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		<title>Women&#8217;s health tips 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September is Women’s Health Awareness &#38; Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas offers the following health tips for women regarding gynecological cancer, breast and ovarian cancer, heart health, and stroke risk.
Cervical cancer awareness tips
from Dr. Tri Dinh, gynecologic oncologist, The Methodist Hospital, Houston
• Cervical cancer is one of the most common [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/23/womens-health-tips-2008/</link>
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		<title>Regular family meals linked to less substance abuse in teenage girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HBNS.org - Parents who have regular meals with their adolescent children - especially girls - might help lessen the chances they will start drinking or smoking later in their teen years, according to new research.
Past studies have shown that family meals provide many benefits, including offering a venue for parents to communicate with their adolescents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/23/regular-family-meals-linked-to-less-substance-abuse-in-teenage-girls/</link>
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		<title>Genital herpes found to cause chronic pain syndrome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reactivation of genital herpes is linked in some cases with the emergence of widespread chronic neuropathic pain , according to a Finnish study reported in The Journal of Pain .
In the clinic at the University of Helsinki, 17 patients were examined who presented widespread chronic pain with no visible lesions in brain magnetic imaging. Because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/22/genital-herpes-found-to-cause-chronic-pain-syndrome/</link>
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		<title>How cranberry juice prevents urinary tract infections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WPI.edu - For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice , convinced of its power to prevent urinary tract infections , though the exact mechanism of its action has not been well understood. A new study by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) reveals that cranberry juice changes the thermodynamic properties of bacteria in the urinary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/22/how-cranberry-juice-prevents-urinary-tract-infections/</link>
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		<title>Removing ovaries questionable, says Cochrane Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HBNS.org - For premenopausal women, the decision of whether to undergo a hysterectomy - removal of the uterus - is a challenging one. To make things more complex, added pressure to decide whether to remove the ovaries can arise - a decision that researchers say relies more on the preferences of the woman or her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/21/removing-ovaries-questionable-says-cochrane-review/</link>
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		<title>Dangers of internet drug sales growing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UMaryland.edu - Consumers are facing a growing risk of getting counterfeit drugs because of rising Internet sales of medical drugs, projected to reach upwards of $75 billion by 2010, according to a report from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Even more alarming is the infiltration of these counterfeit drugs into retail American pharmacies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/21/dangers-of-internet-drug-sales-growing/</link>
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		<title>Too much sleep increases stroke risk after menopause</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AHA - Post-menopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night seem to have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association .
Compared to women sleeping seven hours, the risk of ischemic stroke was 60 to 70 percent higher for those sleeping nine hours or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/20/too-much-sleep-increases-stroke-risk-after-menopause/</link>
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		<title>Weight training boosts strength up to 50 percent in seniors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regular resistance training, or weight training, can boost the physical fitness of older Australians, according to research out of the University of Queensland.
Dr Tim Henwood, a postdoctoral research fellow with UQ and Blue Care, said his recently completed PhD research investigated how people over the age of 65 responded to resistance training.
&#34;What we were looking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/20/weight-training-boosts-strength-up-to-50-percent-in-seniors/</link>
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		<title>Iced tea - hidden risk of kidney stones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Popular summer drink could raise risk of painful kidney stones .
LoyolaMedicine.org - Mark Mulac was once an &#34;avid lover&#34; of iced tea, downing up to six glasses a day of the popular summertime thirst-quencher.
&#34;I was a junkie on a bender. I had to have it every day,&#34; said Mulac, a resident of Brookfield, IL. &#34;Iced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/19/iced-tea-hidden-risk-of-kidney-stones/</link>
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		<title>Know that exercise reduces colon cancer risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HBNS.org - Many experts now consider colon cancer a largely preventable disease, but a new study finds that primary care doctors might not always inform patients about one important step they can take to reduce their risk: becoming more physically active, or getting more exercise.
When researchers analyzed survey data from 1,932 adults who answered questions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2008/07/18/know-that-exercise-reduces-colon-cancer-risk/</link>
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