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		<title>When Housing For The Homeless Allows Alcohol, Heavy Drinkers Imbibe Less</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; When Housing For The Homeless Allows Alcohol, Heavy Drinkers Imbibe Less From the 20 January Medical News Today article &#160; A study of a controversial housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments found that during their first two years in the building residents cut their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jflahiff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3119573&amp;post=8006&amp;subd=jflahiff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why People Mispredict Their Behavior In Embarrassing Situations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Flahiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why People Mispredict Their Behavior In Embarrassing Situations From the 18 January 2012 Medical News Today item Whether it&#8217;s investing in stocks, bungee jumping or public speaking, why do we often plan to take risks but then &#8220;chicken out&#8221; when the moment of truth arrives? In a new paper* in the Journal of Behavioral Decision [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jflahiff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3119573&amp;post=8016&amp;subd=jflahiff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How You Envision Others Says A Lot About You In Real Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Flahiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How You Envision Others Says A Lot About You In Real Life From the 14 January 2012 Medical News Today item Quick, come up with an imaginary co-worker. Did you imagine someone who is positive, confident, and resourceful? Who rises to the occasion in times of trouble? If so, then chances are that you also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jflahiff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3119573&amp;post=8021&amp;subd=jflahiff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Science &#8211; The Psychology Behind Exaggerated and False Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Flahiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By posting this, I am not judging any scientist. As in any community of professionals, not all have internalized standards of integrity and honesty. While I offer no excuses, the pressures of &#8220;publish or perish&#8221;, obtaining tenure, and wanting success can be daunting. This is just a reminder to be informed (and to a degree skeptical) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jflahiff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3119573&amp;post=8111&amp;subd=jflahiff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Only 10 percent of the U.S. population accounted for nearly two-thirds of all health care costs in 2008, and related statistics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Flahiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Old news to many, still worth repeating as we here in the US strive for more equitable access to healthcare for all. Who pays for healthcare can be very complicated&#8230;including issues of justice, fairness, compassion, personal responsibility. Yes, the debate does get heated often, as there are disagreements about core values and essential beliefs. Yet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jflahiff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3119573&amp;post=8106&amp;subd=jflahiff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Federal Policy Initiatives To Boost Health Literacy Can Help The Nation Move Beyond The Cycle Of Costly ‘Crisis Care’ [With Related Resources]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Flahiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health literacy used to be thought of as a problem individuals had in understanding health information and making health decisions. Now health literacy is beginning to be viewed in more holistic terms. For example, health care providers (from nurses to institutions) now view themselves as having roles in providing relevant understandable information to patients and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jflahiff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3119573&amp;post=8075&amp;subd=jflahiff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The microbiome and disease: Gut bacteria influence the severity of heart attacks in rats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The microbiome and disease: Gut bacteria influence the severity of heart attacks in rats Excerpt from the 12 January 2012 news article New research published online in the FASEB Journal suggests that the types and levels of bacteria in the intestines may be used to predict a person&#8217;s likelihood of having a heart attack, and that manipulating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jflahiff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3119573&amp;post=8037&amp;subd=jflahiff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discrimination may harm your health</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discrimination may harm your health Excerpt from the 12 January 2012 Science Daily news item Racial discrimination may be harmful to your health, according to new research from Rice University sociologists Jenifer Bratter and Bridget Gorman. n the study, &#8220;Is Discrimination an Equal Opportunity Risk? Racial Experiences, Socio-economic Status and Health Status Among Black and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jflahiff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3119573&amp;post=8039&amp;subd=jflahiff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The biology of politics: Liberals roll with the good, conservatives confront the bad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Flahiff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The biology of politics: Liberals roll with the good, conservatives confront the bad New study brings to light physiological, cognitive differences of political left and right Excerpt from the 23 January 2012 Eureka news alert &#160; &#160; English: Number of self-identified Democrats vs. self-identified Republicans, per state, according to Gallup, January-June 2010 [1].    18+ point [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jflahiff.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3119573&amp;post=8045&amp;subd=jflahiff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BETAH Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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