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<title><![CDATA[Uncertainty Is Powerful Stress Producer]]></title>
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<description>WebMD Health:- <![CDATA[In a newly published study, uncertainty was found to be far more stressful for highly neurotic people than dealing with a clearly negative outcome.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:18:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fall Babies at Higher Risk for Asthma]]></title>
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<description>WebMD Health:- <![CDATA[A new study shows that babies born four months before the peak of winter virus season are more likely to develop childhood asthma than babies born at any other time of year.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:18:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier (AP)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[AP - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:51:55 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Study backs Finland&#39;s colon cancer screening (Reuters)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[Reuters - A national screening program in Finland has detected about 40 percent of colon cancers early, showing that such tests can make a difference, Finnish researchers reported on Friday.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:08:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smokeout &#39;08: The Perfect Time to Quit (HealthDay)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Everyone knows smoking is 
bad for you. Really bad.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Health Tip: Considering Home Birth? (HealthDay)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Home birth is a safe option for many 
moms-to-be who want to deliver in the privacy and comfort of their 
home.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Health Tip: Storing Your Insulin (HealthDay)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Diabetics must not only take their insulin 
correctly, they also need to make sure that it&#39;s stored properly.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dental Implants Need More Work Than Root Canals (HealthDay)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Dental implants require much more 
follow-up treatment than root canals, according to a study by researchers 
at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets (HealthDay)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Experts hope that letting 
kids have their fingers do the texting will increase compliance with the 
food diaries that are such a critical part of successful dieting.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Health Highlights: Nov. 20,  2008 (HealthDay)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, 
compiled by editors of HealthDay:]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Colorectal Cancer Treatment Costs Vary Widely (HealthDay)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The cost of treating 
colorectal cancer can vary by tens of thousands of dollars per 
patient.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vitamin D Deficit Could Lead to Heart Woes (HealthDay)]]></title>
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<description>Yahoo! Health: Health News:- <![CDATA[HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The lack of sunshine during 
winter may diminish vitamin D levels in the body and harm cardiovascular 
health, U.S. researchers say.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:03:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Water Aerobics Reduces Pain in Childbirth]]></title>
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<description>WebMD Health:- <![CDATA[Water aerobics may help reduce the pain of childbirth. A new study shows that women who take classes during pregnancy are significantly less likely to ask for pain medication during delivery.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:01:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hib Vaccine Shortage Extended]]></title>
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<description>WebMD Health:- <![CDATA[The current U.S. shortage of childhood Hib vaccine, cut off in December 2007, will continue at least until mid-2009, the CDC warns.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy People Get the Big Picture]]></title>
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<description>WebMD Health:- <![CDATA[If you're in a bad mood, all you see is the task at hand. But in a good mood, you can see how the task fits into the grand scheme of things in your life.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:21:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PEPFAR 'Most Impressive' Of Bush's Efforts In Africa, Opinion Piece Says]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[President Bush "did better than most people are willing to admit in his dealings with Africa, a continent long victimized by the geopolitical tug of war between America and its adversaries," columnist DeWayne Wickham writes in a USA Today opinion piece.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Board Adopts Recommendations To Overhaul Oregon Health Care System]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[The Oregon Health Fund Board on Monday unanimously adopted recommendations to overhaul the state's health care system and provide coverage to all state residents by 2019, the Oregonian reports.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[President-Elect Obama Likely To Pick CBO Director Orszag As Director Of U.S. Office Of Management And Budget]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama reportedly plans to name Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, the AP/Miami Herald reports (Taylor, AP/Miami Herald, 11/19).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Automaker Bankruptcies Would Require Taxpayers To Pay $3B Annually For Health Care, UAW President Gettelfinger Says]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Taxpayers would have to pay at least $3 billion annually in the event that the Big Three automakers -- General Motors, Chrysler and Ford -- have to file for bankruptcy and no longer pay for retiree health care, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said on Tuesday during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, the Detroit News reports.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Most Massachusetts Physicians Surveyed Practice 'Defensive Medicine,' Which Could Be Driving Up State Health Care Costs]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Eighty-three percent of physicians surveyed in Massachusetts say they practice so-called "defensive medicine" because they are concerned they might be sued by patients, a trend that adds at least $1.4 billion annually to state health care costs, according to a report by the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Boston Herald reports.