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		<title>Grassroots Victory for Dietary Supplements</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/grassroots-victory-for-dietary-supplements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/grassroots-victory-for-dietary-supplements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Karen Purcell, M.M., N.D., C.N.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent article (“Thank You Mr. Waxman”), I told you about an insidious attempt at strangling the dietary supplement industry. Basically, while no one was looking, Henry Waxman (D.CA) attached amendment language into the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 4173) that would expand the powers of the Federal Trade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers: Coming of Age and Old Age</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/boomers-coming-of-age-and-old-age/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/boomers-coming-of-age-and-old-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fact of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychological factors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=14876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The process of getting older reminds me a lot of what Ernest Hemingway had to say about going broke. He commented that people go bankrupt in two ways: “…gradually and then suddenly&#8221;. That seems to be how old age sets in too. There’s the slow cumulative effect over decades&#8230;arthritis, change in blood vessels, osteopenia.
They surprise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Boomers: Are We Sick of the Right and Left? When Does Common Sense Prevail?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/baby-boomers-are-we-sick-of-the-right-and-left-when-does-common-sense-prevail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/baby-boomers-are-we-sick-of-the-right-and-left-when-does-common-sense-prevail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us mexico border]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m supposed to write a column about wellness. Wellness describes a state of sustained health, harmony and wellbeing. But, I reserve the right to occasionally write about state of dis-ease. States of hurt, outrage, and of anger. And of the current upset that exists in my own home state.
I’m from Arizona. Yes, that state of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nightmare on NutraStreet</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/nightmare-on-nutrastreet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/nightmare-on-nutrastreet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene Leonetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial sweetener]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gran mal seizure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high blood pressure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methanol poisoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrasweet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 1965, a chemist working for the G.D. Searle Company accidentally discovered aspartame while testing an anti-ulcer drug. By 1983 it was approved by the FDA as an additive – an artificial sweetener trademarked as NutraSweet – to carbonated beverages, despite objections from many scientific investigators.
My curiosity about Nutrasweet started when one of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Irradiated Food Good for Our Bodies?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/is-irradiated-food-good-for-our-bodies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/is-irradiated-food-good-for-our-bodies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Karen Purcell, M.M., N.D., C.N.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[abnormal blood cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food irradiation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quality foods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vital nutrients]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=13106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Food, clothing and shelter are the things that we require above all others, according to Maslow’s, “Hierarchy of Needs”. I think that we all would agree with that.  What comes next?  Probably health.  And what is a major component of health after hygiene? Food.  We need quality foods on a daily basis to nourish our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You, Mr. Waxman</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/thank-you-mr-waxman-d-ca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/thank-you-mr-waxman-d-ca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Karen Purcell, M.M., N.D., C.N.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congressional approval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dietary supplement industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=12292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Henry Waxman thinks he is the Elliot Ness of Congress.  For some obscure and probably “shady” reason, he has been the enemy of the dietary supplement industry for many, many years.  Currently, he has done something quite insidious.  While no one was looking, he attached amendment language into the Wall Street Reform and Consumer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Boomers and the Lessons of Change from the Great Recession</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/baby-boomers-and-the-lessons-of-change-from-the-great-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/baby-boomers-and-the-lessons-of-change-from-the-great-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby boomers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic calamity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic turmoil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandparents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement portfolio]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=11211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Great Depression shaped two earlier generations. It changed how our parents worked and saved. It haunted my grandparents. As hard as it has been to experience this most recent economic turmoil, we must hope that our generation of Baby Boomers will emerge from the Great Recession of 2008 having learned some valuable, enduring lessons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers Aging &#8230;Feared or Embraced?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-aging-feared-or-embraced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-aging-feared-or-embraced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelena Craig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boomers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=10348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Boomers, those in their 50’s and 60’s do not want to think about getting old, no way&#8230;and for good reasons. Aging has been thought of as synonymous with dread, disease, decline, disablement and finally death. But what if, instead of tip toeing into the elders years, looking over our shoulders to make sure no one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Do Your Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Come From?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/where-do-your-vitamin-and-mineral-supplements-come-from/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/where-do-your-vitamin-and-mineral-supplements-come-from/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Karen Purcell, M.M., N.D., C.N.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutritional supplements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[synthetic forms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vitamins and minerals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=10332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Many people think that all nutritional supplements are “created equal”. Well, that is simply not the case. Many, in fact, most of the supplements in the US are concocted in a laboratory. They are chemicals and synthetics. For example, if the word acid is used in the name of the product, it is synthetic. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Charge of Your Health</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/take-charge-of-your-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/take-charge-of-your-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene Leonetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boomers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[participation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=10066</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever something that has been etched in granite is threatened by a new trend or force, we become uneasy. We strive hard to maintain the status quo. Our familiarity gene feels comfortable with routine, a knowingness that our expectations will be met. There’s nothing more threatening to the human mind than no longer feeling in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomers&#8230;.If You&#8217;re Aging, Count Your Blessings</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-if-youre-aging-count-your-blessings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/boomers-if-youre-aging-count-your-blessings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angelena Craig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boomers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=10076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As boomers we are growing older, not so far off from what was once called old age. We can dismiss these scary and unpleasant thoughts, perhaps until we notice one or more of the following&#8230;

When we look in the mirror, we appear less attractive.
