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<description><![CDATA[The nation's poverty rate held steady as median household income edged upward last year, according to annual census data released yesterday. The Census Bureau also reported that the number of people without health insurance decreased by more than 1 million people in 2007.
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<title> Novavax Moves Closer to Licensing Bird Flu Vaccine </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Novavax said yesterday that its bird flu vaccine elicited a robust immune response in humans, moving the biotech a step closer to licensing its pandemic vaccine production system.
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<title> A Detox Diet? I&#x27;ll Drink to That! </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The idea came to me over a plate of Buffalo wings at a family diner on U Street, although the roots of it stretched back further. Oprah had just finished a 21-day diet detox, my husband mentioned casually, and I felt the kind of quick stab of jealousy you get when someone else does something you ...
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<title> Making Practices Perfect </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The waiting room of Ramona Seidel's family medicine practice is empty, and she works hard to keep it that way.
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<title> Day Cares </title>
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<description><![CDATA[For Jennifer Bright, the director of a medical society headquartered in Rosslyn, the decision about day care wasn't whether, but what kind. With each of her three children, the youngest of whom was born in March, Bright returned to work after a few months' maternity leave.
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<title> Report Faults Medicare Audits </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The rate of improper payments, including fraud, in Medicare's purchases of wheelchairs and other home medical equipment is significantly higher than the government has estimated, according to a federal audit released yesterday.
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<title> It&#x27;s Never Too Late to Pick Up the Pace </title>
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<description><![CDATA[There is a branch of my wife's family convinced that running ruined our cousin Frances (not ruined in the Southern gothic sense, of course, just hobbled in the knees and back). Frances ran pretty regularly in her day, and my mother-in-law warns me about it whenever she catches me in running shoes,...
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<title> Healthy Lunches Help Kids&#x27; Concentration in School </title>
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<description><![CDATA[SUNDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Healthy foods should be included on the list of back-to-school supplies for your children, says a University of Michigan Health System expert.
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<title> Marinades Help Keep Grilled Meat Safe </title>
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<description><![CDATA[FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- You can have your steak and eat it, too, without producing harmful cancer-causing compounds, new research shows.
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<title> The Kind of Misery Itched in Memory </title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are things about summer -- long days, shaved ice, fresh-off-the-tree-peaches -- that we love. And then there are those things we simply tolerate because, well, the pessimist in us says that life can't possibly be that perfect, so we must suffer, just a bit.
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<title> Trying to Prove Family Link To a Noted Founding Father </title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's been four years since Bettye Kearse set out to prove a story that has been handed down through generations of her family: that she, an African American, is a direct descendant of founding father James Madison.
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<title> Laser Technology Spots Cavities Before They Start </title>
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<description><![CDATA[FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Using lasers to spot troubled teeth before cavities form, researchers hope to turn the dentist's drill into a relic of the 20th century.
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<title> FDA to Revise Rules For Cold Medications Meant for Children </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced plans to revise standards for over-the-counter cough and cold medications for children, a step that could lead to removing the popular products from the market.
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<title> Doctors Are Miffed About Measles </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The number of measles cases in the United States is at its highest level since 1997, and nearly half of those involve children whose parents rejected vaccination, government health officials reported last week.
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<title> Protections Set for Antiabortion Health Workers </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration yesterday announced plans to implement a controversial regulation designed to protect doctors, nurses and other health-care workers who object to abortion from being forced to deliver services that violate their personal beliefs.
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<title> Obama Camp Has Many Ties to Wife&#x27;s Employer </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, executives at the prestigious University of Chicago Medical Center were concerned that an increasing number of patients were arriving at their emergency room with what the executives considered to be non-urgent complaints. The visits were costly to the hospital, and many of the...
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<title> FDA Allows Irradiation of Some Produce </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Food producers can now use radiation to kill bacteria on fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce because of a new Food and Drug Administration ruling meant to help head off outbreaks of foodborne illness.
