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		<title>A Mural for a Cancer Patient Tells a Story of Broken Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/11/a-mural-for-a-cancer-patient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regina Holliday has painted a mural on the side of a gas station in Washington DC to tell the story of a day in her husband Fred&#8217;s struggle with broken healthcare. At ge 39, Fred was diagnosed with stage IV kidney cancer.

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		<title>Free Prostate Screening in Seattle November 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seattle Prostate Institute, an affiliate of Swedish Cancer Institute, is offering free prostate cancer screening tests on Fri., Nov. 20 between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at their offices in the 1101 Madison Medical Tower, Suite 1101, on the Swedish/First Hill Campus.

This complimentary screening – which is recommended for men 50 or older and those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASTRO Prostate Cancer News Headlines Preview</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beam Radiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCa Treatments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASTRO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) will host news briefings with accompanying live webcasts on the top cancer research papers from its 51st Annual Meeting to be held this coming week in Chicago. Prostate cancer features in three of briefings. Here are the headlines:
News briefing 1:
Monday, November 2, at 8:00 a.m. (Central); 9:00 a.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Orders Medical Marijuana Use Allowed Where State Law Makes it Legal</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/feds-halt-medical-marijuana-prosectutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/feds-halt-medical-marijuana-prosectutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pres. Barack Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has changed Federal policies on regulation of medical marijuana use under state law. During his presidential race last year, Barack Obama said that he intended to halt raids of medical marijuana facilities operating legally under state laws. Today, new Justice Department guidelines brought this change about.
The new guidelines order federal drug agents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viral Message &#8212; Ayurvedic Treatment for H1N1/Swine Flu</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/viral-message-ayurvedic-med-for-h1ni-flu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayurvedic medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Vinay Goyal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H1N1/Swine Flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All over the internet people are receiving and passing on messages starting out with words like this:

Received this excellent advice regarding H1N1/Swine Flu from . . .  
The blog post or email forwards a message that starts out:
Subject: Possible swine flu prevention
This message is from Dr. Vinay Goyal a renowned doctor who visited last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gavin Rodden Update</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/2147/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Rodden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhabdomyosarcoma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gavin Rodden, the 8 year boy fighting metastatic muscle cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma, which began in muscle in his prostate, now has a web page at CaringBridge, Gavin the Strong:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/gavinthestrong
Gavin is taking chemotherapy in Houston. To donate to the Medical Fund that Shannon&#8217;s employer has set up for Gavin (see details in our previous post) send [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gavin Rodden, age 8, fights a rare childhood cancer that began in his prostate</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/gavin-rodden-appeal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/10/gavin-rodden-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lung]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight-year-old Gavin Rodden was diagnosed recently with a rare childhood cancer, which began in his prostate. 
Rhabdomyosarcoma (Rhab-do-my-o-sarcoma) is an aggressive form of cancer that starts in a muscle cell and may spread quite rapidly. In Gavin&#8217;s case the cancer has already spread from the prostate to his lungs. Possible treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dendreon to seek Provenge approval in November &#8211; Reuters</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/dendreon-to-seek-provenge-approval-in-november-reuters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/dendreon-to-seek-provenge-approval-in-november-reuters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaccines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dendreon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters and WAll Street Journal report today that Dendreon plans to seek US FDA approval for Provenge prostate cancer vaccine in November. Dendreon  &#8220;expects regulators to act on the application by the middle of next year, the company said on Thursday.&#8221;
To start from an updated report in the Wall Street Journal, which adds this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Genetic Variants Linked with Risk of Prostate Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/researchers-link-multiple-new-snps-with-risk-of-prostate-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/researchers-link-multiple-new-snps-with-risk-of-prostate-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chromosome 8q24]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have identified seven new genetic variants that appear to be linked with increase risk of prostate cancer. Among these are four new &#8220;single-letter&#8221; genetic variants on one particular chromosome, called 8q24.   
This chromosomal region has previously been associated with breast, colon, and bladder cancer.  The discoveries identifying the four new genetic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sick for Profit Says Insurance Companies Get Rich By Denying Care</title>
		<link>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/sick-for-profit-says-insurance-companies-get-rich-by-denying-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.psa-rising.com/blog/2009/09/sick-for-profit-says-insurance-companies-get-rich-by-denying-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacquie strax</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brave New Films&#8217; video Sick for Profit opens with a clip of a woman, Jo Joshua Godfrey, who says Cigna cut off her coverage by telling her she had nothing wrong with her, when they knew &#8212; as she did not &#8212; that her scans showed she had lung cancer. 
I would go to CIGNA [...]]]></description>
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