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		<title>Best Hospitals in America: 2010-2011</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/07/best-hospitals-in-america-2010-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. News &#038; World Report recently released its 2010-2011 rankings of the best hospitals in the United States. Although its core business is the delivery of mainstream news, the U.S. News &#038; World Report is best known for its annual rankings of best colleges, graduate schools, and hospitals. Given the success of these rankings, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wiper Fluid Article in Editor&#8217;s Selections</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/wiper-fluid-article-in-editors-selections/</link>
		<comments>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/wiper-fluid-article-in-editors-selections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was delighted to have discovered that our article about the choice of wiper fluid and Legionnaire&#8217;s disease was picked as one of four Editor&#8217;s Selections yesterday on the ResearchBlogging site.
ResearchBlogging.org is a repository of academic blog posts about peer-reviewed research. The topics range from anthropology and astronomy to psychology and social science. Relevant to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Approves Architect HIV Ag/Ab Combo Assay</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/fda-approves-architect-hiv-agab-combo-assay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Infectious Diseases]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The standard screening &#8220;HIV test&#8221; used in clinics or Emergency Departments works to detect human antibodies to HIV. While the test can provide quick-and-easy results, a significant drawback has been the inability to detect early HIV infections. In the acute or early phase of HIV infection, the body does not yet produce antibodies to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New &amp; Interesting (21 June 2010)</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/new-interesting-21-june-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allergy & Immunology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hepatology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infectious Diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rheumatology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;New &#038; Interesting&#8221; series is a biweekly compilation of select research findings, news articles, and random tidbits in bullet-point format. The entries are highly abbreviated, but provide links to the original articles or abstracts if you desire to read further.
General Articles

Telaprevir leads to 75% cure rate in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected individuals, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choice of Wiper Fluid Can Cause Legionnaire&#8217;s Disease</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/choice-of-wiper-fluid-can-cause-legionnaires-disease/</link>
		<comments>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/choice-of-wiper-fluid-can-cause-legionnaires-disease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Infectious Diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In our currently fragile economy, lifestyle changes are often necessary to maintain a reasonable budget. We may carpool more often, eat out less frequently, or reduce the number of foreign excursions. While making changes to shave costs are generally helpful, there are some corners that should not be cut.
In a recent study published in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Rounds 6.38</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/grand-rounds-6-38/</link>
		<comments>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/grand-rounds-6-38/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogosphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Steve, author of &#8220;Adventures of a Funky Heart!&#8221; blog and 43 year-old survivor  of congenital tricuspid atresia, hosts this week&#8217;s Funky Heart edition (volume 6, number 38) of online medical Grand Rounds. Our entry about brown rice vs. white rice and the risk of diabetes was listed as follows:
Warden of On the Wards has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Rice, White Rice: Risk for Diabetes?</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/brown-rice-white-rice-risk-for-diabetes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Endocrinology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The marketing labels &#8220;organic&#8221;, &#8220;all natural&#8221;, and &#8220;whole grain&#8221; typically bear a positive connotation with broad appeal to health-conscious consumers. Do these foods truly have any health benefits? While &#8220;organic&#8221; and &#8220;all natural&#8221; properties of food may have unclear effects, there is mounting evidence that &#8220;whole grains&#8221; do. Harvard researchers recently compared whole-grain brown rice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New &amp; Interesting (7 June 2010)</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/06/new-interesting-7-june-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Infectious Diseases]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onthewards.com/?p=611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;New &#038; Interesting&#8221; series is a biweekly compilation of select research findings, news articles, and random tidbits in bullet-point format. The entries are highly abbreviated, but provide links to the original articles or abstracts if you desire to read further.
General Articles

Telaprevir leads to 75% cure rate in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected individuals, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memorable Tweets (from May 2009)</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/05/memorable-tweets-from-may-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://onthewards.com/2010/05/memorable-tweets-from-may-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 21:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Memorable Tweets&#8221; series is a monthly compilation of notable past tweets from the microblog version of On The Wards. The entries may provide some &#8212; albeit small &#8212; insight into my world as a clinical physician and scientist.
The comments are invariably true and may reflect real-life experiences. I have nevertheless made every effort to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer: European Study Launched</title>
		<link>http://onthewards.com/2010/04/do-cell-phones-cause-cancer-european-study-launched/</link>
		<comments>http://onthewards.com/2010/04/do-cell-phones-cause-cancer-european-study-launched/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wardslave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oncology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile phones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With over 4 billion cell phones in use worldwide, this once-exclusive device has almost become as common a personal accessory as watches and belts. But unlike your typical neck tie and pocket protector, cell phones must emit radiation to transmit its signal. High-dose radiation can cause cancer through DNA damage and mutations, but what about [...]]]></description>
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