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		<title>Need an excuse to book a massage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Newswise)&#8211;Most athletes can testify to the pain-relieving, recovery-promoting effects of massage. Now there’s a scientific basis that supports booking a session with a massage therapist: On the cellular level massage reduces inflammation and promotes the growth of new mitochondria in skeletal muscle. The research, involving scientists from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LightBridge Hospice achieves highest national recognition for veteran care‏</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO&#8211;LightBridge Hospice and Palliative Care is the only hospice in California, and one of only 12 in the U.S. to meet stringent “We Honor Veterans” Partner Level 4 requirements in improving the care and support of Veterans. This program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), in collaboration with the Department of Veterans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County health dept. to launch new crisis number</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO&#8211;The services will remain the same. But the number will change. Starting February 15, people who need help with mental health including alcohol or drug abuse, suicide prevention, medication needs, and more can call a new and easier-to-remember telephone number: (888) 724-7240. The easiest way to remember the new number for the County’s Behavioral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aging and Independence Services schedules public hearings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO&#8211;Do you have an idea to improve the lives of seniors in San Diego County? The Health and Human Services Agency’s Aging &#38; Independence Services (AIS) will be holding four public hearings to gather information on issues important to local seniors. AIS, which is committed to improving the quality of life for seniors as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health and Money Matters seminars for seniors launches Feb. 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VISTA&#8211;Tri-City Hospital Foundation and NBC’s financial expert and host of Money Matters, George Chamberlin have partnered to host a series of seminars to teach North County seniors how to stay financially and physically healthy. Chamberlin and Tri-City Medical Center physicians will discuss many topics including senior fraud, credit and identity theft, estate planning, healthcare and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New year, new lease on life: In 2012, resolve to focus on health‏</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCEANSIDE&#8211;What is important to you in the New Year? If you are like most people, good health – both physical and emotional – is at the top of your priorities list. In fact, according to the government’s official website, USA.gov, getting fit, eating healthy food, losing weight, managing stress, and quitting smoking, are among top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunshot, stabbing victims recovering without exploratory surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Newswise)&#8211;Although more patients with abdominal gunshot and stab wounds can successfully forego emergency “exploratory” surgery and its potential complications, new Johns Hopkins research suggests that choosing the wrong patients for this “watchful waiting” approach substantially increases their risk of death from these injuries. “Managing gunshot and stab wounds without exploratory surgery prevents complications, saves money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palomar Pomerado to offer free flu shots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO&#8211;Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) is offering free flu shots to anyone 18 years and older at its hospital in Poway. PPH has conducted 84 low-cost flu shot clinics in North County since September and more than 2,000 people have been vaccinated. The free flu shot clinic on Jan 9 at Pomerado Hospital will mark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fitness for a cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCEANSIDE&#8211;Fitness expert Coach RB Berry will present a seminar, “How to Make 2012 Your Best Year Ever,” as a community awareness and fundraising event for the Ivey Ranch Park Association on Wednesday, January 18 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at 110 Copperwood Way, Suite Q in Oceanside. This event will kick-off 2012 by teaching North County residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA issues national standards for mercury pollution from power plants‏</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&#8211;The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards,the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide. The standards will slash emissions of these dangerous pollutants by relying on widely available, proven pollution controls that are [...]]]></description>
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