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<title> Back in the Air at Last, Free to Be Me </title>
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<description><![CDATA[I watched Nastia Liukin win the gold medal for the individual all-around in gymnastics and was transported back, as I always am by the Olympics, to my girlhood dreams inspired by Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci.
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<title> Wasps Buzz In, Postal Carriers Bug Out </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Edward Miller stood serenely in front of his Bethesda home yesterday as a half-dozen menacing-looking black-and-yellow wasps flew around him.
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<title> Lower Drinking Age Is Criticized </title>
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<description><![CDATA[On the face of it, the notion seems counterintuitive, but to the presidents of some of the nation's most prestigious colleges, it makes a lot of sense: Lowering the legal drinking age might get students to drink less.
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<title> Trace Arsenic in Water May Be Linked With Diabetes </title>
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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic stand...
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<title> Job-Seeker Who Changed Her Gender Goes to Court </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Diane Schroer, a 52-year-old former Army Special Forces commander, testified yesterday in federal court that she was "disappointed and dismayed" when an official at the Library of Congress rescinded a job offer even though she was the star candidate.
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<title> On Campus, Legal Drinking Age Is Flunking the Reality Test </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Next week, when President C.D. "Dan" Mote welcomes freshmen to the University of Maryland, he will inform them that the college police will enforce underage drinking laws "with terrific ferocity." And then he will turn around and, recognizing that most students do drink, tell the teenagers "to ta...
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<title> Lack of Insurance, High Medical Costs Put More in a Bind </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and are accumulating medical debt at an increasing rate, according to a survey released today.
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<title> Candidates&#x27; Abortion Views Not So Simple </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The narrative of the presidential campaign appeared to be set on the issue of abortion: Sen. Barack Obama was the abortion-rights candidate who was reaching out to foes, seeking common ground and making inroads. Sen. John McCain was the abortion opponent whose reticence about faith and whose batt...
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<title> Many Think God&#x27;s Intervention Can Revive the Dying </title>
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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans.
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<title> Watch Your Mouth </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The way to a person's heart is through his stomach, the adage goes. But researchers now think the way to a healthy heart might be through your gums and teeth.
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<title> Stress Wasn&#x27;t The Problem </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Karima Hijane could not believe what she was hearing: The obstetrician who for two years had insisted that her mystifying constellation of symptoms was the result of stress had discovered the real cause, imparting devastating news that would alter Hijane's plans for her future.
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<title> Meet the Tiger, a Bug With Extra Bite </title>
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<description><![CDATA[When Sydney Williams moved last year from a condo to a house in the Pimmit Hills section of Falls Church, she relished the opportunity to hone her gardening skills in a yard of butterfly bushes, hydrangeas and perennials.
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<title> Germs No Match For Montgomery&#x27;s Nurse Detectives </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Summer in the suburbs. For the innocent, that means cookouts, swimming, fresh produce, maybe a trip to the beach. But sunny fun has its dark side, and that means suspect potato salad, tainted pool water, toxic weeds, maybe a trip to the doctor because of "something I ate."
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<title> Va. DNA Project Is In Uncharted Territory </title>
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<description><![CDATA[After Eva King Jones, 88, was raped and killed in her small-town Virginia home, a local man was accused and convicted. Now, 33 years later, police say newly discovered DNA evidence has led to the arrest of someone else.
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<title> Marathon Men </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Research continues to demonstrate the benefits of exercise, no matter your age. But the Tatum brothers, who for nearly 90 years have swum, skied, bowled, played football and worked in the yard, have never needed convincing.
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<title> FDA Draft Report: No Risk From BPA In Food Containers </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A controversial chemical commonly found in can linings, baby bottles and other household products does not pose a health hazard when used in food containers, according to a draft assessment released by the Food and Drug Administration yesterday.
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<title> A Social Network for Your Doctor, Pharmacist and Insurer </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Imagine a virtual health clinic: Your lung doctor and heart specialist can pull up your online medical profile and chat, via instant messenger, about your medications. You schedule checkups online, create a wellness journal or even rate your general practitioner.
