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		<title>Your Most Important Health Resolution for 2012</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/01/05/your-most-important-health-resolution-for-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard January 3, 2012 When considering health-related resolutions, you probably expect me to wax poetic on the virtue of losing weight or quitting smoking.  But no, this resolution actually trumps them both. Perhaps the most important health resolution you can make for 2012 is to establish a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy Travel Tips for the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/11/23/healthy-travel-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard November 22, 2011 ……………………………….. You may be among the millions of Americans who will travel during the upcoming holidays. Travel takes you out of your normal environment and disturbs your routine. If you have health issues, like a chronic disease, an injury, or even a short-term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dose of Reality &#8211; Today&#8217;s Doctor Appointment</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/10/13/a-dose-of-reality-todays-doctor-appointment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please note that this column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard October 11, 2011 ……………………………….. In the “old” days, we could phone for a primary care doctor’s appointment in the morning, be seen right away, spend enough time with the doctor, leave with a treatment plan, and usually feel better within a day or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find Support From Other Patients</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/07/21/find-support-from-other-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(as published in the Syracuse Post StandardJuly 19, 2011) When you must cope with a medical problem or manage a chronic illness, you’ll find you have a variety of challenges and questions. For clinical, medical questions, your most trusted resource should be your doctor. But when it comes to everyday management of your illness or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July &#8211; a Potentially Dangerous Time for Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/07/07/july-potentially-dangerous-time-for-healthcare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(as published in the Syracuse Post Standard July 5, 2011) Seven years ago this week, I found a golf ball sized lump on my torso that changed the course of my life. After its removal, I was diagnosed with a rare, terminal form of lymphoma. Subsequently I determined I didn’t really have lymphoma.  That was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know Can Hurt You</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/05/26/what-your-doctor-doesnt-know-can-hurt-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 12:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(as published in the Syracuse Post Standard, May 24, 2011) Before I began my patient empowerment work, I thought a specialist was someone who had learned all the general medical information, and then chose to concentrate on that one body system or disease that held the most interest for him. Turns out, that’s not exactly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uh-oh Video! (Can&#8217;t escape it&#8230;)</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/07/25/uh-oh-video-cant-escape-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to TV and video, Al Roker provides one of my favorite quotations: &#8220;They say the camera adds 10 pounds. OK. So I figure I must be standing in front of 10 cameras.&#8221; Oh, yes, Al. I know how you feel&#8230;. However &#8212; I&#8217;ve decided to come out of my video-avoidance closet to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O!  Fun to be Found in O Magazine</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/07/08/o-fun-to-be-found-in-o-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/07/08/o-fun-to-be-found-in-o-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the five years I&#8217;ve been working on patient empowerment and patient advocacy, I&#8217;ve been thrilled to have been quoted in the likes of the Wall Street Journal, US News &#38; World Report, Forbes, Fox, NPR, PBS and others&#8230; But now I know I have arrived &#8212; because O Magazine came calling!  Sure enough &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AdvoConnection Gets Ready to Launch &#8211; Outreach to Patients</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/09/18/advoconnection-gets-ready-to-launch-outreach-to-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/09/18/advoconnection-gets-ready-to-launch-outreach-to-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update on this post:  AdvoConnection is launched!  Patients are being helped, and patient advocates are ready to help you.  Learn more at:  www.AdvoConnection.com. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; Hard at work we&#8217;ve been!  And AdvoConnection, a dream of mine for several years, is getting ready to launch. Since beginning my advocacy work almost five years ago, and being highly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism and MMR Link, Parents Fooled, Follow the Money, Then LISTEN</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/08/31/autism-and-mmr-link-parents-fooled-follow-the-money-then-listen/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/08/31/autism-and-mmr-link-parents-fooled-follow-the-money-then-listen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll begin this post by saying that I understand the basics &#8212; that many parents of children with autism believe that autism was brought on by vaccines.  And that scientific research has over and over again proven that link does not exist. Then I watched the Dateline / Matt Lauer interviews and exposé, A Dose [...]]]></description>
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