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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s midway through the first month of the new year and I have one powerful question for you&#8230;Where do you stand with your New Year&#8217;s Resolution(s)? Truth be told, many of us resolve at the beginning of the year to &#8230; <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2012/01/15/have-you-checked-your-neck/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1858&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Diabetes Myths Demystified</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the time I was quite young, I remember being aware that my cousin, Esther was a little different. She had (Type 1) diabetes. Early on, I simply understood this as "cousin Esther has to give herself shots...Wow, isn't she brave!" Often, when we gathered for holiday dinners, she would ask my mother if she remembered to make unsweetened ice tea. To those of you who are not from the South, it may come as a surprise but all ice tea in a southern home contains sugar and sometimes lots of it. That is the very definition of ice tea. But I digress. Because of my cousin, I was made aware of just how serious an illness diabetes was. <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2011/11/14/10-diabetes-myths-demystified/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1836&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome MobiHealth DC Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I attended an event put together by MobiHealth DC, a group for enthusiast of the mobile health revolution that is taking place in the health information technology arena.  There are many exciting technologies and applications that will help health care consumers and ePatients.  Tools to assist in education, engagement and empowerment.  With this post, however, I want to give a hello to the new folks I met during the networking and innovation showcase and provide a brief introduction to enBloom!   <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2011/10/20/welcome-mobihealth-dc-members/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1833&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Got the Blues? Get Screened Online to Be Sure It&#8217;s Not Something More Serious</title>
		<link>http://enbloommedia.com/2011/10/06/got-the-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[on Prevention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOT THE BLUES? OR IS IT DEPRESSION?  Ever feel like you are the only one who is sad in a world of happy people? Everyone experiences stress, sadness and anxiety from time to time – it's part of life. These feelings often happen when you a lose a job, children move away from home, during divorce, with a death in the family, or during retirement. But when changes in mood and behavior interfere with your ability to work, sleep, eat, and enjoy once pleasurable activities, it could be a sign of depression. <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2011/10/06/got-the-blues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1802&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://enbloommedia.com/2011/10/03/1771/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mental Illness Awareness Week]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week. A time to raise awareness around conditions like bipolar and anxiety disorder, as well as fight the stigma imposed on those who suffer. Follow me @IIIGifts for tweets on this topic all week! &#8230; <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2011/10/03/1771/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1771&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you an ePatient?</title>
		<link>http://enbloommedia.com/2011/09/20/are-you-an-epatient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The session quickly evolved into a lively discussion and good-natured debate on what it means to be an ePatient and how physician-patient communication can be improved. This all raised the very obvious question in my head, “Exactly, what is an ePatient?”  <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2011/09/20/are-you-an-epatient/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1751&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disaster Preparedness: Were You Ready?</title>
		<link>http://enbloommedia.com/2011/08/31/disaster-preparedness-were-you-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It measured a noticable 5.8 on the Richter scale.  As a novice to earthquakes, having lived on the east coast all of my life.  I must say those were the longest 15 seconds I've experienced.  We were still assessing structural damage of the National Cathedral and other buildings and infrastructure when the hurricane, Irene in the Caribbean was establishing a clear path up the Atlantic coast. Threatening to make landfall by Friday. <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2011/08/31/disaster-preparedness-were-you-ready/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1724&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why does the herd have immunity?</title>
		<link>http://enbloommedia.com/2011/08/16/why-does-the-herd-have-immunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tech Term Tuesday.  When a significant proportion of a community (or herd) is immune to a contagious disease through prior illness or immunization, the remaining members of that community (such as newborns, the chronically ill, the elderly and those otherwise &#8230; <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2011/08/16/why-does-the-herd-have-immunity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1640&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MDs Retool for Vaccine Safety Debate</title>
		<link>http://enbloommedia.com/2011/08/10/mds-retool-for-vaccine-safety-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In some counties throughout the country, as many as 25% of appropriately aged children have not been immunized.  On average, however, only about 10% of parents have delayed or refused one or more of the recommended immunizations for their child(ren).  Every state allows exemptions to its laws for medical, religious, or philosophic reasons.  But when you combine these facts with the pervasiveness of unproven or unsubstantiated health information available on the internet, the low health and science literacy of many parents, and poor communication between parents/patients and physicians, it becomes easier to understand how myths and misinformation around childhood immunizations persists.  A dangerous result can be an increase in immunization exemptions to the point where communities can become particularly vulnerable.   <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2011/08/10/mds-retool-for-vaccine-safety-debate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1656&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9 Reasons To Eat Blueberries</title>
		<link>http://enbloommedia.com/2011/08/08/9-reasons-to-eat-blueberries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Health Advocate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get a little over a third (36%) of the recommended daily value of Vitamin K that is important to bone density and bone growth.  The antioxidant properties of Vitamin K have been found to reduce damage to nerve cells. <a href="http://enbloommedia.com/2011/08/08/9-reasons-to-eat-blueberries/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enbloommedia.com&amp;blog=5766791&amp;post=1648&amp;subd=enbloom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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