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<title> Airborne Coughs Up Millions to Settle Suit </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, millions of consumers, including Oprah, have come to swear by Airborne -- fizzy orange tablets containing vitamins, herbs and minerals that its makers for years said keeps cold germs at bay.
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<title> Stress, Anxiety Worsen Response to Allergens </title>
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<description><![CDATA[THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Even a little stress and anxiety can greatly worsen and extend a person's reaction to common allergens, a new study says.
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<title> Infant Transplant Procedure Ignites Debate </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Surgeons in Denver are publishing their first account of a procedure in which they remove the hearts of severely brain-damaged newborns less than two minutes after the babies are disconnected from life support, and their hearts stop beating, so the organs can be transplanted into infants who would...
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<title> Faces of an Epidemic </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Manganiello, 50 , prepares his evening routine in the warm glow of his fifth-floor Logan Circle apartment. He's been through it once already: one, two, three . . . the pop of a bottle, then the rattle of pills, as he counts them out . . . 11, 12, 13. Â· He ponders the number: "Thirteen -- ...
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<title> Herbs and Spices Do More Than Taste Good </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Q : What is the difference between an herb and a spice?
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<title> Tragedy Can Be Averted </title>
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<description><![CDATA[It had all the hallmarks of a catastrophe in the making: a stash of guns and explosives; a map of Camp David marked with a presidential motorcade route; a list of home addresses for teachers at St. John's College High School, from which Collin McKenzie-Gude had just graduated.
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<title> Medicaid Transport Firm Trims Drivers </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The company that oversees the transport of more than 50,000 Medicaid patients in the District has downsized its pool of contract drivers, leaving some clients to complain that the service is too unreliable to get them to important health-care appointments.
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<title> Teens Cite Ease of Access To Drugs </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A growing number of teenagers say it's easier to illegally obtain prescription drugs than to buy beer, according to a survey published today.
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<title> Drugs as good as stents for many heart patients </title>
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<description><![CDATA[-- People with chronic chest pain who are not in big danger of a heart attack now may have even less reason to rush into an artery-opening angioplasty: There's more evidence drugs should be tried first and often are just as effective.
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<title> Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks&#x27; Patrons </title>
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<description><![CDATA[When Julie Peterson decided to have a baby on her own two years ago, she picked a tall, blond, blue-eyed Danish engineer as a sperm donor to match her own Scandinavian heritage. But when she went back to the sperm bank to use the same donor to have another child, she was stunned to discover that the...
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<title> Doctors debate when to declare organ donors dead </title>
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- A report on three heart transplants involving babies is focusing attention on a touchy issue in the organ donation field: When and how can someone be declared dead?
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<title> Biotech Campaigns for Easier Access to Generic Drug Market </title>
<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/health/index_xml/~3/364411506/AR2008081203027.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Geoffrey Allan has been giving Congress a lesson in biotechnology.
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<title> Faces of an Epidemic </title>
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<description><![CDATA[According to the D.C. Department of Health, women accounted for a third of all newly reported HIV/AIDS cases between 2001 and 2006, with African American women being d...
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<title> Learning From Olympians </title>
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<description><![CDATA[It was probably no surprise to the Limas household in Chicago that daughter Arlene grew up to be a fighter.
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<title> Filling In the Blanks, at Long Last </title>
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<description><![CDATA["It wasn't the lowest of times. I was somewhere below that," recalls Don Gold, 62, who was living in Little Rock and slouching toward Medicareland with an empty heart. His first marriage had ended after seven years; his second marriage, after 25. Both relationships turned out to be very painful. ...
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<title> Is It Really Smart to Teach Old Brains New Tricks? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Throw all the money you like at computer brainteasers. Just don't bet the popular games will protect your gray matter any better than a host of other activities, many of them free.
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<title> An Age-Appropriate Update Can Add to Independence </title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's a common refrain: Most people don't want to leave their houses as they get older; they'd like to stay put. Two weeks ago, a retirement community in McLean unveiled a suite that has been adapted and equipped to make that goal more possible.
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<title> At Any Age, It Makes Sense to Keep Yourself in Balance </title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are times in your life when feeling a little off-balance may actually be a good thing. Take it from the experts.
