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		<title>Vitamin D</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/vitamin-d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vitamin D, one of our very own, home grown, natural vitamin made and manufactured in-vivo, seems to have been brought into the spotlight again. However, this time around, it is not its deficiency related disease (be it osteomalacia or rickets), rather, it is being associated with Multiple Sclerosis.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=109&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New policy to open doors for more Ontario doctors</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/new-policy-to-open-doors-for-more-ontario-doctors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics and Medicine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario CPSO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another development in the long haul towards getting foreign doctors integrated in to the canadian system. Here’s the original article:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=115&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Three C&#8217;s Of measles to neurological impairment</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/the-three-cs-of-measles-to-neurological-impairment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pathology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Measles: Often referred to as the diseaes with three C's : Conjunctivitis, Coryza (runnyyyy nose), Cough has taken its toll on humanity for centuries (atleast until the advent of MMR vaccines).
Measles, in rare cases, can produce an acute neurological impairment - Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, that can cause fatality in children, if untreated within a short period of time.

Here's a little blurb on SSPE from Wikipedia.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=103&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pott&#8217;s Disease &#8211; A sequelae of TB.</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/potts-disease-a-sequelae-of-tb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, TB has been presented as a disease that primarily affects the lung. However, most often, TB can foray out of the realm of the lung and penetrate the bones of the affected individual. In this case, the pathology is called - Pott's Disease.

Anyways, it has been speculated by the scientific community and some within the arts that perhaps, the hunchback of notre dame was actually suffering from this disease. Interesting Idea. I suppose ringing bells in church towers can predispose individuals to some occupational hazards.

Anyways, here's more on Pott's Disease:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=98&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Long-life gene that triples chance of living to 100 found</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/long-life-gene-that-triples-chance-of-living-to-100-found/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another article that seems to demonstrate scientists relentless efforts in shedding light on the process of aging. They have associated longevity (long longevity to the presence of one gene. Interesting article!. I am not convinced much by the article. Age associated changes (what we normally call aging) is generally perceived as a process that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=86&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An interesting case on Physician burnout and drug abuse on medscape.</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/an-interesting-case-on-physician-burnout-and-drug-abuse-on-medscape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting case on how a Emergency Dept physician starts to rely on drugs to deal with stress and how he deals with it. A blurb is given below:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=82&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waterhouse Friderichsen Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/waterhouse-friderichsen-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adrenal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceftriaxone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A meningitis associated condition<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=74&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arnold Chiari Malformation II</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/arnold-chiari-malformation-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cerebellum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Arnold - Chiari Malformation II

A disorder that causes downward displacement of brain via the foramen magnum into the region of the vertebrae that is usually only occupied by the spinal cord. Often this protrusion, prevents normal CSF flow and is associated with hydrocephalus. Brain stem functions can be disrupted and can be fatal, if respiratory functions of the medulla are affected. Syringomyelia or fluid-filled cleft like cavity in the inner portion of the cord can be produced due to this malformation.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=61&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wacky Wobbly and Wet</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/wacky-wobbly-and-wet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incontinence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a chronic type of communicating hydrocephalus whereby the increase in intracranial pressure (ICP) due to accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) becomes stable and that the formation of CSF equilibrates with absorption. It produces various symptoms that range from dementia (wacky), ataxia (wobbly) and urinary incontinence (wet).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=52&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Ontario needs to relax on their acceptance of FMGs.</title>
		<link>http://rahilmalik.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/why-ontario-needs-to-relax-on-their-acceptance-of-fmgs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Care shortage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many Ontarians left hanging without a proper primary health care provider and on the other spectrum lay countless competent physicians struggling to work and wanting to do only what they are best at &#8211; treating the sick. Yet, there seems to be a disconnect somewhere. Another article published in newsprint that cries to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rahilmalik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4565875&amp;post=46&amp;subd=rahilmalik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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