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  <title><![CDATA[Morning sickness may signal healthier pregnancy]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[New research confirms that women plagued by morning sickness in early pregnancy are less likely to miscarry.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:15:45 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Nobel-winning work is matchmaker for molecules]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The three winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry all developed new ways to make carbon atoms stick to one another -- a mundane-sounding process that in fact underlies the very basis of life.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:10:28 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA to push for more investment in science]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Health regulators plan to spend millions of dollars to step up their scientific prowess in a move that officials say will help quickly get new treatments to patients and protect the public against possible health threats.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:55:40 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[How Republicans could block healthcare reform]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Republicans could keep their promises to stop healthcare reform even if they cannot repeal it, simply by blocking legislation needed to pay for it, one expert argued on Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:52:51 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Poor healthcare may shorten American lives: study]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Americans die sooner than citizens of a dozen other developed nations and the usual suspects -- obesity, traffic accidents and a high murder rate -- are not to blame, researchers reported on Thursday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:42:49 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ultra-Running and Race Day Nutrition]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Ultra-running (as defined by any running race longer than the marathon of 26.2 miles) requires a whole different nutritional viewpoint when compared to the gels and quick shots of Gatorade normally ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:41:25 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[International Walk to School Day is October 6]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Partnership for a Walkable America sponsored the first National Walk Our Children to School Day in Chicago in 1997. It was a simple day, designed to highlight the need to create communities that are walkable. The day was created, in part, on a similar concept celebrated in the United Kingdom.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:32:12 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Seven Tips to Make This Your Losing Season]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The holiday season is almost here. I know it's hard to think about or even believe but soon you'll be humming the reindeer song and thinking about the best dessert to bring to Aunt Mary's soiree. Turn the tide this holiday season and come out on the losing end with these easy-to-follow tips.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:24:00 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fall Fun Can Burn Major Calories ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[It's autumn! Although I deeply love summer and fear what waits for us as autumn wanes, there is much about fall to be excited about.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:21:09 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Does an earlier last call lead to fewer assaults?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sending bar patrons home at earlier hours may lower the rate of late-night violence, hints a new study from Australia.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:40:40 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Study shows limits of Child Protective Services]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Child Protective Services system in the United States "has outlived its usefulness," and should be scrapped in favor of other approaches to protecting at-risk kids, according to a leading expert on injury prevention.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:34:45 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hands-only bystander CPR saving lives in Arizona]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A massive Arizona campaign to get bystanders to do hands-only CPR if they see someone collapse appears to have paid off, state officials said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:31:39 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Neuroticism expensive for society: study]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Neurotic people aren't only making themselves miserable; they cost society billions of dollars in health care spending and lost productivity, according to new research from the Netherlands.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:23:50 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Advanced imaging use in emergency rooms triples]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Use of advanced imaging machines in hospital emergency departments tripled between 1998 and 2007, resulting in higher costs and longer emergency room stays, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:21:00 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[One in 4 students, young adults binge drink: CDC]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[One in four high school students and adults ages 18 to 34 engaged in binge drinking in the past month, putting themselves and those around them at risk, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:18:46 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Fund sees disease fight hampered by donors]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Donors pledged over $11.5 billion on Tuesday to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis over the next three years but the head of the fund waging the battle said it was not enough to protect millions of people at risk.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:15:47 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Doctor shortage looming? Use nurses, report says]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A report from the institute calls for an overhaul in the responsibility and training of nurses and says doing so is key to improving the fragmented and expensive U.S. healthcare system -- President Barack Obama's signature political initiative.]]></description>
  <guid>http://br.ibtimes.com/contents/20101006/doctor-shortage-looming-use-nurses-report-says.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:11:56 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Drunkenness rising in teen girls, Eastern Europeans]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Eastern European adolescents used to drink less than their counterparts in Western Europe and North America, but over the past decade, they've been getting drunk increasingly often, according to a new study looking at nearly 80,000 15-year-olds in 23 countries.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:06:26 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sleep loss might thwart dieters' fat loss]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Getting too little sleep might prevent dieters from losing as much body fat as they otherwise would have, a small study suggests.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:23:59 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mental health courts cut re-arrest rates, jail time]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Mentally ill individuals who go through a specialized court system instead of the criminal justice system are less likely to be arrested again, new research hints.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:42:59 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Researchers combine smallpox, anthrax vaccines]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Researchers have combined vaccines against smallpox and anthrax into one vaccine that could protect against both germs in a biological attack.]]></description>
  <guid>http://br.ibtimes.com/contents/20101005/researchers-combine-smallpox-anthrax-vaccines.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:37:09 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Scientists find way to refine Botox for new uses]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[British scientists have developed a new way of joining and rebuilding molecules and used it to refine the anti-wrinkle treatment Botox in an effort to improve its use for Parkinson's, cerebral palsy and chronic migraine.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:26:20 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[When moms get flu shots, babies reap benefits]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Newborn babies whose mothers got a flu shot while pregnant are less likely to get the flu or to be admitted to the hospital with a respiratory illness in the first six months of life, U.S. researchers said on Monday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://br.ibtimes.com/contents/20101005/when-moms-get-flu-shots-babies-reap-benefits.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:55:49 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[New method could make IVF more effective]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Researchers using a microscope and time-lapse photography believe they have developed a method for predicting which test-tube embryos are the most likely to develop properly, and are licensing development of a commercial test.]]></description>
  <guid>http://br.ibtimes.com/contents/20101004/method-could-make-ivf-more-effective.htm</guid>
  <link>http://br.ibtimes.com/contents/20101004/method-could-make-ivf-more-effective.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:25:42 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Condom use routine for U.S. teens, not adults]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. teens are not as reckless as some people might think when it comes to sex, and they are much more likely to use condoms than people over 40, according to a survey released on Monday that could help guide public health policy.]]></description>
  <guid>http://br.ibtimes.com/contents/20101004/condom-use-routine-fors-teens-not-adults.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:20:56 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Employer wellness programs could benefit families]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Employers are in a potentially powerful position to help employees and their families make healthier choices, hints a new study conducted by the IBM Corporation.]]></description>
  <guid>http://br.ibtimes.com/contents/20101004/employer-wellness-programs-could-benefit-families.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:12:29 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fresenius Kabi recalls India unit drug from U.S.: report]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Indian drugmaker Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd has seen two batches of a cancer drug shipped to the U.S. being recalled by its German parent, Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holdin Inc, the Economic Times reported on Monday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:09:56 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[IVF pioneer wins medicine Nobel prize]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the first "test-tube baby," won the 2010 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology, the prize-awarding institute said on Monday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:56:38 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma investigates salmonella outbreak]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Oklahoma health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella in several schoolchildren and some adults and say it may be connected to similar outbreaks in Iowa and Nebraska.]]></description>
  <guid>http://br.ibtimes.com/contents/20101003/oklahoma-investigates-salmonella-outbreak.htm</guid>
  <link>http://br.ibtimes.com/contents/20101003/oklahoma-investigates-salmonella-outbreak.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:09:30 AMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[CDC Calls Obesity a "Winnable Battle"]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has named the agency's six top priorities.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:14:09 AMT</pubDate>
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