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	<description>Medical Questions and Answers by a Neurosurgeon and Family Doctor</description>
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		<title>Brain Cyst - Can they be diagnosed with CT scan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dr. Joshua,
I am trying to find out if a brain cyst can be diagnosed and said to be benign if only a cat scan was done.  I was told today that I have one and I am very concerned because no treatment or follow up or futher testing was discussed. I can find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2008/01/09/brain-cyst-can-they-be-diagnosed-with-ct-scan/</link>
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		<title>Narcolepsy or Epilepsy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a 24 yr old female. For the past 12 yrs. I have had these hallucinations at night while sleeping. They range from a strange figure standing in my room to things falling on me. They are very real and scary to me. I literally run through my house screaming during these. I average about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2007/05/15/narcolepsy-or-epilepsy/</link>
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		<title>Post traumatic stress disorder symptoms or physical injury?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In November of last year I was hit right by spine with a literature textbook that was thrown across the room from a distance of about 5 or 6 feet. The day after I started having tremors in my whole body. I had MRI&#8217;s of my head and back that show good. I&#8217;ve also had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2007/05/15/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-symptoms-or-physical-injury/</link>
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		<title>Headache, Nausea, Speech and Balance Problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daughter is 20 and very fit until a week ago when she passed out during a very severe headache attack, nauseous, very unsteady on her feet and slurring her speech as though she was drunk.
I took her to a British NHS hospital where she was admitted. A neurologist saw her, said it was migraine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2007/05/13/headache-nausea-speech-and-balance-problems/</link>
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		<title>Tattoos and MRI Complication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a large 10 year old black and grey tattoo on my lower back, and
I needed to have an MRI on the exact same area because there is a
hemangiamona there. During the MRI my tattoo got warm so we stopped the
MRI. 15 minutes later I was experiencing tachycardia , high blood
pressure, and had a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2007/05/07/tattoos-and-mri-complication/</link>
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		<title>Twilight Anesthesia vs. General Anesthesia in Liposuction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a question regarding anesthesia for surgery. I underwent a small volume liposuction surgery and was promised ‘Twilight Sedation’. I was told I would feel very sleepy and that I would not remember anything about the surgery. I also was told that this was better than General Anesthesia, safer and more comfortable and without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2007/04/11/twilight-anesthesia-vs-general-anesthesia-in-plastic-surgery/</link>
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		<title>Alopecia Areata - Hair Loss - Prednisolone treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was diagnosed with Alopecia and most of my hair (75%) has nearly gone.
I have low iron (and took for a while iron tabs) but this did nothing for my hair.
My dermatologist has given me Prednisolone tablets (2 per day) for 2 months (decreasing by 1/2 tab each fortnight).
I am not one for tablets especially [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2007/04/02/alopecia-areata-hair-loss-prednisolone-treatment/</link>
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		<title>Shunt Complications, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can anybody tell me what would needed to be done to fix the following complications of shunting of NPH? And also which ones would result in not being able to be shunted again? My family member is getting one and I&#8217;ve reading up on it, but I really want to know what happens if there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2007/03/21/shunt-complications-normal-pressure-hydrocephalus/</link>
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		<title>Emergency Brain Surgery Video Podcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the second podcast in the surgery videos series. This is a case of neurosurgical emergency. 
The patient has suffered a head trauma, with skull base fracture, and an epidural hematoma. One pupil is dilated and death is imminent within minutes. 
The patient is rushed to the OR, where one doctor (Dr. Sinuhe) makes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2007/03/14/emergency-brain-surgery-video-podcast/</link>
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		<title>Army Veteran With Chronic Back Pain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For my story.. I originally developed mild back pain in the summer of 2000 in Airborne School for the United States Army. At the time i just figured it was from the constant jarring motion and repetetively striking the ground feet first from a height of 3-4 feet. The pain was managable but pretty severe. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2007/03/14/army-veteran-with-chronic-back-pain/</link>
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