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		<title>How Should Patients Be Told They Have a Gene Abnormality?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in Bloomberg News poses the question &#8220;Should patients undergoing broad DNA testing for a specific ailment be told of unexpected findings that signal risk of cancer or other serious diseases, even if they don’t request the information?&#8221; A team of ethicists explained that &#8220;patients should decide how much they want to know and how deeply -]]></description>
		
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		<title>CDC Reports Highest Death Count From West Nile Virus</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:08:40 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[The CDC reports that last year had the most West Nile virus deaths. In 2012, there were 286 deaths, two more than the record high in 2002. “Last summer’s outbreak likely resulted from many factors, including higher-than-normal temperatures that influenced mosquito and bird abundance, the replication of the virus in its host mosquitoes, and interactions -]]></description>
		
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		<title>Potential New Vaccine for Lyme Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:08:32 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[While there is no FDA approved human vaccine available for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a new study in The Lancet investigates “the safety and immunogenicity of adjuvanted and non-adjuvanted vaccines containing protective epitopes from Borrelia species outer surface protein A (OspA) serotypes in healthy adults.” Both vaccines were confirmed as safe, and “The -]]></description>
		
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	<media:description><![CDATA[While there is no FDA approved human vaccine available for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a new study in The Lancet investigates “the safety and immunogenicity of adjuvanted and non-adjuvanted vaccines containing protective epitopes from Borrelia species outer surface protein A (OspA) serotypes in healthy adults.” Both vaccines were confirmed as safe, and “The -]]></media:description>
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		<title>Many Medical Practices Report Inability in Caring for Disabled Patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:16:51 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in the American Medical News reports “More than two decades after President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, many physician practices are not truly accessible for disabled patients.” The main reason for this is a lack of awareness, liability issues, and time and cost concerns. Although the law -]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pharmaceutical Companies Announce Price Cut for Cancer Vaccines in Poor Nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:34:00 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports on a significant advance in women’s health as “The two companies that make vaccines against cervical cancer announced Thursday that they would cut their prices to the world’s poorest countries below $5 per dose, eventually making it possible for millions of girls to be protected against a major deadly cancer.” -]]></description>
		
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		<title>16-Year-Old Girl Presents with Chronic Abdominal Swelling: Can You Solve The Case?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:49:54 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[A new clinical challenge in The Journal of the American Medical Association presents the case of a 16-year-old girl with &#8220;3 months of abdominal pain and swelling that increase in intensity after meals, with early satiety and bloating. She also has had a recent increase in urinary frequency, with a need to get up once at night. -]]></description>
		
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	<media:description><![CDATA[A new clinical challenge in The Journal of the American Medical Association presents the case of a 16-year-old girl with &#8220;3 months of abdominal pain and swelling that increase in intensity after meals, with early satiety and bloating. She also has had a recent increase in urinary frequency, with a need to get up once at night. -]]></media:description>
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		<title>10 Reasons Smartphones Might Do More Harm Than Good in Medicine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:51:39 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[A new commentary piece in the Journal of General Internal Medicine discusses ten potential pitfalls of integrating smartphones with clinical care. The articles covers topics such as faulty monologues, surrounding neglect and myth of dependability, to name a few. The authors state that the purpose of this commentary is to raise awareness and hopefully reduce negative consequences for physicians and -]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can Antidepressant Use Increase Risk of Clostridium Difficile Infection?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:29:15 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study in BMC Medicine determines whether depression or the use of anti-depressants alters the risk of developing Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). “The population-based rate of CDI in older Americans was 282.9/100,000 person-years (95% confidence interval (CI)) 226.3 to 339.5) for individuals with depression and 197.1/100,000 person-years for those without depression (95% CI 168.0 -]]></description>
		
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	<media:description><![CDATA[A new study in BMC Medicine determines whether depression or the use of anti-depressants alters the risk of developing Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). “The population-based rate of CDI in older Americans was 282.9/100,000 person-years (95% confidence interval (CI)) 226.3 to 339.5) for individuals with depression and 197.1/100,000 person-years for those without depression (95% CI 168.0 -]]></media:description>
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		<title>Creatine Improves Muscle Strength in Patients With Fibromyalgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:05:17 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[A new article published by Reuters reports the findings of a study that “Creatine, a supplement favored by bodybuilders, modestly boosted muscle strength in patients with fibromyalgia.” Although creatine improved muscle weakness, it did not improve other general symptoms of the disorder, “such as chronic pain, fatigue, memory loss, depression, anxiety and sleeplessness.” Past studies -]]></description>
		
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	<media:description><![CDATA[A new article published by Reuters reports the findings of a study that “Creatine, a supplement favored by bodybuilders, modestly boosted muscle strength in patients with fibromyalgia.” Although creatine improved muscle weakness, it did not improve other general symptoms of the disorder, “such as chronic pain, fatigue, memory loss, depression, anxiety and sleeplessness.” Past studies -]]></media:description>
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		<title>Experts Recommend HIV Screening for Americans Ages 15 to 65</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:09:49 +0000</pubDate> 
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in The New York Times reports the United States Preventive Services Task Force “has recommended that Americans ages 15 to 65 be voluntarily screened for H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, and that many of those found infected receive antiviral drugs even before symptoms develop.” The CDC has similar recommendations. Experts stress the -]]></description>
		
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