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		<title><![CDATA[A stroke of bad luck]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are one of the more than 45 million Americans who have used
marijuana, cocaine or amphetamines in the past month, I'm afraid the
party's over -- or should be. A study in the International Journal of
Stroke looked at data from 32 studies ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Apr/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Explaining Birdshot Chorioretinopathy And Its Treatments]]></title>
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DEAR DR. ROACH: My niece was diagnosed with birdshot chorioretinopathy. Can you please explain what this is, which treatments are involved, and what the typical prognoses are? -- P.Z.

ANSWER: Birdshot chorioretinopathy is an inflammatory ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/keithroach/s-4058579</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What should you know about the COVID cicada variant?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new variant of COVID-19, dubbed cicada, is less susceptible to
vaccination and appears to discriminate based on age, scientists say.
The variant appears less threatening to older individuals, preferring
young people instead.

Cicada, formally ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4062723</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Children's Minnesota lifts suspension on gender health services]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — Children’s Minnesota hospital system resumed gender
health care services it had suspended in late February in response to
efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to cut off federal
funding.

A favorable federal court...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4062714</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: For water and mining policy near Salton Sea, keep in mind local children's health]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southern California’s Salton Sea was once a resort
playground, with sunny beaches,
celebrities and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the
1950s and ’60s.

Today, those resorts
are long gone, replaced by a drying and increasingly ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Life Time's embrace of 'athletic country club' approach is working]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life Time is leaning into premium offerings and higher prices, a bet
that’s paying off.

Founder and CEO Bahram Akradi said the fitness company continues to
move away from a traditional gym model built on large numbers of
infrequent users.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4062520</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Laura Yuen: She asked her dates about colonoscopies on 'Love Is Blind.' Now she wants you to get one]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — Taylor Hastings will likely go down in “Love is
Blind” history as the only contestant on the reality-dating show to
ask each of her suitors if he’s had a colonoscopy.

It was an unusual romantic icebreaker, but maybe it ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask the Pediatrician: Parenting after trauma: Understanding your child's needs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[All children need to feel safe, understood and valued. This is
especially true for children who have experienced trauma. Early, hurtful
experiences can cause children to see the world differently and to react
in seemingly unpredictable ways. 

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4061932</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump's one Big Beautiful Bill Act darkens outlook for government-backed clinics]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bluestem Health, a clinic that serves low-income and uninsured
patients in Lincoln, Nebraska, has lost money for the last two
years.

And CEO Brad Meyer fears times will soon get worse for the clinic and
its 21,000 patients. That’s because ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4061925</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Taking a GLP-1? Doctors say not to forget about movement and mental health]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Severe ankle pain drove Jelon Smart to start taking a weight loss
injection a year and a half ago.

Smart was 285 pounds and worked as a caterer in Savannah, Georgia.
After she’d been standing on her feet for long hours, her ankles would
be “...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stay young at heart: Many 30-year-olds can benefit from statins]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may think of statins as a medication for older folks. Think again.
An updated guideline released by the American College of Cardiology and
10 other organizations says that folks as young as 30 may be candidates
for statin therapy.

That's ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/youdocs/s-4059287</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Laws Prevent Doctors From Receiving Perks Off The Books]]></title>
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DEAR DR. ROACH: Your recent column said that the "law" prohibits doctors from getting money from prescriptions. However, they get perks from pharma reps like dinner, golf, etc., and many push supplements on TV. Many "doctors" across the country ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/keithroach/s-4057493</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Autistic people are more likely to experience suicidal crisis. 988 is changing to serve them better]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free, largely confidential and available 24 hours a day via call,
text or online chat, the 988 Lifeline — formerly the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline — is among the most accessible and effective
suicide prevention tools in the U.S.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4061189</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Give and take: Federal rural health funding could trigger service cuts]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BIG SANDY, Mont. — The emergency department at Big Sandy Medical
Center is one room with a single curtain between two beds.

It’s one of the many parts of the 25-bed rural hospital that need
updating, former CEO Ron Wiens said.

He said the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Apr/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tax time brings surprises for some who receive ACA subsidies]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tax time can come with big surprises for some people who have
Affordable Care Act coverage, including owing money back to the
government for premium subsidies received during the previous year.

More changes lie ahead that make it important for ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4060483</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['How low can you go?' The shifting guidelines for blood pressure control]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The patient initially came to see Mark Supiano in 2017 because her
family was concerned about her short-term memory loss.

While taking her history and vital signs, Supiano, a geriatrician at
the University of Utah, saw one disturbing signal: Her ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4059561</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Democrats eye 2028 for bigger health care push]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — As Democrats vie to take control of Congress in the
midterms this fall, their main message on health care policy is fairly
straightforward: undo Republicans’ Medicaid cuts and restore the
health care subsidies that lapsed at the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/healthtips/s-4059522</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Nutrition: Pulling together in a crisis]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It comes in many forms … those times when the unexpected turns into
disaster. We have just watched in horror as the largest outbreak of
wildfires in Nebraska state history cut a path of destruction through
more than 800,000 acres of precious ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/nutrition/s-4059514</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ai Scribes Help Doctor To Better Focus And Interact With Patients]]></title>
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DEAR DR. ROACH: In your recent column, a reader complained about a doctor using AI to write after-visit summaries. I think my doctor has begun using AI for this purpose, but I like it. The reason why I think she is using AI is because she has ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/keithroach/s-4054551</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will you join the fight to restore your children's health?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost 15% of 2- to 5-year-old kids in this country are obese -- and
that's propelling them toward a difficult future that's loaded with
hugely increased risks of everything from depression and diabetes to
premature heart disease, cancers and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/youdocs/s-4052201</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/03/2026</pubDate>
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