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	<title>Kathleen Barnes</title>
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		<title>McCain Seeks to Curtail Consumer Access to Supplements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 19, 2010
If Sen. John McCain has his way, Americans’ access to herbs, minerals and dietary supplements will be severely curtailed. 
McCain’s newly introduced bill the Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA) will give the FDA complete control over all dietary supplements. 
The DSSA will repeal parts of the DSHEA (Dietary Supplement and Education Act).
I know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/supplements/mccain-seeks-to-curtail-consumer-access-to-supplements</link>
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		<title>New Credit Card Law Takes Effect Feb. 22</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 15, 2010
The new CARD consumer credit protection act takes effect next week—and not a moment too soon.
We’re still in a feeding frenzy of credit car companies raising interest rates through the stratosphere while they still can.
Now, hopefully, those ridiculous rates will slow down. I recently heard of one that was 250%! Most us have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/economic-survival/new-credit-card-law-takes-effect-feb-22</link>
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		<title>Thermograms Instead of Mammograms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thermograms are a safe, painless and radiation-free alternative to mammograms. They can also be predictive of cancer long before a tumor appears, giving a woman time to correct the problem.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/healthy-lifestyle/thermograms-instead-of-mammograms</link>
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		<title>Thermogram: What to Expect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What to expect when you get a thermogram: no pain, no compression, no radiation, nothing touches your skin.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/healthy-lifestyle/thermogram-what-to-expect</link>
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		<title>Why You Should Avoid Mammograms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why mammograms can be dangerous to your health, whether or not you have cancer. Healthy alternatives.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/healthy-lifestyle/why-you-should-avoid-mammograms</link>
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		<title>Update on New Credit Act</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives has voted to make the new credit laws effective immediately in the face of flagrant abuses by credit companies hoping to beat the February deadline by raising interest rates into the stratosphere.
The Senate has not yet taken up the measure, and it is uncertain what will happen there, but Senate Banking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/general/update-on-new-credit-act</link>
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		<title>Four Steps To A Strong Immune System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 11, 2009
Yes, everybody’s talking about the swine flu and whether or not we should get vaccinations or even if they’ll be available. 
I’m not going to go elaborate on the politics of the vaccine and the profits Big Pharma is going to make on the vaccines without any liability, thanks to protection from liability [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/healthy-lifestyle/four-steps-to-a-strong-immune-system</link>
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		<title>Credit Card Companies&#8217; Newest Draconian Tactics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You’ve always had a stellar credit score. You keep you balances low or, better yet you pay off your credit cards every month like clockwork. You’ve never, ever had a late payment.
But you got one of those “drop dead” letters from your credit card company. Yikes!
My condolences. It’s gonna hurt, no matter how you cut [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/economic-survival/credit-card-companies-newest-draconian-tactics</link>
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		<title>An Apple a Day Really Does Keep the Doc Away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 12, 2009 
Here in the mountains of Western North Carolina, autumn has arrived. There’s a blush of gold across the mountainsides and the reds of the maples flare along the ridge lines.
Fall always means apple time with a visit to the sweetly scented farm store and a bite into the freshest, crispest tangy Gala [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/healthy-eating-and-drinking/an-apple-a-day-really-does-keep-the-doc-away</link>
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		<title>Disillusioned with Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sept 28, 2009
Here‘s a little rant about social networking. 
In recent times, you were nobody if you weren’t on Twitter. It was an essential business and personal branding tool.
I am on Twitter (@KathleenSBarnes) and am approaching 2,400 followers. Not too shabby. I have some wonderful followers who post interesting stuff. 
But lately, I find I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathleenbarnes.com/general/disillusioned-with-twitter</link>
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