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		<title>Chicago OB/GYN Physician Joins New Metrosouth Women’s Health Center at Tinley Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tinley Park, IL, January 6, 2011 – Dr. Goldwyn Foggie, a Chicago-trained, board-certified, obstetrician/gynecologist, has joined MetroSouth Women’s Health Center at Tinley Park, 17148 S Harlem Ave, Suite B, Tinley Park, IL 60477.
A life-long Chicagoan, Dr. Foggie received her BA in both Psychology and Pre-medicine from Northwestern University and earned her medical degree from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New OB/GYN Physician Joins Metrosouth Primary Care &amp; Women’s Health Center In Alsip</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Sharon James, a Chicago-trained, board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, has joined the MetroSouth Primary Care &#38; Women’s Health Center, 12246 S. Pulaski, Alsip. She joins Dr. Humaira Khan, a family medicine physician there.
A life-long Chicagoan, Dr. James earned her BA in Biology at Chicago State University, studied Biochemistry at Northwestern University and earned her medical degree at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Rajesh Iyengar Senior Health Video Series</title>
		<link>http://healthconnect.metrosouthmedicalcenter.com/2011/12/dr-rajesh-iyengar-senior-health-video-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MetroSouth Medical Center Geriatrician, Dr. Rajesh Iyengar explains the onset and treatments for depression, osteoporosis and heart failure in the elderly.
Depression
 

Osteoporosis
 

Heart Failure
 
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		<title>MetroSouth Medical Center Offers $40 Heart &amp; Circulation Screenings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southland residents can start the New Year right by giving themselves the life-saving gift of a healthy heart. MetroSouth Medical Center is making it easy by offering an extensive heart and circulation screening for just $40.  The “Healthy Heart &#38; Circulation Exam” is discounted from its original value of more than $250.  To make an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falcon Investors, LLC Enters Into Purchase Agreement with a Subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc. for the Sale of  MetroSouth Medical Center</title>
		<link>http://healthconnect.metrosouthmedicalcenter.com/2011/12/sale-of-metrosouth-medical-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transaction Will Bring New Capital and Resources as MetroSouth Medical Center Continues to Provide High-Quality Healthcare for the Region
BLUE ISLAND, IL. (December 12, 2011) – Falcon Investors, LLC  and Transition Healthcare Company, through their affiliate MSMC Investors, LLC, have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of MetroSouth Medical Center to a subsidiary of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prediabetes:  How to Stop Full-Blown Diabetes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having prediabetes is like seeing the big caution sign and taking the wrong turn at the fork in the road.  However, for the 79 million Americans with elevated blood sugar but not high enough to qualify as a ‘diabetic’,  there is still time to make changes to get on the right path to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seasonal Sadness Replaces ‘Season’s Greetings’ for Some Seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the holidays are supposed to bring “glad tidings” and “season’s greetings,” that’s not the case for millions of people suffering from depression.  In fact, the holiday season can heighten feelings of hopelessness and isolation that accompany the disease.  It can hit seniors the hardest.
“When not treated, depression can lead to serious health conditions, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Secrets to Healthy Brain and Bones” Revealed  in a Complimentary Seminar for Seniors Nov. 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Do you find yourself getting forgetful?  Worry about breaking a bone?  You are not alone.  Like most people over 50, these are two of our biggest concerns as we age.  Dr. Rajesh Iyengar, an expert in helping seniors navigate the aging game, will be discussing “Secrets to a Healthy Brain and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bones &amp; Brains: Concerns About Osteoporosis and Dementia</title>
		<link>http://healthconnect.metrosouthmedicalcenter.com/2011/11/bones-brains-concerns-about-osteoporosis-and-dementia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A keynote presentation by Dr. Rajesh Iyengar, Director of the Adult &#38; Senior Outpatient Health Center at MetroSouth Medical Center.



Click on the slides to advance to the next.
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		<title>Is it Asthma or COPD?</title>
		<link>http://healthconnect.metrosouthmedicalcenter.com/2011/11/is-it-asthma-or-copd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are both lung conditions and can look very similar.  Sometimes, they are even mis-diagnosed. That is why it is key to understand the differences, since the treatment is unique for each disease.
Asthma and COPD differ in terms of age of onset, frequency of symptoms and reversibility of [...]]]></description>
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