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	<title>Kevin A. Barnes &#187; Crohn&#8217;s Disease</title>
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		<title>Team Challenge: Why did I recommit?</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2011/10/06/team-challenge-why-did-i-recommit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m currently mentoring nine individuals who will run or walk the 2011 Las Vegas half marathon as part of Team Challenge. We are two weeks aways from the recommitment deadline, which is when Team Challenge participants must make a final &#8230; <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2011/10/06/team-challenge-why-did-i-recommit/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Short IBD Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2011/09/22/a-short-ibd-survey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’d like your help. As you probably are aware, this is a very personal website and much of the content focuses on living with (and living in spite of) Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. I strive to share success stories &#8230; <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2011/09/22/a-short-ibd-survey/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Double Date Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2011/09/06/the-double-date-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation/Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternate Reality Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCFA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all started innocently enough with a charity auction. It ended this past Sunday when I was kidnapped by an evil pharmaceutical company, rescued by two women who then were poisoned by the pharmaceutical company’s CEO, and finally tagged along &#8230; <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2011/09/06/the-double-date-adventure/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An open letter and request for help</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2011/03/25/an-open-letter-and-request-for-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2011/03/25/an-open-letter-and-request-for-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[half marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ibd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa to Sonoma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends and family members, I’m writing to you today because I have undertaken a major personal challenge and I need your help. I will complete the 13.1-mile Napa to Sonoma Half Marathon on July 17 as part of CCFA’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2011/03/25/an-open-letter-and-request-for-help/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Help Team Challenge cross the finish line in Sonoma</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/06/30/help-team-challenge-cross-the-finish-line-in-sonoma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/06/30/help-team-challenge-cross-the-finish-line-in-sonoma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Napa-to-Sonoma half marathon is less than three weeks away, and Team Challenge needs your help! If your donations help all seven people I'm mentoring meet their fundraising goal before 11:00 PM Central Time on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, I will publicly shave my head following the 2010 Napa-to-Sonoma half marathon. <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/06/30/help-team-challenge-cross-the-finish-line-in-sonoma/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where’s my new body?</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/06/12/wheres-my-new-body/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/06/12/wheres-my-new-body/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain transplant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Niven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organlegger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many people with chronic illness seem over time to develop a love/hate relationship with their body. They understand the tiniest nuances of how it reacts to specific medications, to different foods, to various environmental factors. But ultimately if you suffer from an incurable, physically compromising illness, there end up being times when you just want to dump your entire body and start over with a healthy new one. Which of course is impossible.

Or is it? <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/06/12/wheres-my-new-body/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Could a Crohn’s medication also cure Alzheimer’s?</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/04/03/could-a-crohns-medication-also-cure-alzheimers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/04/03/could-a-crohns-medication-also-cure-alzheimers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rapamycin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sirolimus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two independent studies published this week (Journal of Biological Chemistry,1 PLoS One2 ) show that the drug rapamycin (also known as sirolimus) reverses the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. Both studies show that rapamycin reduces the level of amyloid-beta-42 &#8230; <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/04/03/could-a-crohns-medication-also-cure-alzheimers/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Team Challenge Update: Napa-to-Sonoma 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/03/17/team-challenge-update-napa-to-sonoma-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/03/17/team-challenge-update-napa-to-sonoma-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shorts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ibd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Team Challenge Wisconsin is once again participating in the Napa-to-Sonoma Half Marathon. Although I am not running Napa-to-Sonoma this year, I am serving as a mentor for several Team Challenge participants. Each participant spends 16 weeks training to run or walk &#8230; <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2010/03/17/team-challenge-update-napa-to-sonoma-2010/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is generic Remicade (Humira, etc.) in our future?</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2009/11/20/is-generic-remicade-in-our-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2009/11/20/is-generic-remicade-in-our-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[$3K in 3 Weeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biologics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cimzia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generic drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 3962]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hatch-Waxman Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ulcerative colitis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kevinabarnes.com/?p=731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of $3K in 3 Weeks, here is another in a series of articles on current issues and topics related to Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Did you know that biologics1 such as Remicade, Humira, and Cimzia – used &#8230; <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2009/11/20/is-generic-remicade-in-our-future/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Research Update: The Human Gut Microbiome Initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2009/11/18/research-update-the-human-gut-microbiome-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2009/11/18/research-update-the-human-gut-microbiome-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin A. Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[$3K in 3 Weeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Gut Microbiome Initiative]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas half marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ulcerative colitis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of $3K in 3 Weeks, here is the first in a series of articles on current research initiatives related to Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The Human Gut Microbiome Initiative, based at the Genome Center of Washington University &#8230; <a href="http://www.kevinabarnes.com/2009/11/18/research-update-the-human-gut-microbiome-initiative/">Read the rest of this entry <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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