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          <title>Clemson $9.3 million for tissue regeneration center</title>
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The grant is to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Tissue Regeneration.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Questions About The Flu Vaccine</title>
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Flu Clinics are in full swing and they are packed with people.&nbsp;  Many of you still have questions.&nbsp; We have answers to those in this report.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:47:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Anderson County Flu Shot Clinics</title>
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Find a listing of flu shot clinics in Anderson County           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:58:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>CVS, Walgreen Offering Flu Shots; Find a Location</title>
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CVS and Walgreens announced they will be offering flu shot clinics.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:10:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Free Flu Vaccines For Buncombe County Elementary and Primary Students</title>
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Vaccines will be given to students beginning the end of September or early October.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:21:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Swine Flu Rapid Testing</title>
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The government&#8217;s first study of how well rapid tests diagnose swine flu finds they&#8217;re wrong at least half the
time.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:25:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>H1N1 Fact Sheet</title>
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What you need to know about the H1N1 flu virus           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:25:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>H1N1 Heads To School</title>
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&nbsp; As our children get ready to head back into the classroom health officials are warning parents to be ready to hear about the outbreaks of the H1N1 flu.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:12:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Upstate Couple Pleads For Bike Helmet Law</title>
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An Upstate couple prays their little girl survives a bike accident, while begging parents to make sure their children wear helmets.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:10:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Energy Drinks</title>
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A recent study done at the University of Buffalo links risky behavior and addiction in young people to energy drinks.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sleep Aid Dangers</title>
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Sleep aids only mean&#8217;t to be used for a short time.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:44:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Local Woman Cuts Thousands Off Seniors Prescription Drug Costs</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; Cutting prescription drug costs from $1,300 a month to just $25.&nbsp;  &nbsp;   
&nbsp;  &nbsp; That&#8217;s what a Spartanburg woman has been able to do for her father and countless other seniors.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:40:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>N.C. Camps Deal With H1N1 Outbreak</title>
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Summer camps in North Carolina try to keep a H1N1 outbreak from spreading.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:38:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Pfizer to Offer Free Medication to Unemployed</title>
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Pfizer will provide more than 70 prescription drugs - from Lipitor to Viagra - at no cost to unemployed, uninsured Americans.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 10:23:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Recession Depression</title>
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Carrie Davis takes a look how the economy is affecting mental health.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:44:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Experts Answer More H1N1 Flu Questions</title>
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We get answers to your questions as the cases of H1N1 flu grow in our area and around the world.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:21:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>What Parents Need to Know About Swine Flu And Their Child</title>
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What parents need to know about swine flu.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:24:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Answering Your Questions About Swine Flu</title>
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 As news of the swine flu outbreak increases daily, many of you still have a lot of questions about how this may affect you.&nbsp; We have some answers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:47:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Local Experts Weigh In On Swine Flu</title>
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Upstate hospital officials  say they are prepared if they begin to see patients with swine flu symptoms.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Right now they are asking everyone to take precautions if you are feeling sick.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:03:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>March Of Dimes Helps Upstate Baby</title>
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One in six babies born in South Carolina is born prematurely and the March Of Dimes is trying to reduce that number. One mother says the group helped her baby survive.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:40:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Medical Miracles</title>
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A recent study shows an overwhelming majority of people, including doctors, believe in medical miracles and many think religion plays a big part in these miracles.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:40:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>No Wait For Upstate Autism Diagnosis</title>
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Therapy is critical to a child&#8217;s development when they have autism, but often parents have to wait 6 months or more for a diagnosis.&nbsp; Now one agency in our area has no wait.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:52:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Gala Provides Free Health Screening while Supporting Local Charity</title>
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The event features free blood pressure checks, body composition analysis, information session about weight-loss programs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:25:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Connecting Familes To The Autism Services They Need</title>
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An Upstate hospital is working to not only provide medical care, but put parents in contact with the community support they need as well.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:33:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Child Life Helps Distract Children In Tough Situations</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; At Greenville Hospital System they have people especially trained in ways to distract children and help them cope with tough situations.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; Emily Kear with Child Life services says, &#8220;We focus on talking to them in a language they can understand about exactly what is happening and focusing on the sensory information.&nbsp; What they are going to see, smell, feel, taste and hear.&#8220;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:49:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Rain May Not Bring Relief To Allergy Sufferers</title>
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&nbsp;   Recent rains have helped allergy sufferers  by washing away pollen from the burst of spring we&#8217;ve been seeing lately.&nbsp; However, Greenville allergist Dr. Neil Kao says if you have spring allergies, you won&#8217;t be able sing with relief just yet.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:20:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Pollen Wreaking Havok on Children, Adults</title>
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Recent rains have helped, but pollen levels are among the highest ever, and children and adults continue to suffer.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:05:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>1 in 4 American Children are Obese</title>
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the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:49:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Toys That Benefit Children With Autism</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; For some children, the toys they play with can mean the difference in being able to communicate with other people.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Bernice Thomas says, &#8220;You know I want to teach him. I can&#8217;t reach him.&nbsp; He&#8217;s withdrawn.&#8220;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:34:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Free Glaucoma Screenings</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/lifestyles/health_med_fit/medical/article/free_glaucoma_screenings/16230/</link>
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Thursday April 2 9am - 2pm at USC Upstate.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:07:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Tobacco Tax Has People Calling Quit Smoking Lines</title>
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&nbsp;  It&#8217;s a hard habit to break, but adding sixty-two cents to the price of a pack of cigarettes may just break the bank in this tough economy and force people to snuff out cigarettes for good.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Darell Eisen says, &#8220;It is easier to quit when the price goes up because you don&#8217;t have the money for it.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:51:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>New Healthcare Help For Jobless</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  South Carolinians are suffering with one in ten people in the state out of a job.&nbsp; 
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Just last month South Carolina&#8217;s unemployment rate hit a whopping eleven percent, that means for many people covering their healthcare costs are now impossible.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:35:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Free Whooping Cough Booster Vaccines</title>
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The Haywood County Health Department will provide free booster vaccines to the public from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 26.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:45:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Cheese Sold In Our Area Possibly Contaminated</title>
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The Food and Drug Administration is recalling cheese from Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese, sold under the names Aguas Calientes and El Jaliciense because of possible listeria contamination.
&nbsp;  It can come on as flu like symptoms, but according to emergency room doctor Brent Rody with Spartanburg Regional, listeria contamination can be deadly in some patients particularly babies and the &nbsp; 
&nbsp;  &nbsp; elderly.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:48:50 EST</pubDate>
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Actress Natasha Richardson dies from a head injury.&nbsp; Doctors say even seemingly minor head injuries can be more serious than first thought.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:48:19 EST</pubDate>
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Find free and low cost medical clinics in the Upstate.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:39:23 EST</pubDate>
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Researchers hope it will lead to therapy that will end food allergies in children.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:22:15 EST</pubDate>
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The report shows more than 34 percent were uninsured for some period of time in 2007-2008           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:41:46 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;   For Vi Clemis getting a good night&#8217;s rest wasn&#8217;t always so easy to come by.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; She has Restless Leg Syndrome. It is a debilitating disorder that more than 12 million Americans have, but up until recent years many doctors didn&#8217;t recognize the condition.            ]]></description>
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At St. Luke&#8217;s Free Medical Clinic they are busier than they have ever been.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:49:46 EST</pubDate>
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With the report that an Upstate fourth grader may have died from bacterial meningitis, parents here are worried and Director if Infectious Disease at the Greenville Hospital System&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Hospital says she understands why.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:56:30 EST</pubDate>
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The disease strikes quickly and has devastating complications, including hearing loss, brain damage, limb amputations and in some cases death.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:53:57 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; For four days, the Coast Guard has scoured the waters off of Tampa Florida looking for any sign of Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, free-agent NFL defensive lineman Corey Smith and former South Florida player William Bleakley.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Their friend Nick Schulyer was rescued after just two days at sea.&nbsp; His doctors say it&#8217;s a miracle he&#8217;s alive considering the men were in 63 degree water for so long. 
&nbsp;  Spartanburg paramedic Timothy Hancock is on the Specialized Rescue Team and says, &#8220;The  water is going to pull the heat away from the body so it doesn&#8217;t take long for you to become hypothermic.&#8220;
&nbsp;  &nbsp; He says anytime you are in water below 95 degrees for several hours you risk hypothermia.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:29:15 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  64 year old Janet Hafner says she&#8217;s been off her diabetes medicine for nearly 6 months and she&#8217;s been controlling her high cholesterol through herbal medcines.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; She says not only is it good for her pocketbook but her overall health.
Hafner says,&nbsp; &#8220;To be able to control it better and to know I am not going to have to increase medications and add more medications and eventually go on insulin.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:07:54 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; There are some critical health issues that need to be addressed especially in these uncertain economic times.
&nbsp;  &nbsp;   A new report released about health in Spartanburg County shows where the county has improved in the past 5 years and where they still need work.

