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	<title>Atrial Fibrillation Blog&#187; Mellanie True Hills</title>
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		<title>StopAfib.org Founder Mellanie True Hills Interviewed About Atrial Fibrillation at PhRMA 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[StopAfib.org founder Mellanie True Hills was honored to be interviewed at the recent PhRMA 2012 annual conference regarding atrial fibrillation and the quest to discover the root cause of atrial fibrillation. Watch the video interview, and see other video interviews from PhRMA, at: What will it take to discover the root cause of atrial fibrillation]]></description>
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		<title>Join StopAfib.org &amp; Heart Rhythm Society for May 9th Event in Boston for Cardiac Arrhythmia Awareness Month in Massachusetts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 9th, StopAfib.org will join with the Heart Rhythm Society for a citywide event in Boston kicking off &#8220;Cardiac Arrhythmia Awareness Month&#8221; in Massachusetts. The event, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Boston City Hall Plaza, will raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disorders such as atrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of Global Atrial Fibrillation Patient Charter and Sign Against Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[StopAfib.org had the great privilege of participating in the launch of the Global Atrial Fibrillation Patient Charter and the Sign Against Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation campaign at the World Congress of Cardiology in Dubai. To learn more about this independent patient charter, which StopAfib.org participated in developing, and to sign the charter, see: Global Atrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Atrial Fibrillation Patients Use Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mellanie True Hills, founder of StopAfib.org, spoke at the Fifth Annual Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium medical conference. Her remarks are summarized in her patient perspective column in the April 2012 issue of EP Lab Digest. See: How Social Media Helps Educate Afib Patients: An Atrial Fibrillation Patient Perspective Published in EP Lab Digest, April, 2012]]></description>
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		<title>Can Avoiding Dehydration Prevent Atrial Fibrillation &#8220;Holiday Heart Syndrome&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Featured at Grand Rounds: Health Tips at USATODAY.com The holidays seem to bring on lots of atrial fibrillation, often attributed to a condition called &#8220;Holiday Heart Syndrome&#8221;, which is supposedly caused by consuming too much alcohol and caffeine during the holidays. This year, can we avoid afib caused by Holiday Heart Syndrome? I think so, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month 2011 Happenings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raising afib awareness is intensely personal for StopAfib.org founder, Mellanie True Hills, and led her to create the first Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month in 2007. Working with other organizations, Hills helped urge the U.S. Senate to officially designate National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month in September 2009. This roundup recaps what happened during Afib Month 2011, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Surprising Things You Don’t Know about Afib</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September is Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month. Lots of folks don’t know too much about the condition, which is an irregular heart beat that can lead to serious complications such as dementia, heart failure, stroke or even death. To help spread the word, StopAfib.org presents these 10 afib facts and figures that will probably surprise even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) Month Raises Awareness about this Common, Yet Unknown Condition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mellanie True Hills September is Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month. A lot of folks may ask: Why do we need a month devoted to afib? Or, even, what is atrial fibrillation, anyway? Afib is an irregular heart beat that can lead to serious complications, such as dementia, heart failure, stroke, or even death. Too many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atrial Fibrillation Patient Perspective on Better Care, from EP Lab Digest August, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her first regular Patient Perspective column, which appears in the August issue of EP Lab Digest, StopAfib.org founder Mellanie True Hills explores a concern in the atrial fibrillation patient community that staying in afib long term could be a &#8220;death sentence.&#8221; In addition, she talks about the upcoming National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Atrial Fibrillation Patients Want Doctors to Know: Bridging the Afib Communications Gap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mellanie True Hills, founder of StopAfib.org, recently spoke at the Fourth Annual Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium. Many of her remarks to this medical conference are summarized in an article just published in EP Lab Digest. You may wish to share it with family and friends who need to understand what it&#8217;s like to live with [...]]]></description>
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