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The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital announces the 2013-2014 Florida Forum lineup, featuring former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, bestselling author Michael Lewis and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) June 14, 2013 The 2013-2014 Florida Forum speaker series, produced by The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital to benefit the Pediatric Surgery Center of Distinction and additional vital needs at Wolfson Children’s, will host an...
Vitamin D levels in umbilical cord blood found to be lower if mother is obese Women who are obese at the start of their pregnancy may be passing on insufficient levels of vitamin D to their babies, according to a new Northwestern Medicine® study. The study found that babies born to lean mothers had a third higher amount of vitamin D compared to babies born to obese moms. Vitamin D is fat-soluble, and previous studies have found that people who are obese tend to have lower levels of...
Award Will Be Named in Mitchell's Honor to Recognize her Commitment to Using Media to Improve the Lives of Women and Girls At The 2012 Women's Media Awards on November 13 in New York City Jane Fonda, The Women's Media Center Co-Founder & Two-Time Academy Award® Winner, to present award to Pat Mitchell NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Women's Media Center announced this morning that The 2012 Women's Media Awards will honor Multiple Emmy® & Peabody...
Florida Forum lecture series benefiting Wolfson Children's Hospital features Steve Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson, Dr. Robert M. Gates and Lance Armstrong Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) April 05, 2012 The 2012-2013 Florida Forum speaker series, produced by The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital to benefit the Larry J. Freeman Behavioral Health Center and additional vital needs, will host an all-star lineup at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts in...
Diane Dennis, author of The Hourglass: How to Live as Time Flies By, learned that people who are facing their mortality don't have friends and family who want to discuss dying. Dennis followed a women's hospital support group and found that people facing mortality feel isolated and lonely. Loved ones are hesitant to discuss life and death issues with their terminally ill friend or family. Portland, Ore. (PRWEB) December 3, 2010 New book found that people suffering from terminal...
Talented, Diverse International Women Filmmakers to Screen their Films at TheWIFTS Foundation Showcase & Awards Event November 29 - December 4 in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Women filmmakers from around the globe will screen their films during The Women's International Film & Television Showcase (TheWIFTS Foundation) at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles from November 29 - December 4, 2009. Fourteen films and 16 shorts from 11 different countries...
By MAL VINCENT By Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot ONE EXASPERATED character in "The Women" yells: "What do you think this is, some 1930s movie?" If only. "The Women," the original directed by George Cukor and co- scripted by Anita Loos, was the comedy highlight of 1939 - the greatest year in movie history. (It also saw "Gone With the Wind,""Wuthering Heights,""The Wizard of Oz" and a half dozen other top films.) With its all-female cast, it dealt affectionately with women, who, as Joan...
By Chris Hicks Deseret News How secure am I in my masculinity? I went to see "The Women" last weekend, and I was the only man in the theater. There weren't even any men on the screen! What's more, I watched the 1939 black-and-white original the night before. No men in that one either. Of course, I was prepared. I raised four daughters. I've had female bosses. I once ate quiche. "The Women" began as a play by the very witty Clare Boothe Luce, and it ran for 666 performances -- as proudly...
Hollywood actress Jada Pinkett Smith has signed on to star in and executive produce the drama pilot "Time Heals," TNT announced Thursday. The real-life mother of two, who is married to actor Will Smith, can currently be seen in the big-screen comedy "The Women." Her other film credits include the "Matrix" trilogy, "Reign Over Me,""Ali,""Collateral" and "Menace II Society." Pinkett Smith has signed on to play Director of Nursing Nancy Hawthorne, "an unsung hero, caregiver and single mother...
HOLLYWOOD is finally getting a hefty helping of girl power. Chick flicks like Sex And The City and Mamma Mia! have made it big on the big screen this summer, as largely female audiences flocked to cinemas. Now they are enjoying The Women, a remake of George Cukor's 1939 classic comedy drama exploring the lives and loves of a group of New York women. Meg Ryan takes on the central role in the movie as Mary Haines, a working mum with a fancy Connecticut house and a rich Wall Street head honcho...