 57 year old Terry Miller says he&#8217;s a man of faith, but that faith was questioned recently when he was laid off with no insurance and was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.&nbsp;  His only option for help was St. Luke&#8217;s Free Medical Clinic.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:14:18 EST</pubDate>
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Health officials say people who develop flu like symptoms, including high temperature and dry cough, should visit their doctor for a rapid flu test.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:35:44 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp; As a bride, looking at all the gorgeous wedding gowns you start to think about the day you&#8217;ll wear that dress.
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  You think about all the special people that will be there to see you in it and those that won&#8217;t. 
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Like my Aunt Rita, one of the strongest women I have ever known.&nbsp; She died February 4th at the age of 62 from Triple Negative Breast Cancer.&nbsp; 
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Now for brides like me, there&#8217;s a way to honor our loved ones and help others in their final days through the gown we choose.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:47:27 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; 56 year old George Tambini wouldn&#8217;t miss a workout for anything.&nbsp; He joined Activate Upstate two years ago and hasn&#8217;t quit making every weigh in. George says,&nbsp; &#8220;As you get older your bones get more brittle you slow down and I decided I have seen it and I am not going to let it happen that&#8217;s my motivation.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:42:02 EST</pubDate>
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Young adults in the United States aged 18-29 face a number of health challenges, including increases in obesity, high injury rates, and lack of insurance coverage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:14:57 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  Budget cuts hurt programs for seniors.&nbsp; 86 year old Martha Westrope comes to Senior Action in Greenville three times a week.&nbsp; She says she started coming for the exercise but has found it provides so much more.&nbsp; This former psychologist says if it weren&#8217;t for her friends here she would be at home lonely.

