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		<title>Free Talk on Hormone Imbalance Thursday, May 17th, 2012 in Menlo Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be giving a presentation about how to recognize symptoms of hormone imbalance and effectively address them this Thursday afternoon, May 17th, 2012 in Menlo Park, CA. More information can be found at www.koshlandpharm.com/events. Hope to see you there!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=1026&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Helpful Health Blog Written by Bay Area MD</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 02:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the link to an interesting blog by a Bay Area medical doctor, Shiroko Sokitch, who integrates Chinese and Western medicine in her practice.  Dr. Sokitch has a unique approach to healing that she calls the 20/30/50 healing path, suggesting that 20% of a health issue can be attributed to a physical problem, 30% [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=1010&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lady Brain Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interested in hearing a frank discussion about peri-menopause?  I was recently interviewed by Lauren Schiller and Stephanie Dominguez Walton on their March 26th, 2012 broadcast of &#8221;The Lady Brain Show.&#8221;  In minutes 10:50-24:20 of that broadcast, we discuss possible signs of hormone imbalance and what women can do about it.   Each week, Lauren and Steph address topics relevant to women with irreverance and humor.  Check out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=977&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Newsletter from Koshland Pharm</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out Koshland Pharm&#8217;s Spring 2012 newsletter, Prescriptions for Health. This newsletter includes an article about a Bay Area medical doctor who incorporates exercise physiology into his practice, tips for evaluating quality in a compounding pharmacy, updates from Koshland Pharm&#8217;s staff (pictured above), and examples of how compounding pharmacies can help during drug shortages. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=979&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring Compounding Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, a compounding pharmacist I know from Southern California, Mark Gonzalez, visited the Danita’s Children Orphanage in Haiti.  He taught a local nurse a few basic compounding skills to help address conditions faced by children in the orphanage, such as life-threatening wounds, seizures, cerebral palsy, and nutritional deficiencies.  The nurse now knows how to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=961&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Factors to Consider for Hormone Therapy</title>
		<link>http://thecompounder.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/factors-to-consider-for-hormone-therapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently interviewed for a Huffington Post article (December 2011) about hormone replacement therapy.  The article discusses the recent history of hormone therapy for women in the U.S., and addresses the following questions: Why were concerns raised about hormone therapy in the early 2000&#8242;s? How are synthetic hormones different from bioidentical hormones? Why does [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=947&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Tips from Koshland Pharm</title>
		<link>http://thecompounder.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/health-tips-from-koshland-pharm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thecompounder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BHRT Tutorials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Koshland Pharm has launched its first health-related, quarterly newsletter, Prescriptions for Health. This first newsletter includes articles about a Bay Area Naturopathic Doctor who supports women in regaining their energy, tips for preventing the transference of hormone creams, and some highlights from a recent practitioner summit about bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. You can click on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=938&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Testosterone Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a fascinating radio program that focused on testosterone on NPR&#8217;s This American Life back in 2002.  The stories covered include: An interview with a man who lost his testosterone. He explains that life without testosterone is life without desire—desire for everything: food, conversation, even TV. And he says life without desire is unexpectedly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=925&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BHRT Best Practices Summit in San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://thecompounder.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/bhrt-best-practices-summit-in-san-francisco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy first week of November!  I am pleased to share an upcoming event that Koshland Pharm is hosting in San Francisco.  The Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy Best Practices Summit will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2011.   An all-day event (10am-4pm) geared towards doctors, nurses, and other health care providers, this summit will go past [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=912&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Well-Argued Case for Individualized Medicine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a recent blog post where an Ob/Gyn Nurse Practitioner makes a strong case for an individualized approach to medicine, and particularly to hormone replacement therapy.  Marcelle Pick writes, &#8220;Taking hormones remains a controversial topic. What&#8217;s frustrating is that patients and healthcare practitioners alike have gotten very good at lumping things into &#8216;all good&#8217; or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecompounder.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6586988&#038;post=890&#038;subd=thecompounder&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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