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    <title>Vermont Public Radio: Health &amp; Science</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:15:45 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Health Commissioner Offers Immunization Compromise</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93347/health-commissioner-offers-immunization-compromise/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Vermont's health commissioner is offering a compromise on his
push to eliminate the exemption from school immunization for the children of
parents who have philosophical objections.

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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93347/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:06:18 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Update: State's Transition To Electronic Health Records</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93324/update-states-transition-to-electronic-health-reco/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm gets an update on the effectiveness of electronic medical records that have been incorporated in many hospitals and medical facilities from Dr. David Cochran, the president and CEO of Vermont Information Technology Leaders
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93324/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Sizing Up Suboxone</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52962/sizing-up-suboxone/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[We learn about the use of Suboxone and the need for licensed physicians and clinicians. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52962/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Youth Suicide Prevention Platform Launched</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93321/youth-suicide-prevention-platform-launched/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Officials with Vermont health, education and social services agencies are
joining together to prevent youth suicides.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93321/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:18 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Shumlin Bows To Business Community On Health Care Plan</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93314/shumlin-bows-to-business-community-on-health-care/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The
debate over health care this session at the Statehouse became less 
contentious on Monday when Governor Peter Shumlin adopted several key 
provisions backed by
the state's business community.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93314/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Using Film To Teach Medicine And Save Lives</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93259/using-film-to-teach-medicine-save-lives/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Deb Van Dyke has traveled to some of the most volatile parts of the world providing medical care through Doctors Without Borders. Now, she's working on short films about public health issues that will be 
accessible educational tools for people in developing countries.&nbsp; 

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93259/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Vt. Gets 20-Bed Portable Hospital</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93244/vt-gets-20-bed-portable-hospital/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Officials say the 20-bed hospital and mass care trailer is designed to respond to mass casualty and hospital and public health events and emergencies.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93244/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Post Irene, Sheriff Laments Conditions For Mentally Ill</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93237/post-irene-sheriff-laments-conditions-for-mentally/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A Windham 
county sheriff has written a letter to the state's mental health 
commissioner saying that stopgap measures for treating the mentally ill in Vermont
have severely
burdened law enforcers and kept patients from getting adequate care.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93237/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Vermont’s Reach Into Space</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52897/vermonts-reach-into-space/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[We hear from Vermonters with ties to the International Space Station on space exploration and Connect Vermont Chief Karen Marshall on where the state's broadband project stands.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52897/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>UVM Study Says English Speakers Have "Positivity Bias"</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93218/uvm-study-says-english-speakers-have-positivity-bi/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Vermont have studied Twitter, The New York Times, Google Books and music to find out whether English-speaking people are biased towards positive words.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93218/</guid>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Health Care Debate Includes Many New Definitions</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93179/health-care-debate-includes-many-new-definitions/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
When
we say &quot;gold&quot; &quot;bronze&quot; and &quot;silver,&quot; we think about Olympic medals. But this year, those words will have a
new meaning. They'll be part of the language of
health care planning in the Vermont Legislature. In order to understand
the debate, we'll have to tune our ears to a lot of new definitions.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93179/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:34:37 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>VPR Newscast for Saturday 1/21/2012 at 9:35am</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93147/vpr-newscast-for-saturday-1212012-at-935am/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR Newscast for Saturday 1/21/12 at 9:35am 
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93147/</guid>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Newport Oncologist Battles Hospital Over Firing</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93143/newport-oncologist-battles-hospital-over-firing/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Support is building in the Newport area for a cancer doctor who has been told to leave North Country Hospital, as administrators
plan to replace him with two part-time doctors 
who will travel from Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93143/</guid>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>New Program Helps People Dealing With Irene's Emotional Toll</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93120/new-program-helps-people-dealing-irenes-emotional/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A new program has been created to help people who are dealing with the
emotional impact of Tropical Storm Irene. Starting Over Strong, which offers free short-term support, is funded by FEMA.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93120/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Key Provisions Of Health Care Plan Stir Statehouse Debate</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93091/key-provisions-health-care-plan-stir-statehouse-de/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Legislation
that implements the key provisions of Governor Peter Shumlin's health care plan
has been introduced at the Statehouse. And several parts of the bill are generating a lot of
debate. 
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93091/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Hope For Decimated Bat Population</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93172/hope-for-decimated-bat-population/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Recent developments are giving the wildlife community hope that a bat die-off from White Nose Syndrome can be thwarted. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93172/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>White Nose Syndrome Developments</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52805/white-nose-syndrome-developments/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[We hear about the new positive developments in the battle against white nose syndrome in bats and get an update on the economic advancements underway in Newport.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52805/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;Now]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:00:00 -0500</vpr:airDate2>				    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/programs/84/2012/01/VTED-0116-2012.mp3" length="22341279" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>VPR Newscast</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/92914/vpr-newscast/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR Newscast for Friday 12/30 at 5:50pm
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/92914/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;Now]]></vpr:moreLabel>					    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2011/12/1750_123011_vpr.mp3" length="20641648" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>Changes To Vt.'s Health Care System</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/92831/changes-to-vts-health-care-system/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
In
the coming year, the five-person Green Mountain Care Board will lead the state of Vermont on the path to a single payer health care system they
hope to have in place by 2017. Some doctors are very
much in support of what the Green Mountain Care Board is trying to do.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/92831/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:50:39 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Debating The Future Of The State Hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52670/debating-future-state-hospital/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The long debate over replacing the
Vermont State Hospital has taken
on new urgency in the past few months, since the Waterbury facility was 
badly flooded during Tropical Storm
Irene. Governor Peter Shumlin's proposed plan for
replacing the psychiatric hospital is being met with mixed reactions. 
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52670/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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