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			<title><![CDATA[Moles' split personality]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2008-04-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We've long been told to keep an eye on our moles lest they progress to melanoma, a form of skin cancer that's treatable if caught early, deadly if not. But not all moles are equal -- some are risky; others can be safely left alone. The biological roots of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Camps stepping up community service, teens signing up for pay-it-forward travel programs]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-ap-us-camps-community-service-20130517,0,1599433.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-17 05:34:44</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; At 14, Tyler Cohen had never been out of the country or traveled without his Long Island family when he found himself in Costa Rica on a monthlong service trip for teens.

There, he worked on a coffee plantation, made signs for a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boston docs: Given risk level, actress made right choice]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-15 04:14:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Boston medical experts say the latest science backs up 37-year-old actress Angelina Jolie's bold, heartbreaking choice to undergo a double mastectomy. 

Women with a family history of breast cancer should get genetic counseling and DNA testing to see what...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[READER SUBMITTED: PMC Kids Cycling Against Cancer]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-01 16:10:04</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Helping to cure cancer may be as easy as riding a bike.

Across New England, riders, volunteers and supporters are preparing for the 34th Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC), an annual bike-a-thon that raises more money for charity than any other single...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study: Radiation for breast cancer can harm hearts]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-14 11:38:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, troubling new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Your doctor as a Facebook 'friend'?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-09-12 17:53:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[To really get a patient's attention, doctors say, you must start from where they are.

And where they are these days may be on their phone or computer, tweeting, texting, posting on Facebook.

But Twitter, blogs and text messaging aren't in the comfort...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Facing post-treatment issues]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-09-26 16:49:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Hollye Jacobs felt like she lost her health, her breasts and her mind. But when she finished with radiation and started settling in at home, she was hit with another loss: She missed having treatment.

For many...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[An antioxidant-rich diet offers the most benefits to breast cancer survivors, expert says]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-09-26 16:54:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Cheryl McGee has battled breast cancer. Twice. She's undergone surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and treatments for infection, but dietary management was never part of her treatment protocol.

"I don't know why nobody ever told me to go to a nutritionist...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The meaning of 'cancer-free']]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-09-26 16:58:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Sixteen years ago, right before her 42nd birthday, Jane Baker Segelken was diagnosed with breast cancer. The tumor was small, and she was told that if the cancer didn't return within five years after treatment, her chances for long-term survival were...]]></description>
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