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			<title><![CDATA[Sex during adolescence doesn't predict future HPV infection]]></title>
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			<author>(Kimberly Hayes Taylor)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Predicting a child's future is a near impossible task - today's straight-A student may not become tomorrow's doctor, and the school yard bully may actually grow up to become a member of the Peace Corps.
So why should an adolescent's sexual behavior - or lack thereof - determine whether or not she]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chef offers free healthy cooking demonstrations at Weight Watchers locations]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Chef Tim Cikra hosts cooking demonstrations at Weight Watchers centers around Metro Detroit throughout the month.
Learn to cook tasty grilled dishes that combine healthy meats with in-season vegetables.
Cooking demonstrations are free and open to the public. Each demo provides a non-pressure]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:16 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Take steps to reduce deaths and injuries from falls, an epidemic among seniors]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Traumatic brain injuries due to falls caused nearly 8,000 deaths from unintentional falls, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
Falls resulted in 56,000 hospitalizations in 2005 among Americans 65 or older. The CDC, which recently declared seniors falling a national epidemic,]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:57 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wear a seatbelt, save your face]]></title>
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			<author>(Kimberly Hayes Taylor)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Safety experts have known for years that seatbelts and airbags can prevent deaths in automobile accidents.





Plastic surgeons now have evidence that they can also help prevent serious facial trauma, a new study shows.


A research group at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:58 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Avoid serious eye injuries]]></title>
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			<author>(Kimberly Hayes Taylor)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Michigan Optometric Association doctors want you to keep your eyes safe.



Here are their recommendations:



-- Stay away from private firework displays and instead enjoy displays conducted by professionals.

-- Wear some sort of eye protection, like goggles, when lighting fireworks.

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			<pubDate>Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:41 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill may allow use of stores' employee-only restrooms for certain medical conditions]]></title>
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			<author>(Kimberly Hayes Taylor)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[If you're pregnant or have fecal or urinary continence, you may want to attend a hearing tommorrow on Bill 5046 scheduled to be heard before the Senate's Commerce and Tourism Committee in Lansing.


The hearing is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. in room 100, Farnum Building, 125 W. Allegan Street.

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			<pubDate>Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:39 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Condoms offer new ways to wrap it up]]></title>
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			<author>(Kimberly Hayes Taylor)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[For many users, condoms are often too tight, loose or stiff. And even worse, they reduce sensation for men and women.


LifeStyles Condoms plans to address these issues with the release of its latest condom creation, LifeStyles SKYN.


The new condoms will hit shelves everywhere in July and]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:12 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Use common sense when handling fireworks]]></title>
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			<author>(Kimberly Hayes Taylor)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[The bright colors and booming sounds of fireworks can be fun for children and adults, but this annual summer ritual is an accident waiting to happen if simple safety rules are ignored, a local trauma surgeon warns.

Nearly 11,000 Americans were treated in emergency departments for]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:25 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Learn how to prevent and manage osteoporosis]]></title>
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			<author>(Kimberly Hayes Taylor)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Osteoporosis affects 25 million Americans and causes more than 1.3 million fractures of the wrist, vertebrae and hips each year.

The Women's Health Program and the MFit Health Education Resource Center at the University of Michigan Health System will host the health talk "Osteoporosis: Prevention]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:51 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New round of summer boot camps for plus-sized, pregnant women and teens]]></title>
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			<author>(Kimberly Hayes Taylor)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[You may recall my story in mid-April on fitness bootcamps. Spurred by television shows such as VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club" and NBC's "The Biggest Loser," boot camps are the fitness rage for 2008.

During my reporting, I found Jennifer Gray, a fitness expert who seems to have mastered designing boot]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:06 AM</pubDate>
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