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<title><![CDATA[Tailwind helps overcome stroke, brain injury effects]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Researchers work on memory-erasing drugs]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Local hearing doctor offers free hearing aid]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-More than one way to treat prostate cancer]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The best way for some men to treat prostate cancer may be to not to treat it at all.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Michigan H1N1 (swine) flu death toll at 42]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Michigan health officials say influenza has killed 42 people in the state since April 1 and 31 since Sept. 1, when swine flu began gaining steam.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New mammogram advice raises concerns]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Vertigo treatment]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New treatments may finally bring a stop to the unbearable dizziness known as Vertigo.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Exercising your memory]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are five simple and free things you can start doing right now to help save your memory.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:46:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Getting kids off meds]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Vaccinating asthmatics]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you have asthma, you are at the top of the priority list for both flu vaccines.  But should you actually be vaccinated?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Hysterectomy alternative]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A new treatment kills tumors without destroying a woman's chances of having children.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-No more pain pills?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A new pain drug not only lasts longer, it comes without the risk of addiction.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-New exercise programs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[With the wave of a wand you could get in tip-top shape.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:23:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Secret oxygen supply]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The days of lugging around an oxygen tank may be over for some people with lung disease.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Coping with fibromyalgia]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We all have to go through a little pain, but for some people, every day brings agony.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Study shows young, old at risk from H1N1]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Don't be fooled!  H1N1 can be a dangerous virus for the elderly, according to research released this afternoon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:45:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Doing away with hospital infections]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The flu may be top of mind for most of us, but there are other, more serious infections to worry about, like the kind you can get in a hospital.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-'Stitches' may help back patients]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A couple of "stiches" may fix back pain for good, sparing patients from a possible second surgery.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Health workers prepare to battle H1N1 virus]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As concerns over the strain of flu known as H1N1 increase, lines of people hoping to get swine flu vaccinations are getting even longer.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama declares swine flu a national emergency]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Heat may be a new drug-free alternative for treating severe asthma.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:24:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Uncontrolled sweating]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We all break a sweat now and then, but for some people, it is a horrible, chronic problem that no antiperspirant can stop.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Arthritis isn't your grandma's disease anymore. Younger and younger people are getting the diagnosis.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-Beating lung cancer]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A gene mutation could make you five times more likely to develop breast cancer, but should you be tested for it?]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A Flushing woman's battle with breast cancer may have saved her mother's life.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A nurse practitioner who has helped dozens of women journey through breast cancer can call herself a survivor now, too.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:13:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HealthFirst-If breast cancer surgery is needed]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Critics say too many women are having mastectomies when their breasts could be saved. But a new study finds that is not true.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Light is one of the new weapons against breast cancer, used to track and to help stop the spread.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flu shot clinics open throughout area]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[With all the talk of swine flu or the H1N1 virus, we can't forget about the seasonal flu.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:01:54 GMT</pubDate>
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