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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; Health &amp; Wellness</title>
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		<title>Know the Facts: Precautions for Swine Flu</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/10/09/know-the-facts-precautions-for-swine-flu</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[H1N1]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Mark Johnson, chair of the department of family medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry at the New Jersey Medical School, answers questions about the swine flu and its vaccine.]]></description>
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		<title>Understand Your Healthcare Privacy Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/10/08/understand-your-healthcare-privacy-rights</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene McKanic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIPAA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to your medical records, privacy is probably one of your top concerns. This is why the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed by Congress in 1996.  HIPAA gives you the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your medical records. However, the document is dense and sometimes difficult to understand. Luckily, there’s a solution.]]></description>
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		<title>Aetna CEO Talks Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/09/28/aetna-ceo-talks-healthcare-reform</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/09/28/aetna-ceo-talks-healthcare-reform#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aetna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aetna’s chief executive, Ronald A. Williams, recently gave Black Enterprise the insurance industry’s take on how to improve healthcare in America.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make the Most of Your Doctor&#8217;s Visits</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/09/03/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-doctors-visits</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/09/03/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-doctors-visits#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgie Bright Ellington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Virgie Bright Ellington, a board certified internist, believes that basic healthcare for every citizen is long overdue. ]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers, HHS Seek to Redress Healthcare Disparities</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/06/11/lawmakers-hhs-seek-to-redress-healthcare-disparities</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/06/11/lawmakers-hhs-seek-to-redress-healthcare-disparities#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Racial and ethnic minorities have higher rates of obesity, cancer, diabetes, and AIDS than whites, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. In fact, 48% of African American adults suffer from a chronic disease compared with 39% of the general population.]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer Deaths Decrease for Blacks but Disparities Persist</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/02/18/cancer-deaths-decrease-for-blacks-but-disparities-persist</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/02/18/cancer-deaths-decrease-for-blacks-but-disparities-persist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Cancer Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colorectal cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Otis W. Brawley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prostate cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a reduction in cancer death rates, African Americans continue to be diagnosed at more advanced stages and have lower survival rates at each stage of diagnosis, according to a report released today by the American Cancer Society (ACS).]]></description>
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		<title>Morehouse Doctor Talks Health Disparities, Prevention</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/01/09/morehouse-doctor-talks-health-disparities-prevention</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/01/09/morehouse-doctor-talks-health-disparities-prevention#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janell Hazelwood</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Yolanda Wimberly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morehouse School of Medicine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many have joined the fight to prevent, treat, and study the spread of diseases affecting black communities, one of those being Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, a nationally recognized adolescent health specialist and pediatrician who was the first Morehouse School of Medicine physician to receive the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Humanism Award last October. BlackEnterprise.com talked with Dr. Wimberly about the importance of community awareness, health education, and disease prevention.]]></description>
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		<title>The Costs of Cancer: Part Two</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/12/29/the-costs-of-cancer-part-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/12/29/the-costs-of-cancer-part-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer screening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Minority Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Institute of Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are several theories that explain why blacks have higher mortality rates from cancer. They range from lack of adequate healthcare to distrust of the medical community.

Lack of insurance is certainly a problem. Almost 20% of African Americans, compared with 10.4% of non-Hispanic whites, were uninsured in 2007, according to “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Policy in the United States,” a U.S. Census report.

Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Minority Health, says insurance is important, but adds that it is not a substitute for education and prevention.

“We’ve missed the focus,” Thomas says. “We focus on getting people insurance, but will they use it? Even if they have the insurance, if they don’t trust the medical care system they’re not going to use it.”]]></description>
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		<title>Your Health and Wellness Checklist</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/12/24/your-health-and-wellness-checklist</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/12/24/your-health-and-wellness-checklist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peggy Duncan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States Department of Agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how many loved ones are in your life, no one will ever care more about you than you. So why not start putting you first this year? From unhealthy eating to stress, all of these can negatively impact your day-to-day functioning. “It’s not just about organizing clutter on your desk,” says Peggy Duncan, productivity expert. “It’s also about clutter on your computer, your inbox, and on your mind. All of that adds to unnecessary stress,” she says. ]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Racial Gap Widens in Colon Cancer Deaths</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/12/16/report-racial-gap-widens-in-colon-cancer-deaths</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/12/16/report-racial-gap-widens-in-colon-cancer-deaths#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Cancer Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colon cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colorectal cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lack of access to quality healthcare and getting proper screenings is being attributed to blacks' lower screening rates, according to the American Cancer Society, which released a new report, “Colorectal Cancer Facts and Figures 2008-2010,” on the state of the disease.]]></description>
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		<title>World AIDS Day: Where Do Blacks Stand?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/12/01/world-aids-day-where-do-blacks-stand</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/12/01/world-aids-day-where-do-blacks-stand#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Kevin Fenton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World AIDS day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), spoke with BlackEnterprise.com to address the serious toll that AIDS/HIV is taking on the African American community and advise the best course of action to reduce that impact.]]></description>
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		<title>Diligence in Detection</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/09/22/diligence-in-detection</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/09/22/diligence-in-detection#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prostate Health Education Network]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


