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		<title>Survey Highlights Physical and Emotional Toll of Working Non-Traditional Hours</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2011/07/27/survey-highlights-physical-and-emotional-toll-of-working-non-traditional-hours-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New survey results released by Men&#8217;s Health Network and Cephalon, Inc. found that the majority of shift workers (79%) believe that they are negatively impacted by their shift work and report issues associated with work productivity, negative emotions, concern about sex life and decreased time spent with family. Nevertheless, of the 52% of shift workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April is Alcohol Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2011/04/07/april-is-alcohol-awareness-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Perry Karfunkel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am always intrigued by the process by which patients can be admitted to a hospital with one or another sequella of either binge drinking or chronic alcoholism and the can get a mega-workup for the evaluation and management of their symptoms without anyone ever having asked them “Why do you drink?” Sometimes the response [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Autism Awareness Day</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2011/04/07/world-autism-awareness-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is dedicated to all of the amazing girls and boys who live with autism and their families. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) &#8220;ASDs (autism spectrum disorders) occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, but are four times more likely to occur in boys than in girls.&#8221; Below I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Adult Fairy Tale For Understanding Grief Work</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2011/04/05/an-adult-fairy-tale-for-understanding-grief-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people think fairy tales are only for children. If one looks more closely, you will find fairy-tales, fables and stories from quite a few cultures that are for adolescents, young adults, middle-aged folks and even elders. The one I am about to tell you is about many things but specifically about the need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GRIEVING: A key to a man’s healing</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2011/04/01/grieving-a-key-to-a-man%e2%80%99s-healing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s be clear. When a man, woman or child is crying it is because the hurt has already occurred and crying or grieving is the healing of the hurt. One of the doorways a man must walk through is the one that leads to many rooms filled with sadness, despair, depression, trauma and the pain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defending Boundaries</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2011/01/11/defending-boundaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following post is an excerpt from John Lee&#8217;s new book &#8220;24  Things To Increase the Emotional Intelligence of Your Man.&#8221; To find other books by John Lee visit his website www.johnleebooks.com and www.turnerpublishing.com. An important part of setting good boundaries is being able to stick with them and appropriately defend them when necessary. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Studies in Flying Above the Father in Literature &amp; Film:  Hemingway&#8217;s Robert Jordan</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2010/12/04/case-studies-in-flying-above-the-father-in-literature-film-hemingways-robert-jordan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2010/12/04/case-studies-in-flying-above-the-father-in-literature-film-hemingways-robert-jordan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    What was Hemingway trying to tell us?]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Father-Son Proximity and Initiation into the Masculine Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2010/11/28/fathersonproximity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/?p=658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday after Thanksgiving was a lazy, windy, cold and gray day in Washington, D.C.  I nearly forgot I had scheduled to meet a friend because he had expressed an interest in getting involved in men&#8217;s health issues.  I got to our meeting place early, grabbed a hot chocolate to warm up, and a Wall Street [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Eroding (Ok, Eroded) Masculinity of the American Male</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2010/07/08/the-eroding-ok-eroded-masculinity-of-the-american-male/</link>
		<comments>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2010/07/08/the-eroding-ok-eroded-masculinity-of-the-american-male/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Manley, MPH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you reflect on what it means to be a Man, you probably think in much the same way as generations of men have before you.  The tough Western cowboy, the dutiful soldier, or the heroic fireman. Chances are you don’t consider Adam Sandler’s Billy Madison, Seth McFarlane’s Peter Griffin, or any of the current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paternity Leave: More than a policy</title>
		<link>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2010/06/21/paternity-leave-more-than-a-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/2010/06/21/paternity-leave-more-than-a-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramon P. Llamas, MPH, CHES</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine this: a father pushing his child in a stroller, fulfilling his duties as a father, seen as attractive and potentially “the new kind of manly.”  Author Katrin Bennhold describes this new definition of masculinity in her article, “In Sweden, Men Can Have It All,” as a “most striking example of social engineering.”  Ms. Bennhold [...]]]></description>
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