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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Med Unveils Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorder]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical Center announced today that it has renamed the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders the “Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders”&nbsp; in Honor of the Holiday Concert Series.]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/11_19_09_M.html</link>
		 
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       		 <author><![CDATA[Sue Ford]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Thu, 323 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Med&rsquo;s Cardiovascular Services Named on National Top 100 List ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical Center is one the top 100 U.S. hospitals for cardiovascular care, according to a study released today by Thomson Reuters, a national health research firm.]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/11_16_09_C.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Beth Engeler]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Mon, 320 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Sixth Annual Program Seeks Greater Understanding of Addiction ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Substance abuse is a leading cause of death, disability and disease in the United States, yet several surveys have shown that physicians are always not adequately trained to recognize and treat addiction or help prevent it. ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/11_03_09_U.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Beth Engeler]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Tue, 307 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Med Named National Consumer Choice Award Winner ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical Center is the only hospital in northeastern New York to be honored with a Consumer Choice Award based on a recent survey of consumers conducted by the National Research Corporation (NRC). ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/01_21_09_N.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Greg McGarry]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Wed, 294 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Medical College Receives $4.6 Million Stimulus Grant ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical College has been awarded a $4.6 million, two-year American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Program Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/10_14_09_%24.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Beth Engeler]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Wed, 287 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Agreement Could Speed Clinical Trials of Anti-Obesity Agent ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The Albany Medical College and Aegis Therapeutics have announced an agreement designed to speed the development and commercialization of an anti-obesity peptide that could also benefit those with Type 2 diabetes.&nbsp; ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/10_08_09_A.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Greg McGarry]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Thu, 281 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Monica Ryszytiwskyj Named Assistant VP for Marketing at Albany Med ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Monica Ryszytiwskyj has been named assistant vice president for marketing at the Albany Medical Center. In this position, she will have responsibility for overseeing all marketing and branding efforts ....]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/10_08_09_R.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Sue Ford]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Thu, 281 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Nobel Winner was 2008 Recipient of Albany Medical Center Prize ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[One of the three winners of this year&rsquo;s Nobel Prize in Medicine announced Monday in Stockholm was honored here just last year with the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/10_05_09_N.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Greg McGarry]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Mon, 278 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Dr. Thomas Fabian to Head Section of Thoracic Surgery at Albany Med]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical Center has appointed Thomas Fabian, M.D., section chief of thoracic surgery within the division of cardiothoracic surgery. ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/10_02_09_F.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Sue Ford]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Fri, 275 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Maura Mack Hisgen to Lead the Alumni Association at Albany Medical College]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical College&rsquo;s Alumni Association has appointed Maura Mack Hisgen executive director of its Alumni Association. ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/09_25_09_M.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Sue Ford]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Fri, 268 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Dr. Richard Blinkhorn Named Chair of Medicine at Albany Medical College ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Richard J. Blinkhorn, Jr., M.D., has been appointed chair of the department of medicine and Richard T. Beebe Chair of Medicine at Albany Medical College and Chief of Service for Medicine at the Albany Medical Center Hospital. ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/09_08_09_D.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Sue Ford]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Tue, 251 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Med Receives Grant to Expand Pediatric Behavioral Health Services ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical Center has been awarded a $242,000 grant from the New York State Health Foundation to fund the Improved Access to Behavioral Health Care project.&nbsp; ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/09_01_09_N.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Kristen Cook]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Tue, 244 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Hospital Collaboration Improves Care for Saratoga County Stroke Patients]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Saratoga Hospital today announced a collaboration agreement with Albany Medical Center to speed and enhance the evaluation and treatment of stroke patients from the Saratoga Region. ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/08_26_09_S.