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		<title>Should Email Communication Between Doctor and Patient be Promoted?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article in the Wall Street Journal reviewed the emerging role of email in healthcare, arguing that doctors should more aggressively offer their patients the option to communicate with each other through email. Unlike other professionals in the United States, doctors have generally resisted the adoption of email into their practices. But according to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=docchat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9234282&amp;post=264&amp;subd=docchat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statins and the Risk for Future Diabetes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statin drugs, prescribed by doctors for lowering cholesterol, have arguably been the most successful drugs ever, at least in terms of sales.  To some extent, statins have been worthy of such elevated status.  After all, statins do follow through on their claim to both reduce cholesterol, and more importantly, to reduce the risk of heart attacks and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=docchat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9234282&amp;post=251&amp;subd=docchat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nature Versus Appetite Suppression</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately it seems impossible to surf the internet or to listen to the news without being warned, yet again, about the adverse consequences of excessive weight gain. Many conditions such as Arthritis, Diabetes, and even Sleep Disorders are now found to be caused in part by obesity. Fortunately, a successful weight loss program can eliminate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=docchat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9234282&amp;post=239&amp;subd=docchat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The New Flu Shot for 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the mayhem caused last year by the emergence of H1N1, a.k.a &#8220;Swine Flu&#8221;, this year&#8217;s Flu season seems to be shaping up to be much more calm and far less unpredictable.  To begin with, H1N1 has clearly been on the wane and thus far, seems to be a relative non-factor in every day office medicine.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=docchat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9234282&amp;post=220&amp;subd=docchat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin D2 or D3?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Livalo, the latest (Johnny Come Lately) Statin</title>
		<link>http://docchat.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/livalo-the-latest-johnny-come-lately-statin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FDA has approved the marketing of Livalo, a statin, indicated for the treatment of high cholesterol. In addition to treating the usual, garden variety high cholesterol in patients both with and without heart disease, Kowa, the company that makes the new drug, proudly touts the additional benefit in treating elevated triglycerides. Very good.  But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=docchat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9234282&amp;post=210&amp;subd=docchat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflux Treatments and Bone Loss Concerns</title>
		<link>http://docchat.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/reflux-treatments-and-bone-loss-concerns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[reflux proton pump inhibitors osteoporosis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For decades, Gastroesophogeal Reflux Disease (GERD) has been treated rather easily and efficiently without any controversy or sophistication.  Patients were encouraged to first try lifestyle changes.  After a couple of lame attempts at cutting out spices and reducing things like chocolate and alcohol, doctors would quickly call it quits on non-drug treatments and wind up prescribing acid-reducing drugs such as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=docchat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9234282&amp;post=196&amp;subd=docchat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Blood Pressure Goals for Diabetics?</title>
		<link>http://docchat.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/new-targets-for-blood-pressure-for-diabetics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Thanks Doc for putting me on that fourth blood pressure pill.  I am feeling much better now that it is 130/80.&#8221;  I have heard that statement uttered exactly ZERO times in my career.  Without exaggeration, I really think that I have a better chance of winning the Heisman Trophy in College Football than I do hearing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=docchat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9234282&amp;post=182&amp;subd=docchat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Safety of Generic Medications</title>
		<link>http://docchat.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/the-safety-of-generic-medications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the cost of healthcare on the minds of most Americans, generic medications have been playing an increasing role in everyday patient care.  With that, questions about the efficacy of generic medications have been raised more frequently.  Generics are, by definition, a chemical copy of the original brand, and by FDA backing, should have the same efficacy.  In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=docchat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9234282&amp;post=175&amp;subd=docchat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Consumption &#8211; Good for You?</title>
		<link>http://docchat.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/coffee-consumption-good-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coffee consumption shares all of the hallmarks of behavior that you would expect to be harmful to your health.  After all, coffee apparently tastes good, elevates the mood, provides much-needed additional energy, can make socializing easier, and is famously addictive.  How could something with those characteristics NOT be bad for you? So for both the lay person and the trained medical professional, coffee has always [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=docchat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9234282&amp;post=163&amp;subd=docchat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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