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		<title>Medical Apartheid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[all-in-all it is a stripped down chronology of a disgraceful history of American medical research that has been excluded from every history book I have ever looked at, and something that should be incorporated into medical training...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=449&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Food&#8230;smh</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admittedly, this is a bit tangential to what I usually post, but I feel as (future) physicians, (and this is the public health in me coming out) it is imperative we inform our patients on the nutritional component of their health that we can affect change on a larger level.  Ideally, we inform them, they take it in and make better choices, and their new purchasing patterns change the food supply in this nation.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=420&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hello, Summer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sooooo much has happened in those months, with too many memories to name without cues.  That being said, there were some big take-homes and tips I'd like to share...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=393&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here comes the necessary year-in-review post.  I think this post will be short &#8211; I had an exceedingly blessed 2010.  I recall the near depression I was in at the end of 2009, thinking that there was very little life could throw at me to make me feel lower.  I knew that 2010 had to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=379&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Anatomy of Happiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love what I'm doing.  I love gaining practical knowledge, I enjoy the deep thinking exercises known as TBL and PBL, and I actually love the soothing repetitiveness of sitting out and writing and re-writing pathways and lists until I know them inside-out.  Of course, having an amazing and fun class does nothing but help matters.  In sum, I.am.blessed.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=349&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A growing fear&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://operationmd.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/a-growing-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationMD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is coldness an inherent part of the training process?  Is it a probable fate that as I train and find myself insulated with medical professionals that my vision will narrow and I will lose sight of all that is outside of the hospital affecting my patients on a daily basis? <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=342&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When the Boughs Break</title>
		<link>http://operationmd.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/when-the-boughs-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But, once again, I am left with a question that can’t be answered: what good will my future research be if it all boils down to the influence of a lifelong battle with racism yielding subconscious physiological consequences?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=333&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Overdue Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My apologies. Relocating, summer MPH courses, and meeting new classmates has taken over my life. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=324&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And the Band Played On&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://operationmd.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/and-the-band-played-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could continue with the stories, but the point is that day after day for nearly a decade (~1978-88) AIDS and its victims were swept under a rug of indifference woven by our nations' leaders in health, media, and politics.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=308&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If You Only Gave Your Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I can remember being interested in medicine, I recall being told that one of the larger disparities pertains to organ donation. Blacks wait 2-3x longer than Whites to receive organ donations...which means that more often than not, we are dying at a higher rates than other groups due to thie prolonged waiting period.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8929388&amp;post=269&amp;subd=operationmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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