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<item><title><![CDATA[ Parent Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Kids' Heart Risks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112001838.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112001838.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Damage to the arteries of children of smokers can be detected in the early decades of their lives, a new Dutch study finds. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ed Edelson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Parent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Smoking]]></category><category><![CDATA[During]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raises]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kids']]></category><category><![CDATA[Heart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risks]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ New Scan Spots Beginning of Bone Problems in Anorexics ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR2008111902592.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR2008111902592.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new scanning technology has detected previously unnoticed bone abnormalities in adolescent girls afflicted with the eating disorder anorexia. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ed Edelson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spots]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beginning]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Problems]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anorexics]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Study puts a total on diabetes cost: $218 billion ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111800965.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111800965.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:08:04 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TRENTON, N.J. -- As diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the world's most common diseases, its financial cost is mounting, too, to well over $200 billion a year in the U.S. alone, according to a new study. ]]></description><dc:creator>LINDA A. JOHNSON</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Study]]></category><category><![CDATA[puts]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[total]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category><category><![CDATA[cost:]]></category><category><![CDATA[$218]]></category><category><![CDATA[billion]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Ask the MisFits ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/11/11/DI2008111102191.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/11/11/DI2008111102191.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ He's a veteran reporter, digging up the latest fitness news. She's an irreverent columnist with a knack for getting people off the couch and into the gym. Together, they're here to handle your worst work-out dilemmas and exercise questions.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051108960" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051108960" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Vicky Hallett and Howard Schneider</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ask]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[MisFits]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Cancer Drug Ups Risk of Clots in Veins ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111802522.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111802522.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used cancer drug Avastin appears to be associated with a greater risk of developing blood clots in the veins of patients with a variety of cancers. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drug]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ups]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clots]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Veins]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Genetic Trait Could Predict Lung Cancer ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111802114.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111802114.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian scientists may have discovered a genetic trait that could provide an early indication of which former smokers will develop lung cancer. ]]></description><dc:creator>Randy Dotinga</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Genetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trait]]></category><category><![CDATA[Could]]></category><category><![CDATA[Predict]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lung]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111802111.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111802111.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women whose mothers consumed canola oil during pregnancy and breast-feeding may be less likely to develop breast cancer than those whose mothers consumed corn oil, a new study suggests. ]]></description><dc:creator>Tate Gunnerson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Canola]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumed]]></category><category><![CDATA[During]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lowers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Offspring]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Breast Cancer Survivors Rely on Their Pets to Aid in Recovery ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403071.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403071.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Pets . . . makeup . . . lights . . . camera . . . action!<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051110201" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051110201" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Photographs and Text by Carol Guzy</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rely]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Their]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pets]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aid]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Recovery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ali Stark]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bev Gilstrap-Noble]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaithersburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Julia Scott]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leslie Foxman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patricia Liberatore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Herceptin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Smoking Goes Up as Economy Goes Down ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403028.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403028.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An Economy Going Up in Smoke If you think you've noticed more people huddled in doorways puffing on cigarettes or smelled smoke on the breath of someone you thought had kicked the habit, you may be right: A new survey indicates that the economic meltdown is prompting people to light up more. ]]></description><dc:creator>Adapted from voices.washpost.com/checkup</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Smoking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Down]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer Huget]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rob Stein]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Legacy Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple Macintosh]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Family history can trump breast cancer gene test ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111701136.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111701136.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:32:44 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- If breast cancer runs in the family, women can be at high risk even if they test free of the disease's most common gene mutations, sobering new research shows. The genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are linked with particularly aggressive hereditary breast cancer, and an increased risk of ovarian... ]]></description><dc:creator>LAURAN NEERGAARD</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Family]]></category><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><category><![CDATA[can]]></category><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><category><![CDATA[breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[gene]]></category><category><![CDATA[test]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Wealthy More Likely to Have Breast Reconstruction ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111702498.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111702498.