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<title>WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV</title>
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<description><![CDATA[3 February 2012 -- Current WHO  guidelines call on health service providers to remind patients, that neither hormonal contraceptives nor intrauterine devices known as IUDs offer protection against HIV or other sexually transmitted infections. Protection against both unwanted pregnancy and STIs including HIV is called "dual protection" and condoms are the mainstay of dual protection. ]]></description>
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<title>Dr Margaret Chan nominated for a second term to be WHO Director-General</title>
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<description><![CDATA[18 January 2012 -- Dr Margaret Chan was nominated today by the WHOs Executive Board for a second term as Director-General of the Organization. If confirmed by the World Health Assembly, Dr Chan's new term will begin on 1 July 2012 and continue until 30 June 2017.]]></description>
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<title>Executive Board appoints the Regional Director for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region</title>
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<description><![CDATA[17 January 2012 -- Dr Ala Alwan will take up his appointment as the Regional Director of WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO/EMRO) for a five-year term starting on 1 February 2012.]]></description>
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<title>India records one year without polio cases</title>
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<description><![CDATA[12 January 2012 -- India appears to have completed one year without polio since its last case on 13 January 2011. This is a momentous achievement because India was once recognized as the world’s epicentre of polio. However, there remains no room for complacency. India must maintain surveillance and high childhood immunity against wild poliovirus until eradication is achieved globally.]]></description>
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<title>WHO recognizes progress of Gulf States for adopting regional strategy to address noncommunicable diseases</title>
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<description><![CDATA[6 January 2012 -- Six Gulf States detail how they plan to tackle noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) during the coming years. The regional strategy by Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates lays out details on setting targets and measuring results, advancing multisectoral action, and strengthening national capacity to combat NCDs.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[30 December 2011 -- WHO takes note that studies undertaken by several institutions on whether changes in the H5N1 influenza virus can make it more transmissible between humans have raised concern about the possible risks and misuses associated with this research. WHO is also deeply concerned about the potential negative consequences. However, WHO also notes  that studies conducted under appropriate conditions must continue to take place so that critical scientific knowledge needed to reduce the risks posed by the H5N1 virus continues to increase. ]]></description>
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<title>Three-year study identifies key interventions to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths </title>
<link>http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/releases/2011/reduce_maternal_deaths_20111215/en/index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[15 December 2011 -- About 358 000 women still die each year during pregnancy and childbirth; 7.6 million children die before the age of 5 annually. A new global consensus has agreed on the key evidence-based interventions that will sharply reduce these numbers. The study, Essential interventions, commodities and guidelines for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, is designed to facilitate decision-making in low- and middle-income countries about how to allocate limited resources for maximum impact on the health of women and children.]]></description>
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<title>Malaria deaths are down but progress remains fragile</title>
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<description><![CDATA[13 December 2011 -- Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000 according to the World malaria report 2011, issued today. This is the result of a significant scaling-up of malaria prevention and control measures in the last decade, including the widespread use of bed nets, better diagnostics and a wider availability of effective medicines to treat malaria.]]></description>
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<title>Unparalleled global progress in HIV response but sustained investment vital </title>
<link>http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/releases/2011/hiv_20111130/en/index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[30 November 2011 -- The Report on the global HIV/AIDS response  shows that increased access to HIV services  resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade and a 22% decline in AIDS-related deaths in the last five years. While there is still much to be done, 2011 was a game changing year, in terms of current progress and innovations creating hope for substantial future advances.]]></description>
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<title>Election of the WHO Director-General</title>
<link>http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/notes/2011/dg_election_20111121/en/index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[21 November 2011 -- Only one candidate has been proposed for the election of WHO Director-General. The candidate is Dr Margaret Chan, the current Director-General, whose name has been submitted by China. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Facing criticism from religious-affiliated institutions, the Obama administration promised on Tuesday to explore ways to make a new health insurance requirement more flexible.


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<description><![CDATA[Karen Handel’s resignation came just days after the cancer foundation reversed its decision to cut funds to Planned Parenthood.


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<description><![CDATA[Researchers combed through four years' worth of data about Harvard runners to produce the surprisingly controversial finding that how a person runs may affect whether he or she winds up hurt.


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<description><![CDATA[A concept based on Buddhist teachings encourages people to eat slowly, paying close attention to the sensation and purpose of each morsel.


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<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers in both parties say they want to give doctors a small increase in Medicare payments, but they cannot agree on how to pay for it.


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<description><![CDATA[The authentic version of this Greek dish has a lot more olive oil, but its slimmer cousin doesn’t fail to satisfy.


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<description><![CDATA[As the published evidence for the source of chronic fatigue syndrome fell apart, a legal melodrama erupted, dismaying and demoralizing patients and many members of the scientific community.


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<description><![CDATA[Perhaps too much emphasis is placed on looking for existing breast cancer when the search should focus on prevention and the possibility of finding a vaccine.


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<description><![CDATA[An overhaul to Weight Watchers' diet plan has caused many longtime members to complain about slow weight loss.


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<description><![CDATA[A drug that scientists had hoped would help prevent breast cancer has a significant side effect.


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<description><![CDATA[Continued obstacles plague the effort to provide a reliable supply of technetium 99m, a radioisotope crucial to identifying heart and kidney disease and assisting in breast cancer surgery.


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<description><![CDATA[The numbers are being quietly fought over in e-mails among malaria specialists at the World Health Organization and the University of Washington.


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<description><![CDATA[Outspoken parents may be keeping good coaches away from youth sports.