Martha says, &#8220;It would indeed be terrible to not be able to come for all of us.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:42:08 EST</pubDate>
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 Ron Callihan is ecstatic about returning to work at Spartanburg EMS, and not just because he is paramedic of the year, but because two months ago he was unsure if he would be able to go back at all. 
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Callihan says, &#8220;I began experiencing severe shortness of breath.&nbsp; I was just doing routine yard work and along with the shortness of breath, I was having discomfort in my chest.&#8220;
&nbsp;  &nbsp; He had three blocked arteries.&nbsp; Now facing surgery his surgeon Dr. Steve Leyland with Spartanburg Regional asked if he would be interested in trying a breakthrough procedure. 
&nbsp;  &nbsp; He says, &#8220;I would be the very first one and he wanted to make sure I understood that he had never performed this surgery on a live human being.&#8220;&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:28:20 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  For many people the walls of a hospital are not what you want to see in your final days of life, especially knowing you can&#8217;t afford to be there.&nbsp; According to Jennifer Pooley with Hospice Care of South Carolina most patients are more comfortable at home. 

&nbsp;  &nbsp;  She says,&nbsp; &#8220;You are surrounded by your family your loved ones and you can die in a setting that is familiar to you  that is comfortable that makes those final days a lot more peaceful.&#8220;

&nbsp;  &nbsp; That&#8217;s what Hospice provides to patients, but South Carolina state budget cuts almost made that impossible for patients who only qualify for Medicaid.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:55:49 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  South Carolina has one of the highest obesity rates in the nation and now a state lawmaker says obese people need to pay for it.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; He wants obese state employees to pay an extra 25 dollars on their insurance.
Obesity is the number one health crisis we are dealing with in this country according to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Doctor Otis Baughman and he says it is costing all of us.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Vote in Amy Wood&#8217;s blogpoll - is this fair?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:12:37 EST</pubDate>
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In these crazy times, it can seem like the world around us is spinning out of control.&nbsp; According to Dr. Roger Rhoades, with the P.A.C.E. Center, that&#8217;s all the more reason to make sure the things we can control, like our relationships, are healthy. He says, &#8220;Conflict and problems in relationships are very emotionally, spiritually, and financially expensive.&#8220;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:47:02 EST</pubDate>
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Lisa says, &#8220;For years I have known I was addicted to sugar I would crave sugar.&nbsp; I would prefer to eat a doughnut over an egg.&#8220;&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:26:02 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  News of the eight births has fertility doctors questioning why someone would agree to implant eight embryos in a woman who already has six children, because the risk of those embryos becoming viable is so high.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:13:17 EST</pubDate>
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On in six children in South Carolina are born prematurely.&nbsp; Alex and Ben Lynes are going on two years old and active as ever. For their mother, Katie, the sight is amazing since these little boys, especially Alex, have struggled to survive since the moment they came into the world.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:43:40 EST</pubDate>
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Tooth decay is the number one childhood disease in the U.S. and there is a huge problem in Spartanburg County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:59:06 EST</pubDate>
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In an emergency, a piece of paper could save your life.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a list of the medications you are currently taking. As Kathy Bishop found out, when her dad went to the hospital for a stroke the medicine in your body determines what the doctors treat you with and how fast. Bishop says, &#8220;We get to the emergency room and they are asking all the questions about the medication  and my mom didn&#8217;t know and my dad couldn&#8217;t communicate.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:01:58 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  The lion of the Senate, Senator Edward Kennedy, taken by ambulance from an inaugural luncheon.&nbsp; Wednesday doctors say the reason for his collapse was a seizure.&nbsp; According to Dr. Robert McDonald with Spartanburg Regional, when someone suffers a seizure, the brain is trying to tell us something.

