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		<title>Study: No Cost Savings With Electronic Medical Records</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Harvard study finds that computerized medical records don't save money or make hospitals more efficient, despite claims that health information technology could generate huge financial returns.]]></description>
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		<title>FAQ: Swine Flu Facts And Figures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State health officials say the flu is at a historic high, but some doctors say it's peaking or slowing. To make sense of those conflicting claims, here are some swine flu questions and answers.]]></description>
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		<title>Flu Now At Historic High in Mass.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swine flu is now so widespread in Massachusetts that flu activity is the highest it's ever been in recorded state history.]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Education On The Decline In Mass. High Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report shows a significant drop in the number of public high schools in Massachusetts that teach sex education, which has health officials worried about the possibility of more teenagers engaging in risky sexual behavior.]]></description>
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		<title>Task Force Chief Defends Controversial Mammogram Recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LISA TOBIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The chairman of the task force recommending that most women start breast screening at 50 rather than 40 says he is not surprised by the controversy the new guidelines have generated, but he stands behind them as "the best recommendation that the science would support." 
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		<title>At 45, Caught Between Mammograms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RACHEL ZIMMERMAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research says most women under 50 don't need routine mammograms. That's confusing news to a 45-year-old woman whose recent mammogram turned up a calcification. ]]></description>
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		<title>New Advice: Skip Mammograms In 40s, Start At 50</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It's a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society's long-standing position.]]></description>
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		<title>Genzyme Shifts Production Abroad After Allston Contamination</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CURT NICKISCH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration has said it will not approve Genzyme’s new drug, Lumizyme, until contamination of vials at the company’s Allston facility is fixed. ]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Uninsured Trauma Victims More Likely To Die Of Injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Harvard study finds that people admitted to the hospital for trauma are more likely to die from their injuries if they don't have health insurance than if they do.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. General&#8217;s Surgery Training Program On Probation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The surgery training program at Massachusetts General Hospital has been put on probation by a national accrediting organization because its surgeons-in-training were working too many hours.]]></description>
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		<title>Does Boston Have Room For More Ice Cream?</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/16/new-ice-cream</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/16/new-ice-cream#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts is home to some of them most recognized ice cream brands in the nation. And Boston has one of the highest per-capita consumption rates of ice cream. But do we have room for more? A new Taunton-based company thinks we do.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuts Hit Health Care For Poor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WBUR NEWS &#38; WIRE SERVICES</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low-income residents covered by Medicaid in Massachusetts could soon be required to pay more to see a doctor, pay more for prescriptions and face drastic cuts in dental care offered by the state's MassHealth program.]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Finds Bits Of Steel, Rubber In Genzyme Drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ABIGAIL BESHKIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials with the Food and Drug Administration said bits of steel, rubber and fiber have been found in drugs made by Cambridge-based biotechnology company Genzyme.]]></description>
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		<title>NASA: Water Found In Moon Crater</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
It turns out there's plenty of water on the moon -- at least near the lunar south pole, scientist said Friday.
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		<title>&#8216;Free Shevaun&#8217;: The Challenges Of Controlling Swine Flu On College Campuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADAM RAGUSEA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student health centers all over the city are overcrowded with young adults with influenza-like illnesses. The challenge for many health care officials on campus is trying to keep the flu from spreading on crowded campuses.]]></description>
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		<title>Rappin&#8217; The Swine Flu Away</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/12/h1n1-rap</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School has made a rap music video to help children avoid swine flu.]]></description>
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		<title>Following Coakley, Capuano Shifts On Health Care And Abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FRED THYS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a new twist in the battle over health care and abortion between two of the candidates hoping to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Congressman Mike Capuano now says he would vote against a major health care bill making its way through Congress if the bill still has an anti-abortion provision.]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Man Dies From Swine Flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WBUR NEWS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts man has died from the swine flu, marking the 14th person in the state and the fifth Boston resident to die from the H1N1 virus. ]]></description>
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		<title>Long But Orderly Lines At Dorchester Swine Flu Clinic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>STEVE BROWN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[750 people were given the H1N1 swine flu vaccine at a clinic in Uphams Corner in Dorchester. The clinics at community health centers are being held as the vaccine slowly becomes more available.]]></description>
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		<title>Has Swine Flu Peaked In Boston? Some Hospitals Say Yes</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/10/swine-flu-peak</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news on the swine flu front: some local hospitals say emergency room visits by people with flu-like symptoms seem to have plateaued, indicating that the H1N1 virus may have reached its peak in Boston.]]></description>
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