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		<title>Stop Apologizing &#8230; A Mid-Life Brain Is Not a Terrible Thing to Have Nor Is It a Waste</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2010/05/02/stop-apologizing-a-mid-life-brain-is-not-a-terrible-thing-to-have-nor-is-it-a-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 15:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The author, Barbara Strauch, first wrote about teenage brains. Her conclusions help explain how mid-life brains can seem worse but actually function better in ways that matter.]]></description>
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		<title>Two New Books Lead Readers Through the Birth and Growth of Social Networks</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2010/02/04/two-new-books-lead-readers-through-the-birth-and-growth-of-social-networks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Review of Books offers reviews of <i>The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal</i>, by Ben Mezrich; and <i>Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America, by Julia Angwin</i>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dog Day at TPR: Why Our Dogs&#8217; Coats Are the Way They Are and A Great New Book about Us and Our Best Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/10/19/dog-day-at-tpr-why-our-dogs-coats-are-the-way-they-are-and-a-great-new-book-about-us-and-our-best-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Dog Day at TPR. First, there is a fascinating item from Journal Watch on dogs’ genes—how single genes can dictate complicated traits, such as hair.Second, our friend Jon Franklin has written a remarkable new book, The Wolf in the Parlor, also about the connections of man and dog over centuries. 
Whether or not you are a dog person, the research can benefit you. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reefer Madness and the &#8220;Toll This Drug Is Taking on Our Children&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/08/31/reefer-madness-and-the-toll-this-drug-is-taking-on-our-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/08/31/reefer-madness-and-the-toll-this-drug-is-taking-on-our-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mother of a tween was driving her daughter home one day when she said casually that the girls in her class were great but the boys, well, the boys had lots of problems.
Her mother asked her why?
Although this mother pays close attention to her children and their schools, she was stunned to hear her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/06/25/the-end-of-overeating-taking-control-of-the-insatiable-american-appetite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/06/25/the-end-of-overeating-taking-control-of-the-insatiable-american-appetite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times Well columnist, reviews a new book by a leading public health expert, pediatrician and former head of the Food and Drug Administration.
He explains how food companies have figured out the perfect combination of ingredients&#8212;-no one of which could win us but which, together, are hard to resist.
He was helpless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Stop Self-Sabotage&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/02/21/book-review-brief-stop-self-sabotage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/02/21/book-review-brief-stop-self-sabotage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychotherapist Pat Pearson argues that self-destruction among otherwise highly successful people stems from their unconscious belief that they do not deserve their success.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to Charles Darwin: Give Yourself a Present</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/02/12/happy-birthday-to-charles-darwin-give-yourself-a-present/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/02/12/happy-birthday-to-charles-darwin-give-yourself-a-present/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commentary
Time
&#8230;&#8221;On why everyone should read On the Origin of Species: &#8220;Great books of science, like all great books, are worth reading not just for what they add to objective knowledge; they are worth reading because they advance our liberal education. Just as we don&#8217;t read Dante for a sneak peek at the afterlife or because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Must-Read Book&#8230;Teen-Aged Girls and Hooking Up</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/01/07/a-must-read-bookteen-aged-girls-and-hooking-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2009/01/07/a-must-read-bookteen-aged-girls-and-hooking-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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The news of today is that, in 2006, there was a widespread trend of births to teen-aged mothers&#8212;affecting all regions, although there are some variations.
It remains to be seen whether this is a one-year change or not but, for any family, when one baby is born to one of their teenagers, trends don&#8217;t matter much.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Best Health Book Picks from WSJ Informed Patient Columnist</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2008/12/26/2008-best-health-book-picks-from-wsj-informed-patient-columnist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2008/12/26/2008-best-health-book-picks-from-wsj-informed-patient-columnist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News/Features
The Informed Patient columnist, Laura Landro, gives her five best book picks for the year.
Wall Street Journal Online
&#8220;When it comes to books about health and medicine, the biggest sellers tend to focus on the latest diet or exercise craze and new ways to restore youth and beauty. This year, belly fat seems to be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the News Is Like the News Is&#8230;Here&#8217;s Another View</title>
		<link>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2008/12/10/when-the-news-is-like-the-news-isheres-another-view/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepatientreport.com/2008/12/10/when-the-news-is-like-the-news-isheres-another-view/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheree Cleghorn</dc:creator>
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By Cheree Cleghorn, Editor
My husband has been in some part of the news business from the time he was 16 years old.
I have been in it, adjacent to it and fed by it, but not on the front lines in the way he has been.
I confessed to him last night that, spending much of my [...]]]></description>
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