He says, &#8220;It is the brain telling us there is something abnormal with it that needs to be taken care of.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:31:43 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  Don&#8217;t eat any commercially prepared peanut butter products, that&#8217;s the new warning from the Food and Drug Administration as they investigate the Salmonella outbreak.
 474 people in 43 states have been sickened.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Kathy Bryant, manager of infection control, with Spartanburg Regional Medical Center says it could be just a matter of time before we see it here.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:00:04 EST</pubDate>
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The clock is ticking when it comes to our bodies and stress.&nbsp; According to Dr. Chasse Bailey-Dorton, the more we let it get to us the worse we are going to feel.
She says, &#8220;When you get stressed out the foods you reach for are actually ones that are the worst for you.&nbsp; We go for these high sugar high salt things and they kind of exacerbate what it is going on in our body.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:18:54 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;   It&#8217;s a health scare across the country and thousands of new cases are reported in the Upstate. Now researchers say STD&#8217;s are on the rise, especially in young women. 
&nbsp;  &nbsp; A new study is out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and even shows Syphilis is making a comeback.
Despite prevention efforts, more young women are contracting the most common sexually transmitted diseases.&nbsp; At Reach Upstate in Spartanburg Chrissy Calvert says she sees it all the time. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:29:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>CDC: Tainted Peanut Butter Could be Linked to 3 Deaths</title>
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report salmonella outbreak could be linked to 3 deaths.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:41:29 EST</pubDate>
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Local hospitals are cutting back to deal with the recession.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:39:49 EST</pubDate>
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Dietician Carole Mabry with Spartanburg Regional says, &#8220;Sometimes people would have a tendency to buy more processed foods during that time so there may be a tendency to put on a few extra pounds.&#8220;
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:15:36 EST</pubDate>
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Losing weight is the number one New Years resolution and hopefully most of you battling the bulge haven&#8217;t fallen off the wagon yet. Unfortunately statistics show ninety-five percent of all diets fail. Now, local experts offer some weight loss secrets that will help you melt the pounds away.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:31:32 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; In the Carolinas, our children are facing a crisis.&nbsp; Childhood obesity.
Doctors say it is growing at an alarming rate and causing serious health problems for children previously only seen in adults. 
&nbsp;  &nbsp; We found a local young man who recognized his problem and took action vowing never to suffer from weight again.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:30:09 EST</pubDate>
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It is no secret there&#8217;s a big connection between mood and food. Experts say it starts when we are babies and seventy-five percent of overeating is because of emotions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:09:53 EST</pubDate>
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The annual weight loss challenge kicks off in one week. This year organizers are encouraging more businesses to join the fight against obesity and get involved.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:05:24 EST</pubDate>
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Losing weight can seem like the toughest thing in the world when you are on a diet, but doctors say it isn&#8217;t rocket science. They claim if you want to drop weight and keep it off, there&#8217;s only one way to do it.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:41 EST</pubDate>
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The holidays are over and many of us are trying to lose weight, but it can be very frustrating and overwhelming.
One local man says you don&#8217;t have to spend a lot of money or try fancy diets to lose big.
He did it the slow and steady way and is now down 180 pounds.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:30:58 EST</pubDate>
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AnMed health is trying to help those in need by offering 230 generic drugs for just $5.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:55:22 EST</pubDate>
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Recently the FDA released a statement saying BPA was safe but environmentalist Cindy Lee with Clemson University says that&#8217;s questionable.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:59:15 EST</pubDate>
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The holidays are here and so is all the good food. If you are worried about your weight dieticians say you don&#8217;t have to go without the good stuff.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:31:02 EST</pubDate>
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For 8 year old Mathew Mayhorn much of his life is spent looking out of windows watching his brother and friends play wishing the sun would go down so he can join them.
His mother Crystal Anders says, &#8220;Sometimes he&#8217;ll say mama when is the sun going down when is the sun going down.&#8220;
Mathew suffers from an extremely rare genetic disorder called Trichothiodystrophy.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:21:23 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp; Are you happy?&nbsp; A new study published in the BMJ says happiness is contagious and good for your health. 
 To find out if that&#8217;s true we went to a guy who sees no shortage of smiles.
Santa making his appearance at Westgate Mall says,&nbsp; &#8220;I see it through the eyes of a child.&nbsp; What happiness is.&nbsp; It is almost like a magnet that draws you to the happiness part of life.&#8220;
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          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:16:28 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;   A mother suffering through this tough economic time tries to cut cost and stretch the amount of formula she has for her baby.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; But what she didn&#8217;t realize is the water she was adding was having a deadly impact on her little boy.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; 5 month old La&#8217;Damian Barton is a hungry and alert baby boy, nothing like a week ago when he came to the hospital near death.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:16:57 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; Times are tough and even tougher if you are unemployed.&nbsp; The jobless rate is at the highest level its been in nearly three years in South Carolina and its hurting people financially as well as mentally.
Charles Bruce is a regular at Career Source in Spartanburg.&nbsp; The 44 year old has worked in manufacturing for years and was recently laid off. 
&nbsp;   He says, &#8220;It can get discouraging.&nbsp; Emotionally it can make you depressed, lethargic, hard to get going in the morning because you have no where to go.&#8220;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:13:24 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; At Piedmont Care, AIDS and HIV cases are an every day ordeal.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; According to Tracey Jackson with Piedmont Care, in the Upstate HIV and AIDS infections are an epidemic.&nbsp; She says here&#8217;s what AIDS looks like in our community.
 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics show more people under age 30 are contracting the disease than any other age group.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; 72% of the people with HIV or AIDS in South Carolina are African American and people who do not know their HIV status account for more than half of all new HIV infections.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:10:11 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; The number of HIV and AIDS cases are rising in our area.
South Carolina now ranks 7th in the nation for the most AIDS cases and 9th for cases of HIV.
&nbsp;  &nbsp; Health experts say with World AIDS day coming up December 1st the community needs to know this a problem that is only getting worse.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:33:50 EST</pubDate>
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Thanksgiving is over and you know what that means, leftovers! Dieticians say if you don&#8217;t want to pack on the pounds make sure you don&#8217;t eat those leftovers all at once. Cindy Thomas with Greenville Hospital System says it doesn&#8217;t matter if you have turkey for breakfast lunch and dinner.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:26:10 EST</pubDate>
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Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings, we look forward to it ever year.
&nbsp; Dietician Cindy Thomas with Greenville Hospital System says, &#8220;A traditional meal is white meat turkey, stuffing, mash potatoes, gravy, green beans, sweet potatoes, of course the roll with butter and then the infamous pumpkin pie.&nbsp; Now that totals to about 3,000 calories.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:31:41 EST</pubDate>
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Every 20 minutes a child in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism which is devastating news for the family.&nbsp; Now a Greenville group is finding a way to help the child and families through their bond with man&#8217;s best friend.&nbsp; Dogs For Autism is changing lives one paw at a time.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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41 year old Rob Dempsey proudly shows off his former pants. Size 44 and he claims those were snug, but look at him now. He is down 140 pounds from 308 pounds. He says,&nbsp; &#8220;My kids motivated me to lose my weight. When I was lethargic I couldn&#8217;t do anything. When I can&#8217;t get on roller coaster rides with my children that means I need to do something.&#8220; Rob says the way he did it was by taking the first step and coming to the YMCA.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp; You are tossing and turning and the clock is ticking each minute means less sleep and that can be a serious problem.

