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	<title>BodyTalk</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Medical lore or old wives tale?</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/27/medical-lore-or-old-wives-tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephine Marcotty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Age old doctors' advice turns out to be wrong
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		<title>Surgicalfire.org</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/15/surgicalfireorg/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/15/surgicalfireorg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephine Marcotty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our story earlier this week about a patient who was burned during surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital was one of the most emailed stories on our web site. After the story was published I got a call from Cathy Reuter, the founder of  www.surgicalfire.org. It&#8217;s a web site and a organization dedicated to increasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batman (the dog) update</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/13/batman-the-dog-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephine Marcotty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["I'm certain it was the absolute right and moral thing to do --  for his sake, not just for mine."]]></description>
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		<title>Death and vitamins</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/12/death-and-vitamins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephine Marcotty</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[vitamins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to stay healthy go out into the sun.  Or take vitamin D pills. Not only does vitamin D help prevent cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, it may also help to prevent death from all causes, according to a study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Researchers at the Albert Einstein [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Cutting off the nose to save the penis&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/08/cutting-off-the-nose-to-save-the-penis/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/08/cutting-off-the-nose-to-save-the-penis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephine Marcotty</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[sexual health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A simple but uncool solution for penile numbness]]></description>
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		<title>Batman update</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/06/batman-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephine Marcotty</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Batman, the dog, the who had surgery and received an expermental treatment for a brain tumor, was up and groggy late yesterday, but he&#8217;s fine. The ten-year-old mutt has a row of surgical staples down his nose. &#8220;He looks like Frankendog,&#8221; said his owner, Anna Brailovsky.  Now, the waiting begins to see if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Opinion: Too old for prostate cancer screening?</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/05/second-opinion-too-old-for-prostate-cancer-screening/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/05/second-opinion-too-old-for-prostate-cancer-screening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maura Lerner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[prostate cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor&#8217;s note: A new feature, Second Opinion, will occasionally ask Twin Cities doctors to elaborate on health news.) 
The case: Let’s say a 76-year-old man is worried about prostate cancer and goes to his doctor for a routine screening test. If you were his doctor, what would you tell him, in light of Monday’s recommendation from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A very moving story</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/08/01/a-very-moving-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephine Marcotty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, we&#8217;re not eating any more than we did 100 years ago. We&#8217;re just moving a whole lot less.
&#8220;There is not a relationship between obesity and caloric intake,&#8221; says Dr. James Levine, an obesity expert at the Mayo Clinic. Our national weight gain is driven primarily by the fact that we&#8217;re far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More clarity on proposed abortion rule</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/07/30/more-clarity-on-proposed-abortion-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/07/30/more-clarity-on-proposed-abortion-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephine Marcotty</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[birth control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some readers have raised some questions about the proposed federal rule that would redefine abortion, and which could override a state law that requires hospitals to offer rape victims emergency contraception.
Here is some clarity: The rule has not been officially made public, but a draft was leaked to the New York Times two weeks ago. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second thoughts on breast self-exams</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/07/28/second-thoughts-on-breast-self-exams/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/bodytalk/2008/07/28/second-thoughts-on-breast-self-exams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maura Lerner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Some readers are fuming about my Sunday story about a change of heart on the importance of monthly self-exams for breast cancer.
 

Mammogram of breast with cancer (see white spot)
In the last few years, cancer experts have backed away from recommending self-exams, saying they don’t save lives, and create unnecessary tests and anxiety for many women. [...]]]></description>
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