 We get our first pair of reading glasses.
 We have less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby-Boomers: The End of Multi-Tasking Is Single-Mindedness</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/baby-boomers-the-end-of-multi-tasking-is-single-mindedness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/baby-boomers-the-end-of-multi-tasking-is-single-mindedness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multi-tasking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking style]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=9680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few decades ago, there was a wonderful commercial hawking a margarine that had less fat but all the taste of butter. It was so good that even Mother Nature was fooled but, at the close of the commercial, we were warned: “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” And, recently, we’ve been messing with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin Supplements Under Attack Again</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/vitamin-supplements-under-attack-againvitamin-supplements-under-attack-again-apparently-sen-john-mccain-thinks-he-will-lose-his-senate-seat-in-arizona-in-2010-well-i-hope-he-does-lose-so-he-an/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/vitamin-supplements-under-attack-againvitamin-supplements-under-attack-again-apparently-sen-john-mccain-thinks-he-will-lose-his-senate-seat-in-arizona-in-2010-well-i-hope-he-does-lose-so-he-an/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Karen Purcell, M.M., N.D., C.N.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural vitamin c]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality supplements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=8833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator John McCain and a Senator Byron L. Dorgan from North Dakota are trying to restrict your health freedom and access to good quality supplements. They introduced a bill – Senate Bill S.3002. There was such pushback that as of late last week this bill is being withdrawn.  Briefly what is going on here is: There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Boomers: When Parents Forget</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/baby-boomers-when-parents-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/baby-boomers-when-parents-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=8626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened.
                                                                             &#8211; Mark Twain&#8217;s Autobiography
As baby boomers, some of us have already lost our parents. But, for the fortunate rest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Boomers in the Cold on Global Warming</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/02/baby-boomers-in-the-cold-on-global-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/02/baby-boomers-in-the-cold-on-global-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=7480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As baby-boomers, we must face the possibility that our generation may go down as the most despised in history. Why? Because, despite being the wealthiest and most politically powerful generation on earth, our legacy may be a ruined planet. That bequest would be ironic since, just a few decades ago, baby-boomers were synonymous with ecological awareness and the conservation movement.
We baby boomers, after all, were the prototypes for tree-huggers. Baby boomers celebrated the first Earth Day, launched Green Peace, enacted the Endangered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomer Holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/12/boomer-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/12/boomer-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[greatest gifts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[peace on earth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As boomers, we have a big handicap as we approach the holiday season; namely, the clichés don’t sound quite as corny as they used to and begin to sound as if they actually mean something as we get older.
Thanksgiving, we’re told, is for “counting our blessings”.  And, with each passing year, we do count our good fortune in earnest. And, we find that family and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Please Step to the Right, and Leave the Left Side of the Escalator Free for Those Who Wish to Go Faster &#8220;</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/10/please-step-to-the-right-and-leave-the-left-side-of-the-escalator-free-for-those-who-wish-to-go-faster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/10/please-step-to-the-right-and-leave-the-left-side-of-the-escalator-free-for-those-who-wish-to-go-faster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My uncle died suddenly last week. He was in his late seventies. He had just come home from the office. He had walked the fourteen blocks to and from there as he did every day, mostly five days a week, but occasionally on Saturdays. He got up after dinner and, from what we could gather, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has Healthcare Reform had a Cardiac Arrest?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/10/has-healthcare-reform-had-a-cardiac-arrest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/10/has-healthcare-reform-had-a-cardiac-arrest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby boomers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care costs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over healthcare has loomed large on the national stage this year. Naturally, few topics draw as much political attention (or zeal) as this one among our generation of baby boomers. For good reason. No single group of consumers is going to have a greater need or place greater demands on the medical delivery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest Medical Discovery of All Time-the Silver Bullet for which Humanity Has Been Waiting</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/08/the-greatest-medical-discovery-of-all-time-the-silver-bullet-for-which-humanity-has-been-waiting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/08/the-greatest-medical-discovery-of-all-time-the-silver-bullet-for-which-humanity-has-been-waiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scene looks like this: CNN has live coverage of the announcement at one of the world’s leading medical centers. The cameras are currently holding on an empty podium, bristling with myriad microphones.
