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		<title>Muscle Biopsies &#8211; To Do or Not To?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone in the mito community has heard the line &#8211; &#8220;the muscle biopsy is the GOLD standard in mitochondrial diagnostics&#8221; &#8211; however, that is quickly changing.  The problems with diagnosing mitochondrial disease is that it is an arduous process, many mitochondrial symptoms are misdiagnosed as other problems, and the main testing vehicle  &#8211; the muscle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mito, the Aging Process &amp; Other Diseases</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is more and more research connecting mitochondrial dysfunction with many other major diseases and illnesses &#8211; including autism, parkinson&#8217;s, alzheimer&#8217;s, and even some forms of cancer. The link between the mitochondria and other diseases, as well as aging in general, is in its infancy and needs much more research! Not only will this research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mighty Mitochondria in Action &#8211; Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MitoAction.org in conjunction with students from the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University have put together an informative video that helps explain what happens to cause mitochondrial disease. This is a pretty interesting and informative video that would be great to show to teachers, friends, and family to help explain &#8220;mito&#8221; in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Brittany Wilkinson Mitochondrial Disease Research and Treatment Enhancement Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, December 10, 2009, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), introduced S. 2858 &#8211; “The Brittany Wilkinson Mitochondrial Disease Research and Treatment Enhancement Act of 2009”. Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Kerry (D-MA) and Robert P. Casey (D-PA) all signed on as co-sponsors of the legislation. The house measure is a companion bill, HR 3502, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Blog to a New Level</title>
		<link>http://mitoblog.org/2010/01/taking-the-blog-to-a-new-level/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first started this blog, the idea was to put cutting edge information on mitochondrial disease on the site &#8211; so that it would be a place that would have all the information on mitochondrial disease in one place. As I have worked on the blog and thought more about it, while I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign up for my RSS feed</title>
		<link>http://mitoblog.org/2009/07/sign-up-for-my-rss-feed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the right side you can now sign up for my RSS feed of MitoBlog! We are gearing up on MitoBlog and want to bring you all the news about mito that is out there! Good news, fundraisers, treatments, therapies, medications and everything else! Leave a comment and let me know what you want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Management of Mitochondrial Disease</title>
		<link>http://mitoblog.org/2009/05/general-management-of-mitochondrial-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found a fabulous resource today while I was researching yet another issue regarding mito and my daughter. Mitoaction has a Clinician&#8217;s Guide on their website which is a wonderful resource for the patient, caregiver or medical professional. The guide is totally on their site and different sections are easily accessed by clicking on them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mito Events Around the U.S. &#8211; Ohio</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This coming Saturday, May 10th, is the 8th Annual Run Wild for a Cure in Cleveland, Ohio. They will have a 5K event and a 1 mile walk with entertainment, refreshments, a raffle and plenty of fun! The cost ranges from $15 to $25 per person, depending on age, and includes an event tshirt, admission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epilepsy Articles Go Mainstream</title>
		<link>http://mitoblog.org/2009/04/epilepsy-articles-go-mainstream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I have posted before, many mitochondrial patients suffer from seizures daily. Epilepsy is finally getting some much-needed publicity in the April 20th edition of Newsweek. You can read the articles on their website which I have linked below. My daughter has suffered from seizures since she was 4 weeks old. The longest she has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epilepsy Drug Can Cause Metabolic Acidosis</title>
		<link>http://mitoblog.org/2009/02/epilepsy-drug-can-cause-metabolic-acidosis/</link>
		<comments>http://mitoblog.org/2009/02/epilepsy-drug-can-cause-metabolic-acidosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the FDA posted on its website that treatment with the epilepsy drug Zonegran (generic is zonisamide) can cause metabolic acidosis. Zonegran&#8217;s label is supposed to be updated with this new warning and recommends that patients have certain blood tests before starting treatment and periodically during treatment to check for acidosis. This new warning is [...]]]></description>
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