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- After a mastectomy, wealthier women are more likely to have immediate breast reconstruction than their poorer counterparts, Johns Hopkins University researchers report. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Wealthy]]></category><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA[Likely]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Have]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Family History Ups Breast Cancer Risk Even Without BRCA Gene ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111701489.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111701489.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of breast cancer for a woman with a strong family history is four times higher than that of the general population -- even if she does not carry one of the breast cancer-linked mutations of the BRCA gene, a new study finds.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051114305" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051114305" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Kathleen Doheny</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Family]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ups]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Even]]></category><category><![CDATA[Without]]></category><category><![CDATA[BRCA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gene]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Finding Points to Possible Blood Test for Brain Tumors ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111700917.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111700917.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have stumbled across a novel mechanism by which brain tumors model their environment to nurture their own growth. ]]></description><dc:creator>Jeffrey Perkel</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Finding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Points]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Possible]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Test]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tumors]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Lung Cancer Patients Get Blamed for Their Disease ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111402182.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111402182.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) --A majority of Americans, including many health-care workers, believe that people who have lung cancer are at least partly to blame for their disease, a new survey finds. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ed Edelson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Lung]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category><category><![CDATA[Get]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blamed]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Their]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disease]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Study: HPV vaccine prevents genital warts in males ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111300206.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111300206.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:01:51 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA -- For the first time, an expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer in women has proven successful at preventing a disease in men, according to a new study. ]]></description><dc:creator>MIKE STOBBE</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Study:]]></category><category><![CDATA[HPV]]></category><category><![CDATA[vaccine]]></category><category><![CDATA[prevents]]></category><category><![CDATA[genital]]></category><category><![CDATA[warts]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[males]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Chemical in Plastics May Cause Fertility Problems ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111303289.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111303289.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Bisphenol A, a controversial chemical used to harden plastic packaging for many foods and beverages, may affect human reproduction, researchers report.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051118135" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051118135" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Chemical]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plastics]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cause]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fertility]]></category><category><![CDATA[Problems]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Booze Taxes Lower Alcohol-Linked Deaths ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111302971.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111302971.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Raising state taxes on alcohol may trigger an immediate drop in the number of people who die from alcohol-related disease, new research reveals. ]]></description><dc:creator>Alan Mozes</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Booze]]></category><category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lower]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Linked]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deaths]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Study: Same-sex heart transplants are better ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111201716.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111201716.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:45:51 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW ORLEANS -- Turns out men and women really are different at heart: New research finds that heart transplant patients have better odds of survival and a lower risk of rejection if they get organs from donors of the same sex. ]]></description><dc:creator>MARILYNN MARCHIONE</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Study:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Same-sex]]></category><category><![CDATA[heart]]></category><category><![CDATA[transplants]]></category><category><![CDATA[are]]></category><category><![CDATA[better]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Report urges states to tackle preterm birth crisis ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111200295.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111200295.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:39:32 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- The odds of having a premature baby are lowest in Vermont and highest in Mississippi. The March of Dimes mapped the stark state-by-state disparities in what it called a "report card" on prematurity Wednesday _ to track progress toward meeting a federal goal of lowering preterm births. ]]></description><dc:creator>LAURAN NEERGAARD</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[urges]]></category><category><![CDATA[states]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[tackle]]></category><category><![CDATA[preterm]]></category><category><![CDATA[birth]]></category><category><![CDATA[crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:19:47 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- The odds of having a premature baby are lowest in Vermont and highest in Mississippi.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051121841" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051121841" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>LAURAN NEERGAARD</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[urges]]></category><category><![CDATA[states]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[tackle]]></category><category><![CDATA[preterm]]></category><category><![CDATA[birth]]></category><category><![CDATA[crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:04:14 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[State]]></category><category><![CDATA[premature]]></category><category><![CDATA[birth]]></category><category><![CDATA[rates]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Six out of every 10 middle-aged Britons do not use a condom during a first-time sexual encounter, a new study shows. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Most]]></category><category><![CDATA[Single]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adults]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[Using]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoms]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Calcium, Vitamin D Won't Prevent Breast Cancer ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111102015.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111102015.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Although calcium and vitamin D may keep your bones strong, these vital nutrients don't appear to help postmenopausal women lower their risk of breast cancer. ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Calcium,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vitamin]]></category><category><![CDATA[D]]></category><category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prevent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Homecoming Veterans Often Face Inner Challenge ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111100906.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111100906.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) --In earlier wars, it was known as shell shock. In later military combat -- Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan -- the emotional scars veterans brought back with them got new names for old problems: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety,...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051124441" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051124441" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Kathleen Doheny</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Homecoming]]></category><category><![CDATA[Veterans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Often]]></category><category><![CDATA[Face]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Challenge]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Magnetic Relief For Depression? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703325.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703325.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Steve Newman had suffered from major depression from the time he was 13. He tried innumerable treatments: psychotherapy and medications. Approaching 60, single by necessity and friendless by choice, he decided his train had only two stops left before suicide. ]]></description><dc:creator>Shankar Vedantam</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Magnetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Relief]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Depression?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steve Newman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Garrett Aguilar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wayne Goodman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Neuronetics Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[John O'Reardon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Brott]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Institute of Mental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Berwyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Faraday]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scott McFarland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Institutes of Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rush University]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ It Isn't About the Trash Can ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703317.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703317.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Picture this: You're staring at the kitchen trash and feel a surge of frustration. You just saw your partner stuff one more thing into the already overflowing bin without making a move to empty it. Ready to pick a fight, you're about to lash out with an angry indictment of your partner's overall ... ]]></description><dc:creator>Christine B. Whelan</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Isn't]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trash]]></category><category><![CDATA[Can]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Carson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randye Semple]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robyn Walser]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christine B. Whelan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christopher Montone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cleveland Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kirk Warren Brown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ruth Quillian-Wolever]]></category><category><![CDATA[Duke University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shambhala Meditation Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Iowa]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Southern California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Commonwealth University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ The Checkup ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703048.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703048.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Caffeine, Your Baby and You The question of whether caffeine is safe for pregnant women and their babies continues to be examined. Many experts concur that cutting caffeine altogether is the safest bet for protecting an unborn baby's health, as its consumption may increase the risk of miscarriage... ]]></description><dc:creator>Adapted from voices.washpost.com/checkup</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Checkup]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer Huget]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rob Stein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harvard University]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New England Journal of Medicine]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Freezing Ovaries Preserves Fertility, Scientists Report ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111002265.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111002265.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists are reporting the ability to freeze and transplant ovaries, a development that could help preserve fertility in women facing cancer therapy.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051128245" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051128245" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Freezing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ovaries]]></category><category><![CDATA[Preserves]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fertility,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scientists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Report]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Gene Mutation May Cause Some Cases of Seasonal Affective Disorder ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110702243.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110702243.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A mutated gene in the eye may account for some cases of seasonal affective disorder, that annual bout of "winter blues" experienced by an estimated 6 percent of the U.S. population as the days get shorter. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Gene]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mutation]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cause]]></category><category><![CDATA[Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cases]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seasonal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Affective]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disorder]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Negative Cancer Messages Backfire With Blacks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110602434.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110602434.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer-screening messages targeted to minorities that take a negative approach -- emphasizing, for instance, that colon cancer is a bigger threat to blacks than whites -- can actually make minorities less likely to be screened, a new study found. ]]></description><dc:creator>Kathleen Doheny</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Negative]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Messages]]></category><category><![CDATA[Backfire]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blacks]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Migraine Might Lower Breast Cancer Risk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110601635.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110601635.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women who experience migraines may actually have a 30 percent lower risk of developing breast cancer, say researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Migraine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Might]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lower]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Testosterone Patch Restores Libido in Postmenopausal Women ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/05/AR2008110503808.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/05/AR2008110503808.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- There aren't a lot of treatment options for older women with flagging libidos, but a new study suggests that a testosterone patch may significantly improve the number of satisfying sexual episodes that women experience.