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	<title>Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Support Blog - PCOS &#187; Positive Portraits</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Talking PCOS &#8211; Stay Strong&#8221; Group Support Call Tonight &amp; Every Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/824/talking-pcos-stay-strong-group-support-call-tonight-every-tuesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Depression/Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fatigue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fertility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair loss & growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hormone imbalance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insulin Resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesbian/Bi-sexual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Menstruation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mood swings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Portraits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk PCOS with us tonight and every Tuesday evening at 8:00 p.m. EDT and learn how experienced Insulite PCOS customers have taken control of their PCOS and reversed their symptoms. These caring women share their successful tips and strategies on diet and nutrition, food substitutions &#8211; getting the crunch you crave without the carbs &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tonight:  &#8220;The Faces of PCOS on PCOS Challenge Radio&#8221; &#8211; 6:00 p.m. EDT</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/648/tonight-the-faces-of-pcos-on-pcos-challenge-radio-600-pm-edt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hormone imbalance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insulin Resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Portraits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, PCOS Challenge Founder, Sasha Ottey presents &#8220;The Faces of PCOS&#8221; on her radio show at 6:00 p.m. EDT.
&#8220;Faces&#8221; follows the disparate but similarly frustrating journeys of two women with PCOS, one of whom was so enraged that she marched into her doctor&#8217;s office demanding an explantion for her sizable weight gain.
Good for her!
PCOS Challenge Radio features excellent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Health Benefits of Yoga</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/315/the-health-benefits-of-yoga/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/315/the-health-benefits-of-yoga/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insulin Resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Portraits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pre-Diabetes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By COLE KAZDIN and THEA TRACHTENBERG
Sept. 15, 2008
ABCNews.com
Cheryl Kain Credits the Exercise With Controlling Her Type 2 Diabetes
Cheryl Kain says she has battled her weight and mood her entire life.
Can a visit to the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health transform your life?
&#8220;Weight&#8217;s been on my mind since I came out of the womb,&#8221; Kain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reach Out &amp; Touch Someone</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/236/reach-out-touch-someone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insulin Resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Portraits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skin Conditions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Angi Ingalls
PCOS in ConnecTion
I thought I would share an incident that happened today as inspiration. I hope it gives you power to reach out to others and enjoy the effect you can have on others &#8211; even if it means you have to push past your apprehension.
I went to the local pharmacy store to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taming the Beast: How to get PCOS under Control</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/287/taming-the-beast-how-to-get-pcos-under-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insulin Resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Heather Bishara
There is nothing more frustrating than losing control. At work, at home, with others, with ourselves, it hurts when we see all our well laid out plans get turned upside down by factors that we can’t do anything about.
For women with PCOS, that frustration is magnified by the fact that PCOS often controls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Dietitian&#8217;s Guide to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/206/book-review-the-dietitians-guide-to-polycystic-ovary-syndrome/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/206/book-review-the-dietitians-guide-to-polycystic-ovary-syndrome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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By Amy Medling
PCOSA Today &#8211; Summer 2008
Many women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) have tried to shed a few pounds. Research has shown that weight loss of only 5% can improve insulin resistance, leading to lower levels of male hormones and the return of menstrual function.
And, to help women with PCOS lose weight, doctors often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Lonschek created an online community to support women with PCOS &#8211; including herself</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/201/michelle-lonschek-created-an-online-community-to-support-women-with-pcos-including-herself/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/201/michelle-lonschek-created-an-online-community-to-support-women-with-pcos-including-herself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Depression/Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Portraits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 
From PCOSA Today, Summer 2008
Disheartened and depressed by considerable weight gain, a miscarriage, two ectopic pregnancies and a host of other PCOS symptoms, Canadian Michelle Lonschek admits that she was once consumed by self-pity. In spite of having a caring family and friends, she longed for a community of women who could relate &#8220;exactly to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September is PCOS Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/199/september-is-pcos-awareness-month/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/199/september-is-pcos-awareness-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Christine Dezarn, Founder, PCOS Association (PCOSA)
Almost 7 million women in the U.S. alone have PCOS and less than half know they have the syndrome. Public information and awareness of the symptoms and the serious nature of the disorder are crucial to identifying women in need of treatment.
September is National PCOS Awareness Month and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Posh Spice&#8221; Victoria Beckham faces &#8220;PCOS fertility crisis&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/184/posh-spice-victoria-beckham-faces-pcos-fertility-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/184/posh-spice-victoria-beckham-faces-pcos-fertility-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hormone imbalance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insulin Resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Portraits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Posh Spice&#8221; Victoria Beckham is reported to be suffering from a major source of female infertility called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) while attempting to become pregnant again.  
The latest issue of Now magazine claims the English pop singer and her soccer superstar husband David Beckham have been trying for a fourth child for the last three months. The magazine reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Steps to Reverse PCOS Symptoms</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/142/5-steps-to-reverse-pcos-symptoms/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/142/5-steps-to-reverse-pcos-symptoms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insulin Resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with PCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Portraits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Andrea Lee
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) affects 5-10 percent of pre-menopausal women, making it the most common female endocrine disorder. PCOS wreaks havoc on hormones: excessive amounts of insulin stimulate the ovaries to produce large amounts of testosterone. The result can be irregular periods and infertility, along with symptoms such as male-pattern baldness, fatigue, [...]]]></description>
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