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	<title>For Your Health:  Knowing the Ins and Outs of Health Care and Insurance</title>
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		<title>Stem Cell Research&#8230;.Why the debate?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I first remember really hearing about Stem Cell research when Christopher Reeve and his wife Dana campaigned for more funding and awareness. I was amazed by the possibilities this research could bring and the suffering it could possibly eliminate.
I am a nurse and I am also a Lupus patient.  For me, this is personal. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=20&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/stem-cell-researchwhy-the-debate/</link>
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		<title>New HIV Patients Expected to Live 24 Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent study, an American diagnosed with HIV today can (on average) live 24 years.  That is a significant increase over studies in the 1990&#8217;s that only offered HIV patients an average 10 year life expectancy.
Why the change?  Since 1993 major advances have been made in antiretroviral medications used to treat [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=19&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/new-hiv-patients-expected-to-live-24-years/</link>
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		<title>Shop Around and Save</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people know to shop around to save money on most things in life.  Yet when it comes to health care and insurance, a lot of people don&#8217;t realize the importance of shopping around.  According to The Merced Sun-Star the average knee replacement surgery is $73,000.  Since most people are choosing 70/30 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=18&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/shop-around-and-save/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Coming in Medical Treatment&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was searching the blogosphere today and came upon a blog that discusses &#8220;new and promising breakthroughs&#8221; in medical treatment.  The Medical Journals&#8217; most recent articles is about new spinal injury treatments that can help patients regain some movements.  There are also articles about new cosmetic surgery and genetic breakthroughs that could revolutionize [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=17&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/whats-coming-in-medical-treatment/</link>
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		<title>How Much Did Your Family Pay for Health Insurance This Year?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How much did your family pay for health insurance this year?  According to The Huffington Post the average family cost $10,880 this year in health insurance.  While $8,167 was covered by the employer, that still leaves $2,713 to the worker.
Don&#8217;t think that figure is significant?  Well, the number is a 9.5% increase [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=16&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/how-much-did-your-family-pay-for-health-insurance-this-year/</link>
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		<title>The Need for Long Term Care Insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Market Day Daily News there is a health care crisis on the horizon.  Met Life is reporting that 70 percent of people over 65 will need some sort of extended care before they die, and 90 percent of those over 65 years of age will have at least one chronic condition.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=15&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/the-need-for-long-term-care-insurance/</link>
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		<title>Get Rid of the Slang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Kevin, M.D. Medical Weblog a patient advocate is attempting to ban medical slang like &#8220;frequent flyer&#8221; and other terms that have been deemed offensive to patients.  Many of the terms are demeaning labels that shift the blame from the disease or ailment to the patient, and they have no place in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=14&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/get-rid-of-the-slang/</link>
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		<title>October is Lupus Awareness Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Lupus?

Lupus is a widespread and chronic (lifelong) autoimmune disease that, for unknown reasons, causes the immune system to attack the body&#8217;s own tissue and organs, including the joints, kidneys, heart, lungs, brain, blood, or skin.
The immune system normally protects the body against viruses, bacteria, and other foreign materials. In an autoimmune disease like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=13&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/october-is-lupus-awareness-month/</link>
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		<title>Patient Advocacy Insights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Navelgazine Midwife , there is an article on the increasing pressure being put on women to have a C-section.  The article  goes on to discuss the dilemma facing patient advocates.  Can a patient advocate really look out for the best interest of a patient when  the person is employed by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=8&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/10/14/patient-advocacy-insights/</link>
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		<title>Story: Why You Need a Patient Advocate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Living and Laughing with Chronic Illness Blog, there is a great story about why a patient advocate is necessary. Yet is also warns of those that will put themselves forward as patient advocates and not really do anything at all for you. It is a long story, but the story is not all that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foryourhealth.wordpress.com&blog=447135&post=9&subd=foryourhealth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://foryourhealth.wordpress.com/2006/10/14/story-why-you-need-a-patient-advocate/</link>
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