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<title> DHS, Rejecting Advice, Puts Mississippi on Shortlist for Facility </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security swept aside evaluations by government experts and named Mississippi -- home to powerful U.S. lawmakers with sway over the agency -- as a potential location for a $451 million national laboratory to study some of the world's most virulent biological threats, acc...
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<title> Parents Pen a &#x27;Survival Guide&#x27; to Leukemia </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Shaken and ready, the can in Dani Greene's hand draws the attention of the apron-clad 4- and 5-year-olds sitting at the table in front of her.
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<title> A Welcome Home </title>
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<description><![CDATA[When Leila McDowell-Head thought about the future of her mentally disabled daughter, Layla, she kept coming up with unsavory scenarios. She and her husband, Tony, were both in their 50s and knew their ability to care for Layla, 24, would wane in coming years. Who would be there for her? There were...
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<title> Whole Foods Recalls Beef Processed At Plant Long at Odds With USDA </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Whole Foods Market pulled fresh ground beef from all of its stores Friday, becoming the latest retailer affected by an E. coli outbreak traced to Nebraska Beef, one of the nation's largest meatpackers. It's the second outbreak linked to the processor in as many months.
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<title> Boomers Drive Hospital Growth </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Holy Cross Hospital's announcement last week that it hopes to build a hospital in Germantown is just the latest example of a baby boomer-fueled building frenzy sweeping the health-care industry in Montgomery County and other parts of the country.
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<title> After Anthrax Scientist&#x27;s Threats, Counselor Faced a Hard Choice </title>
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<description><![CDATA[On the morning of July 10, Jean C. Duley decided she had a phone call to make. She had agonized all night. Her counseling client, Bruce E. Ivins, had announced in a group therapy session the evening before that he was a suspect in the 2001 anthrax investigation and had a plan to kill his co-workers.
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<title> D.C.&#x27;s Medicaid Rules Criticized </title>
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<description><![CDATA[District officials are enforcing new guidelines for prescription drugs for thousands of Medicaid patients, leaving many doctors complaining that it is more difficult for sick people to receive some medicines and that some people's health is being endangered.
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<title> Birth Control Fears Addressed </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has denied that a controversial draft regulation would redefine common birth control methods as abortion and protect the rights of doctors and other health-care workers who refuse to provide them.
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<title> In the Time of AIDS, A Nonstop Crusader </title>
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<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY She drags colleagues out of bed for 5 a.m. runs in Hanoi and Bangkok. She touches down in Jamaica just long enough to deliver a wedding toast after stops in Washington and Atlanta. Once, she even quick-changed into a ball gown in the bathroom on the same day that she had flown from...
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<title> Meat Tied To Camp Outbreak Recalled </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A California company is voluntarily recalling 153,630 pounds of frozen ground beef, some of which has been linked to an outbreak of E. coli bacteria that shut down a Boy Scout camp in Goshen, Va., this week, federal officials said.
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<title> Antibodies May Lead to Protection Against HIV </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Some long-term survivors of HIV infection produce rare and extremely potent antibodies that keep the disease from progressing to AIDS, and might point to a way to protect uninfected people from the virus, researchers reported yesterday in the closing hours of the 17th International AIDS Conferenc...
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<title> Trial by (Simulated) Fire </title>
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<description><![CDATA[FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. -- After four years of medical school and 700 hours of military training, the final two weeks for students at Bethesda's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences come down to this:
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<title> The checkup </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sunscreen: Still in the Dark For decades, sunscreens' SPF ratings have given us a sense of how well the products are likely to ward off sunburn-causing UVB damage. But there's no parallel system to provide info about protection against UVA rays, which can do long-term damage to the skin.
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<title> U.S. Panel Questions Prostate Screening </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The blood test that millions of men undergo each year to check for prostate cancer leads to so much unnecessary anxiety, surgery and complications that doctors should stop testing elderly men, and it remains unclear whether the screening is worthwhile for younger men, a federal task force conclud...