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lesotho's HIV Testing Program Has Not Met Goals, Groups Say]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[An HIV testing campaign launched in Lesotho in 2005 has failed to meet its goals because of a lack of funding and administrative issues, according to a report released on Tuesday by Human Rights Watch and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, AFP/Yahoo! News reports. The campaign aimed to test 1.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Open Season For Medicare Part D Enrollment]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[From November 15th to the end of December is "open season" for American senior citizens to sign up for another year to benefit from the federal     government program known as  Medicare Part D designed to help eligible older Americans pay for prescription drugs.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sen. Kennedy Taps Senators To Lead Various Working Groups Aimed At Improving U.S. Health Care]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Tuesday named committee members to lead three working groups that will target specific aspects of the health care system in writing overhaul legislation, including Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Misconceptions Continue To Contribute To Discrimination Against HIV-Positive People In China, UNAIDS Official Says]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[People living with HIV/AIDS in China continue to experience discrimination based on public misconceptions of the disease, Bernhard Schwartlander, UNAIDS China country coordinator, said on Tuesday, Xinhuanet reports.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Panel Of Experts Warns FDA Of Frequent Use Of Antipsychotics In Children]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Certain antipsychotic medicines are being prescribed too frequently to children, and FDA should take action to discourage the drugs' growing use, a panel of federal drug experts told agency officials Tuesday, the New York Times reports.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Got a Complex Task? Study, Sleep on It]]></title>
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<description>WebMD Health:- <![CDATA[After learning complex skills, people perform those skills better after a night's sleep, a study using video games shows.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:07:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GenVec Announces Interim Survival Data In Pivotal Trial Of TNFerade™ In Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[GenVec, Inc. (Nasdaq:GNVC) announced today top-line results of an interim analysis from its ongoing Phase III Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial with TNFerade™ (PACT) in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Children Of Centenarians Live Longer, Have Lower Risk Of Heart Disease, Stroke, Diabetes]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[A recent study appearing in the November issue of Journal of American Geriatrics Society revealed that centenarian offspring (children of parents who lived to be at least 97 years old) retain important cardiovascular advantages from their parents compared to a similarly-aged cohort.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Innovative Drugs-of-Abuse Testing System Announced By Philips And Concateno]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Concateno plc, Europe's largest provider of drug and alcohol     testing programmes, and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) have     today announced an innovative handheld drugs-of-abuse detection device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Successfull Completion Of Phase I Development Of In Vivo Glucose Sensing RFID Microchip]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[VeriChip Corporation ("VeriChip") (NASDAQ:CHIP), a provider of RFID systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, and its development partner RECEPTORS LLC, a technology company whose AFFINITY by DESIGN™ chemistry platform can be applied to the development of selective binding products, ann]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Breast Cancer Drug Raises Blood Clot Risk, Should Have 'Black Box' Warning, JAMA Study Says]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Genentech's cancer drug Avastin -- which FDA approved in February for treatment of advanced breast cancer -- increases a patient's risk of developing blood clots in veins, a condition known as venous thromboembolism, or VTE, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, HealthDay News/U.S. News and World Report reports. According to HealthDay News/U.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gore Receives Approval To Market GORE EXCLUDER(R) AAA Endoprosthesis And GORE TAG(R) Thoracic Endoprosthesis In Canada]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced at the 35th annual VEITHsymposium™ in New York that it has received regulatory clearance from Health Canada's Therapeutic Products Directorate to market the GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis and GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis in Canada.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Federal Appeals Court Upholds New Hampshire Law Prohibiting Sales Of Physicians' Prescribing Histories]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on Tuesday upheld a New Hampshire law prohibiting the sale of information about physicians' prescribing practices for use in prescription drug marketing, the AP/Lexington Herald-Leader reports (Love, AP/Lexington Herald-Leader, 11/18).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Randomized Phase 2 Study Of IMC-A12 For HER2-Expressing Advanced Breast Cancer Commences Patient Enrollment]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[ImClone Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMCL), a global leader in the development and commercialization of novel antibodies to treat cancer, today announced that its disease-directed randomized Phase 2 clinical trial of IMC-A12 in patients with previously treated HER2-expressing locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer has commenced patient enrollment.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Red Cross Awards Inaugural Humanitarian Prizes]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Recognizing the achievements of individuals who have tangibly improved life and living conditions in one of the world's most challenging regions, the American Red Cross, in partnership with The Atlantic, announces the first annual American Red Cross Humanitarian Prize. Younis Al Khatib, President, Palestine Red Crescent Society, and Dr.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Walgreens Offers Assistance In Sorting Through Changes To Medicare Part D Plans]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[The six-week open enrollment period for Medicare Part D is under way and seniors are facing the annual task of evaluating prescription plans to nail down their choices for the coming year. Medicare enrollees have until Dec. 31 to review their current plan for any changes in cost or coverage and make certain it still meets their needs.