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        <title><![CDATA[Castlight: know what medical procedures cost beforehand]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Like the Travelocity of healthcare, a San Francisco startup lets patients comparison shop.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[An enzyme leads the dance of immortality and death]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It may be possible to add telomerase to the human body and halt the aging process. But the word for that may well be cancer.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good news for diabetes sufferers]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The key is doing different things each day.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2010-11-24T15:30:25Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving for AIDS and child overdose progress]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[AIDS and baby visits to emergency rooms are both declining thanks to coordinated action.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2010-11-23T15:34:27Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Ending the war against bacteria]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We have met the bacterial enemy and he is us.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-22T16:41:52Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Four Loko tests the limits on two legal drugs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After the publicity dies down I do expect some espresso-and-shot parties to start happening.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2010-11-19T16:20:43Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Hypertension zapped away without drugs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Simplicity may be the most exciting development in the treatment of high blood pressure since statins. It zaps nerves in the kidney with radio waves, cutting production of hormones.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-18T13:13:15Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[How do we close the loop on patient education?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Personal relationships aimed at coaching people in wellness may save tens of billions of dollars, as people who comply with medical advice are more likely to stay well. But it may also cost billions, and where will the money come from?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2010-11-17T16:35:16Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The chip inside you is tech that will not die]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Proteus technology can tell you when you need to take your medication, and the concept is proven to work.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-16T16:02:05Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Medtronic device helps with more than heart failure]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[American medical device makers are playing the game by its new rules. They're also out to win the game, and I wouldn't bet against them.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2010-11-15T15:41:13Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Health IT finally giving doctors what they want]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Finance has adopted decision support &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; why are we in medicine the last to adopt data-driven decision making?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2010-11-15T13:34:55Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Want to know if you are headed for Alzheimer's?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A test of reaction times in middle age may identify people with rice-sized lesions in the brain that are a precursor to Alzheimer's.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>2010-11-12T15:38:59Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Alternative causes of the obesity epidemic]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is imperative that scientists remain open to alternative ideas on obesity.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-11T18:06:52Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[What might end tobacco smoking]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/what-might-end-tobacco-smoking/1946]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's rare that I face people puffing away madly and blowing the smoke in everyone's face. But they still smoke.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-11T17:12:39Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Where mHealth goes from here]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/where-mhealth-goes-from-here/1922]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Regulatory and payment barriers have American mobile health trailing what is available in rural Africa. The mHealth Alliance Summit hopes to change that.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-10T17:50:51Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[When lung cancer may not be lung cancer]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/when-lung-cancer-may-not-be-lung-cancer/1918]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Once the differences in the diseases are understood at the genetic level, new therapies might develop that will improve the prognosis of non-smokers]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-10T13:44:23Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Avoiding the fast food war]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Kids need to diet, and restaurants should serve healthier food, but when is the media going on a diet?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-09T18:07:54Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The War for Terroir]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What if Americans demanded the good stuff, what if the Department of Agriculture encouraged us to buy it? What if the DoA also had more programs to help farmers and artisans make only good stuff?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-08T13:23:59Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Validation for smokers' CT scans but at what cost?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/validation-for-smokers-ct-scans-but-at-what-cost/1854]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[You find that a very expensive test delivers a good result. Who gets it? Who doesn't?]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/validation-for-smokers-ct-scans-but-at-what-cost/1854]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-05T16:04:56Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The iPad fad in health IT]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Excitement among doctors over the Apple iPad has yet to die down, benefiting the entire health IT space.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Blankenhorn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2010-11-04T15:13:49Z</pubDate>
                                
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