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		<title>Happier Days with Certainty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This op ed piece about America&#8217;s reaction to uncertainty is interesting. It&#8217;s fairly short, read it.
http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/what-you-dont-know-makes-you-nervous/
 
Your In Good Health
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		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/happier-days-with-certainty/</link>
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		<title>The Passing of Pioneer Roger McFarlane</title>
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It&#8217;s with surprise and sadness that I announce the passing of Roger McFarlane.  I first met Roger thru a dear friend. He was tall, charismatic, and confident.  He loved to talk to me about his experience as an HIV/AIDS care giver, organizer and executive.  Roger was there at the beginning of the HIV epidemic and bore witness to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com&blog=2505242&post=228&subd=drsmithshealthcorner&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/the-passing-of-pioneer-roger-mcfarlane/</link>
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		<title>Potential New NYC Health Commissioner</title>
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Mayor Bloomberg is wasting no time selecting a new health comissioner for the city. It is rumored that Dr. Thomas Farley, currently a division head at Tulane University will become NYC&#8217;s Health Commissioner replacing Dr. Frieden.  The formal announcement will come tomorrow, May 18th. I have little personal knowledge about Dr. Farley outside of what is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com&blog=2505242&post=221&subd=drsmithshealthcorner&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/potential-new-nyc-health-commissioner/</link>
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		<title>CDC&#8217;s New Director Dr. Thomas Frieden</title>
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President Obama selected Dr. Thomas Frieden as CDCs new director. Dr. Frieden served as New York City Department of Health&#8217;s Health Commissioner for 7 years. He has spearheaded several (then controversial) initiatives such as no smoking in offices, restaurants/bars, condom distribution, posting food calorie counts on menus in restaurants chains and most recently decreasing the salt content in meals. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com&blog=2505242&post=206&subd=drsmithshealthcorner&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/cdcs-new-director-dr-thomas-frieden/</link>
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		<title>National Women&#8217;s Health Week</title>
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This is the 10th Annual National Women&#8217;s Week, May 10-16, 2009. I can&#8217;t keep track of all the months dedicated to worthy causes; February is Black History Month, March is Women&#8217;s History Month and so on. May is Bike Month in New York City so I have been focused on the Harlem community discussion regarding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com&blog=2505242&post=196&subd=drsmithshealthcorner&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/national-womens-health-week/</link>
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		<title>Swine Flu&#8217;s First Fatal Victim in US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first fatally from swine flu occurred in a 23 months old Texas toddler.   The details of the story are in the NYTimes article below.  My prayers go out to the family in their time of need.
Please remember to over your mouth when you cough not with your hands but with a napkin or in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com&blog=2505242&post=191&subd=drsmithshealthcorner&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/swine-flus-first-fatal-victim-in-us/</link>
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		<title>Swine Flu &#8211; State of Emergency</title>
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Please take a look at the recent NY Times article on the US declaration of a state of emergency due to approximately 20 cases of swine flu in 5 states. Health officials fear the the number of cases will rise quickly over the next several days due to health care providers and the public becoming more aware [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com&blog=2505242&post=182&subd=drsmithshealthcorner&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/swine-flu/</link>
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		<title>President Obama&#8217;s Science Ambassadors</title>
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Interesting article about President Obama&#8217;s science advisors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/science/24tier.html?_r=1&#38;8dpc
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		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/president-obamas-science-ambassadors/</link>
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		<title>Downpayment on Healthcare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American College of Physicians recently published an article about the impact of the recent economic stimulus package on our current health care system. It&#8217;s short, take a read.
http://www.healthbanks.com/PatientPortal/MyPractice.aspx?UAID={A830907D-8345-4AA5-A0D5-F8776BBC08BB}&#38;TabID={X}&#38;ArticleID=624310
Yours In Good Health
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		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/downpayment-on-healthcare/</link>
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		<title>African Americans and Increase Death Rate After Surgery</title>
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The researchers at Center for Outcomes Research, The Children&#8217;s Hospital of Philadelphia conducted a study to review the reasons for improved survival after surgery in teaching hospitals had unexpected results. It is generally acknowledged that survival after surgery is higher at teaching hospitals (hospitals with medical students and physicians in training).  Teaching hospitals are generally felt to provide better [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com&blog=2505242&post=162&subd=drsmithshealthcorner&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://drsmithshealthcorner.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/african-americans-and-increase-death-rate-after-surgery/</link>
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