Dr. Ahmad Boota with the St. Francis Sleep Disorder Center says, &#8220;People who are prone like for blood pressure and diabetes, obesity because of their family history these people will see  much increase in high blood pressure, diabetes or obesity.&#8220;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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Morgan is Bridgette Repenning&#8217;s first child. At only 8 months old Bridgette says she is very concerned about her daughter&#8217;s development.&nbsp; That&#8217;s why she says she was shocked to find out the plastics she was using at home could be hurting her child. Repenning says,&nbsp;  &#8220;I called my pediatrician right away and they alarmed me to go and get the BPA free bottles.&#8220; She&#8217;s talking about Bisphenol-A or as most people call it, BPA.&nbsp; A compound used to make rigid plastics.&nbsp; You can find it in everything from baby bottles to cars to canned foods.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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A local weight loss group is helping people keep the pounds off while helping the needy.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp; South and North Carolina get a &#8220;F&#8221; when it comes to reducing preterm births, according to nationwide study out today. Doctors say not only is that a health risk to the baby, but it is financial burden all on all of us.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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 Mental health experts say after months of rising anxiety and depression no matter who you voted for the mood in America is lightening.
Many Americans are riding high on the heels of the historic presidential win by Barack Obama.
Mental health experts say that&#8217;s good news considering depression and anxiety rates were skyrocketing because of the wars, economy and housing issues.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp; Whether we are on our cell phone, holding a coffee cup, or just an active child we are bound to pick up some bacteria here and there.&nbsp; A new study done by the University of Colorado finds that women seem to pick up quite a bit more than men. 

