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		<title>Fox29 Philadelphia &#124; Botox, Depression, Colon Bacteria</title>
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		<title>Pilonidal Cyst &#124; A Pain in the Butt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Crack is whack,&#8221; according to once diva superstar Whitney Houston. Some other cracks are really bad: crack in your windshield, crack in your fine china, step on a crack break your mother&#8217;s back&#8211; 
Other cracks are good: crack a smile, crack up at a good joke, cheese and crack&#8230;ers.
What about the gluteal cleft, otherwise known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fungal Skin Infections &#124; There is a Fungus Amungus</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 Gold medals are gold for a reason. However, my skating coach said to me, &#8220;Competing is not about winning a medal. It&#8217;s about doing your best.&#8221; I replied, &#8220;If medals aren&#8217;t important, then why are they so shiny?&#8221; They aren&#8217;t made of tin or stone.
So somehow I came up with the crazy idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frostbite &#124; Chilling Facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Freezer burn is a tradition in every household. We visited a friend&#8217;s mother-in-law&#8217;s house a while back. There was a huge freezer in the basement, and I thought about all the shows and movies where people hide a dead body in the freezer. So as a joke I opened it up, ready to pretend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyperhydrosis &#124; Sweaty Armpits, Hands and Feet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 Sweaty hands? Feel the pressure? When I was younger, I used to sweat at the drop of a hat. In high school, I was in a show choir, &#8220;The Top 20.&#8221; One dreaded night just before a performance, I ripped my pants in a bad place, but in Ethel Merman style, the show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keloids &#124; Scar Light Scar Bright</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8220;I&#8217;m scarred for life.&#8221; Not &#8220;scared&#8221; as in, &#8220;Run, Forrest, Run,&#8221; but as in, &#8220;You hurt me. You hurt me bad!&#8221;
Scars never really go away. They can diminish, but a scar is a scar: Al Pacino, Scarface&#8211; Batman&#8217;s Two Face&#8211; Joan Rivers&#8211; Oh, wait, those are multiple face lifts. 
Remember in Lethal Weapon (I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cellulitis &#124; Skin infection making skin red and hot</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Red is a bold color. You have to be brave to wear an all-red outfit. How many men have you seen wear a red suit, besides The Joker and Elton John? 
I wear red ties. I don&#8217;t have any red pants or shirts. Shoe colors are &#8220;cordovan&#8221; or &#8220;ox blood,&#8221; but not red. Better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic Surgery &#124; Is It Really That Uplifting?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Joan Rivers says she&#8217;s had so much plastic surgery that when she dies, she&#8217;ll donate her body to Tupperware. You can laugh at her, as well as at her book, Men Are Stupid&#8230;And They Like Big Boobs: A Woman&#8217;s Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery.
However, she has a point: people are cruel when it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunburn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 20:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunburn happens in 35% of American adults &#038; 80% of kids every year. Sunburn is easier in fair white-skinned folks with light hair. Sunscreen prevent sunburn
 
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		<title>Warts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 19:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plantar Warts make the skin grow too rapidly so they look like cauliflower. Plantar warts are from Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Plantar warts can be hard to treat

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		<title>Lice &#8211; A &#8220;Lousey&#8221; Condition</title>
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		<comments>http://www.drjohnhong.com/blog/2008/lice-a-lousey-condition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8220;I&#8217;m hairy noon and night. Hair that&#8217;s a fright. I&#8217;m hairy high and low. Don&#8217;t ask me why. Don&#8217;t know&#8221; (Hair, the musical). 
At my school, Denison University, when we produced Hair, they actually had a nude scene, though the lights were spinning all over the place, and I could tell a bum bum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunburn &#8211; Toasted and Baked</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 22:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sunburn makes me realize how often people slap me. &#8220;Hey mate!&#8221; Slap on the singed shoulder. &#8220;Can you believe that!&#8221; Slap on the red thigh. &#8220;Give me a hug!&#8221; Slap Slap Slap on the burned back.
Remember on I Love Lucy when sunburned Lucy wore a tweed dress on the runway? She walked like domo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plantar Warts &#8211; Sarah Jessica Parker Would Not Like</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Injuries can be the kiss of death to an athlete. When Nancy Kerrigan got konked on the knee before the Olympics, her scream was the whine heard &#8217;round the world: &#8220;Why me? Why me?&#8221; (A normal person would have just yelled, &#8220;Ow!&#8221;) On the other hand, golfer Ben Hogan almost died in a 1949 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyperhidrosis &#124; Sweaty Hands, Feet and Armpits</title>
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		<comments>http://www.drjohnhong.com/blog/2008/hyperhidrosis-sweaty-hand-feet-and-armpits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sweaty hands? Feel the pressure? When I was younger, I used to sweat at the drop of a hat. In high school, I was in a show choir, &#8220;The Top 20.&#8221; One dreaded night just before a performance, I ripped my pants in a bad place, but in Ethel Merman style, the show must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fungus Amugus: Fungal Skin Infections</title>
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		<comments>http://www.drjohnhong.com/blog/2008/fungus-amugus-fungal-skin-infections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Gold medals are gold for a reason. However, my skating coach said to me, &#8220;Competing is not about winning a medal. It&#8217;s about doing your best.&#8221; I replied, &#8220;If medals aren&#8217;t important, then why are they so shiny?&#8221; They aren&#8217;t made of tin or stone.
So somehow I came up with the crazy idea to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basal Cell Carcinoma: BCC is not Blind Carbon Copy</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnhong.com/blog/2006/basal-cell-carcinoma-bcc-is-not-blind-carbon-copy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drjohnhong.com/blog/2006/basal-cell-carcinoma-bcc-is-not-blind-carbon-copy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cooking is an art form. When I was a medical student, I didn&#8217;t know how to cook. Everything I made was either a salad or a sandwich. One time I invited my now partner-in-life to dinner. I served a baked potato, but I didn&#8217;t have any butter&#8211; so I did what Martha Stewart would do&#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melanoma: not a fruit. Skin cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnhong.com/blog/2005/melanoma-not-a-fruit-skin-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2005 19:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Beatles sang a great song, &#8220;Here Comes the Sun.&#8221; I love the sun; it makes a gray day&#8230; well, sunny. &#8220;Sunny, thank you for the sunshine in my life&#8230;&#8221; 
Regardless of how much we love the sun, skin cancer is on the rise. So a rock group like No Doubt needs to come up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herpes: is not a Greek god</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ When I was a freshman in college, my fellow pre-med friend, George, pointed at my face and laughed. I asked him what was so funny. He chanted, &#8220;You&#8217;ve got a herpes, you&#8217;ve got a herpes&#8230;&#8221; and did a funny bunny-like dance. 
The classroom erupted in laughter as I defended myself, &#8220;It&#8217;s a zit!&#8221; (This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dry Skin: How Dry I Am&#8230;How Dry&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  &#8220;How dry I am&#8230;&#8221;
Is that song about alcohol, hair, or skin? When I was a medical resident, a fun dermatologist (who cussed like a sailor) gave us a lecture. He said that in the winter time, dry skin is very common. He called it &#8220;winter&#8217;s rash.&#8221; His solution to the problem of dry [...]]]></description>
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