The Prostate Health Education Network Inc. (PHEN), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase prostate health education and awareness among black men, will host its fourth annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit on Sept. 25-26 in Washington, D.C.
The two day summit, free to the public, will focus on the cancer crisis in black [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Costs of Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/09/19/the-costs-of-cancer</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/09/19/the-costs-of-cancer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There aren't any studies that prove that African Americans, when diagnosed with cancer, carry a larger percentage of the economic burden compared with white cancer patients. However, anecdotal evidence shows that they may pay higher out-of-pocket costs due to gaps in insurance coverage.]]></description>
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		<title>High-End Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/09/16/high-end-healthcare</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/09/16/high-end-healthcare#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea King Collier</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[concierge medical services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Critics say concierge medical services only go further in widening the gap in access to quality healthcare. How do you get the best medical attention possible for yourself and your family without giving up a piece of your financial health? "You must be vigilant about managing the care you have," says Dr. Jennifer Mieres, associate professor of medicine and director of nuclear cardiology at New York University School of Medicine]]></description>
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		<title>United, If Not Unanimous</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/07/31/united-if-not-unanimous</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/07/31/united-if-not-unanimous#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff Hocker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act July 30, the 43 members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) faced a perplexing detail about the legislation. The proposed law would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory powers over tobacco products. However, the law would not specifically prohibit the adding of menthol flavoring to cigarettes, a factor in the popularity of such products among African American smokers.]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Doctor Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/06/30/leading-doctor-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/06/30/leading-doctor-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Benjamin Carson Sr.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the nation—didn’t go to the head of renowned neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson Sr.]]></description>
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		<title>Targeting Poverty</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/06/24/targeting-poverty</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Calypso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Promise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a promise being made to a part of the world where life and death can lie just a few inches from each other. It is a pledge to help end poverty, achieve universal education, reduce child mortality rates, and much more—all by 2015 in Africa and 2025 globally.]]></description>
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		<title>Blacks Under The Knife</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/06/04/blacks-under-the-knife</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/06/04/blacks-under-the-knife#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aisha I. Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Medical Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Society of Plastic Surgeons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The number of ethnic minorities going under the knife for cosmetic procedures continues to climb, with African American plastic surgery patients increasing nearly 10% last year, according to recent statistics compiled by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.]]></description>
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		<title>Women’s Health Week</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/05/12/women%e2%80%99s-health-week</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/05/12/women%e2%80%99s-health-week#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aisha I. Jefferson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As National Women’s Health Week (May 11-17) kicked off, a lack of healthcare
insurance, inaccessibility to proper information, and other socioeconomic barriers
continue to take a toll on the overall health of black women, according to medical
experts and professionals who participated in the National Black Women’s Health Conference
held last week.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Talk to Your Doctor</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/05/01/how-to-talk-to-your-doctor</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/05/01/how-to-talk-to-your-doctor#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff Hocker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Doctors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The May 2008 issue of BLACK ENTERPRISE lists the nation’s preeminent doctors. They reside in various parts of the country and practice in numerous specialties, including obstetrics, gynecology, ophthalmology, dermatology, urology, cardiology, orthopedics, pediatrics, endocrinology, and plastic surgery.]]></description>
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		<title>Closing the Gap</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/03/07/closing-the-gap</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/03/07/closing-the-gap#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Jay Korn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COBRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most Americans get health insurance from an employer-sponsored group plan. That’s fine as long as you’re working.]]></description>
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		<title>Five for Life</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/02/07/five-for-life</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/02/07/five-for-life#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Get Educated, Get Tested, Get Involved, and Get Treated]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Johnson Teams with Aetna</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/01/26/magic-johnson-teams-with-aetna</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2008/01/26/magic-johnson-teams-with-aetna#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aisha Sylvester</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aetna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earvin "Magic" Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronald A. Williams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Magic Johnson-Aetna alliance to help diverse urban communities with healthcare issues]]></description>
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