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		<title>EXERCISE PLAN FOR HEALTHY BONES: STRETCHING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stretching relaxes the mind as well as the body, so you get the benefit of stress reduction as well as better balance and coordination, increased range of motion, reduced tension, fewer injuries, greater body awareness, and improved circulation. No matter what else you do in the way of physical activity (or even just everyday motions), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/07/exercise-plan-for-healthy-bones-stretching/</link>
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		<title>HELPING YOUR CHILD COPE WITH EPILEPSY: IS YOUR CHILD DISABLED OR HANDICAPPED? &#8220;CAN / LET MY CHILD GO OUT AND PLAY?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of course! You not only can, but must let him go out and play, go on trips, sleep at a friend&#8217;s house. &#8220;But suppose he has another seizure?&#8221; That&#8217;s a risk you have to take. A careful analysis of risks is an important part of raising any child. It is a particularly important part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/07/helping-your-child-cope-with-epilepsy-is-your-child-disabled-or-handicapped-can-let-my-child-go-out-and-play/</link>
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		<title>HOW BLOOD PRESSURE IS MEASURED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blood pressure is most often measured in the large artery in your upper arm with an instrument known as a sphygmomanometer. This piece of equipment consists of a squeeze-bulb pump, an inflatable cloth-covered rubber cuff, and a measuring device with a pressure gauge. The gauge measures millimeters of mercury (expressed as mm Hg). Some physicians [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/07/how-blood-pressure-is-measured/</link>
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		<title>HOW CAN HIV/AIDS BE PREVENTED?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HIV/ AIDS can be prevented in four main ways: Being in a mutually faithful sexual relationship. If this is not possible, then correct and consistent use of condoms for every sexual act, irrespective of the type of sex is essential. Checking all the blood and blood products for HIV infection before transfusion. Avoiding drug abuse, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/06/how-can-hivaids-be-prevented/</link>
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		<title>HEALTHY BONES, HEALTHY BODY: HOW BONE GROWS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bone is constructed from calcium and other minerals crystallized on a soft matrix (a sort of 3-D frame) of collagen and other proteins. The combination of organic and inorganic materials makes bone both rigid and strong. (Unlike calcium alone—think of how easy it is to snap a piece of chalk, which is made primarily of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/06/healthy-bones-healthy-body-how-bone-grows/</link>
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		<title>IBS AND EVERYDAY POISONS: THE CUP THAT CHEERS &#8211; THE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While it is acknowledged that there is a definite alcohol withdrawal syndrome, much of what is written about it does not give a true picture. For example, the physical effects of alcohol withdrawal are usually said to be over in three weeks. Some of them have not even started then &#8211; the muscle spasm may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/06/ibs-and-everyday-poisons-the-cup-that-cheers-the-withdrawal-syndrome/</link>
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		<title>ASSESSING RISKS AND BENEFITS AFTER A SEIZURE: WHETHER OR NOT TO USE MEDICINE &#8211; HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO KNOW AND EVALUATE THE RISKS OF THEIR SIDE EFFECTS?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first decision you face may be whether to treat your child after a first seizure. At one time, physicians believed that a single seizure was the first sign of epilepsy, and that a person who had one seizure would inevitably have more. Therefore, after the first seizure they prescribed medication to prevent the recurrence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/05/assessing-risks-and-benefits-after-a-seizure-whether-or-not-to-use-medicine-how-do-you-expect-me-to-know-and-evaluate-the-risks-of-their-side-effects/</link>
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		<title>THE CARBOHYDRATE ADDICTION: CARMEN&#8217;S STORY (A CLASSIC CARE)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carmen K. wasted no time. &#8220;I&#8217;m a carbohydrate addict.&#8221; she assured us, on the phone, even before- her first visit to the Center. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been one all my life.&#8221; Carmen had been referred to us by a cousin who had been following the Carbohydrate Addict&#8217;s Diet. She called us because she had just seen her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/05/the-carbohydrate-addiction-carmens-story-a-classic-care/</link>
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		<title>ALL ABOUT THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;I&#8217;m worried about Kim&#8217; perturbed mother said, as she came into my surgery. &#8216;She is now 11, and has had only one period. It only lasted a few hours, and that&#8217;s all. I&#8217;m sure she is not pregnant.&#8217; &#8216;At 11 I would hope she isn&#8217;t pregnant,&#8217; I replied, facing perturbed mother whose wrinkled brow indicated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/05/all-about-the-normal-menstrual-cycle/</link>
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		<title>THE EXTERNAL FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next obvious female characteristic and the external part readily visible from the exterior is the area of vaginal entry. When a woman is standing upright, this is usually only partly visible. Where the bony pelvic bones meet at the front—called the symphysis pubis—is a rounded protuberance, called the mons veneris. This is variously interpreted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edmedblog.com/2011/04/the-external-female-reproductive-organs/</link>
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