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		<title>Camel&#8217;s Head Is In The Tent On Health Care</title>
		<link>http://donstorch.com/2009/02/11/camels-head-is-in-the-tent-on-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Storch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camel's Head Is In The Tent On Health Care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many troublesome items in the tentative $789 B deal on the stimulus package announced today, but none worse than the one dealing with health care, for once the Camel&#8217;s head is in the tent you can bet the rest of the body will follow. The Camel&#8217;s head is in the tent in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Marriage Could Mean Healthy Hearts</title>
		<link>http://donstorch.com/2008/03/20/happy-marriage-could-mean-healthy-hearts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Storch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[happy marriage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[less cardiovascular risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lower blood pressure when sleeping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A happy marriage could signal a healthy heart a new study has found. A study of some 204 married and 99 single adults, who wore portable blood pressure monitors for 24 hours, found that unhappily married adults have higher blood pressure than both happily married and single adults. Previous studies found that married people tend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientific Detective Story</title>
		<link>http://donstorch.com/2008/03/10/scientific-detective-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Storch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bioterrrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immune system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Of Microbes and Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prebiotic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Of Microbes and Men&#8221; by William Marshall, Ph.D. Book Reviewed by Jeanne Klier Storch While as undergraduates at the University of Illinois, my friend, Bonnie, and I worked at a campus bookstore to help offset the cost of our text books.  One day, a tall handsome grad student placed his books on the counter for checkout.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Right To Know The Health Of A Presidential Candidate</title>
		<link>http://donstorch.com/2008/03/09/the-right-to-know-the-health-of-a-presidential-candidate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Storch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right to know health of candidates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is the public&#8217;s right to know of the state of health of a presidential candidate? I think the public has every right to this information as one should have on the candidate&#8217;s position on war, defense, economy, healthcare immigration or foreign policy. The New York Times today suggested in a headline dealing with the presidential campaign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer Withdraws Lipitor Jarvik Ad; Admits To Mea Culpa</title>
		<link>http://donstorch.com/2008/02/25/pfizer-withdraws-lipitor-jarvik-ad-admits-to-a-mea-culpa/</link>
		<comments>http://donstorch.com/2008/02/25/pfizer-withdraws-lipitor-jarvik-ad-admits-to-a-mea-culpa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Storch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deal struck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA silent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jarvik not licensed to practice medicine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer to seek more clarity in ads]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A press release crossed my desk today from Pfizer.  It immediately struck me as a mea culpa. The company announced that it was &#8216;voluntarily&#8217; withdrawing Lipitor advertising and promotion featuring Dr. Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the artifical heart, and &#8220;committing to ensuring greater clarity in the roles and responsibilities of its spokespeople in its consumer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Notes: Statins Can Be Good For Heart; Urinary Tract Infections Might Come From Your Pet</title>
		<link>http://donstorch.com/2008/02/23/medical-statins-can-be-good-for-heart-urinary-tract-infections-might-come-from-your-pet/</link>
		<comments>http://donstorch.com/2008/02/23/medical-statins-can-be-good-for-heart-urinary-tract-infections-might-come-from-your-pet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Storch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Good For Heart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Urinary tract infection can come from pet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Protective power: Statins can be good for the heart Two interesting medical developments came across my desk this week, one indicating that those taking statins to lower cholesterol might have a bonus effect &#8212; lowering the risk of atrial fibrillation. The second development was you might pick up a urinary tract infection from your pet.Statins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death By Vanity</title>
		<link>http://donstorch.com/2008/02/08/death-by-vanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Storch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[botox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death by vanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liposuction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protein diets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weigh surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An alert came across my desk today from the FDA alerting the public of systemic adverse reactions including respiratory compromise and death following the use of botulinum toxins types A and B for both FDA-approved and unapproved uses. For those not making the connection, this is the drug called Botox used for cerebral palsy-associated limb spasticity and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heparin Health Alert</title>
		<link>http://donstorch.com/2008/01/28/heprin-health-alert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Storch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a nationwide recall of all lots of heparin and saline pre-filled flush syringes manufactured by AM2 PAT, Inc,. of Angier, N.C. Two lots have been found to be contaminated with Serratia marcescens, a bacterium that can cause serious injury or death.]]></description>
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		<title>Heparin Recall; Contraceptive Patch Warning</title>
		<link>http://donstorch.com/2008/01/19/heparin-recall-contraceptive-patch-warning/</link>
		<comments>http://donstorch.com/2008/01/19/heparin-recall-contraceptive-patch-warning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Storch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The FDA&#8217;s MedWatch, a safety information and adverse event warning system, today announced a voluntary recall of certain lots of Baxter Healthcare&#8217;s Heparin and issued a warning for Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch. Baxter notified healthcare professionals of a voluntary recall of certain lots.  Some of the reported adverse events included abdominal pain, decreased blood [...]]]></description>
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