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							<title>Digame: Rebecca Alvarez-Story is Destigmatizing Sexual &#038; Intimate Wellness</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 23:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. First generation Latina entrepreneur Rebecca Alvarez-Story developed Bloomi, the first-of-its-kind sexual wellness and intimate care brand. She studied sexology, women’s health, and business  at UC Berkley and  launched the brand in 2018 selling  body oils,]]></description>
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							<title>Afro-Latina Doulas are Fighting for &#8216;Birth Justice&#8217; Amid Growing Black Maternal Health Crisis</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[The thing about Black History Month, is that it&#8217;s rendered completely useless if we don&#8217;t use it to create a better Black future. At the most foundational level, that should start with better Black maternal care. The Black maternal mortality rate in America is three times as high as that of white women, and that]]></description>
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							<title>Rita Moreno and AOC Talk Abortion following Overturn of Roe v. Wade</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Iconic Puerto Rican actress, Rita Moreno, 90, shared how in 1973 she became pregnant while dating fellow Hollywood legend Marlon Brando and the subsequent trauma from her abortion. The Oscar winner is speaking out about her experience in the aftermath of the Supreme Court of the United States&#8217; decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The]]></description>
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							<title>Infertility Does Not Discriminate, but Women of Color Are Still at a Disadvantage</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[As National Infertility Awareness Week comes to a close, it&#8217;s glaringly obvious that as Latinas, this is something many of us have never thought about, let alone actually talked to anyone about. Infertility is a topic that feels like treading unchartered waters for many women, not just for Latinas and women of color of course,]]></description>
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							<title>Infertility Isn&#8217;t Something to Be Ashamed of &#038; We Should All Be Talking About It</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that infertility affects more than 10 percent of women in the United States, it continues to be an issue that causes intense feelings of shame and embarrassment in women, who often at least emotionally, assume the burden of responsibility when they fail to get or stay pregnant. It seems that it&#8217;s almost]]></description>
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							<title>The HPV Vaccine Has Finally Been FDA-Approved for People Over 26</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[I was pretty naive in my 20s when it came to my health. When a vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV) came out, I was hesitant to get it since I was already in a monogamous relationship, which eventually lasted for 9 years. But here’s the problem, when that relationship ended I was 28]]></description>
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							<title>How Latinas Are Reclaiming The Power of Their Menstrual Cycles</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Getting my period was a lackluster experience. I was 13 and riddled in shame about something that I now know to be magical. I told no one for a month. Menstruation, or la luna, is a topic barely broached in many Latino households. What I knew then was that la luna was something to hide.]]></description>
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							<title>Researchers Are Taking a Closer Look at Latina Breast Cancer Survivors and It’s About Time</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[As Breast Cancer Awareness Month wraps up, but a new study is focusing on Latina breast cancer survivors and their health. The study was funded by the American Cancer Society and found that despite the fact that breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among Latinas in the United States, they are still]]></description>
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							<title>This New FDA Approved Treatment For Endometriosis Could Change Everything</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Anyone with endometriosis, knows it’s not an easy condition to treat. The tissues that normally line the inside of the uterus, also known as the endometrium, grows outside of the uterus into other areas like the ovaries, fallopian tubes and other organs in the pelvic area, which often causes patients a lot of pelvic pain.]]></description>
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							<title>What Every Woman of Color Needs To Know About PMDD</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Carvalho]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 22:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[At 16, my mom found me on the floor, crying. “I just don’t want to do it anymore—I can’t live like this anymore," I told her in tears.]]></description>
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							<title>Working Too Much Increases Risk of Diabetes in Women</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2018 14:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[A study published earlier this week suggests that women who work more than 45 hours per week on a regular basis have a higher risk of diabetes compared to women who worked a regular schedule of 35 to 40 hours per week. An increased risk of diabetes for men who work similarly long hours was]]></description>
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							<title>A New Drug Could Save Moms&#8217; Lives During Childbirth</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shayne Rodriguez Thompson]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[A leading cause of death during childbirth is hemorrhaging caused by blood vessels that are left open when the placenta detaches from the uterine wall. As many as one in six women&#8217;s blood vessels do not close up on their own, which can lead to death if proper help is not available. In most developed]]></description>
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							<title>A Pharmacist Refused To Fill This Woman’s Prescription To Induce A Miscarriage</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johanna Ferreira]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[There’s a lot of emotional pain and disappointment that follows a miscarriage. For Nicole Arteaga, finding out her 9-week old fetus had stopped developing and died, was beyond devastating for her. When her doctor presented her with two options: either to have the fetus tissue removed surgery or to take misoprostol, a medication used to]]></description>
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