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<title> Early Lessons Forgotten, AIDS Conference Told </title>
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<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY, Aug. 6 -- Twenty-five years after AIDS was branded the "gay plague," the virus is again exacting a disproportionate toll on men who have sex with men, not only in the United States but also in countries where the epidemic is just emerging.
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<title> Tests Point To Beef In Camp Outbreak </title>
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<description><![CDATA[E. Coli found in ground beef at a Boy Scout camp in Goshen, Va., matches bacteria found in samples taken from some sick campers, lab tests have confirmed, and a state health official called beef the "prime suspect" in the outbreak that shut down the camp this week.
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<title> Government Asserts Ivins Acted Alone </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Government officials asserted yesterday that a troubled bioweapons scientist acted alone to perpetrate a terrorism scheme that killed five people, a case that centered on a near-perfect match of anthrax spores in his custody and a record of his late-night laboratory work just before the toxic let...
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<title> Clinton: Widen AIDS Effort in U.S. </title>
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<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4 -- Fresh off a whirlwind tour of AIDS programs across Africa, former president Bill Clinton said Monday that new U.S. figures highlight the need for fresh attention to the disease at home, particularly among African Americans.
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<title> HIV Screening: It&#x27;s Not So Easy </title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the controlled chaos of emergency departments across the country, doctors are working to curb the HIV epidemic, one swab of the gums at a time. The effort stems from guidelines published in 2006 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to extend HIV testing to teens and adults in any ...
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<title> Adopting America&#x27;s Bad Habits </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Armed with an array of plastic eggs, grapes, broccoli and a nasty looking cross-section of an artery clogged with cholesterol, Carlos Garcia was demonstrating the hidden dangers of American cooking and eating for a group of young Hispanic mothers in Silver Spring.
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<title> Tales of Addiction, Anxiety, Ranting </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Late last fall, Bruce E. Ivins was drinking a liter of vodka some nights, taking large doses of sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs, and typing out rambling e-mails into the early morning hours, according to a fellow scientist who helped him through this period.
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<title> For Younger Women, Clinton Is No Martyr </title>
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<description><![CDATA[I recently met with a group of high school and college women who had come to D.C. for a leadership conference. I wondered whether they felt -- as many women in my generation do -- that Hillary Clinton suffered in the Democratic presidential primary from rank bias against women. So I asked them: D...
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<title> Learning From Olympians </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dominique Dawes has three Olympic medals, one of the best nicknames in sports ("Awesome Dawesome") and the ability to sit in a split for hours on end. So what doesn't the legendary gymnast have? Weights.
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<title> Stigma Remains an Obstacle to Treatment </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Many patients still duck around the corner and wait for Metrobuses to pass so they can run unseen into one of the Whitman-Walker clinics -- the area's largest nongovernmental providers of HIV/AIDS services, according to Justin Goforth, director of Whitman-Walker's medical adherence unit.
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<title> Prescription Data Used To Assess Consumers </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Health and life insurance companies have access to a powerful new tool for evaluating whether to cover individual consumers: a health "credit report" drawn from databases containing prescription drug records on more than 200 million Americans.
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<title> Unrelenting Grief May Be Sign of Distinct Syndrome </title>
<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/health/index_xml/~3/354956628/AR2008080301280.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[After Janice Van Wagner's mother died of breast cancer two years ago, her sense of loss was overwhelming.
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<title> Man Sues Wal-Mart Over Tainted Peppers </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Colorado man is suing Wal-Mart and an unnamed supplier, saying that he fell ill after eating jalapeÃ±o peppers bought from the company tainted with the same strain of salmonella that has infected more than 1,300 people over the past three months.
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<title> Modest Gains Against Ever-Present Bioterrorism Threat </title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the past seven years, the federal government has spent more than $57 billion to shore up the nation's bioterrorism defenses, stockpiling drugs, ringing more than 30 American cities in a network of detectors and boosting preparedness at hospitals.
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<title> AIDS Prevention Having an Effect </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Updated federal estimates of the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States, released yesterday, reveal that although the AIDS epidemic here is worse than previously thought, prevention efforts appear to be having some effect.
