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		<title>Back in Business&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/01/24/back-in-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When last I wrote, I&#8217;d been catching up after a whirlwind Fall travel season.  And here I find myself catching up after another crazy six weeks&#8230; I don&#8217;t just bow out completely, even if it seems so.  I&#8217;m blogging in other places, like About.com and the AdvoConnection blog, plus I have been promoting my new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;ve You Been Trisha?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/12/08/whereve-you-been-trisha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wish I had a nickel for each of the emails I&#8217;ve received from people who have followed this blog of mine&#8230;. Where have I been?  It&#8217;s a fair question.  It&#8217;s been months since I&#8217;ve blogged here&#8230; because, well, I&#8217;ve been doing my Willie Nelson thang&#8230; on the road again&#8230;. See all those stars on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Healthcare Reform &#8211; Is Patient Reform</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/02/06/the-new-healthcare-reform-is-patient-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Congress continues its monkey shines, American patients are continuing to get substandard, too-expensive healthcare, or no healthcare at all.  We are getting sicker, and dying, because we can&#8217;t get decent care. However, if you think this post is going to be a call to action for Congress &#8211; think again.  While I am a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H1N1 Swine Flu Rears It&#8217;s Ugly Head &#8211; Time for Help and Truth</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/10/30/h1n1-swine-flu-rears-its-ugly-head-time-for-help-and-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s so little I can say about swine flu that hasn&#8217;t already been said.  And to that point, I&#8217;ve already said plenty! In fact, I&#8217;ve said it all on my About.com Guide to Patient Empowerment, so I figure it&#8217;s best just to give you a master list of all the articles I&#8217;ve written, by topic: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu Myths &#8211; From Celebrities to Conspiracy Theories</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/30/swine-flu-myths-from-celebrities-to-conspiracy-theories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It didn&#8217;t take long for the conspiracy theorists and the rumor mills to get going over swine flu, did it? Let&#8217;s see:  do Madonna or Salma Hayak already have swine flu? Or &#8211; is this possible pandemic really just bioterrorism? These and more swine flu myths, separating fact from fiction and some fraud thrown in, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors &#8220;Fire&#8221; Patients &#8211; and Patients Respond</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/19/doctors-fire-patients-and-patients-respond/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/19/doctors-fire-patients-and-patients-respond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of you, my readers, have had complaints about the healthcare system, including the relationship you have (or don&#8217;t have) with a doctor. And I hear you &#8212; I&#8217;ve had bad experiences with some doctors, too. But that begs the question &#8212; do doctors have complaints about patients, too? Of course they do!  I asked, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About.com Health is All a-Twitter</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/20/aboutcom-health-is-all-a-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/20/aboutcom-health-is-all-a-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=820</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you thought social networking was only for kids, Gen Web-ers or geeks, then think again. Social networking has become a great source for finding people who can help you improve your health, or your medical care. If you aren&#8217;t sure what I mean by social networking, then you&#8217;ll recognize it by other names you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Cranky Bloggers to Peanut Butter: Week in Review</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/31/from-cranky-bloggers-to-peanut-butter-week-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/31/from-cranky-bloggers-to-peanut-butter-week-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an update on my Every Patient&#8217;s Advocate activities for the week of January 25 to 31: See this icon?  It means this link includes an opportunity for you to participate, beyond just a comment.  However, please remember that your comments to any article or post are always welcome. This icon indicates a piece that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform &#8211; Do You Understand the Questions?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/10/14/healthcare-reform-do-you-understand-the-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/10/14/healthcare-reform-do-you-understand-the-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all think we know what healthcare reform means &#8212; we think it means something about universal healthcare, right? You might be surprised to learn that &#8220;universal healthcare&#8221; isn&#8217;t what it&#8217;s about at all.  It&#8217;s about shifting who gets healthcare, figuring out how to pay for it, and knowing that any success we find will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Healthcare Be Important in the Upcoming Elections?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/10/10/will-healthcare-be-important-in-the-upcoming-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/10/10/will-healthcare-be-important-in-the-upcoming-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been running a poll on my About.com patient empowerment site, asking the question Tom Brokaw asked in the debate this week:  Is healthcare a right?  or a responsibility? Do we as individuals believe we should all have a right to healthcare coverage, similar to the way we have police protection, or fire protection, or [...]]]></description>
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