Expert

Mary Mata October 18, 2011

Is your radiologist an expert in reading mammograms? Unfortunately, in many cases, the answer may be no. Every year, 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,000 don’t survive. October is […]

Guapura 101: The Best Way To Brush Your Teeth

Mary Mata October 17, 2011

Guapura 101: Use Lip Balm With SPF

Mary Mata October 11, 2011

Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal Of The Day

Mary Mata

A healthy breakfast can reduce your risk of obesity by as much as 50%.  Everyone has heard the statement, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” but do […]

Rise In Suicides And Other Mental Health Problems For Veterans

Mary Mata October 7, 2011

Today marks the tenth year of the beginning of the war effort in the Middle East.  On October 7th 2001, the U.S. government sent combat troops into Afghanistan, and would later invade […]

Why Are There So Many Cases of Whooping Cough These Days?

Mary Mata October 4, 2011

In 2010 there were 9,100 reported cases of Whooping cough. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial disease that in rare cases can be fatal to children. It […]

Georgia’s Anti-Immigration Law Is Anti-Women

Mary Mata

By Maria Elena Perez, interim Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health “It’s like my mom… doesn’t exist. My mom doesn’t ask too much of her place […]