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		<title>Reproductive Medicine Network Launches Clinical Trials</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1270/reproductive-medicine-network-launches-clinical-trials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reproductive Medicine Network (RMN) has today announced plans to launch a series of clinical trials and participants are needed.
The trials will focus on four areas: Female Infertility, Male Infertility, IVF (in vitro fertilization) and multiple gestations as a result of ovarian stimulation.
The RMN study for female infertility will address women with PCOS. It&#8217;s goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Swedish research shows acupuncture may help PCOS</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1240/new-swedish-research-shows-acupuncture-may-help-pcos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well-known doctor and author, Andrew Weil, reports on new research from Sweden indicating that acupuncture may &#8220;ease&#8221; PCOS by normalizing menstruation and lowering testosterone levels in women with the condition.
As first reported in the American Journal of Physiology &#8211; Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, some women with PCOS showed high activity in the sympathetic nervous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women with PCOS Needed for OHSU Study (Oregon)</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1196/women-with-pcos-needed-for-ohsu-study-oregon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hormone imbalance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women volunteers with PCOS are needed for a study undertaken by OHSU (Oregon Health &#38; Science University).
The research,  by the University&#8217;s Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, will focus on the effects of insulin resistance on cortisol production, testosterone levels, and body composition.
Healthy, non-smoking women with PCOS, aged between 18 and 45, may call to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spearmint Tea for PCOS Hirsutism?</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1153/spearmint-tea-for-pcos-hirsutism/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1153/spearmint-tea-for-pcos-hirsutism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair loss & growth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lastest editon of PCOS Review discusses a second study that shows a positive link between spearmint tea and hirsuitsm (excess hair) in women with PCOS.
Of 42 women with PCOS who were studied at the UK&#8217;s Eastbourne District General Hospital &#8211; one group had spearmint tea 2x a day and the others a placebo &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What Lesbian &amp; Bi-sexual Women Need to Know about PCOS&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1099/what-lesbian-bi-sexual-women-need-to-know-about-pcos/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1099/what-lesbian-bi-sexual-women-need-to-know-about-pcos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Ourselves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Andrea Lee  wants lesbian and bi-sexual women to understand that they are more than twice as likely to develop PCOS than heterosexual women, according to medical research.
She will be intereviewed by Sasha Ottey on PCOS Challenge Radio on Wed., Oct.  28 at 6:00 p.m. The show is titled &#8220;What Lesbian &#38; Bi-sexual Women Need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yale infertility research funded by US federal stimulus package</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1067/yale-infertility-research-funded-by-us-federal-stimulus-package/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1067/yale-infertility-research-funded-by-us-federal-stimulus-package/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you wonder where the Federal Government&#8217;s $787 billion stimulus package is being spent, you&#8217;ll be pleased to hear that a $ 7.5 million grant has been designated for infertility research at the Yale School of Public Health. It was awarded through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Professor Heping Zhang&#8217;s Data Coordination Center team, which is part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity may affect fertility in young women, study suggests</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1084/obesity-may-affect-fertility-in-young-women-study-suggests/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/1084/obesity-may-affect-fertility-in-young-women-study-suggests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fertility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study, covered by HealthDay News, suggests that women who become obese by the age of 18 are more likely to develop PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and become infertile than others.
The study surveyed the medical and sexual histories of 1,538 women who were undergoing bariatric surgery at US clinics and found that these obese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NIH awards $7 million for PCOS research at University of Virginia</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/993/nih-awards-7-million-for-pcos-research-at-university-of-virginia/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/993/nih-awards-7-million-for-pcos-research-at-university-of-virginia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fertility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More positive news on the funding of PCOS research has been announced &#8211; timed perfectly for &#8220;PCOS Awareness Month.&#8221;
The US government&#8217;s National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted $7 million to the University of Virginia Medical School in Charlottesville to study PCOS.
&#8220;We already know that signals coming from the brain and the pituitary gland to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Texas Women Needed for Infertility Study</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/983/south-texas-women-needed-for-infertility-study/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/983/south-texas-women-needed-for-infertility-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fertility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio is undertaking a study to help infertile women conceive and participants are needed.
Women between the age of 18 and 40 who have eight or fewer periods per year are eligible to be screened for this study, according to KENS 5.com.
Study subjects will aid in comparing two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Gov&#8217;t to fund $1.13 million PCOS research alliance</title>
		<link>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/971/australian-govt-to-fund-1-13-million-pcos-research-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/blog/971/australian-govt-to-fund-1-13-million-pcos-research-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hormone imbalance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great news  &#8211; let&#8217;s hope it inspires other countries.
A group of PCOS specialists and researchers have formed the PCOS Alliance in order to request funds from the Federal Government of Australia to study PCOS. $1.13 million has been awarded to the group to develop national guidelines on the condition.
Hopefully, this will start to reduce the many cases of mis- [...]]]></description>
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