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	<title>Every Patient&#039;s Advocate &#187; Patientude</title>
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		<title>Sometimes It&#8217;s Better to Just Say No</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/05/03/sometimes-its-better-to-just-say-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Story One: When I was a child (and we&#8217;re talking a lo-o-o-ng time ago &#8211; when doctors made house calls)&#8230; if I got an earache, I would suffer.  REALLY suffer. Mom would drip some warm oil into my ear, and then stuff some cotton in behind it. She&#8217;d give me an orange flavored baby aspirin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Patient Empowerment Tips to Post on Your Refrigerator Door</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/02/02/10-patientempowerment-tips-for-your-refrigerator-door/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The information center in many homes is the refrigerator door.  From family photos, to postcards to magnets from pizza shops, to phone numbers and kids&#8217; artwork &#8211; the important ephemera of our lives can be found on refrigerator doors. So today I thought I would share some advice that is worth cutting out and sticking [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/12/08/check-out-those-health-charities-before-you-donate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Follow the Money]]></category>
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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>Conspiracy Theorists and Flu Vaccines &#8211; Pick Another Battle Please</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/01/07/conspiracy-theorists-and-flu-vaccines-pick-another-battle-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I posted a flu vaccine commentary and poll after listening to Dr. Dean Edell on the radio. He was talking about people who refuse to get vaccinated. He made the comment that vaccines have been proven effective for decades, and he&#8217;s tired of trying to defend them. That if people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu and Chicken Little &#8211; Too Much Hype?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/05/02/swine-flu-and-chicken-little-too-much-hype/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 11:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a week of hearing that the sky is falling because swine flu was going to take us all down, there&#8217;s a lot of second guessing about whether government(s) and the media have over-hyped the potential for a pandemic, and whether we have all over-reacted to the fear. I say &#8211; we have not overreacted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu &#8211; But What About Bacon and Eggs?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/25/swine-flu-but-what-about-bacon-and-eggs/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/25/swine-flu-but-what-about-bacon-and-eggs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note:  Swine Flu FAQs updated daily Plus:  Should We Be Afraid of Swine Flu? While the professionals provide us with statistics about Mexico, Texas, California or other places where patients have contracted swine flu, I actually find I have different questions all together: I don&#8217;t live in Mexico. Am I at risk for getting swine [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[About.com]]></category>
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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>Advocating &#8211; What&#8217;s &#8220;Friendly&#8221; Got to Do With It?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/11/advocating-whats-friendly-got-to-do-with-it/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/11/advocating-whats-friendly-got-to-do-with-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a simple question, but it has stirred some controversy.  It&#8217;s the word &#8220;friendly.&#8221; Colleague and fellow passionate advocate Bart Windrum got (as my mother would say) his blood in a bubble after reading an article about engaging a patient advocate to help you navigate your healthcare, recently published in a Tampa newspaper. In a [...]]]></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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		<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>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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		<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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