Articles by "Jennifer Benson"
Jennifer Benson, health enews contributor, is coordinator of public affairs for Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care. She has 10+ years of community development and communication experience for non-profits and has a BA in Architecture from Judson University in Elgin, IL. Outside of work, you can find her planning the next adventure near water or rocks, re-organizing spaces, working on her Master’s in Public Health, caring for her senior citizen cat, keeping to healthy moving and eating disciplines and growing green things wherever she can find room.
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Compared to mothers around the world, U.S. moms have it harder to breastfeed. But why?
Find out why the “dimpled flesh” is being referred to as the new genetic birthmark.
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Frank Muno is on a mission to tackle this common and dangerous mistake with an innovative idea.
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This animal therapy dog can relate to cancer patients because she’s a cancer survivor too.
















