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					  <title><![CDATA[Individuals With Depression at Risk for Developing Type 2 Diabetes]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.healthandfitnessonline.net/articles/30023/1/Individuals-With-Depression-at-Risk-for-Developing-Type-2-Diabetes/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Alberta (UA) recently discovered an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes among individuals with depression. A study, published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, found that patients who have been diagnosed with depression may have a 30 percent increased risk for developing diabetes.<BR>
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Lauren Brown, the lead author of the study, researched the history of 2,400 individuals who had been diagnosed with depression.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Vitamin C Could Affect Mesothelioma Treatments]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[The research was published in a recent issue of the journal Cancer Research where details were reported including the fact that anywhere between 30 and 70 percent fewer cancer cells were effectively treated with chemotherapy upon the administration of vitamin C to cancer patients.<BR>
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According to the study, mesothelioma cancer victims should be very aware of the potential risk of consuming vitamin C during chemotherapy treatments because achieving a positive outcome during mesothelioma treatments is difficult enough without additional setback.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Hepatitis Becomes A Risk For Patients of Antibiotic Treatment]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[The antibiotic Ketek (telithromycin), which treats upper respiratory infections, has recently been linked to liver disease among patients. Additionally, in an issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, there has been yet another potential complication of the drug including the development of drug-induced hepatitis.<BR>
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Ketek from Sanofi-Aventis in 2004 to treat the following illnesses:<BR>
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* acute bacterial infections<BR>
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* chronic bronchitis<BR>
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* acute bacterial sinusitis<BR>
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* community-acquired pneumonia<BR>
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Unfortunately, the drug was recently linked to severe liver failure and liver disease development among patients, however, because it also caused a case of drug-induced hepatitis, it may be critical for scientists and medical professionals to look further into the development of hepatitis as a potential side effect as well.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Scientists Study Simple Polymer Treatments for TBI Patients]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.healthandfitnessonline.net/articles/29666/1/Scientists-Study-Simple-Polymer-Treatments-for-TBI-Patients/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[A recent issue of The Journal of Biological Engineering highlighted the work of two scientists from Purdue University who have been studying the effects of a simple polymer on treating traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients. The scientists were using sterile water mixed with Polyethylene glycol (PEG) and injecting the mixture into recently injured TBI victims, in this case injured rats.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Texas County Inundated with Asbestos Exposure Risks]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Although Hurricane Ike hit nearly a month ago, residents of Galveston and the surrounding Texas counties are still suffering from lingering affects of the destruction including potential exposure to asbestos fibers.<BR>
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According to the International Herald Tribune, following the hurricane, homes and roads were left with debris as well as a toxic sludge made of mud, human waste, lead, gasoline and asbestos in the wake of floodwaters, which have since receded.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Brain Injuries Increase Risk of Developing Dementia]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.healthandfitnessonline.net/articles/28913/1/Brain-Injuries-Increase-Risk-of-Developing-Dementia/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[A study recently published in the journal of Biological Psychiatry has discovered a link between accelerated dementia and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and brain infections. Individuals affected by dementia may see an acceleration of their condition when inflammation of the brain occurs because of a brain injury that also leads to an infection.<BR>
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Scientists had already been aware of systemic inflammation, in which the body becomes inflamed as a whole, to have an affect on brain function, according the study; however, until recently, little research had been done on the link between systemic inflammation and dementia/neurodegenerative diseases.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Government Agency Warns of Naturally Occurring Asbestos as Pollutant]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.healthandfitnessonline.net/articles/28912/1/Government-Agency-Warns-of-Naturally-Occurring-Asbestos-as-Pollutant/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Officials with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recently published a study in the October 2008 issue of Chemical Science about naturally occurring asbestos (NOA), which is becoming more of a threat and an increasing pollutant within the environment.<BR>
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According to researchers from the organization, naturally occurring asbestos is the name that describes "the silicate minerals serpentine and amphibole" that can form extremely thin crystals in patterns similar to that of cotton or silk, with extreme parallel alignment and, when crushed or broken, can cause asbestosis among individuals who inhale the particles.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[News Outlets Continue to Report Avandia's Declining Sales, Status]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[An October 10, 2008 article from Market Watch, a part of The Wall Street Journal's digital network, published an anti-diabetics market forecast, which found that Avandia and Actos are and will continue to lose market shares and their leading marketing positions status because of unresolved safety concerns.<BR>
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The article found that by 2011 Avandia, a type 2 diabetes non-insulin treatment, will see a decrease in sales because of the continued cloud of controversy shrouding the drug's effects and linking the drug to early onset osteoporosis and increased risk of heart failure among patients.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Drug Marketed in Asia Even After Toxicity Occurs in Similar Drug Ketek]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[According to news reports a new drug known as cethromycin, part of the ketolide drug class, will begin being marketed in Asia even though a similar medicine known as Ketek, from the same drug class, raised serious red flags among physicians and drug regulators when the antibiotic was linked to severe liver toxicity among patients leading to several fatalities.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[A Group of Doctors Petition FDA For Vegan Label on Avandia]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.healthandfitnessonline.net/articles/28886/1/A-Group-of-Doctors-Petition-FDA-For-Vegan-Label-on-Avandia/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) recently implored the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to amend the Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate) label to include a statement that promotes a vegan diet. Avandia, which was released for market in mid-1999 from GlaxoSmithKlein, is a type 2 diabetes prescription drug that assists in the regulation of glucose among diabetes patients.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Katie Kelley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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