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An Obamacare Puzzle: Can an Employer Refuse to Cover My Spouse? 27 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Today’s article discusses how Obamacare will impact those who already have coverage through their employers—as well as the many other workers who are now mandated to get group coverage from their empl...
Dr. Pat Consults: Diarrhea, Gastroenteritis, “the Stomach Bug”—When Should I See a Doctor? 26 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
By Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen and Dr. Brian Landzberg This week, Dr. Pat Allen asks gastroenterologist Brian Landzberg to advise a patient who had to skip work for more than two weeks to deal with t...
Women’s Equality Day: You Go, Girl! 26 Aug 2013 | 02:25 pm
Today we offer a treasure-trove of bracing stories about forceful women: This is the anniversary of the momentous day in 1920 when the Susan B. Anthony Amendment was ratified and women (at last!) had ...
Poetry Sunday: Travels with Star Black 25 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
As we approach Labor Day and the near-end of summer travels, we have the rare good fortune of traveling a ways with Star Black. We have been blessed by a trilogy of Star’s poems this year and are equa...
New & Notable: Family Dramas 24 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
We’re always on the lookout for books that strike a chord with our readers. This week in New & Notable we focus on the “family dramas”—a young girl's disappearance unearths a community's secrets; a wi...
Movie Review: “Lovelace”— A Hard Act to Swallow 23 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
By Alexandra MacAaron The film’s flaws aside (and there are several), Amanda Seyfried as Linda Lovelace is excellent. She is compelling and believable through so many shades of gray: rebelling teen, ...
Dr. Ford on Emotional Health: Trying for a Good Divorce 22 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D. Timing a divorce around the children’s needs is a tricky thing. There’s an old joke about a couple who are in their nineties hobbling into a lawyer’s office and asking him t...
Wednesday 5: Women in the Civil Rights Movement, Mad Women on Television, and Coco Chanel 21 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
The gendered Civil Rights March on Washington, the rising number of "mentally disturbed, lonely, workaholic heroines" on television, the case for gender-flipping roles in Hollywood, the FORBES 100 Bes...
Thanks for Sharing, Shirley! 20 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
By Roz Warren Orgasms have always come easily for Shirley Jones, and if that’s too much information for you, you might not enjoy "Shirley Jones," her new memoir, in which the actress writes frankly a...
Dr. Pat Consults: Rosacea, That Embarrassing Midlife Affliction 19 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
By Dr. Monica Schadlow Rosacea is usually diagnosed in both men and women between the ages of 30 and 60. Although the cause of this skin disease has not been definitively proven, there are some effec...