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<title> More Cases Of E. Coli Linked to Va. Camp </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Health officials said yesterday that they had not identified what made people sick at a Scout camp in Goshen, Va., last week, but that the number of people who contracted the E. coli infection has grown to at least 18, with two boys in the most serious condition.
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<title> Despite Additive Ban, Some Parents Voice Worry </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Samantha Rosenberg eyed the toy plastic cellphone that her 9-month-old daughter has chewed so much, the color is fading. She wondered if the shiny plaything, and others that fill her home, are endangering Addison's health.
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<title> AIDS Infection Rate in U.S. Higher Than Previously Estimated </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Updated federal estimates of the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States, released today, reveal that while the AIDS epidemic here is worse than previously thought, prevention efforts appear to be having some effect.
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<title> Tijuana&#x27;s AIDS Epidemic Is a Binational Threat </title>
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<description><![CDATA[TIJUANA, Mexico -- Half a dozen prostitutes swarm Angel Cabrera's car as he inches along the traffic-choked streets of downtown Tijuana on a balmy Friday evening.
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<title> 13 Scouts Get E. Coli While at Va. Camp </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Health officials have confirmed that at least 13 boys, all but one from Northern Virginia, contracted E. coli bacterial infections while attending a popular Scout camp in Goshen, Va., last week, officials said yesterday.
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<title> Workers&#x27; Religious Freedom vs. Patients&#x27; Rights </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Bush administration proposal aimed at protecting health-care workers who object to abortion, and to birth-control methods they consider tantamount to abortion, has escalated a bitter debate over the balance between religious freedom and patients' rights.
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<title> Health Officials Seek Answers In Mosquito Trap Vandalism </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The odd-looking, multicolored contraptions the Fairfax County Health Department sets each summer to lure mosquitoes have recently attracted other nuisances: vandals and thieves.
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<title> Efforts Against AIDS Among Black Americans Criticized </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A prominent AIDS organization accused the federal government yesterday of doing too little to fight AIDS among black Americans, in whom the size and scope of the epidemic resembles that seen in many African nations.
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<title> 21st-Century Mission </title>
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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (Reuters) - An analysis of recent diabetes studies debunks the notion that aggressive blood sugar control of critically ill hospital patients with diabetes can help save lives, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who have had a normally non-fatal form of skin cancer have double the risk of developing other types of cancers, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have called for more data before deciding whether a Johnson &amp; Johnson experimental schizophrenia drug could be sold on the U.S. market, the company said on Tuesday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Early recognition and treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome can improve the outcomes of patients with head and neck cancer, researchers report in the Archives of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.

  
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<description><![CDATA[CHESTERTOWN, Maryland (Reuters) - Wide-eyed and interrupting occasionally with comments like "My dad's a Marine," a dozen or so boys listened avidly as Sgt. Roy Meredith described being injured by shrapnel in Iraq.

  
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<description><![CDATA[Canadian health officials have linked a deadly listeriosis outbreak to a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto, prompting the company to expand of its recall of meat products.

