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        <title>Gallbladder Removal</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Medicare charges vary widely at California hospitals, new data show]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-fi-mo-medicare-hospital-costs-20130508,0,6822719.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-08 07:35:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Federal officials are shedding new light on how much hospital bills vary across Southern California and the rest of the country. 

Medicare released pricing information Wednesday for more than 3,300 U.S. hospitals on the top 100 procedures and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Don't put that controller down -- Nintendo Wii trains future surgeons]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-heb-nintendo-wii-trains-surgeons--20130228,0,2592795.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-28 11:03:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[When you&rsquo;re playing Nintendo you may be learning more than how to control a voracious gorilla, rescue a kidnapped princess or negotiate a go-cart course, according to a new study. 

You just may be learning skills to help you perform laparoscopic...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Health insurers highlight excessive out-of-network charges]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-fi-mo-medical-bills-20130201,0,2582249.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-01 09:17:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Some California physicians providing out-of-network medical care bill patients at rates far beyond what Medicare allows, a new report from a health insurance trade group shows. 

The national survey released Friday by America's Health Insurance Plans is...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[EGYPT: Prime minister hints at uncertainty toward Gamal Mubarak]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-05-23 16:32:26</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Some California physicians providing out-of-network medical care bill patients at rates far beyond what Medicare allows, a new report from a health insurance trade group shows. 

The national survey released Friday by America's Health Insurance Plans is...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Prompt gallbladder removal in the elderly saves money, lives]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-06-08 21:32:45</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Some California physicians providing out-of-network medical care bill patients at rates far beyond what Medicare allows, a new report from a health insurance trade group shows. 

The national survey released Friday by America's Health Insurance Plans is...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Considering bariatric surgery? Read this first]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-07-11 11:31:57</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Often, those who are very overweight have tried dieting for years before giving up in frustration. But more obese people are turning to bariatric surgery to jump-start their weight-loss programs. 

The surgery is low-risk but isn't for everyone. It...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[7 Common Digestive Problems]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-08-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[There's something about digestive difficulties that makes them hard to discuss in polite company -- which leaves many of us suffering one problem or another in silence. Yet fixes can be as simple as making informed lifestyle changes or taking over-the-...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gallbladder risk no higher with newer 'pill']]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-04-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[There's something about digestive difficulties that makes them hard to discuss in polite company -- which leaves many of us suffering one problem or another in silence. Yet fixes can be as simple as making informed lifestyle changes or taking over-the-...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Surgeries Can be Combined, But ...]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-health-uterine-fibroids-gallbladder-surgeries,0,4307571.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2010-05-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have been diagnosed with uterine fibroids and an inflamed gallbladder. Both are to the point where I'm considering surgery. I'd like to have both surgeries done at the same time. Can these be done together?

ANSWER: The short answer to...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Military Malpractice Bill Would Help Airman Amputee]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-07-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Congressman Maurice Hinchey of New York is following the case of a young Airman whose legs were amputated after a gallbladder removal procedure was apparently botched.

20 year old Colton Read is in intensive care at the U-C Davis Medical Center in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bringing Bellyaching to an End]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-health-digestive-problems,0,6297587.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2009-04-08 13:08:57</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[There's something about digestive difficulties that makes them hard to discuss in polite company--which leaves many of us suffering one problem or another in silence.

Yet fixes can be as simple as making informed lifestyle changes or taking over-the-...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Trail Of Death And Gruesome Injuries]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/hc-medsideday1.artjun29,0,5218827.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2003-06-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Glenn O'Loughlin will spend the rest of his life taking things slowly.

A surgical error made 13 years ago by Dr. Jose Nabut of Florida cost O'Loughlin 17 feet of his intestine. Now his routine includes methodically counting out the 40 prescription...]]></description>
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