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        <title>Sigmoidoscopy</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kaiser research method has potential to transform US health care system]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-bc-med-research-20130608,0,5717682.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-06-13 10:20:03</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WALNUT CREEK, Calif. It was a nuisance and David Gassman put it off for three weeks, but he finally put a little stool sample into a tube and mailed it to a Kaiser Permanente lab.

It's a good thing he did. The test indicated he had colon cancer.

The 68-...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Examining which cancer screenings you may not need]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/os-cancer-screenings-not-needed-20130529,0,5215349.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-29 15:57:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Early detection of cancer is the best chance of cure, right? Maybe not. 

A growing body of counterintuitive evidence suggests that some cancer-screening tests &mdash; including those for breast, prostate, colon, lung and cervical cancer &mdash; may be...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Briefs-Harvard Health]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-201303191600--tms--premhnstr--k-k20130320-20130320,0,3340684.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-20 02:30:04</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[DON'T IGNORE "MILD" STROKES

Many people at risk for heart attack are also at higher risk for stroke, since the underlying disease process--atherosclerosis--can block blood flow to the brain, just as it does in the heart. Although many people know that...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Protein linked to Parkinson's found in patients before onset of symptoms]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ct-x-parkinsons-disease-test-1121-20121121,0,113726.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-11-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Richard Fiske Bailey tries hard not to let Parkinson's disease slow him down. He has a license to drive motorcycles. He bikes. He walks without a cane or walker. 

But there are moments when the disorder affects him, said Bailey, 59. Sometimes he drags...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Does colonoscopy save lives?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-06-20 21:45:11</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The wisdom of colonoscopy screening seems obvious. The test enables a physician to examine the lining of the entire colon and to remove small, potentially precancerous growths called polyps during the exam. As a result, it has the potential not only to...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study: Simple scope exam flexible sigmoidoscopy cuts colon cancer deaths]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/pnr-study-simple-scope-exam-flexible-sigmoidoscopy-cuts-colon-cancer-deaths-20120521,0,2554554.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-05-21 11:40:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds. 

Many doctors recommend a more complete test &mdash; colonoscopy &mdash; but many people refuse...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cancer testing lags in Latinos with family history]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/pnr-study-simple-scope-exam-flexible-sigmoidoscopy-cuts-colon-cancer-deaths-20120521,0,2554554.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-09-15 14:16:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds. 

Many doctors recommend a more complete test &mdash; colonoscopy &mdash; but many people refuse...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Colonoscopies not the gold standard?]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-health-colon-cancer-screening-options,0,3091070.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2010-09-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Colorectal cancer kills more Americans than any other cancer except lung cancer. But the death toll doesn't have to be as high as it is. Screening works. The American Cancer Society estimates that such tests saved 70,000 lives in the last 20 years.

"Just...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tulane Medical Center Puts Patients At Risk For Hepatitis B, C & HIV]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-03-10 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of Tulane Medical Center's patients have received letters warning them they made have contracted a deadly disease because the hospital didn't properly sterilize equipment. WGNO News Reporter Vanessa Bolano spoke to attorneys who say the lawsuit...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[CDC releases cancer screening data]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-07-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[More older Americans are getting tested for colon cancer, with nearly two out of three getting recommended screenings.

Meanwhile, rates for breast cancer screening remain stuck on a higher plateau, according to a government report released Tuesday.

U.S....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Just the facts ... about cancer]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-health-cancer-facts-for-men,0,3793357.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2010-06-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The cancers that most frequently affect men are prostate, colon, lung and skin cancer. Knowing about these types of cancer&mdash;and how they can be prevented or found early&mdash;can save your life.

Prostate Cancer

The chance of getting prostate cancer...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Screening Plays Role in Detecting Polyps]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-07-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 32-year-old son visited his doctor because he was having some rectal bleeding. His doctor performed a flexible sigmoidoscopy and discovered a polyp, which she was not able to remove, but recommended he have a colonoscopy soon. She...]]></description>
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