Health News Mix: Celadrin Tigerettes in Saturday’s Senior Games; Value of a Presidential Physical; Domestic Abuse and Older Women; Vitamin D and Breast Cancer; Two Versions of Care …
May 30, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change

Think You Got Game?: The Hartford Courant reports on the Celadrin Tigerettes, an all-women’s basketball team based in Baton Rouge, La., that will be competing Saturday in the Connecticut Senior Games. Korky Vann writes: With a record of 157-3, along with five Senior Olympics gold medals, the six women, all over 60 and all grandmothers, [...]
Read More »News Mix: “Sex and the City” Returns; Federal Judge Joins Blogosphere; Million Women March; Women’s Signature Effort During WWII …
May 29, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change

The Foursome Returns: The long-awaited "Sex and the City" movie opens at midnight tonight. Bob Thompson of The National Post interviews Kim Cattrall, 51, about reprising her character, Samantha: As usual, Cattrall’s Samantha tells it like it is – just as she did on the show, elevating the status of the single professional woman from [...]
Read More »How Does a British Woman Become A Yankees Nut?
May 28, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change

By Sheenah Hankin I used to look at them as a weird species, mumbling under my breath, "Those weird Yankee fans." I am referring to the large numbers of passengers who fly out of New York airports in the late summer, bedecked in Yankee gear. Now of course I secretly admire their solution to the [...]
Read More »To Reach Boomer Women, Marketers Need To Be Willing To Go Gray
May 28, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change
By Tami Anderson, principal, andHowMarketing Teenage girls, with their fickle tastes and insider lingo and eye rolls at our feeble attempts to relate, would seem to be the most intimidating audience of all for a marketer to try to reach. Yet, the majority of marketing dollars and high profile campaigns are still directed squarely toward [...]
Read More »News Mix: Hillary Clinton’s Future; Backlash Against Female Gains; Reinventing Yourself Without Wealth; Light Alcohol Consumption May Help Bones …
May 27, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change

No Clear Map for Clinton’s Political Future: In a page one story today, the Washington Post looks at Sen. Hillary Clinton’s future in the Senate, assuming she does not win the Democratic nomination: Speaking on the condition of anonymity, many Democratic senators said they expect Clinton to work doggedly for Obama this summer and fall, [...]
Read More »News Mix: Female Veterans Not Getting Needed Care; 340 Years Without a Female Poet Laureate; Tremors in Oprahland; Older Women Bloggers …
May 26, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change

Tremors in Oprahland: "Oprah Winfrey is still the queen of all media, but her crown is beginning to look a bit tarnished," writes Edward Wyatt in The New York Times, citing three straight years of audience decline of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." The circulation of O, The Oprah Magazine, has fallen by more than 10 [...]
Read More »Health News Mix: Older Brain May Be Wiser Brain; Oral Hormone Therapy Pills Increase Clot Risk; Blood Test May Indicate Heart Risk; Eight Major Vaccines for Adults …
May 23, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change

Are Your Earlobes Burning?: A report published online in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that many pairs of earrings sold for less than $50 by local San Francisco stores and artists contain nickel, which can cause dermatitis on the earlobes, reports HealthDay News. The study didn’t find a particular price point [...]
Read More »News Mix: Faye Dunaway on Not Getting to Play the Love Interest; Older Women Stick with Clinton; Women Under-Represented in Clinical Trials; New WSJ “Journal Women” …
May 22, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change

Question of the Day: Faye Dunaway is angry with Hollywood film producers for not having enough roles for older women. Dunaway, 67, said: "I am furious that they think I’m too old to play the love interest of guys like Jack Nicholson and Clint Eastwood. Why should I play sisters and mothers while guys like [...]
Read More »News Mix: Heart-Healthy Cities for Women; International Conference on Menopause; Nancy Lopez’s Advice to Annika Sorenstam; Think the Sexism in Politics is Bad? Try Film Directing …
May 21, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change

Heart-Healthy Cities: "Women who want to keep their hearts in tip-top shape face the fewest challenges in Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco," reports HealthDay News. "Those three cities top the list of the 10 most heart-healthy U.S. metropolitan areas for women, a list that’s dominated by western communities." Here’s the full list (PDF), released [...]
Read More »Obamaniac – A Helpful Guide
May 20, 2008 by Women's Voices For Change

Thanks to Politico, we learned of a fun blog called Riverdaughter, who posted the pocket guide you see at left. (Click anywhere on the guide to enlarge it.) On a night when Hillary Clinton won a landslide in Kentucky while losing Oregon, the television pundits seemed bored by the notion of voters' voices actually counting [...]
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