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		<title>IBD and Skin Cancer</title>
		<link>http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/05/24/ibd-and-skin-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skin cancer is the most common type of all cancers according to the American Cancer Society. Check out their excellent infographic. Skin protection and cancer prevention are especially important for kids (and adults) who are taking, or have taken, immunosuppressants &#8230; <a href="http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/05/24/ibd-and-skin-cancer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=improvecarenowblog.org&#038;blog=31124536&#038;post=896&#038;subd=improvecarenow&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Body Image &amp; IBD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having your body at the center of ongoing medical scrutiny is not the ideal situation in which to develop an individual and autonomous body image. We make room for scars and side effects, sometimes feeling as though who we are &#8230; <a href="http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/05/22/body-image-ibd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=improvecarenowblog.org&#038;blog=31124536&#038;post=891&#038;subd=improvecarenow&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First and Last</title>
		<link>http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/05/13/first-and-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jendavid91</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with IBD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are evenings like tonight that I am sure I will remember in thirty years. There’s nothing remarkable about tonight, just a quiet evening at home, only it entails being forced to watch the school’s football field undergo a Cinderella &#8230; <a href="http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/05/13/first-and-last/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=improvecarenowblog.org&#038;blog=31124536&#038;post=853&#038;subd=improvecarenow&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kicking Up Confidence</title>
		<link>http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/05/09/kicking-up-confidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samisophia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My lucky parents were blessed with a child who not only won the IBD lottery, but long before that diagnosis, had a severe reaction from eating a nut at age two. Growing up with a life-threatening nut allergy, I became &#8230; <a href="http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/05/09/kicking-up-confidence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=improvecarenowblog.org&#038;blog=31124536&#038;post=881&#038;subd=improvecarenow&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Team</title>
		<link>http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/04/23/making-the-team/</link>
		<comments>http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/04/23/making-the-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samisophia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October 2012, I arrived wide-eyed and a little afraid at my first ImproveCareNow Learning Session. I remember walking into the big room with my luggage and taking in the scene &#8211; so many brilliant clinicians and researchers I admired &#8230; <a href="http://improvecarenowblog.org/2013/04/23/making-the-team/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=improvecarenowblog.org&#038;blog=31124536&#038;post=866&#038;subd=improvecarenow&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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