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			Study links violent assaults and liquor sales
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[New research by Hospital scientist Dr. Joel Ray finds chances of being hospitalized for serious assults increases at peak sales of alcohol.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Filmmaker-in-Residence wins website award 
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[The National Film Board-affiliated program has won this year's Webby award for best online documentary series.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Hospital honoured by city for greening efforts
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[St. Michael's Hospital shows environmental leadership as first to pilot water-saving program.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Swing Into Spring
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[Tickets are available to the Head Injury Clinic's springtime fundraising gala.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Caring globally has meaning at home
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[Dr. Julio Frenk, Mexico's national minister of health from 2000 to 2006, says consequences from far away can show up on your doorstep.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Hospital surgeons go where no surgeon has gone before
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[St. Michael's Hospital is the first in Toronto to acquire the surgical robotic device, the Da Vinci System.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Hospital Pariticipates in World Glaucoma Day
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[On March 6, 2008, the first World Glaucoma Day, leading glaucoma experts are asking those who may be at risk of the condition not to leave their vision to chance.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			South Asians face increased heart risk
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[Dr. Subodh Verma comments on risks of heart disease among south Asians in a recent story in the Toronto Star.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			St. Michael's Hospital Wins Canada's Best Employer for New Immigrants Award
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[On February 23, 2008, St. Michael's Hospital was recognized as one of Canada's Best Employers for New Immigrants.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			Smoking likely to cause nearly a million deaths by 2010
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[Study by St. Michael's Hospital researcher Dr. Prabhat Jha predicts one million people a year will die from tobacco smoking in India during the 2010s.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			Breast size linked with diabetes risk
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[Young women with a larger bra cup size may be at higher risk of diabetes in adulthood, says a new study led by St. Michael's Hospital physician Joel Ray. The study also suggests a woman can measure her breast size in her early 20s to gauge her risk for developing the disease in middle age.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			Fish Oil: Helpful or Harmful?
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[Fish oil may not be the heart-healthy cure-all it's been thought to be, according to a study led by St. Michael's Hospital physician Dr. David Jenkins.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

        	<category>Hospital News</category><category>Jenkins</category><category>Nutrition</category><category>Research</category>    	  
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			Blood enzyme could ease allergic reactions 
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[A study led by St. Michael's Hospital physician Dr. Peter Vadas has found an enzyme in the blood decreases the severity of allergic reactions. The discovery suggests medications can be developed to protect against life-threatening allergies to foods, drugs or insect stings.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			Research links variant of "Chia Pet" grain to benefits for diabetics
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[Research at St. Michael's Hospital has found that the same grain used to sprout the well-known Chia Pet novelty gifts can offer many health advantages to diabetics.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			Groundbreaking study links diabetes prevalence to neighbourhood characteristics
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[Doctors Rick Glazier and Gillian Booth lead study that finds disease rates connected to urban sprawl.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Stephen Lewis visits St. Michael's Hospital
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[On October 15, 2007, Stephen Lewis, Chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation and former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, graced the Hospital with his presence.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Million dollar day for St. Michael's Hospital
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[St. Michael's Hospital Foundation hit a hole in one at Angus Glen on July 17, 2007, raising more than $1 million in net proceeds to support priorities at the Hospital.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Tickets now on sale for Creative Art Gems 2007: a live and silent auction to benefit Creative Works Studio
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[The auction will benefit the Inner City Health program's Creative Works Studio, an art studio providing skills development, support and vocational opportunities for people living with mental illness.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			St. Michael's participates in health care innovation conference
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[St. Michael's Hospital is honoured to have two of its innovative programs recognized at the Celebrating Innovations in Health Care Expo 2007.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Renowned international expert joins Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[Renowned international expert Dr. Muhammad Mamdani joined the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital as the director of a new Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC) May 7.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

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			Robert McRae Heart Health Unit Opens 
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[St. Michael's Hospital has unveiled a new heart health unit to focus on patient-centered care in a facility that will combine leading-edge care in one of Canada's top five cardiac sites.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			Allen T. Lambert Trauma and Neurosurgery ICU Opens
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[St. Michael's Hospital marked a significant milestone on Jan. 10, unveiling a new state-of-the art trauma and neurosurgery intensive care unit, making it the leading centre in the country, Hospital president and CEO Jeff Lozon said.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			Filmmaker-In-Residence Project Partners Media and Medicine
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[St. Michael's Hospital is the site of a groundbreaking experiment with  film and media. Until Dec. 2007, award-winning documentary filmmaker Katerina Cizek will team up with frontline health care workers in the Filmmaker-in-Residence project.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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			Minister of Health and Long-Term Care pledges $2 million for new critical care wing
		
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    	  <description><![CDATA[St. Michael's Hospital received a huge boost recently when Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman pledged to dole out $2 million for planning of a new patient care wing.]]></description>
    	  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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