Clarence Lyles says it surprised him,&nbsp; &#8220;Women are usually supposed to be cleaner than men.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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Flu clinics are here.&nbsp; SC DHEC&#8217;s clinics begin November 4th in Spartanburg and Greenville. While people are lined up at the polls to vote health officials hope they&#8217;ll also fulfill their commitment to keeping the flu at bay this season.&nbsp; Nearly one thousand people have already signed up to get their flu shots and that&#8217;s just in Spartanburg. Shealia Miller with Spartanburg&#8217;s Health Department says the flu is highly contagious.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Halloween Candy Looks Like Medicine</title>
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At the Senter house this Halloween the children have their costumes on and they are ready to fill their tummies with tasty treats.
They say their favorite candies are M&amp;M&#8217;s.

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          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Don&#8217;t Touch That Remote Cold Germs Are Living There</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; Imagine all the things you touch from the moment you walk in your home.&nbsp; The door, the refrigerator and who knows what your children are handling. 
Catherine Gramling has two children and says with cold season here she worries about germs.
She says, &#8220;I have to be real careful if she touches him or things that they do touch door knobs anything in the kitchen, things like that.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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Selina and Anthony Hames are working hard to get their GED&#8217;s, after Anthony&#8217;s job cut back his hours they say it&#8217;s the only way they&#8217;ll be able to provide for their family. 

Anthony says, &#8220;I was five days a week now it is two days a week. We are pretty much just scraping it is putting a toll on the family a lot.&#8220; 

They make 500 dollars a month and they say that&#8217;s not enough,especially if one of them gets sick.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Some Doctors Want Regulations On Energy Drinks</title>
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 You probably know the names by heart.&nbsp; Red Bull, Full Throttle or maybe Amp.&nbsp; All energy drinks promising to give you that extra boost of energy throughout the day, but now some doctors are claiming they could also give you caffeine intoxication.
Dr. Mark Godenick, a family physician with Spartanburg Regional Medical Center says, &#8220;That&#8217;s when you get more caffeine than what your body is used to.&#8220;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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When you go to the store and grab a bottle of water most of us feel like we are being good to ourselves and getting a cleaner version of what we have at home. 

New mom Bhrinda Major says,&nbsp; &#8220;When we go to the store and we buy water we always go for spring.&#8220;

A new study by the environmental working group looked at 10 leading brands of bottled water and found its just as polluted as water out of the faucet.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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Most of us have at least one soft drink each day or what about a cup of coffee? Could all that caffeine increase our risk for breast cancer? 

Dr. Steven Corso says &#8220;I let them know that there is really no risk for them, a higher risk for them to develop breast cancer if they drink or ingest caffeine.&#8220;

That mirrors the results of a new study that looked at nearly forty thousand women worldwide.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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Asheville entered the NCLM Green Challenge by implementing short-term and long-range actions that the city has taken to conserve resources and save money.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:52:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Keeping Your Cheerleader Safe</title>
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 More and more cheerleaders are getting hurt these days and now many parents are beginning  to question just how safe it really is.&nbsp; At 13 Chelsea Barrett doesn&#8217;t act like a confident teenager, but just four years ago, she was standing tall, a cheereading star.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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