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		<title>Synthetic Hair Products Used by Black Women Contain Carcinogens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yet another study has revealed the danger of hair products used primarily by Black women. New research, conducted and published by Consumer Reports, reveals that several popular brands of synthetic hair used for weaves, braids, and other styles, contain carcinogens, such as benzene, and other toxic substances. The study analyzed samples from 10 brands and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Taking Charge of Your Breast Cancer Risk</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheree Crute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news this Breast Cancer Awareness Month is particularly concerning for Black women. The latest research from the American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that Black women are 41% more likely to die of breast cancer than White women, making breast cancer the leading cause of death for black women. As frightening as the statistic may [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2022: A New Year of Hope and Healing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheree Crute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 16:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[2022 is the perfect time for Black women to embrace healing, hope and moving beyond the pandemic by protecting their mental health. 
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		<title>Sowing Her Dream: Deep Roots Organic Farm</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheree Crute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An organic, Black woman-owned farm is thriving and bringing change to life just outside of Washington, DC.  It’s early spring in Washington, DC, which means the crowds are just beginning to return to the local farmer’s market. Among the most popular vendors is Deep Roots, an organic, woman-owned farm founded by Ann Sutton (AKA farmer [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>On &#8216;Becoming&#8217; and Michelle Obama’s Brilliant, Beautiful Approach to Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 13:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Becoming, Michelle Obama’s long-awaited, and already much-loved memoir is a rich, engaging, delightful read that would be wonderful to curl up with, even if she had not been First Lady of the United States. Reading, you feel as if you’re enjoying a long, unabashedly honest conversation with a favorite girlfriend about just living life. Michelle’s’ [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Recovering from the Unthinkable</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Protecting your mental health before, during, and after a natural disaster. On the morning of September 8, as hurricane Irma barreled toward Miami, Betsy Moise, and her family, decided they would not be moved by weather. Instead, Moise rose at 4 am that Friday morning to fill her car with gas and to buy food. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Yoga, Meditation and Tai Chi May Stress-Proof Your Body</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New research shows that mind-body rituals and exercises do more than just help you relax, they may actually boost your health by changing your DNA. A new review of studies of more than 800 people, over 11 years, showed that the consistent practice of one of three mind-body practices—yoga, meditation, or tai chi—changed people’s body’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Obamacare Repeal: A Threat to Black Women’s Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 04:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new health care bill could roll-back significant gains in coverage and care for African Americans. The American Health Care Act (AHCA), the bill passed by Congress on May 4th, is designed to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), and of course erase President Barack Obama’s most significant legislative achievement. If this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>5 Ways To Beat Stress While At Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Workplace stress remains one of the most common causes of stress for most people, according to the American Psychological association. And, as nearly every African American woman knows, working while black and female saddles us with a much higher rate of on-the-job strain. We are required to not only be excellent at our jobs, while [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>6 Sensational Gifts Sure to Inspire and Excite</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2016/12/13/6-sensational-gifts-sure-to-inspire-and-excite/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 08:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A choice for every budget that will thrill even the fussiest friend or family member on your gift list. Against All Odds: Celebrating Black Women in Medicine The book for every little black girl or woman of any age is Crystal Emery’s Against All Odds: Celebrating Black Women in Medicine  Against All Odds: Celebrating Black [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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