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	<title>Health News &#187; Massachusetts</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New gene that turns any bacteria into drug-resistant superbugs is found in 3 states, Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marilynn Marchione</dc:creator>
		
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New drug-resistant superbugs found in 3 states

BOSTON — U.S. health officials are worried about a new gene that can turn many types of bacteria into superbugs that are able to resist nearly all antibiotics.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that patients in three states — California, Massachusetts and Illinois — were infected with ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/09/13/new-gene-that-turns-any-bacteria-into-drug-resistant-superbugs-is-found-in-3-states-canada-27044/">New gene that turns any bacteria into drug-resistant superbugs is found in 3 states, Canada</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Hand-washing police&#8217; find more of us are washing up after bathroom use; men still dirtier</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marilynn Marchione</dc:creator>
		
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Restroom spies say we&#8217;re washing hands more often

BOSTON — Researchers who secretly spy on people using public restrooms say that Americans seem to be washing their hands more often.
Checks during August in Chicago, Atlanta, New York and San Francisco found 85 percent of people washed their hands, up from only 77 percent in 2007.
It&#8217;s the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/09/13/hand-washing-police-find-more-of-us-are-washing-up-after-bathroom-use-men-still-dirtier-27037/">Source &nbsp;: &#8216;Hand-washing police&#8217; find more of us are washing up after bathroom use; men still dirtier</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>BC LB Herzlich&#8217;s return from cancer complete as he takes field for Eagles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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BC LB Herzlich takes field after cancer recovery
BOSTON — Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich has returned to the field for Saturday&#8217;s season-opener against Weber State after missing the entire 2009 season while recovering from cancer.
Herzlich, the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference defensive player of the year, missed last year as he underwent treatment for ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/09/04/bc-lb-herzlichs-return-from-cancer-complete-as-he-takes-field-for-eagles-26781/">BC LB Herzlich&#8217;s return from cancer complete as he takes field for Eagles</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>LB Mark Herzilich back on practice field for Boston College after cancer and foot injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy Golen</dc:creator>
		
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Post-cancer, foot injury, Herzlich back for BC
BOSTON — Cancer kept Mark Herzlich out for all of last season, and a stress fracture in his foot this summer threatened to delay the Boston College linebacker&#8217;s return to the field.
But Herzlich returned to practice this week and said on Wednesday he expects to play .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/09/01/lb-mark-herzilich-back-on-practice-field-for-boston-college-after-cancer-and-foot-injury-26660/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple Sclerosis Changes With Season, Study Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shantanu</dc:creator>
		
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BOSTON (GaeaTimes.com)- A new research which might play a pivotal role in the treatment of the auto-immune disease multiple sclerosis, has revealed that the severity of the ailment changes with respect to the season. The study which was carried out by scientists at the Boston based Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital highlights that during summer .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/08/31/multiple-sclerosis-changes-with-season-study-says-26593/">Multiple Sclerosis Changes With Season, Study Says</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. patient expecting lung cancer diagnosis gets startling news: It&#8217;s just a pea</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/08/12/mass-patient-expecting-lung-cancer-diagnosis-gets-startling-news-its-just-a-pea-26028/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Leblanc</dc:creator>
		
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Docs discover pea sprouting in Mass. man&#8217;s lung
BOSTON — The doctor confirmed the good news for Ron Sveden once the mass in his left lung came back from the lab: He didn&#8217;t have cancer. He had a pea sprouting inside his chest.
&#8220;A couple days in a dark, wet environment, I&#8217;d sprout too,&#8221; Dr. .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/08/12/mass-patient-expecting-lung-cancer-diagnosis-gets-startling-news-its-just-a-pea-26028/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>He&#8217;s not a pea brain, he&#8217;s a pea lung: Doctors find sprout after Mass. man inhaled veggie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Leblanc</dc:creator>
		
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Docs discover sprouting pea in Mass. man&#8217;s lung
BOSTON — Doctors say they have found a pea sprouting in the lung of a 75-year-old Massachusetts man.
Doctors feared the worst when they studied Ron Sveden&#8217;s (SVEE&#8217;-dehn) X-rays and spotted a small dark spot.
The former teacher had worked for years smoking fish and had ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/08/12/hes-not-a-pea-brain-hes-a-pea-lung-doctors-find-sprout-after-mass-man-inhaled-veggie-26021/">He&#8217;s not a pea brain, he&#8217;s a pea lung: Doctors find sprout after Mass. man inhaled veggie</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Aerial Spraying to Eradicate Encephalitis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taragana</dc:creator>
		
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MASSACHUSETTS (GaeaTimes.com) - Aerial spraying will hit south eastern region of Massachusetts as an initiative to eradicate the region&#8217;s mosquito pollution and prevent human cases of the deadly blood-borne disease Eastern equine Encephalitis. This initiative will be taken by the health officials tonight after dusk over 285,000 acres of land.



Encephalitis is an inflammation of the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/08/04/aerial-spraying-to-eradicate-encephalitis-25707/">Source &nbsp;: Aerial Spraying to Eradicate Encephalitis</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hamilton undergoing surgery to have benign brain tumor removed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Hamilton having surgery to remove benign tumor
BOSTON — Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton had successful surgery Wednesday to remove a benign brain tumor.
Hamilton&#8217;s publicist, Michael Sterling, said the 51-year-old skater was &#8220;doing very well&#8221; after surgery this morning at a Boston hospital and was expected to make a full recovery.
Doctors ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/06/23/hamilton-undergoing-surgery-to-have-benign-brain-tumor-removed-24434/">Original article on  : Hamilton undergoing surgery to have benign brain tumor removed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man dies while donating portion of liver for transplant to relative at Boston-area hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. donor dies during liver transplant procedure

BOSTON — A Boston-area hospital says it&#8217;s investigating the death of a man during a transplant procedure to donate part of his liver to a relative.
The Lahey Clinic in suburban Burlington said Friday it&#8217;s the first live donor death in its program, which has performed more than 200 similar ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/06/11/man-dies-while-donating-portion-of-liver-for-transplant-to-relative-at-boston-area-hospital-24119/" title="Man dies while donating portion of liver for transplant to relative at Boston-area hospital">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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