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<title>Well Blog: A Better Way to Spend Breast Cancer Funds?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We must move breast cancer advocacy to the next level, beyond screening for cancers that are already there, even beyond the cure, to finding the cause, writes Dr. Susan Love.


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<description><![CDATA[Researchers have found what happens to muscles when a masseur goes to work on them.


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<title>Well Blog: Kale for Everyone!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A recent trip to the neighborhood farmers' market inspired Martha Rose Shulman to spend the next six days cooking with kale.


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<title>Well Blog: Think Like a Doctor: Sleeping Wife Solved!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Readers solve the mystery of a 43-year-old healthy and active woman who suddenly falls asleep and can't be awakened.


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<title>The New Old Age Blog: Fair Pay for Home Health Aides</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Should home health aides receive minimum wage and overtime pay protections?


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<title>The New Old Age: Drinking in Assisted Living</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A surprising number of residents in assisted living facilities may be drinking alcohol, a new report finds.


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<title>The New Old Age Blog: The Pet Problem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A pet trust offers owners some assurances that after they die, their pets will be cared for.


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<title>The New Old Age Blog: How Alzheimer&#x27;s Disease Spreads</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two new studies provide clues to how Alzheimer's disease spreads in the brain.


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<title>Personal Health: Giving City Streets Built-In Safety Features</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Safer road designs can slow motor vehicles and separate them from pedestrians and cyclists, and also enhance the physical activity and health of residents.


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<title>Really?: The Claim: Long Work Hours Can Cause Depression</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Studies indicate that putting in extra hours at the office can elevate the risk of developing anxiety and depression.


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<title>Q &#x26; A: Are All Plaques the Same?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Coronary plaque and eye plaque are directly related, while oral plaque is a different entity — but all of them can cause problems.


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<title>Letters: Business of Circumcision (2 Letters)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Letters to the editor.


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<title>Letters: Caregivers in Harm&#x2019;s Way (1 Letter)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A letter to the editor.


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<title>Letters: Know Your Surgeons (1 Letter)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A letter to the editor.


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<title>Letters: Only Human, Nothing More (1 Letter)</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=fd16b33f3d5b691519030e1b7ed3b2df</link>
<description><![CDATA[A letter to the editor.


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<title>Books: In Search of the Elusive Definition of Heterosexuality</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A concept that didn’t seem to need naming until quite recently.


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<title>Patient Voices: Changed, but Not Defined, by Hemophilia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Three people living with hemophilia talk about how the condition affects their lives.


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<title>Cases: Feeling Strain When Violent Patients Need Care</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cf6e9299a04c4465bbc7583de1383b38</link>
<description><![CDATA[A rising number of registered nurses rank "on-the-job assault" as one of their three greatest safety concerns.


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<title>Really?: The Claim: Excess Weight Raises the Risk of Acne</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers have found, once again, that weight gain and moderate to severe acne go hand in hand, particularly among young women.


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<title>New Definition of Autism May Exclude Many, Study Suggests</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Changes to the way autism is diagnosed may make it harder for many people who would no longer meet the criteria to get health, educational and social services, researchers say.


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<title>Assisted Suicide Law in Georgia Is Overturned</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a law outlawing the promotion of assisted suicide was unconstitutional, a decision likely to shape the national debate over the practice.


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<title>The Texas Tribune: Texans Lead Battle for Women&#x2019;s Health</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the skirmish between Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood that intensified over the past week, all roads led to Texas.


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<title>Komen Reverses Stance on Planned Parenthood Grants</title>
<link>http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5cdcfbdb334d767eb06ddbe7c64a9da0</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation apologized for its decision to cut grants to Planned Parenthood for cancer screening and said it would restore the funding.


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<title>National Briefing | Health: Officials Recommend the HPV Vaccine for All Boys</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Federal health officials recommended on Thursday that all boys be routinely vaccinated against infection with human papillomavirus, or HPV.


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<title>Vital Signs: Fructose Consumption Increases Visceral Fat, Study Reports</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fructose consumption may increase cardiovascular risk factors because it increases visceral fat, the kind that accumulates around internal organs.


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<title>Vital Signs: When Watched and Cheered On, I.C.U. Workers Wash Hands More</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After the installation of cameras and boards announcing compliance rates, hand washing at an I.C.U. soared, a study shows.


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<title>Vital Signs: Low-Protein Diets May Be Costly to Lean Body Mass</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On a low-protein diet, the body is forced to get its protein from lean body mass, a study shows.


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<title>Alzheimer&#x2019;s Spreads in the Brain Like a Virus, Studies Find</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The discovery in studies of mice solves a mystery surrounding the disease’s grim march and has immediate implications for developing treatments, researchers said.


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<title>Recipes for Health: Skillet Collards and Winter Squash With Barley &#x2014; Recipes for Health</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Don’t toss out the barley cooking water: It adds flavor and texture to these sautéed vegetables.


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<title>Recipes for Health: Winter Squash and Cabbage and a Winter Vegetable Gratin &#x2014; Recipes for Health</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The vegetables in this dish are perfectly happy served with grains, or they can form the basis for a hearty Provençal-style gratin.


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<title>Recipes for Health: Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts and Red Beans With Lemon and Mustard</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The season’s sturdy roots, squash and greens need little more than a few turns in a hot pan to become appealing partners for a variety of grains.


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<title>Recipes for Health: Risotto With Red Kale and Red Beans &#x2014; Recipes for Health</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite what you may have heard about risotto, this colorful dish doesn’t require constant stirring.


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