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		<title>Bisphosphonates: Bone Strengtheners or Bone Hardeners?</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2010/02/bisphosphonates-bone-strengtheners-or-bone-hardeners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane Lenard PhD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bisphosphonates are now the most widely marketed and prescribed patented, FDA-approved anti-osteoporosis drugs. Bisphosphonates mimic, to some extent, the effects of estrogen on bone in that they work by inhibiting bone resorption [the process by which old bone is removed to make room for new bone]. However, like estrogen, these drugs have no ability to build new bone.]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple sclerosis, protein, fats, and progesterone</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2010/02/multiple-sclerosis-protein-fats-and-progesterone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Peat PhD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In MS [multiple sclerosis], it is clear that the inflammatory process itself is destructive, and that estrogen is a major predisposing factor. Unsaturated fatty acids, and dietary imbalance of amino acids interact closely with hyperestrogenism and hypothyroidism to produce the autoimmune degenerative diseases.]]></description>
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		<title>Time to take responsibility for your own healthcare</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2010/02/time-to-take-responsibility-for-your-own-healthcare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika T Schwartz MD</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Erika Schwartz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mammography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not advocating you get rid of doctors; I’m  saying it’s time to change our own personal health paradigm. To accomplish the change we need to stop being afraid that missing the diagnosis of a disease will send us directly to the morgue. As we change from focusing on getting a diagnosis to staying healthy, our health will improve.]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Surgery-induced Cancer Metastasis</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/12/preventing-surgery-induced-cancer-metastasis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/12/preventing-surgery-induced-cancer-metastasis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Nemeroff ND</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cancer surgery risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflammation and cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Extension Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modified citrus pectin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NK cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prepare for cancer surgery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cornerstone of treatment for the great majority of cancers is the surgical removal of the primary tumor. The rationale for this approach is straightforward: if you can get rid of the cancer by simply removing it from the body, then a cure can likely be achieved. Unfortunately, this approach does not take into account that after surgery the cancer will frequently metastasize (spread to different organs). Quite often the metastatic recurrence is far more serious than the original tumor. In fact, for many cancers it is the metastatic recurrence—and not the primary tumor—that ultimately proves to be fatal.
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		<title>Truth Squad—Medical Reporting On Mammograms</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/12/truth-squad%e2%80%94medical-reporting-on-mammograms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/12/truth-squad%e2%80%94medical-reporting-on-mammograms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie Mahar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breast Cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maggie Mahar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) mammography recommendations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News reports on the mammography controversy reached a pitch of high hysteria last week, the baseline syncopated with the language of hate and fear. No question, “breast cancer” is a charged phrase.  In an instant, the two words conflate the beginning of life, when a baby feeds at its mother’s breast, and the end that so many Americans fear, “the Big C.” Sex and death packed into one phrase—little wonder that the words can unleash such strong emotions.]]></description>
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		<title>Mammogram Controversy &#8211; Follow the Money</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/11/mammogram-controversy-follow-the-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/11/mammogram-controversy-follow-the-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Hopkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we look past the hysteria and controversy created by the new government task force guidelines for mammography screening, what we find is that it's all about the money, and not about women's health.]]></description>
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		<title>Bioidentical Hormone Research Shows Heart Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/11/bioidentical-hormone-research-shows-heart-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/11/bioidentical-hormone-research-shows-heart-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenna Stephenson MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her landmark CHOIICE study, Dr. Stephenson's approach to bioidentical hormone replacement shows clear benefits for heart disease risk factors. In this interview, Dr. Stephenson explains how the study was conducted and gives us the specific results.]]></description>
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		<title>Prevention is All about the Doctor-Patient Relationship!</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/08/doctor-patient-relationship-key-to-prevention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/08/doctor-patient-relationship-key-to-prevention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika T Schwartz MD</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[doctor-paitent relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s all about prevention, but how can you even begin to address prevention when the real implementers of prevention aren’t even part of the discussion? I’m referring to the doctor-patient relationship which ultimately makes or breaks the entire system. Remember Dr. Welby? Remember when doctors were beloved and patients were respected and cared for? Those were the days when the cost of healthcare was not prohibitive. In those days genomics and MRIs were scarce but good will and health were abundant. What changed?]]></description>
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		<title>Confusing Paid Health Services with Caring Muddles Thinking of Patients, Providers, and Reformers</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/07/caring-in-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/07/caring-in-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Nagel EdD</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The push is on to reform health services financing before the August Congressional break.   Will haste give us another problematic law like No Child Left Behind?  Or is it more important to pass something, anything, to get the ball rolling?]]></description>
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		<title>Remapping the Medical Metaphor</title>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchersnews.com/2009/06/medicalmetaphor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Gottesman M.D.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[information theory and medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Gottesman MD]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I often feel startled by life as many physicians do; startled by the vast intricacies of life, and humbled by the almost unfathomable complexities. But these days, I am concerned that for many in my field the wonder is waning, drowning.]]></description>
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