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		<title>Arachnophobia!: The Truth Behind Spider Bites</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marissa Camilon, MD 2011 - They are the stuff of legends, nightmares, horror movies, and, for some people, deeply intense fears. Without a doubt, spiders are freaky little buggers.  But is this fear justified?  Their impact has reached into the medical field: one Australian medical organization notes that 13% of emergency calls are regarding spider bites. We know that we, as a society, freak out (and apparently call our Australian doctors) when we are bitten, but is a spider bite really cause for concern?  While these miniscule monsters strike fear in many, the question remains, "Are they really the medical malady that we think they are?"  ]]></description>
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		<title>The Mad Hatter + Fish: Mercury Levels &amp; Your Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweetby Brenton Bauer, MD 2011 &#124; bauer@myhousecallmd.com
You are probably wondering why the title of this article references a character from Lewis Carrol’s famous childhood story, Alice and Wonderland, when we are supposed to be discussing the effects of mercury on human health.  Well, interestingly enough, it has everything to do with mercury.  To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weight Loss: With or Without Surgery?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leah Frankel, MS, RD - Americans are always looking for the newest and fastest thing on the market. From fast food to express car service, Americans can’t get enough quick fixes. If you listen to ads on the radio or read the billboards on the freeway, you may have noticed an increase in advertisements for the lap band, a weight loss procedure promising quick results. Aside from the fact that the lap band procedure aids in weight loss, most people don’t know much about how this procedure works or whether they’re an appropriate candidate. While media has recently focused on the lap band procedure, there are several other surgeries available for people trying to lose weight. At the same time, realize that these are surgeries and should not be taken lightly.  Every operation, no matter how technologically advanced, carries with it the risk of serious complications.  We’ll discuss each type of procedure, which individuals are candidates for these procedures as well as some of the risks and benefits of each of these procedures.]]></description>
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		<title>Oncology 101: The Basics of Cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>House Call, MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelly Erickson, MD - We all know what “cancer” is, but when you or a loved one hears it as a diagnosis in the physician’s office, the word suddenly takes on a whole new meaning.  Not only may you become overwhelmed with emotions and the notion of mortality, but also with an entirely new vocabulary.  The number of words the medical community has conjured up to describe cancer is astounding.  As scary as it sounds, your understanding of cancer and the terms we use to describe it are paramount to your personal decisions and treatment.  Here we will explain the basics of cancer as well as outline some of the most commonly used terminology in the field of oncology (a.k.a. cancer…and the vocabulary lesson begins).]]></description>
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		<title>Trouble with Baby-Making: Understanding Infertility</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>House Call, MD</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fun Facts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marissa Camilon, MD 2011 - In a world where one woman can become famous for having eight children and celebrities can have children at practically any age, some people lose sight of why this aspect of medicine even exists. Despite the media’s glamorization of the subject, infertility is not a condition taken lightly by the medical community. Infertility is a serious condition, just like diabetes, asthma or cancer, with proven medical treatments available. Many of us take the ability to become pregnant for granted; something we think happens with the blink of an eye. We have to remember that the chance of becoming pregnant is 20% per month of unprotected intercourse (not 100%). As physicians, we begin to investigate infertility after a couple tries a year of regular, unprotected intercourse that does not lead to a pregnancy. We pick one year as the cutoff because 85% of couples will conceive within that time frame. If you and your partner have been trying for that long, or even longer in some cases, it may be time to see a Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility specialist.]]></description>
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		<title>Tanning Beds &amp; Skin Cancer: Shedding New Light on a Dangerously Popular Habit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>House Call, MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Shatsky, MD 2011 - It’s one of the great paradoxes of life: what we perceive as beautiful has a tendency to be bad for us. Tan skin, while masking cellulite and stretch marks, is quite literally a sign of skin damage. Tanning is a fashion trend. Throughout history, tan skin has fallen in and out of fashion. Unfortunately, for the past forty or fifty years, since the days of fashion icon Coco Chanel, tan skin has been a status symbol that we equate with health, happiness and the lavish life the wealthy can afford filled with luxurious vacations.]]></description>
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		<title>Will an Aspirin a Day Keep the Doctor Away?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>House Call, MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Tania Houspian, PharmD 2011 - You’ve may have noticed that your grandmother takes an aspirin everyday as part of her arsenal of medications. You may wonder why she’s taking aspirin when she’s in no apparent pain.  When you asked grandma she replied with her sagely tone, “The doctor said its good for my heart.” You nodded, pretending to understand, and wrote the answer off as another one of grandma’s “senior moments.” Well, it turns out that this time grandma is right. Although her answer is a simplified version of the truth, it is the truth nonetheless. Before you start popping aspirin yourself, read on to find out who should take daily aspirin and how it works to help your heart.]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Marijuana: Miracle Treatment or Abused Drug?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>House Call, MD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Georgina Lee, PharmD 2011 - Marijuana's popularity dates back as far as the third millennium B.C.  It has been used for recreational, religious, spiritual and medicinal purposes (apparently it’s not just used by experimental college students!).  Marijuana, scientifically known as “Cannabis,” is made up of dried parts of the Cannabis sativa hemp plant including its flowers, stems, leaves and seeds.  The use of Marijuana has long been a source of controversy and debate in regards to its role in the medical world and it’s easy to see why.  As medical marijuana dispensaries continue to spring up on street corners across America, the medical community must take a good hard look at the need for marijuana as part of its arsenal of medicinal therapies.]]></description>
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		<title>Type II Diabetes: A Beginner’s Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweetby Rebecca Shatsky, MD 2011 &#124; shatsky@myhousecallmd.com
According to commercials for the OneTouch glucose monitoring device, rock and roll legend B.B. King hasn’t let Type II diabetes give him the blues. In commercials, little computerized finger stick devices might even look kind of fun, a sentiment we would guess that few diabetics probably share. But, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would you like some beer with your prescription?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans will be made to go out to a bar with friends and, as the first cocktail is being ordered, someone remembers that they’re on antibiotics for an infection they’d rather not talk about. The question is raised about whether or not it’s OK to drink alcohol with that particular medication.  At that point, everyone turns to the friend with some form of medical training and asks, “So can I drink or what?”  To avoid those awkward conversations, we’d like to take a moment and explain why sometimes it better to put the drinks aside when on certain medications. ]]></description>
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