    
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<title>Jawbreakers? Taking Stress Out on Teeth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A letter in the Lancet medical journal sparks outrage from obesity experts.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[New research suggests a biological reason for why bad boys get all the girls.]]></description>
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<title>Sex Change for Kids? Controversy Swirls</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A misunderstood procedure garners widespread attention.]]></description>
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<title>Opinion: When Biology Doesn&#x27;t Explain Gay</title>
<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/318174656/story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers say gay brains are different; this bride says her brain is straight.]]></description>
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<title>When Chronic Pain Threatens Intimacy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[For some couples, the persistent pain of fibromyalgia can make sex a challenge.]]></description>
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<title>&#x27;It Makes Me Crazy&#x27;: Woman Can&#x27;t Forget </title>
<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/286796523/story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Diane Sawyer talks to Jill Price, who re-lives her past and astounds doctors.]]></description>
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<title>Ask Dr. Timothy Johnson</title>
<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633895/story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Have a health question or concern? Ask Dr. Tim and tune in to News Now.]]></description>
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<title>2-foot, 9-inch Woman Survives Risky Pregnancy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Christianne Ray has a rare form of dwarfism, but became a mom despite the risk.]]></description>
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<title>Kids Snoring? Could Be Sleep Apnea</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As much as 4 percent of U.S. children suffer from obstructive sleep apnea.]]></description>
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<title>Supermarket Picks Healthy Foods</title>
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<description><![CDATA[One New England grocery chain uses gold stars to affect purchases.]]></description>
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<title>Popcorn May Cause Lung Disease</title>
<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633919/story</link>
<description><![CDATA[An ingredient in microwave popcorn may cause potentially deadly lung problems.]]></description>
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<title>Seeing the Body as Never Before</title>
<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633921/story</link>
<description><![CDATA[An amazing look at the body at work, from fat cells to salivary glands.]]></description>
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<title>Concussions Hurt Benoit Brain, Dad Says</title>
<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633922/story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors say test results on wrestler's brain may explain murder-suicide.]]></description>
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<title>Food 911: What to Do After Splurging </title>
<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633923/story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discover what you should do after indulging in your favorite foods.]]></description>
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<title>Dumpster Diving Is the Life for Me</title>
<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633924/story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Freegans eat food leftovers from restaurants and found in dumpsters.]]></description>
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<title>Plastic Surgery Tackles Eyebrows, Feet</title>
<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AbcNews_Health/~3/162633925/story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Not happy with your eyebrows?  Get transplants.]]></description>
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<title>Patients to get sight-saving drug</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7582242.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[All patients in England suffering from a disease which causes blindness will get access to a sight-saving drug after all.]]></description>
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<title>Drug &#x27;may slow down Parkinson&#x27;s&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7583657.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Early use of medication may be able to slow down progression of Parkinson's disease, preliminary research suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walk</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7582240.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.]]></description>
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<title>Tories warn of obesity &#x27;excuses&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/7583669.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[People should not be offered "excuses" for being overweight, shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley says.]]></description>
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<title>Indian herbal medicines queried</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7583573.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A fifth of Indian herbal medicines sold on the internet contain potentially lethal substances, says a new study in the US.]]></description>
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<title>Toddler cancer spotted via e-mail</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/manchester/7583219.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A toddler in Florida is diagnosed with cancer after a Manchester woman spotted the early warning signs in a picture.]]></description>
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<title>Fake sick notes sold on internet</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A website selling false sick notes written on official NHS notepaper says they are "guaranteed to get you out of work or school".]]></description>
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<title>Manchester &#x27;worst for self-harm&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/manchester/7582579.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[More people in Manchester self-harm than anywhere else in Europe, a new study claims.]]></description>
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<title>Treatment &#x27;tricks&#x27; stroke victims</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/hampshire/7582056.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stroke victims could be "tricked" into getting better with a new virtual reality physiotherapy treatment.]]></description>
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<title>Why a daily fry-up may be bad news for your health</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7581916.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A breakfast fry-up every day raises the risk of bowel cancer by 63%, researchers have calculated.]]></description>
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<title>An NHS dilemma</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7582740.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The story behind the sight-saving drug controversy]]></description>
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<title>Unkindest cuts </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/7582767.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Self-harmer tells of her 10-year battle against her body]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_7583000/7583956.stm">
