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		<title>Tributes to the Bettys &#8211; Mom and Betty Ford</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/07/10/tributes-to-the-bettys-mom-and-betty-ford/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a bit of a diversion from my usual patient empowerment topics, but I hope you&#8217;ll find it of interest. Definitely seems worth sharing. It&#8217;s an Ode to the Bettys &#8211; two women I have long admired.  They never met each other, but they shared a name, and yes &#8211; they are (kinda sorta) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H1N1 Swine Flu Rears It&#8217;s Ugly Head &#8211; Time for Help and Truth</title>
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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>Healthcare Journalism and Truth</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/04/healthcare-journalism-and-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Sea of Broken Hearts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The following is reprinted with permission from John James, PhD, a patient safety advocate who came to his work after the loss of his son, Alex, to medical errors.  Dr. James publishes a monthly patient safety newsletter, and has written a book focused on what he learned about the dysfunction of America&#8217;s for-profit healthcare system. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street Robber Barons &#8212; Killing Americans?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/10/07/wall-street-robber-barons-killing-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/10/07/wall-street-robber-barons-killing-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The incredible anger of all Americans at those greedy S.O.B.s who have been running the banks and investment houses that are already robbing Americans of their hard earned money, will ramp up further at this revelation: As you may know, the number of uninsured Americans is typically quoted at 47 million. We learned that last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Tim Russert Has Taught Us About Healthcare and a Healthy Life</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/06/16/what-tim-russert-has-taught-us-about-healthcare-and-a-healthy-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like so many of you, my heart breaks at the loss of Tim Russert. On so many levels, we felt a kinship to him. Anyone who has tried to understand American politics or politicians during the past 20 years has gotten to know Tim Russert, as if he were the trusted friend and neighbor who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Carmelo Rodriguez&#8217; Ignored and Missed Diagnosis</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/05/20/update-carmelo-rodriguez-ignored-and-missed-diagnosis/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/05/20/update-carmelo-rodriguez-ignored-and-missed-diagnosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 11:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first told you about Carmelo Rodriguez last January. He joined the Marines in 1997 and during his induction physical, the doctor found a spot of melanoma, recorded it in Rodriguez&#8217; medical record, but never told him about it. Over the years, that spot grew, became inflamed, and filled with pus. While in Iraq, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick Swayze, Randy Pausch, Pancreatic Cancer</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/03/06/patrick-swayze-randy-pausch-pancreatic-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/03/06/patrick-swayze-randy-pausch-pancreatic-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sad news came of Patrick Swayze&#8217;s diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. It&#8217;s a deadly cancer, with no way to detect it early, and little chance of survival past a few weeks or months. Several people have asked me if pancreatic cancer is the same cancer that afflicts Randy Pausch. You may remember Dr. Pausch as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the desk of (12/1/07)&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/12/01/from-the-desk-of-12107-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miscellany from the week, not requiring full posts on their own&#8230;. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. My big news is ready to be sprung! Although, through today&#8217;s blog, I&#8217;ll announce it &#8220;softly&#8221; &#8212; a bigger announcement is in the works for this week. You may be familiar with About.com &#8212; tens or hundreds of millions of visitors each month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MRSA: Those With Power Aren&#8217;t Paying Attention</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/11/27/mrsa-those-with-power-arent-paying-attention-2/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/11/27/mrsa-those-with-power-arent-paying-attention-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two reminders during the past week about MRSA and the real problems facing those who are infected by it &#8212; and those who aren&#8217;t. The first was an email from Genevieve who told me about her husband&#8217;s experience after knee replacement surgery. Two days after being removed to a rehab center, he began running a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WSJ Interviews Every Patient&#8217;s Advocate</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/11/20/wsj-interviews-every-patients-advocate-2/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/11/20/wsj-interviews-every-patients-advocate-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only was I privileged to contribute to an article in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal (You Doctor&#8217;s Business Ties are Your Business, Too ) &#8212; but I actually learned even more than I knew before from the article! The question asked by the author, David Armstrong, was whether patients have a right to know about [...]]]></description>
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