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bovie Medical Corporation Announces FDA 510(K) Clearance To Market SEER Tissue Resection Device]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Bovie Medical Corporation (the "Company") (NYSE Alternext US: BVX), a manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, today announced the Company received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its SEER tissue resection device intended for initial use in liver oncology surgery.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gannett Desert Sun Examines Antiretroviral Isentress]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Gannett/Desert Sun on Monday examined Merck's antiretroviral drug Isentress, which was approved by FDA last year.  According to Gannett/Desert Sun, since FDA approved the drug, some HIV-positive people and "medical experts say it appears to work, improving the condition of some HIV patients and sparking hope that drugmakers may develop similar medications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Hospital Of The Future' Report Urges Major Changes]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[A report released today from The Joint Commission offers guiding principles and actions for the hospital of the future to meet the daunting challenges of older and sicker patients, patient safety and quality of care, economics and the work force. As these challenges escalate, hospitals can lead the effort to meet these demands.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AARP: Value Of Family Caregiving Hits $375 Billion, More That Medicaid Spending, USA]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[The economic value of family caregiving in the U.S. reached $375 billion in     2007, according to a new report by AARP's Public Policy Institute. The report, which updates     a groundbreaking study by AARP last year, finds that the value of family caregiving was $375     billion, 7 percent higher than the estimated value of $350 billion in 2006.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mending NHS Commissioning, UK]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[It is government policy to put clinicians and clinical judgement back at the heart of NHS decision making. That is the concept behind Practice Based Commissioning (PBC). The idea is to devolve power to GPs to commission the services their patients need.     Yet the system seems unable to support PBC, as the thorough study published today by the King's Fund demonstrates.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Examines Challenges Facing Independent Pharmacies]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Monday examined some of the challenges facing independent pharmacies nationwide, such as growing competition from large chain and mail-order pharmacies, decreased reimbursement rates, and increased state and federal regulations.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Family History Raises Breast Cancer Risk Despite Absence Of BRCA Mutations, Study Finds]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Women with a strong family history of breast cancer have a four times greater risk for the disease than women in the general population, even if they do not carry a mutation of the BRCA gene, according to a study presented Monday at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual International Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting in Washington, D.C., HealthDay/U.S.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Study Finds HIV-Positive People Taking Some Antiretrovirals Are At Increased Risk Of Diabetes, Heart Disease]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[HIV-positive people receiving treatment for the virus might be at an increased risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes because some antiretroviral drugs can cause fat on the arms, legs, face and buttocks to move to the stomach, researchers at Australia's Garvan Institute said Monday, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Relapsed Ovarian Cancer - Submitted New Drug Application To FDA For Trabectedin]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[PharmaMar announced today that Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for trabectedin when administered in combination with DOXIL® (pegylated liposomal doxorubicin) for the treatment of women with relapsed ovarian cancer (ROC).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Childhood Obesity In The USA Would Be Reversed If Fast Food TV Advertising Were Banned, Says Study]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. The study also reports that eliminating the tax deductibility associated with television advertising would result in a reduction of childhood obesity, though in smaller numbers.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[General Optical Council Registration Fees Go Up For First Time In Four Years - UK]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[The GOC today announced that the annual retention fee for 2009/10 is rising from Â£169 to Â£219. This is the first time in four years that the cost of GOC registration has gone up. The new fee amount was agreed by Council at its November meeting, and applies to the next retention period, which runs from 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Depuy Mitek Launches Healix™ Br With Biocryl(R) Rapide™, Leading U.S. Biocomposite Material For Shoulder, Knee Implants]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[DePuy Mitek, Inc., a leading orthopedics sports medicine company, today announced the launch of the HEALIX™ BR Dual Threaded Anchor System, the first suture anchor for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair made with the company's proprietary BIOCRYL® RAPIDE™ biocomposite material, shown in pre-clinical trials to resorb and promote bone formation within the implant profile2.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[General Opital Council News - 20th November, 2008]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[Members bid farewell to Council chairman   Council met on 20 November 2008 at the Durrants Hotel, London. The meeting was Rosie Varley's last as chairman, having served in the role for ten years.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AARP Hires Outside Investigator To Examine Sales Of Limited-Coverage Plans]]></title>
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<description>Health News from Medical News Today:- <![CDATA[AARP has hired an outside investigator to look into sales of its limited-benefit health insurance plans after a Senate inquiry found evidence of deceptive marketing, the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 11/19). AARP last week said it would suspend marketing and sales of the plans after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said the plans are misleading and do not work in typical situations.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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