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		<title>Kids&#8217; ER visits resulting from battery exposure have doubled in two decades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emergency room visits resulting from children swallowing batteries or sticking them into other orifices doubled between 1990 and 2009, researchers said Monday. There were an estimated 5,525 ER visits caused by batteries in 2009, with the bulk of them occurring &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/kids-er-visits-resulting-from-battery-exposure-have-doubled-in-two-decades/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Merchant Preferred Processing Network has partnered with SSU!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SSU has teamed up with Merchant Preferred Processing Network to lower your credit card processing fees. The average practice will have their effective rate lowered .50% to 1.00% from current rates. On a $20,000 per month practice, that could be &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/merchant-preferred-processing-network-has-partnered-with-ssu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nurses balance technological advances with old-fashioned patient care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yvonne Yacoub has been a nurse for half a century. n 50 years, she has seen her profession redefine itself to meet the challenges of change, yet continue to struggle with shortages of new practitioners. Yacoub, 72, who has worked &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/nurses-balance-technological-advances-with-old-fashioned-patient-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can Getting Sick Give You Cancer? New Research Says Sometimes, Yes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The prestigious journal The Lancet came out with a study today that merits a double-take. After reviewing the data for 27 different cancers in 184 countries, the researchers concluded that two million cases of cancer a year — or one &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/can-getting-sick-give-you-cancer-new-research-says-sometimes-yes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Which commute is the healthiest?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The longer you commute, the worse your health, according to the latest in a string of studies showing that sitting—even in a car—is bad for you. The study, published in the June issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/which-commute-is-the-healthiest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>HPV causing rise in male throat cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past decade, oncologists have noted an increase in cancers at the back of the tongue, in the tonsils and into the throat, especially in healthy, nonsmoking men. More than 7,000 new cases of oropharyngeal cancers are diagnosed each &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/hpv-causing-rise-in-male-throat-cancer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://statesurgeonsunit.com/hpv-causing-rise-in-male-throat-cancer/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;One in six cancers worldwide are caused by infection&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One in six cancers &#8211; two million a year globally &#8211; are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates suggest. The Lancet Oncology review, which looked at incidence rates for 27 cancers in 184 countries, found four main &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/one-in-six-cancers-worldwide-are-caused-by-infection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://statesurgeonsunit.com/one-in-six-cancers-worldwide-are-caused-by-infection/</link>
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		<title>Controlling Obesity Will Save Over Half A Trillion Dollars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the tobacco problem on the back burner, diet and obesity are coming into the cross hairs as a focus for public health. Controlling the rise in obesity, promoting quality of life, whilst saving on public healthcare costs is clearly &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/controlling-obesity-will-save-over-half-a-trillion-dollars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://statesurgeonsunit.com/controlling-obesity-will-save-over-half-a-trillion-dollars/</link>
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		<title>People Love Talking About Themselves, Brain Scans Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got something to report about yourself? An opinion, perhaps, or a status update? Nobody may care except you, but new brain research suggests you can make yourself feel good simply by sharing. Participants who talked about themselves showed signs of &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/people-love-talking-about-themselves-brain-scans-show/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://statesurgeonsunit.com/people-love-talking-about-themselves-brain-scans-show/</link>
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		<title>Sports &amp; Energy Drinks Damage Teeth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sports drinks hit the wire today with a red light that their level of acidity is increasingly responsible for irreversible damage to teeth, especially amongst adolescents and younger adults, their predominant target market. The report is published in the May/June &#8230; <a href="http://statesurgeonsunit.com/sports-energy-drinks-damage-teeth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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