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	<title>Doc Gurley&#187; Doc Gurley &#8211; Chile (and Haiti, and Katrina&#8230;): Preparedness lessons for you and me</title>
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		<title>Chile (and Haiti, and Katrina&#8230;): Preparedness lessons for you and me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve entered a new arena of horror &#8211; where our Richter scale, for the first time, doesn&#8217;t seem to reach high enough, and adjectives are crumbling under the impact. &#8220;Devastation&#8221; or &#8220;catastrophe&#8221;? None of the usual descriptors feel powerful enough.
So as punched-gut news of another urban area implosion reaches you today, this one from Chile, [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.docgurley.com/2010/02/19/live-chat-from-haiti-hopefully/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Live Chat from Haiti &#8211; hopefully'>Live Chat from Haiti &#8211; hopefully</a> <small> Image via Wikipedia If all technical issues align correctly,...</small></li>
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		<title>Dating Post Diagnosis: 6 Practical Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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When Avatar-esque aliens finally descend on us from another multi-verse, they will undoubtedly believe that Valentine&#8217;s Day celebrates the mating rituals of the svelte, the pristine, the adored, and the orthodontially flawless. In other words, we take a day to honor sex lives of the Photoshopped. Because that&#8217;s what you see everywhere, isn&#8217;t [...]


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		<title>Lost Tampon Chronicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See, I know what you&#8217;re thinking. You&#8217;re thinking, so is this column going to be all-Haiti, all the time?
Well, no. After all, health and wellth wait for no human. When the tides of symptoms start to rise, you have to grab whatever life preserver might help.
And so, while I&#8217;m in the stage of Haiti-trip-preparation that [...]


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		<title>ACL injury, lung cancer, TV = death, and free classes for your health! A Get Wellth Round-up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Get Wellth? Get Wellth winners* are health resources and/or study results that meet the strict Doc Gurley criteria:  cheap (hey, what&#8217;s cheaper than free?), simple to get/do, proven effective, of high quality and with minimal-to-no side effects. All great, right?




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First up &#8211; it&#8217;s sadly all too common nowadays to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.docgurley.com/2009/03/12/well-worth-it-cancer-blocker-for-smokers/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Well Worth It: Cancer-Blocker for Smokers'>Well Worth It: Cancer-Blocker for Smokers</a> <small>There have been some great science reviews of practical tips...</small></li>
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		<title>Vitamin D Dose Myths &#8211; 6 Fun Factoids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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As the mountain of vitamin D research (showing its importance) grows to Everest heights, you may be wondering about some statements that are thrown around as &#8220;truth.&#8221; Here are some fun vitamin D myths to pass along (by email, twitter or facebook) to friends, family and loved ones, because, when it comes to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.docgurley.com/2009/07/10/bone-up-on-vitamin-d/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Bone Up On Vitamin D?'>Bone Up On Vitamin D?</a> <small> Image via Wikipedia It used to be that people...</small></li>
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		<title>Milpitas earthquake 4.1 wake-up call: did you hear it?</title>
		<link>http://www.docgurley.com/2010/01/07/milpitas-earthquake-4-1-wake-up-call-did-you-hear-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you feel it? That gentle nudge (4.1 on the Richter scale) today? It was a cosmic snooze button going off (yet again) to remind you to get up and throw together that earthquake kit for yourself and those you love. So did you hit the Sleep button and roll back over into deep, unconscious [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.docgurley.com/2009/12/24/what-is-frankincense-and-myrrh-prescription-drugs/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What ARE frankincense and myrrh? Prescription drugs?'>What ARE frankincense and myrrh? Prescription drugs?</a> <small> Image via Wikipedia Check out the Doc Gurley article...</small></li>
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		<title>Breast cancer survivors: Am I cured yet?</title>
		<link>http://www.docgurley.com/2010/01/07/breast-cancer-survivors-am-i-cured-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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October has become so synonymous with Breast Cancer Awareness month that it&#8217;s almost a total pink-out. Signs, stores, and even scarves urge us to stamp out breast cancer. And following on October&#8217;s (high) heels this year was the Mammogram Media-Monstrosity (for a bullet-sized version, check out #9 in the Doc Gurley Year in [...]


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		<title>Feeling A Tad Stressed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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If the holidays are making you feel as though your energy stores are being rapidly depleted, head over to Doc Gurley&#8217;s column at SFGate, Health for the Holidays: The 6 R&#8217;s of Self Care, for a 6-point, practical plan on how you can de-stress and improve your self-care this season. Because, let&#8217;s face it, it&#8217;s [...]


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		<title>9 Ways Docs (including this one!) Stay Healthy While Traveling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the Doc Gurley SFGate article on this topic, bursting with tips on how you and your loved ones can stay




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healthy this holiday season. H1N1, food-borne illnesses, falling behind on your exercise, deep-vein thromboses, &#8220;staycation&#8221; issues &#8211; it&#8217;s ALL covered in this comprehensive round-up of practical health advice. Feel free to forward [...]


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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two articles (in a series of three articles) by Doc Gurley over at SFGate have now appeared. They are an expose into the world of hospitals and debt collection policies. Medical debt collection is a nasty underbelly of hospital practices in the U.S. &#8211; and, for those without government-sponsored healthcare (such as Medicare and Medicaid) [...]


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