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		<title>Learning new habits:  Are there any shortcuts?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I mentioned neuro-science. Now, if you have not noticed, it is one of the new buzzwords in coaching, leadership coaching in particular. Neuro-science has rapidly evolved in helping us to understand more about how the brain works, how we learn, how we socialise and how we use past experience to judge future actions.... <a href="http://www.blueprinthealth.co.za/latest-news/learning-new-habits-are-there-any-shortcuts/">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stress, new science, old habits and new strategies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we are planning the next Power Break for October, this article made for interesting reading. In the very same edition of the P4 blog Dr. Gary S. Firestein, dean of translational medicine at the University of California San Diego’s School of Medicine is interviewed on “personalised medicine”. If you bother to read both these articles, something... <a href="http://www.blueprinthealth.co.za/latest-news/stress-new-science-old-habits-and-new-strategies/">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The anti-aging movement and Alzheimer’s Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, here’s the blog I’ve promised before and did not get around to. Yesterday I received about 10 tweets about anti-aging supplements – I am in that business you know. As a physician who’d like to implement the science proven in labs, the proof to me is in the pudding. The problem with these pills... <a href="http://www.blueprinthealth.co.za/latest-news/the-anti-aging-movement-and-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-disease/">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Questions abound: can DNA tests be useful to those interested in maintaining health?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading an excellent scholarly article recently on the “utility” of DNA tests, I thought this topic needs further elaboration. Utility here implies that the knowledge gained from the test enables the doctor / patient to do something different when managing the “condition” or “disease”. I would like to look at “usefulness” from the perspective of... <a href="http://www.blueprinthealth.co.za/latest-news/questions-abound-can-dna-tests-be-useful-to-those-interested-in-maintaining-health/">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are DNA tests useful in personalized lifestyle holidays?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DNA Risk Profile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the New York Times reported that the FDA got involved in “regulating consumer genetics”. This might be useful to ensure the value of DNA tests in a positive outcome. It is on this last point that I hope to enlighten readers. In this case, a positive outcome implies that the client is able to... <a href="http://www.blueprinthealth.co.za/latest-news/are-dna-tests-useful-in-personalized-lifestyle-holidays/">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does &#8216;Super Germs&#8217; herald hard times for health &amp; medical tourism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This week’s article in the NewScientist on hyper resistant bacteria originating in India and Pakistan, has alerted physicians around the world again to the prudent use of antibiotics and reminded all health care practitioners about the necessity of creating an infection-free hospital environment.This bacterial gene  &#8211; the NDM-1  &#8211; works by producing an enzyme that... <a href="http://www.blueprinthealth.co.za/latest-news/does-super-germs-herald-hard-times-for-medical-tourism/">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rooibos the new green tea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foods essential to health Evidence based medicine” (meaning “proven to work”) now guides decisions about healthy choices or managing illness. Cellular inflammation (called oxidative stress) underlies many illnesses including cancer, stroke, heart and liver disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s. Now evidence is mounting about foods essential to health. Studies done to show benefits of Rooibos tea... <a href="http://www.blueprinthealth.co.za/latest-news/rooibos-the-new-green-tea/">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>DNA test for weight loss?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago an article titled Cheek swab to choose your diet plan by Jennifer Thomas of HealthDay News made headlines. The article stated that scientists at Stanford University had analysed data obtained from a study conducted in 2007, and found that the genetic profile of the participants indicated which diet would produce the... <a href="http://www.blueprinthealth.co.za/latest-news/news-article-2/">read more</a>]]></description>
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