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<title><![CDATA[Health problems stalk veterans on homefront]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[On the streets of Fallujah, Al Miller was the closest thing his fellow Marines had to a family physician.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Medicare warnings ignored, records show]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[5 ways to fight pain]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[According to a report published in the British journal The Lancet, more than a quarter of Americans suffer daily pain. Here are some tips to help avoid that pain and to combat it when it does occur.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pinellas County reports 11th swine flu death]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Pinellas County health officials have recorded the county's 11th death from swine flu.

Health department officials in St. Petersburg said that a 38-year-old woman with underlying health conditions became the most recent victim of the flu.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:31:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Health officials caution about dengue in Key West ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[KEY WEST, Fla. - Key West's health officials are urging people to take precautions against dengue fever after results showed that 41 percent of 240 local residents tested positive for antibodies associated with the disease.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:33:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tests of stamina and substance]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Few physical tests are tougher than a half-Ironman - 70.3 consecutive miles of swimming, cycling and running.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business group says health reform might curb cost increases]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic health care bills in Congress — if done right — have the potential to tame runaway medical inflation, a leading business group said today in a report immediately hailed by President Barack Obama.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:50:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swine flu questions: Can breast milk carry vaccine?]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/12/will-baby-get-vaccines-protection-through-breast-m/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Q. I am eight months pregnant. If I wait to have the flu shot until after the baby is born will he receive immunity through my breast milk?

- Dawn, Tampa

Q. If I am breast feeding and I get the vaccine, will I pass the immunities to the baby through the breast milk?

- Candace, Tampa]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['I felt I needed to do something']]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[NAME: Cindy Keehn AGE: 50]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:22:20 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top racers in Clearwater triathlon undergo random drug tests ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[This year's Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater marks the first time all the pros and elite racers also must make themselves available for drug testing 365 days a year.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:29:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[St. Pete marathon organizers entering 'new territory']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/12/121000/redefining-the-road-race/life-health/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The inaugural Women's Running Magazine Women's Half Marathon and 5K are taking runners in a new direction.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in U.S. ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/12/cdc-now-says-4000-swine-flu-deaths-us/life-health/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu - about four times the estimate they've been using.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:28:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adults get their kicks with child's game]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/12/na-adults-get-their-kicks/life-health/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Near the end of every workweek, 25-year-old Brian Hartman gets to go outside and play with his friends.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drug industry wants to expand into social sites]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/11/drug-industry-wants-expand-social-sites/life-health/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter and other Web sites.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:10:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swine flu questions: Is virus deadlier than Ebola?]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/list/life/health/swinefluqa/?clear_cache]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[<b>Q.</b> What is the H1N1 compared to the regular flu and is H1N1 deadlier than Ebola?

<i>- Shawn, Latexo, Texas</i>]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chemical BPA in workers linked to sex problems ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Male factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported Wednesday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:06:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Get your swine flu shots, U.S. health secretary says at Bradenton clinic]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/10/get-your-swine-flu-shots-us-health-secretary-says-/life-health/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services says people in high-risk categories need to get their swine flu shots as soon as possible.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:11:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Swine flu questions: What are side effects of shot vs. mist?]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[<b>Q.</b> What are the side effects of the H1N1 shot, compared to the mist?  Also, under what conditions is one preferred to the other?

<i>- Kelly, Nevada</i>]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:08:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Living in pain? Here's how to fight back]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/10/living-pain-heres-how-fight-back/life-health/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Here are some tips to help avoid your daily pain and to combat it when it does occur.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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