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		<title>SPINAL CORD INJURY: MEDICAL QUACKERY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many chronically ill and severely disabled individuals will do or pay almost anything for the chance of a cure. These desperate people are extremely vulnerable to unscrupulous individuals who profit by taking&#8221; advantage of them. You&#8217;ll find practitioners offering a wide variety of unproven therapies to cure spinal cord injury: medications, vitamins, herbal remedies, electrical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/healthy-bones-osteoporosis-rheumatic/spinal-cord-injury-medical-quackery/</link>
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		<title>CANCER AND PRECANCER PREVENTION: COLON CANCER PREVENTION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have already discussed the role of calcium in the prevention of colon cancer. This has been a very significant finding given the fact that over half the population is marginally deficient in calcium due to insufficient daily intake. Patients with low selenium intake are also at risk for developing colon cancer and breast cancer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/cancer/cancer-and-precancer-prevention-colon-cancer-prevention/</link>
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		<title>SOME STEPS FOR HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have just had coffee or a cigarette or if your bladder is full, don&#8217;t take a reading, because these factors increase your blood pressure. Sit quietly for 5 minutes before you take a reading. Then follow these steps: Position your arm at heart level on a table or arm of your chair. Right-handed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/cardio-blood-%d1%81holesterol/some-steps-for-home-blood-pressure-monitoring/</link>
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		<title>SPINAL CORD INJURY: SELF-CONTROL DURING REHABILITATION PROCESS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although information about your disability may be overwhelming at first, you need to learn as much as possible about your body&#8217;s new demands and functions. Ask your doctor or nurse for information about your injury and about aspects of your function that trouble you the most &#8211; whether sexuality, bowel and bladder control, or use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/healthy-bones-osteoporosis-rheumatic/spinal-cord-injury-self-control-during-rehabilitation-process/</link>
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		<title>SURGICAL APPROACHES TO EPILEPSY: SURGERY FOR OTHER TYPES OF SEIZURES &#8211; HEMISPHERECTOMY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the seizure activity, while lateralized to one side of the brain, is not sufficiently localized for removal of only a small focal area. More extensive surgery may be both necessary and helpful. Sometimes we have to take out extensive amounts of the brain or even one half of the brain, hemispherectomy. Yes, it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/epilepsy/surgical-approaches-to-epilepsy-surgery-for-other-types-of-seizures-hemispherectomy/</link>
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		<title>LIVING WITH DIABETES: WORK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the heavy-metal group Poison, manages to combine the routine of blood tests and insulin shots with a demanding job and an unusual life-style. Michaels was first diagnosed at the age of six, learned to give himself injections at ten, and has been part of a rock band since high [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/diabetes/living-with-diabetes-work/</link>
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		<title>LIFE AFTER CANCER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heightened public awareness and an improved prognosis for cancer victims have made the cancer experience less threatening and isolating than it once was. While you may hear of some stories of recovering cancer patients experiencing job discrimination and being unable to obtain health or life insurance, these cases are decreasing in number. Several states have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/cancer/life-after-cancer/</link>
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		<title>HOW BDD AFFECTS LIVES: BDD IS THE ABSOLUTE CORE OF WHAT LED TO MY ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;BDD is the absolute core of what led to my alcohol and drug use. &#8220;I slept too much and did alcohol and drugs as an escape, to try to forget my scars,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Sometimes drinking decreased my concern temporarily. But sometimes the alcohol could make my symptoms worse, and it became a problem in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/anti-depressants-sleeping-aid/how-bdd-affects-lives-bdd-is-the-absolute-core-of-what-led-to-my-alcohol-and-drug-use/</link>
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		<title>HIV: MOUTH PROBLEMS-WHITE PATCHES IN THE MOUTH: THRUSH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[White patches in the mouth, sometimes painful, often painless, are most commonly symptoms of thrush, and less commonly symptoms of oral hairy leukoplakia. Thrush-Thrush is a common infection of the mouth caused by the fungus Candida albicans. Candida albicans is found in the mouths of most people; thrush occurs only when the fungus begins growing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/hiv/hiv-mouth-problems-white-patches-in-the-mouth-thrush/</link>
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		<title>THE SKIN AND AGEING: CAUSES OF WRINKLES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although sun damage is the major cause of ageing and wrinkles, there are a number of other influences. Movement and expression lines Many wrinkles and furrows are caused by exaggerated expression lines. As you watch people speak it is easy to see how they develop expression lines. Both horizontal and vertical lines on the forehead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skullring.org/skin-care/the-skin-and-ageing-causes-of-wrinkles/</link>
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