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		<title>Rape Protector Invented By South African Doctor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 20-year-old rape victim became Dr. Sonnet Ehlers inspiration to invent a devise that could reduce sexual assaults.

Forty years ago, CNN says, Dr. Ehlers was attending to a devastated rape victim who told her "If only I had teeth down there."]]></description>
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		<title>Home Medical Products: Why They Are Exorbitant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Berk and Delaney La Rosa, R.N.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Healthcare Consumer Explains Why Home Medical Products Are Exorbitant Keith is a wheelchair user who writes that he is appalled at the prices often charged for items supplied to the disabled. As an example, a replacement battery charger for his power wheelchair was billed at over $480 and he was personally responsible for paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stores Illegally Selling Cosmetic Contact Lenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today demanded that two retailers and two distributors immediately stop illegal sales of non-corrective cosmetic contact lenses, which under state law can only be sold to consumers by licensed eye care professionals. Blumenthal sent letters to 7-Eleven Inc., ExxonMobil, Wholesale Club and AAA Discount demanding they stop selling the lenses, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dental Vacations: Save Money, Increase Risk, Do Your Homework</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/03/27/dental-vacations-save-money-increase-risk-do-your-homework</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to lousy teeth from childhood on, Anna Baker was facing a difficult decision as an adult: get dentures or spend more than $50,000 for implants. But after seeing a story on CNN about a woman who saved thousands of dollars by going overseas for dental work, Baker, of Westchester County, decided to look into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Legislation Has Some Lesser-Known Cost-Reduction Features</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it will take years before we know all the intended and unintended consequences of the historic health legislation, there are two provisions I have read about that I like. The reason I like them is that they are likely to reduce health costs &#8211; the critical part of keeping insurance and medical care affordable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artificial Hip Replacements: Complications Seen In Metal-On-Metal Devices</title>
		<link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/03/12/artificial-hip-replacements-complications-seen-on-metal-on-metal-device</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Gombossy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are considering an artificial hip replacement, make sure you discuss with your doctors a new editorial in the Journal of Arthroplasty warning of complications with a popular medical procedure. LawyersandSettlements.com, a leading Internet site for consumer lawyers, notes that the Journal is warning doctors to use metal-on-metal devices only with &#8220;great caution, if [...]]]></description>
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