The anchor fills in: “We are awaiting the beginning of this live press conference. We are told it will start any second now. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/08/allan-hamilton/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/08/allan-hamilton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS, Boomer-Living Director. After studying art in college, which earned him a career as a janitor, he went on to attend Harvard Medical School, and to become the chief of neurosurgery and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. He currently holds a main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Am I In My Own Way?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/why-am-i-in-my-own-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/why-am-i-in-my-own-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[positive changes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight loss exercise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Often we undertake bringing about healthful, positive changes in our lives, but we always seem to find ourselves falling short of our expectations. Our resolution just seems to eventually fizzle out. We have the best of intentions. We start off well with lots of enthusiasm and determination. And then, life just starts to get back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job Redux and the Third Chapter</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/job-redux-and-the-third-chapter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/job-redux-and-the-third-chapter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boomers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early retirement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The downturn in the economy has done us a favor in a strange and back-handed fashion. As many of us boomers watched our retirement accounts and 401Ks lose half of their value during 2008 and 2009, we begin to rethink retirement. I don’t want to sugarcoat it too much because many of us must reconsider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renewal</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/06/renewal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/06/renewal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://boomer-living.com/wp/?p=2868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every morning, we wake up to a choice: status quo or something better? We must decide if we are content to live as we have been doing or do we, can we, change? Wayne Dyer has summed the challenge like this: “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom &#8211; The Fifth Commandment</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/05/mom-the-fifth-commandment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/05/mom-the-fifth-commandment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[grandparents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real loss never hits until it gets personal. Till it’s someone you love. Till you feel it. Up until then you’re just talking about it but you’re not living it.
Two weeks ago my eighty-three year old mother started complaining of chest pain. We gave her an aspirin (like the Bayer commercials tell us to do) and rushed her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Your Affairs in Order: Tell Stories</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/04/getting-your-affairs-in-order-tell-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/04/getting-your-affairs-in-order-tell-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[first world war]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you hear a doctor tell a patient, “It’s time to get your affairs in order” that’s usually medicalese for “the end is near.” Well, the end can be around the corner for any of us.
Therefore, we should all get our affairs in order. We should make sure we make amends for whatever transgressions we’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fit and the Wine</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/the-fit-and-the-wine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/the-fit-and-the-wine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search of Well-Being]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[epileptic seizures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My patient was little more than a month or two from dying—at best. A malignant brain tumor would be the cause of her death. Many times this cancer had gripped her in wave after wave of epileptic seizures. These onslaughts began crashing upon her with increasing frequency and intensity until she became overwhelmed with anxiety, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Just Die or Don&#8217;t We?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/do-we-just-die-or-dont-we/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/do-we-just-die-or-dont-we/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was on a book tour in Seattle. At the end of my talk at the bookstore, a gentleman came up to me. He was a physician, which is a rarity at my talks. Most doctors are uncomfortable attending a presentation meant to open up a dialogue about the role of spirituality when patients confront [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s So Bad About the Right?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/01/whats-so-bad-about-the-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/01/whats-so-bad-about-the-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cognitive skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The left side does all the talking. It’s where speech, logic, analysis—all the cognitive skills so valued by our society—come from. The left hemisphere of our brain is our species’ crowning evolutionary achievement. It is our left-sided linguistic abilities that launched us into well-coordinated hunter-gatherers. Our ability to make records, to share technologies allowed us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stalking Well Being</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/01/stalking-well-being/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/01/stalking-well-being/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[self help books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think a lot about spirituality. I write about it. So when the editors invited me to submit regular blogs to Boomer-Living.com, I thought it would be fun to share my thoughts with a similarly-minded group of readers. They suggested I serve as the Director of Well-Being! I laughed. Me? That’s a joke. Do you have [...]]]></description>
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