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Fertility Organizations Partner To Provide Wider Range Of Help

Written on 24 Aug, 2010 at 20:18 in Featured, Health, Lifestyle | viewed times | 1 Comment

08/24/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The American Fertility Association, not to be confused with the American Family Association, is a national non-profit organization which provides educational resources for women and men, especially those who are trying to conceive. They have been... (Continue reading)

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Stretch Video: Martina Navratilova Health & Fitness Ambassador for AARP

Written on 19 Aug, 2010 at 1:36 in Celebrities, Celebrity Corner, Conventions, Entertainment, Events, Featured, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle, News, Sports, Video Posts | viewed times | 0 Comments

Melanie Nathan; 8-18-10 Almost 50 at the time, back in In 2007 tennis great Martina Navratilova signed with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) as the group’s Health & Fitness ambassador.  Navratilova continues in this capacity, where she makes appearances... (Continue reading)

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Senate Finally Passes Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010

Written on 9 Aug, 2010 at 15:48 in Commentary, Family, Family & Children, Family Life, Featured, Food, Health, Lifestyle, Mainstream Mix, News, Politics, Special Reports | viewed times | 0 Comments

By Melanie Nathan,   8-09-10 The Long awaited Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010 (SB 3307) has passed the Senate, after a push by the ADA membership and other advocates, urging Senators to get the job done!  The Act, which passed... (Continue reading)

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Sophia Bush is Boycotting Urban Outfitters

Written on 27 Jul, 2010 at 9:18 in Beauty, Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Featured, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle | viewed times | 0 Comments

07/27/2010- by Natasia Langfelder One Tree Hill star and Chad Michael Murry ex Sophia Bush is boycotting Urban Outfitters. Bush is upset over a shirt the company is selling that says “Eat Less,” the actress is outraged that they would promote... (Continue reading)

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Senator John Kerry Calls For End To Ban On Gay Blood Donations

Written on 26 Jul, 2010 at 22:20 in Featured, Health, Lifestyle | viewed times | 0 Comments

07/26/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Senator John Kerry has renewed his push to get the US Food and Drug Administration to revise the current policy barring all gay men from donating blood. According to him “It’s past time that we examine... (Continue reading)

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President Obama’s New HIV/AIDS Descrimination Strategy

Written on 19 Jul, 2010 at 11:50 in Commentary, Featured, Health, Lifestyle, News, Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments

Melanie Nathan – July 19, 2010; WASHINGTON – In a critical acknowledgment of the discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS, the Obama administration today, in its newly released strategy, emphasized the government’s responsibility to enforce nondiscrimination laws and made clear that education... (Continue reading)

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Lesbian Health – Traveling With Diabetes

Written on 14 Jul, 2010 at 18:43 in Columns, Commentary, Featured, Food, Health, Interviews, Lez Be Smart, Lifestyle, Magazines, Mainstream Mix, News, Special Reports | viewed times | 0 Comments

By Melanie Nathan – 7-14-10 Diabetes Mobile- iPod iTouch iPhone Applications Jay Hewitt has traveled miles and miles and more miles in a nineteen year period, racing Ironman triathlons in Australia, Europe, the Carribean and all over North America, climbing... (Continue reading)

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Study Finds Women More Likely To Identify As Lesbian Later In Life After Being Straight

Written on 12 Jul, 2010 at 16:03 in Featured, Health, Lifestyle | viewed times | 3 Comments

07/12/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Female sexuality is complex when compared to male sexuality. This is something that has long been known, though it is only just being really studied. A variety of studies have shown that women tend to... (Continue reading)

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Gay Blood Donation Ban to Continue

Written on 12 Jun, 2010 at 8:58 in Featured, Health, LGBT Rights, News, Organizations | viewed times | 0 Comments

6/12/10- by Paula Brooks Our Fierce Advocates in the Obama Administration have decided to ignore years of studies that say a ban on gay male blood donors is based on fear and discrimination rather than science, and have decided to continue... (Continue reading)

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Normal Heart -Stands test of Time -Celebrity Reading in Los Angeles

Written on 28 Apr, 2010 at 12:44 in Celebrities, Entertainment, Featured, Health, Lifestyle, News, Organizations, Poetry and Fiction | viewed times | 5 Comments

4-28-2010 – Melanie Nathan The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center and veteran stage, television and film actor David Youse are joining forces with Oscar® and Tony Award-winner Joel Grey to present the historic, 25th anniversary... (Continue reading)

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The Women’s Conference 2010

Written on 21 Apr, 2010 at 1:27 in Career, Conventions, Events, Fashion, Featured, Fitness, Health, Lifestyle, News, Organizations | viewed times | 4 Comments

Image via Wikipedia 4-20-10- Melanie Nathan; The Women’s Conference® community is a global network of women who gather every year at the nation’s premier forum for women, hosted by California First Lady Maria Shriver and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. ... (Continue reading)

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Obama Issues New Regulations Regarding Hospital Visitation And Medical Decision Making For LGBT’ Americans

Written on 15 Apr, 2010 at 21:44 in Family Equality, Featured, Health, LGBT Rights, News, People, Politics | viewed times | 14 Comments

4/15/10-by Paula Brooks The president has ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit discrimination against LGBT’s in hospital visitation and medical decision-making. In a move that is sure to insert the White House firmly into the national debate on... (Continue reading)

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Bad Press Gets Florida Hospital To Change LGBT Visitation Policy

Written on 14 Apr, 2010 at 9:59 in Featured, Health, In The Courts, LGBT Rights, Lifestyle, News, Organizations, People | viewed times | 6 Comments

4/14/10-by Paula Brooks Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital, which denied  a dying lesbian mother final visitation with her partner and family, has finally developed and implemented a non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, a patient’s bill of... (Continue reading)

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First In Vitro Fertilization Unit in Israel for HIV Carriers

Written on 13 Apr, 2010 at 2:38 in Conception and Pregnancy, Family, Featured, Health, Hot Topics, Lifestyle, News, Notable Quotes, Sensitive Subjects, Women's Rights, World | viewed times | 3 Comments

Image via Wikipedia “Like a virus, no one is immune from ignorance – no matter what their profession or even educational background might be.“ 4-13-2010m; Posted by Melanie Nathan Rambam Medical Center in Haifa on Tuesday will launch the... (Continue reading)

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Aussie Doctor Calls For More Sperm Donations

Written on 11 Apr, 2010 at 13:01 in Conception and Pregnancy, Featured, Health, News, Women's Rights, World | viewed times | 2 Comments

4/11/10-by Paula Brooks A leading Australian In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) specialist is calling for Aussie men to lend a hand and  start donating more sperm because apparently our lesbian sisters from Down Under are  using it all up just about as... (Continue reading)

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