Are you living in a city? Are you complaining that you are always tired and never get any sleep because you are so stressed out? Well you are not alone. With common factors such as traffic, crowds, noise, grime, and crime, cities are generally not perceived as oases of calm. And […]
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Should We Take a Second Look at the Benefits of Palm Oil?
Often overlooked as unhealthy, palm oils, which congeal at room temperature, may have some surprising anti-carcinogenic properties. A staple in Southeast Asian cooking because if it’s availability, palm oil contains a certain type of vitamin E called tocotrienol. Although tocotrienols can be found in rice bran, barley and wheat, palm oil is the […]
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Amnesty International Report on U.S. Maternal Health
Amnesty International may be best known to American audiences for bringing to light horror stories abroad such as the disappearance of political activists in Argentina or the abysmal conditions inside South African prisons under apartheid. But in a new report on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal-health care crisis in this country as part of a systemic violation of women’s rights.