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		<title>Is too much TV deadly?</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/is-too-much-tv-deadly_2010_01_24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study set to be published this week in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal, links television viewing to early death and heart disease. The study shows that participants who watched four or more hours of TV per day were 80 percent more likely to die from heart disease, and 46 percent more likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H1N1 Death Toll Continues to Rise &#8212; What You Can Do</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/h1n1-death-toll-continues-to-rise-what-you-can-do_2009_11_06/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/h1n1-death-toll-continues-to-rise-what-you-can-do_2009_11_06/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the World Health Organization (WHO), deaths as a result of the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, have totaled more than 6,000. As of today, the pandemic has affected over 199 countries and territories worldwide and continues to spread. What can you do to guard you and your family?

The Center for Disease [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu: NYC Shuts School Doors</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/swine-flu-nyc-shuts-school-doors_2009_05_18/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/swine-flu-nyc-shuts-school-doors_2009_05_18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 04:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cough]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mitchell Weiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York City school closure count reached 16 today, reports ABC news. As a result of the swine flu (or H1N1 virus) epidemic, and 103 students exhibiting influenza-like symptoms during the last six days of school, today the city&#8217;s health commissioner and schools chancellor made the decision to shut down three more schools.

The closures also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End-of-Life Care More Aggressive For the Faithful</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/end-of-life-care-more-aggressive-for-the-faithful_2009_03_18/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/end-of-life-care-more-aggressive-for-the-faithful_2009_03_18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[end-of-life care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Boston research study has found that cancer patients who lean on their religious faith to cope with their illness were 3x more likely to receive aggressive life-prolonging treatment than those not relying on their beliefs.  They were also less likely to have made end-of-life preparations like creating a living will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving Cancer: Now What Do I Do</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/surviving-cancer-now-what-do-i-do_2008_12_12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/surviving-cancer-now-what-do-i-do_2008_12_12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent article by Joe Rojas-Burke in The Oregonian caught my interest because it addressed something that I think so many of us forget.  Though we lose many loved ones to cancer &#8211; a truly staggering number I&#8217;m afraid &#8211; we celebrate cautiously those that have had successful cancer treatments.  So many of those that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End-Of-Life Care Study Shows Consistency</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/end-of-life-care-study-shows-consistency_2008_10_29/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/end-of-life-care-study-shows-consistency_2008_10_29/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study released by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the Archives of Internal Medicine have concluded that regardless of mental or physical health, most senior citizens do not change their minds on how they would like their end-of-life care to be handled as they get older.

&#8220;We found that the people who wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/national-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month_2008_09_10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/national-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month_2008_09_10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Color of Hope]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness month and organizations and companies all over the U.S. are working to raise money for continued research for a cure as well as prevention awareness.  Below are just a few organizations that are aiding in the fight against colon cancer.

The Callaway Golf Foundation
As part of their ovarian cancer campaign, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>StandUp2 Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/standup2-cancer_2008_09_06/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/standup2-cancer_2008_09_06/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/?p=384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, over 50 celebrities came on primetime TV and asked for money.  Not for themselves but for the millions of americans that continue to die from cancer and cancer related illnesses.  They came to get American&#8217;s on board the StandUp2Cancer movement.

Standup2Cancer is creating a new way to develop cancer breakthroughs that can actually end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accidental Deaths: When Hospitals Screw Up</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/accidental-deaths-when-hospitals-screw-up_2008_08_13/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/accidental-deaths-when-hospitals-screw-up_2008_08_13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/?p=359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Magazine had an interesting article on the frequency and likelihood of hospitals making mistakes that cause a life to be lost.  Certainly our medical physicians and surgeons should be revered for their hard work, long hours and continued research into the diseases and ailments that rob our loved ones of life every day. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Figg Tree Foundation Raises Colon Cancer Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/figg-tree-foundation-raises-colon-cancer-awareness_2008_06_04/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/figg-tree-foundation-raises-colon-cancer-awareness_2008_06_04/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/?p=294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tammy Figg of St. Louis knows how embarrasing it may seem to talk to your doctor about &#8220;down there.&#8221; Bleeding was the first sign for her that something was wrong &#8211; something that was ultimately diagnosed as colon cancer. Her struggle with her own illness and the post-operation struggles (radiation, ostomy bag, reconstructive surgery) prompted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIV and AIDS Immunity Drug Makes Medical Advancement</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/hiv-and-aids-immunity-drug-makes-medical-advancement_2007_12_26/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/hiv-and-aids-immunity-drug-makes-medical-advancement_2007_12_26/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a drug called Maraviroc for treating the HIV virus this year. The drug, also known by the brand name Selzentry, blocks the CCR5 cell receptor the HIV virus uses to invade and infect white blood cells, invariably slowing down a patientâ€™s immunity breakdown.  This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ovarian Cancer and How You Can Help Detect It Early</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/ovarian-cancer-and-how-you-can-help-detect-it-early_2007_12_23/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/ovarian-cancer-and-how-you-can-help-detect-it-early_2007_12_23/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, almost 25,000 American women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Of those women, 4 in 5 find that the cancer has spread beyond their ovaries, making surviving the disease nearly impossible.  It is no wonder that women fear this disease so much in our society.  There is some hope though.  If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ovarian Cancer Testing &#124; What You Should Know</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/ovarian-cancer-testing-what-you-should-know_2007_12_21/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/ovarian-cancer-testing-what-you-should-know_2007_12_21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths for women. This is due in part because testing often is not done until after the cancer has spread beyond the ovaries.  Though testing is not widely conducted currently and as yet has not severely reduced the number of deaths, it is still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/symptoms-of-ovarian-cancer_2007_12_19/</link>
		<comments>http://www.valleyoflife.com/blog/symptoms-of-ovarian-cancer_2007_12_19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now solid testing to screen for ovarian cancer have not been created to such a point where early detection is the norm. Right now 80% of women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer find out that the cancer has already spread to other parts of their body making it all but assuredly fatal.  [...]]]></description>
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