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051131009" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051131009" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Testosterone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Restores]]></category><category><![CDATA[Libido]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Postmenopausal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Women]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Ask the MisFits: Exercising Your Right to Vote ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/10/31/DI2008103102536.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/10/31/DI2008103102536.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ He's a veteran reporter, digging up the latest fitness news. She's an irreverent columnist with a knack for getting people off the couch and into the gym. Together, they're here to handle your worst work-out dilemmas and exercise questions. ]]></description><dc:creator>Vicky Hallett and Howard Schneider</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ask]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[MisFits:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Exercising]]></category><category><![CDATA[Your]]></category><category><![CDATA[Right]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vote]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Folic Acid and Other B Vitamins Won't Help Prevent Cancer ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110402662.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110402662.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Taking folic acid or other B vitamin supplements won't lower your risk of cancer, new research shows. ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Folic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Acid]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><category><![CDATA[B]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vitamins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prevent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Silicone Breast Implants Might Raise Risk of Rare Lymphoma ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110402665.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110402665.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Women with silicone breast implants may have a higher risk of developing a rare form of lymphoma, new research suggests. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Silicone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Implants]]></category><category><![CDATA[Might]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raise]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rare]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lymphoma]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Pregnancy ... ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103489.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103489.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I found out I was pregnant on an early December morning last year and, for two days, went about my routine in a euphoric trance: a grin on my face, elbows out slightly to guard my belly from the crush of commuters and holiday shoppers. <br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051135408" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051135408" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Tomoeh Murakami Tse</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category><category><![CDATA[...]]></category><category><![CDATA[Friedman Jr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roberto Romero]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jell-O Desserts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lloyd Blankfein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marlena Fejzo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Compazine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount Sinai Medical Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Institute of Child Health and Human Development]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reglan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Southern California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zofran]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ No Hot Dogs? No Sushi? It's Gonna Be a Long Nine Months. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103319.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103319.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I am a bad mother. Granted, at six months pregnant with my first child, I am not sure I can call myself that yet. But I feel like a bad mother. You see, a couple of months ago, at a baseball game, I ate a hot dog. Yes, a hot dog. Only four months into this whole mom deal and I was already goofing... ]]></description><dc:creator>Moira E. McLaughlin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hot]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dogs?]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sushi?]]></category><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gonna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Long]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Months.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ernest Graham]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Larsen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Washington University Medical Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown University Medical Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harvard University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Scans Reveal Brain Abnormalities in Fibromyalgia Patients ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110301698.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110301698.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have detected abnormalities in the brains of people with fibromyalgia, a complex, chronic condition characterized by muscle pain and fatigue. ]]></description><dc:creator>Kathleen Doheny</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Scans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reveal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abnormalities]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Sexually Charged TV Might Raise Risk of Teen Pregnancy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110301268.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110301268.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that teens who spend the most time watching sexually charged television shows are twice as likely to become pregnant or impregnate someone else. ]]></description><dc:creator>Randy Dotinga</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sexually]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charged]]></category><category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><category><![CDATA[Might]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raise]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Teen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Study First to Link TV Sex To Real Teen Pregnancies ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110202592.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/AR2008110202592.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Teenagers who watch a lot of television featuring flirting, necking, discussion of sex and sex scenes are much more likely than their peers to get pregnant or get a partner pregnant, according to the first study to directly link steamy programming to teen pregnancy.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051138781" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051138781" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Stein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Study]]></category><category><![CDATA[First]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Link]]></category><category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sex]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Real]]></category><category><![CDATA[Teen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pregnancies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anita Chandra]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Wagoner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laura Lindberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Melissa Henson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Valerie Huber]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Academy of Pediatrics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guttmacher Institute]]></category><category><![CDATA[Parents Television Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[RAND Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sex and the City]]></category><category><![CDATA[That '70s Show]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SUNDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity can wreck a person's health for many reasons. But for women, too much weight tacks on an additional danger: Studies have linked obesity and breast cancer in a variety of ways. ]]></description><dc:creator>Dennis Thompson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Excess]]></category><category><![CDATA[Weight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seems]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boost]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemical in Plastics ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103254.