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		<title>Health stories in the news</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Community services for vets with PTSD. Spinal fluid test predicts Alzheimer's disease. Hospitals and nursing homes found to be shortchanging staff on overtime pay.]]></description>
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		<title>VA benefits for PTSD will become easier to obtain — Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easier access to benefits and treatment to begin this week.]]></description>
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		<title>Congress questions military leaders on suicides, traumatic brain injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senators press military leaders to improve efforts to address traumatic brain injuries, suicide and other wounds suffered by soldiers returning from wars.
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		<title>UW researchers find long-term brain injuries in soldiers after blast exposure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seattle Times' Hal Bernton reports that Seattle researchers have found "long-term changes in brain functions of Iraq veterans exposed to blast shock waves."]]></description>
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		<title>VA simplifies online application for health benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 19:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Revised application provides enhanced navigation features to make it easier and faster for Veterans to apply.]]></description>
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		<title>Health in the news &#8211; July 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money and medicine
KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle&#8217;s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give
John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle&#8217;s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they provide.
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		<title>Teaching the very young to swim could save thousands of lives a year, UW researcher says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cosmetic Surgery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study found that formal swimming lessons can reduce a young child's risk of drowning by 88 percent. ]]></description>
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		<title>VA to expand quicker disability evaluation program to Bremerton</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Veterans Affairs Administration said today it is expanding a pilot program designed to streamline the disability evaluation process over the next several months to 17 additional military installations, including the Naval Medical Center in Bremerton.
The goal of the pilot is to test &#8220;a new process that eliminates duplicative, time-consuming and often confusing elements [...]]]></description>
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