<title>DIY drugs</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_7583000/7583956.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Home-grown cannabis on rise]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7582200.stm">
<title>Super surgeries</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7582200.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mixed feelings about new-style health centres ]]></description>
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<title>Medical notes </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/default.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A comprehensive guide to clinical conditions]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/health/conditions/heart/prevention_index.shtml">
<title>From BBC Health</title>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/health/conditions/heart/prevention_index.shtml</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reducing your risk of developing heart disease]]></description>
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<title>NHS funding &#x27;risk to cancer care&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7581850.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cancer services risk missing out on money because the funding system is not sophisticated enough, a report says.]]></description>
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<title>Doctors &#x27;keep cancer drugs quiet&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7581705.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors are keeping cancer patients in the dark about expensive new drugs that could extend their lives, a poll shows.]]></description>
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<title>Mums &#x27;accept natural birth risks&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7576544.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[First-time mothers are prepared to accept greater risks than their clinicians to have a natural birth, report researchers.]]></description>
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<title>Caesarean babies&#x27; &#x27;diabetes risk&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7576829.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Children born by Caesarean section have a 20% higher chance of developing type 1 diabetes, claim researchers.]]></description>
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<title>Warning of epilepsy drowning risk</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7576582.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[People with epilepsy are 19 times more likely to die from drowning than the general population, a UK study suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Magnets &#x27;could cut NHS drug bill&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/7581017.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new technique involving magnets could cut the cost of making cancer and arthritis drugs.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7581890.stm">
<title>Drugs &#x27;slash&#x27; Malawi Aids deaths</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7581890.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Distributing Aids drugs in Malawi has massively cut the death rate, an official says.]]></description>
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<title>Elderly &#x27;go hungry in hospital&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Elderly people are going hungry in hospital because staff fail to ensure they are fed, a charity says.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/hi/english/static/in_depth/health/2000/heart_disease/default.stm">
<title>Heart disease and stroke</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/hi/english/static/in_depth/health/2000/heart_disease/default.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/3444635.stm">
<title>Cancer: The facts</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/3444635.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The disease tends to affect older people - but can strike at any time.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/4121411.stm">
<title>Pregnancy timeline</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/4121411.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A week by week guide to pregnancy taking in how the baby develops, changes to the mother and key scan dates.]]></description>
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<title>Five Foot Problems You Shouldn&#x27;t Ignore</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/headlines/health/~3/375241116/155616</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seemingly minor difficulties could cause you major problems in the long term. Here's what to look for.

  
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<title>Can Gastric Bypass Surgery Cure Diabetes?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A controversial doctor says yes; his critics say 'bull----.'

  
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<title>My Turn: Reinventing Myself After an HIV Diagnosis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Since being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1990, I've managed to reinvent myself at least three times.

  
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<title>Meds Shmeds, Gimme Fries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[One study found that 74 percent of teens dramatically overestimate their ability to manage their asthma.

  
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<title>Does Prevention Really Lower Health Care Costs?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cancer screening and other measures for heading off disease don't always reduce health-care costs.

  
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<title>Should You Tan to Avoid Vitamin D Deficiency?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A slew of recent books and studies have touted the benefits of vitamin D and the perils of not getting enough vitamin D; some even encourage lying in the sun and taking vitamin supplements in order to prevent depression. But dermatologists say more time soaking up the rays isn't necessary—most Americans get all the vitamin D they need just by going outside in the course of their daily duties, and beyond that, it's easy to get adequate levels of the vitamin through nutrients in food. "Sunlight helps us produce vitamin D, but the amount of sunlight you need is so low that you could walk outside for probably five minutes and have enough," says Craig Austin, a New York-based dermatologist and founder of AB Skincare.

  
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<title>Menopause: The Benefits of Starting Hormone Therapy Early </title>
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<description><![CDATA[New research shows that estrogen replacement early may minimize menopausal symptoms and improve sexuality for mid-life women while reducing the risks of HRT.

  
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<title>Ask a Harvard Doc About Mental Health</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/headlines/health/~3/371249220/154577</link>
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<title>Who Should Get the HPV Vaccine and When?</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/headlines/health/~3/370305305/154381</link>
<description><![CDATA[The author of a new study of the HPV vaccine discusses its cost-effectiveness and the conflicting information about who should get it and when.

  
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<title>Andrew McMahon on His Music and Fighting Cancer</title>
<link>http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/headlines/health/~3/365854061/153313</link>
<description><![CDATA[Three years ago, Andrew McMahon was diagnosed with leukemia. On 'The Glass Passenger,' he sings about his experience.

  
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<title>Five Financial Costs of Americ