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		<title>Testosterone replacement therapy improves risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testosterone Replacement Benefits Older Men With Low Testosterone, Studies Suggest
ScienceDaily (Jun. 17, 2008) — In older men with low testosterone levels, testosterone replacement therapy improves their risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to two new studies.
Testosterone deficiency becomes more common with age, occurring in 18 percent of 70-year-olds, said a coauthor of both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boy Dies Of Dry Drowning After Leaving Pool And Walking Home</title>
		<link>http://championsfamilyclinic.com/blog/2008/06/07/boy-dies-of-dry-drowning-after-leaving-pool-and-walking-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Red wine compound seen protecting heart from aging</title>
		<link>http://championsfamilyclinic.com/blog/2008/06/04/red-wine-compound-seen-protecting-heart-from-aging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red wine compound seen protecting heart from aging
Tue Jun 3, 2008 8:47pm EDT
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A natural compound found in red wine may protect the heart against the effects of the aging process, researchers said on Tuesday.
In their study, mice were given a diet supplemented with the compound known as resveratrol starting at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breast Cancer Survival Linked to Vitamin D</title>
		<link>http://championsfamilyclinic.com/blog/2008/05/22/breast-cancer-survival-linked-to-vitamin-d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Breast Cancer Survival Linked to Vitamin D

The Independent - London
05-20-08
Women with a vitamin D deficiency when they are diagnosed with breast cancer have an increased risk of dying within 10 years, research has found.
Patients whose levels of the vitamin are below average are twice as likely to see the cancer spread, and 73 per cent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women 80 and older should continue mammograms, study says: Study: Early detection aids treatment</title>
		<link>http://championsfamilyclinic.com/blog/2008/04/25/women-80-and-older-should-continue-mammograms-study-says-study-early-detection-aids-treatment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women 80 and older should continue mammograms, study says: Study: Early detection aids treatment
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
04-23-08
Apr. 23&#8211;Women in their 80s have gotten little attention in the debate over who should have mammograms, but a new study reported Tuesday that they do benefit from X-ray screenings.
Hoping to clear up confusion, researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the scary out of breast cancer stats</title>
		<link>http://championsfamilyclinic.com/blog/2008/04/22/taking-the-scary-out-of-breast-cancer-stats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking the scary out of breast cancer stats
Headline-grabbing reports citing alarming risk factors are often meaningless.
By Carol Tavris and Avrum Bluming
April 17, 2008
American women fear breast cancer more than heart disease, according to most studies, even though heart disease is responsible for 10 times as many female deaths every year &#8212; and heart disease deaths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local diabetes researchers seek to unlock mysteries of vitamin D</title>
		<link>http://championsfamilyclinic.com/blog/2008/04/22/local-diabetes-researchers-seek-to-unlock-mysteries-of-vitamin-d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local diabetes researchers seek to unlock mysteries of vitamin D
The Seattle Times
04-18-08
Apr. 17&#8211;Finnish babies born in the 1960s and raised on mega-doses of vitamin D had dramatically lower risk of developing type 1 diabetes, a serious autoimmune disease that requires lifelong injections of insulin.
Was it a case of cause and effect? Seattle researchers are trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Against the stream: California-based organization advocates alternative measures to deal with autism</title>
		<link>http://championsfamilyclinic.com/blog/2008/04/12/against-the-stream-california-based-organization-advocates-alternative-measures-to-deal-with-autism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Against the stream: California-based organization advocates alternative measures to deal with autism
Chicago Tribune
04-08-08
Apr. 8&#8211;Nine-year-old Amanda DiFucci of Lake in the Hills isn&#8217;t fully &#8220;recovered&#8221; from an autism-spectrum disorder, but her sensory problems have vanished, and she no longer hits herself in the head or suffers from severe eczema. When she&#8217;s among her 3rd-grade classmates, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Research Shows Nutritional Supplements Dramatically Reduce Sickness and Chronic Disease</title>
		<link>http://championsfamilyclinic.com/blog/2008/04/12/new-research-shows-nutritional-supplements-dramatically-reduce-sickness-and-chronic-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Research Shows Nutritional Supplements Dramatically Reduce Sickness and Chronic Disease-Using Dietary Supplements Can Reduce Health Care Costs by $24 Billion Over Five Years Says Dr. Mark Hyman of UltraWellness 
Market Wire 
04-11-08 
LENOX, MA, Apr 10, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) &#8212; Most doctors won&#8217;t recommend vitamin supplements to their patients, saying there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testosterone-lowering therapy isn’t so hot for the heart</title>
		<link>http://championsfamilyclinic.com/blog/2008/04/11/testosterone-lowering-therapy-isn%e2%80%99t-so-hot-for-the-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BOSTON—In men with localized but aggressive prostate cancer, the combination of testosterone-lowering therapy and radiation improves survival substantially more than radiation therapy alone. But testosterone-lowering therapy isn’t so hot for the heart, reports the April issue of the Harvard Heart Letter. Low testosterone can increase harmful LDL cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, and [...]]]></description>
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