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Nicole Pitaniello]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Wed, 238 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Med Department of Pediatrics Welcomes Dr. de Waal Malefyt ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Stephen Karel de Waal Malefyt, M.D., a pediatrician, has joined the department of pediatrics at Albany Medical Center and been appointed assistant professor of pediatrics at Albany Medical College.]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/08_19_09_D.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Kristen Cook]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Wed, 231 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Medical College Team Develops Unique Real-Time Brain Mapping System ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[An Albany Medical College research team, in association with international collaborators, has successfully developed and demonstrated a new brain mapping procedure that could rapidly become a dominant tool ...]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/08_18_09_B.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Kristen Cook]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Tue, 230 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Pediatric Neurosurgeon Joins Albany Medical Center ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Matthew Adamo, M.D., a neurosurgeon specializing in pediatrics, has recently joined the department of surgery at Albany Medical Center and has been appointed assistant professor of neurosurgery at Albany Medical College.]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/08_14_09_D.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Kristen Cook]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Fri, 226 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[New Medical Students Don White Coats in Welcoming Ceremony ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[One hundred forty-one first-year students arrived at Albany Medical College today where they were greeted with the annual &quot;White Coat Ceremony.&quot;]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/08_12_09_F.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Sue Ford]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Wed, 224 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Medical College Receives Grant to Study Causes of Vascular Diseases]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical College has been awarded a $1.9 million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health&rsquo;s Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to further explore the mechanisms underlying artery disease ...]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/08_11_09_%24.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Kristen Cook]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Tue, 223 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Cell Biology and Cancer Research Awarded $1.6M in Federal Funding]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Michelle Lennartz, Ph.D., professor in the Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research at Albany Medical College, has been awarded two grants, totaling $1.6 million by the National Institutes of Health.]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/08_03_09_C.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Sue Ford]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Mon, 215 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Dr. Steven Stain to Chair American Board of Surgery&#39;s Board of Directors]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Dr. Stain, chair of the department of surgery at Albany Medical College and surgeon in chief at Albany Medical Center Hospital, has been elected chair of the American Board of Surgery&rsquo;s Board of Directors. He will serve a one-year term]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/07_30_09_D.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Sue Ford]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Thu, 211 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Med Cited in U.S. News &amp; World Report&rsquo;s &#39;Best Hospitals&#39; Rankings]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical Center has been ranked as one of the nation&rsquo;s best hospitals in the specialty of gynecology. The rankings were reported this month in U.S. News &amp; World Report&rsquo;s America&rsquo;s Best Hospitals 2009 issue. ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/07_29_09_U.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Beth Engeler]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Wed, 210 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[&quot;Light Up the Night&quot; Event Raises Record Breaking Amount]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Albany Medical Center&rsquo;s premiere summer event, &quot;Light Up the Night,&quot; raised a record-breaking $150,000 to support its Department of Emergency Medicine.]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/07_24_09_L.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Kristen Cook]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Fri, 205 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Med Welcomes New Stroke Specialist ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Colum Amory, M.D., has joined the multidisciplinary acute stroke team at Neurosciences Institute at Albany Medical Center and has been appointed assistant professor in the department of neurology at Albany Medical College. ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/07_22_09_C.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Kristen Cook]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Wed, 203 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Med Welcomes Pediatric Endocrinologist, Dr. Daniela Sima ]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Daniela Sima, M.D., a pediatric endocrinologist, has joined the department of pediatrics at Albany Medical Center and been appointed assistant professor of pediatrics at Albany Medical College. ]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/07_20_Dr._.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Sue Ford]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Mon, 201 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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		 <title><![CDATA[Albany Medical Center Foundation Announces New Board Member]]></title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Daniel Conners O&rsquo;Brien was recently appointed to the Albany Medical Center Foundation Board of Directors. O&rsquo;Brien will serve a three-year term on the Board.]]></description>
		 <link>http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/07_07_09Da1.html</link>
		 
		         <category>Regular</category>
       		 <author><![CDATA[Kristen Cook]]></author> 
       		 <pubDate>Tue, 188 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
		 
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