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		<title>Time to Put a Stop to Drive-by-Doctoring</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/04/19/put-a-stop-to-drive-by-doctoring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of my readers know, I speak at meetings and conferences fairly frequently, and most often to groups of patients and caregivers. The focus of the talks I give is usually on a patient empowerment topic &#8211; ranging from how to communicate with your doctor, to how to stay safe in the hospital, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check Out Those Health Charities Before You Donate</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/12/08/check-out-those-health-charities-before-you-donate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard December 6, 2011 It’s that time of year again.  The holidays, of course. But also the end of the tax year, when charities, including groups like cancer societies or hospital foundations, are pleading for donations. Each year in December my husband and I make contributions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Let Your Medical Test Results Fall Through the Cracks</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/09/01/don%e2%80%99t-let-your-medical-test-results-fall-through-the-cracks/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/09/01/don%e2%80%99t-let-your-medical-test-results-fall-through-the-cracks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(as published in the Syracuse Post Standard August 30, 2011) A few years ago, I changed primary care doctors. The one I left had good credentials. Over the span of a few years and several visits, she had seemed competent and was friendly. But on my final visit, there had been a change that caused [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=1463</guid>
		<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>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>Patients Don&#8217;t Believe the Evidence!  What&#8217;s Wrong With Us?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/06/04/patients-dont-believe-the-evidence-whats-wrong-with-us/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/06/04/patients-dont-believe-the-evidence-whats-wrong-with-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The journal Health Affairs reports on a study that finds Evidence That Consumers Are Skeptical About Evidence-Based Health Care. According to the abstract, We found many of these consumers’ beliefs, values, and knowledge to be at odds with what policy makers prescribe as evidence-based health care. Few consumers understood terms such as &#8220;medical evidence&#8221; or [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wakefield]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=1067</guid>
		<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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		<title>Sorry Oprah. Signing Jenny McCarthy? You&#8217;ve Lost This Fan</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/05/29/sorry-oprah-signing-jenny-mccarthy/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/05/29/sorry-oprah-signing-jenny-mccarthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 18:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always admired Oprah.  To me she has been the perfect example of the American dream, while retaining her moral compass and behaving ethically.  Until recently, she managed to make her billions by keeping the best interests of her audiences at heart. She had my admiration and my respect. But no more. Keep in mind, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Journalism and Truth</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/04/healthcare-journalism-and-truth/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/04/healthcare-journalism-and-truth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=790</guid>
		<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>Misdiagnosis, a Visit to the Lab and One Last Point</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/06/24/misdiagnosis-a-visit-to-the-lab-and-one-last-point/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/06/24/misdiagnosis-a-visit-to-the-lab-and-one-last-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who have read my misdiagnosis story, you know that one of the ultimate heroes was the pathologist (I&#8217;ll call him Dr. H.) who helped me understand how the misdiagnosis happened.  Even though he was one of the doctors responsible for getting it wrong, in the end, he didn&#8217;t turn away or [...]]]></description>
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