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		<title>Eating Red Meat Not Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Disease</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests that eating one serving (100 grams) of red meat a day does not increase the risk of heart disease. Conversely, eating as little as 50 grams of processed meat a day, equivalent to one hot dog, is associated with a 42% increase in the risk of heart disease and a 19% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/05/19/eating-red-meat-not-linked-to-increased-heart-disease/</link>
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		<title>The Lancet Publishes the Most Comprehensive Analysis of a Human Genome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, The Lancet published the most thorough analysis of the genome of a single human being, Stanford bioengineer Stephen Quake. As the cost of genomic sequencing continues to drop, making it available to more people, it&#8217;s important to analyze that information in a way that is clinically relevant. When a patient goes to their doctor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/04/30/lancet-publishes-the-most-comprehensive-analysis-of-a-human-genome/</link>
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		<title>The FDA Approves the First Vaccine to Treat Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The FDA today approved Provenge  (sipuleucel-T), a new cancer &#8220;vaccine&#8221; made by Dendreon for the treatment of advanced prostate  cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer among men with an estimated 192,000 new cases and 27,000 deaths in 2009.
This is an important event that marks the approval of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/04/29/the-fda-approves-the-first-vaccine-to-treat-cancer/</link>
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		<title>What do Primary Care Physicians do in a Typical Day?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New England Journal of Medicine has published an analysis of the type and volume of work a typical primary care physician does in a day. Similar to a lot of their specialist counterparts, primary care physicians spend a lot of time on activities that are not reimbursed, given that most insurers only cover office [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/04/28/what-do-primary-care-physicians-do-in-a-typical-day/</link>
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		<title>Visualizing the Cost of Getting Sick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an impressing interactive visualization about the cost of chronic disease management by GE obtained from combining data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey with 500,000 medical records in GE&#8217;s database. Click on the picture to go to the site.

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		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/04/16/visualizing-the-cost-of-getting-sick/</link>
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		<title>Actor Dennis Quaid on the Right Track about Medical Errors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After nearly loosing his twins to an overdose of the blood thinner heparin given at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in 2007, actor Dennis Quaid has been heavily involved in raising awareness about medical errors in collaboration with TMIT and the National Quality Forum.
Medical errors have historically been dealt with through lawsuits and hostile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/04/15/actor-dennis-quaid-on-the-right-track-about-medical-errors/</link>
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		<title>Patients May Lie if Electronic Records Are Shared</title>
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Today, the WSJ cites the results of a study by the California HealthCare Foundation on electronic medical records stating that 15% of the 1,849 adults surveyed reported concealing  information from a physician if “the doctor had an electronic medical  record system” that could share  information with other groups. Another 33%  would “consider [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/04/14/patients-may-lie-if-electronic-records-are-shared/</link>
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		<title>Judge Blocks Massachusetts Health Insurers on Rate Increases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Stephen E. Neel, a Suffolk Superior Court judge, denied the request of six Massachusetts health insurers to increase premiums by an average of 8 to 32 percent for   about 50,000 policies covering   200,000 members.
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick hailed Neel’s  decision as a victory for small businesses and families that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/04/13/judge-blocks-massachusetts-health-insurers-on-rate-increases/</link>
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		<title>The Most Common Myths about Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of misconceptions about cancer. Here are some common myths via Cancer.net , the patient website of the American Society of Clinical Oncology:
The number of people diagnosed with and dying from cancer is increasing.
Actually, the number of new diagnoses of all cancers combined decreased steadily between 1999 and 2006, and the number of deaths from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/04/09/the-most-common-myths-about-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Do you have ideal heart health?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You qualify as someone with ideal heart health if you have not been  diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and:

have never smoked or quit more than a year ago
maintain a healthy body weight (a body mass index under 25). Click here to calculate your body mass index.
spend at least 150 minutes a week doing moderate physical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.seankhozin.com/2010/04/08/do-you-have-ideal-heart-health/</link>
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