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103254.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel agreed Friday that the agency had erred in August when it said that a chemical widely used in baby bottles and other plastic packaging for foods and beverages posed no health risks. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steve Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faulted]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stance]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chemical]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plastics]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Preeclampsia Might Protect Against Testicular Cancer ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103102678.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103102678.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who experience severe high blood pressure may find that their risky condition ultimately helps protect their sons from testicular cancer, a new study suggests. ]]></description><dc:creator>Alan Mozes</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Preeclampsia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Might]]></category><category><![CDATA[Protect]]></category><category><![CDATA[Against]]></category><category><![CDATA[Testicular]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Special Mouth Rinse Spots, Tracks Human Papillomavirus Infection ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103102248.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103102248.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- A simple mouth rinse can spot specific types of human papillomavirus, some of which cause genital warts and increase the risk of developing certain types of cancer, new research shows.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051140398" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051140398" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Tate Gunnerson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Special]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mouth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rinse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spots,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tracks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human]]></category><category><![CDATA[Papillomavirus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Infection]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- The more weight a woman gains during pregnancy, the more likely she is to have a large baby, posing health risks to both mother and child, a new study finds. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Excess]]></category><category><![CDATA[Weight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gain]]></category><category><![CDATA[During]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mother]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Child]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- In a double whammy for the female gender, new research shows that 40 percent of women report sexual problems, but only 12 percent are distressed about it. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Almost]]></category><category><![CDATA[Half]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Women]]></category><category><![CDATA[Have]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sexual]]></category><category><![CDATA[Problems]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Breast-Fed Baby May Mean Better Behaved Child ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102902182.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/29/AR2008102902182.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Add yet another potential benefit to breast-feeding: Fewer behavioral problems in young children. ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Breast-Fed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baby]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mean]]></category><category><![CDATA[Better]]></category><category><![CDATA[Behaved]]></category><category><![CDATA[Child]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ How They Would Change Health Care: Obama ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102803612.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102803612.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BOSTON -- On the ninth floor of an office building just off the Boston Common, a group called Health Care for All runs a help line that, not long ago, got 40 calls a month. Today, the calls each month have swelled to 3,000, as people throughout Massachusetts phone in for guidance in navigating a...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051142694" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051142694" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Amy Goldstein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[How]]></category><category><![CDATA[They]]></category><category><![CDATA[Would]]></category><category><![CDATA[Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Care:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Travis Lynn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jon Kingsdale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kate Bicego]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category><category><![CDATA[Therese Murray]]></category><category><![CDATA[Belmont]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston Common]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Rosman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jaclyn Michalos]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jamaica Plain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nancy Turnbull]]></category><category><![CDATA[Neera Tanden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beacon Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faneuil Hall Marketplace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fenway Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harvard School of Public Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MINNEAPOLIS -- When Diane Derichs's husband was retiring from his assembly-line job making fruit bars for ConAgra Foods, the couple invited over an insurance agent to help her find a health plan. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amy Goldstein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[How]]></category><category><![CDATA[They]]></category><category><![CDATA[Would]]></category><category><![CDATA[Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Care:]]></category><category><![CDATA[McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Diane Derichs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lynn R. Gruber]]></category><category><![CDATA[Betty Clark]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doug Holtz-Eakin]]></category><category><![CDATA[LaVonne Kees]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Paul (Minnesota)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[ConAgra Foods Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kristin Flaten]]></category><category><![CDATA[Minneapolis]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Louis Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Finan]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Cancer Society]]></category><category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of State Comprehensive Insurance Plans]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Mutual of Omaha Companies]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Healthcare Insurance Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Sexual Trauma Haunts Many Female Vets ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102801693.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102801693.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Shedding light on the challenges facing women in the military, a new study shows that more than one in seven female Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking VA medical care reported experiencing sexual trauma during their service. ]]></description><dc:creator>Randy Dotinga</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sexual]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category><category><![CDATA[Haunts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Many]]></category><category><![CDATA[Female]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vets]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Statins Lower Risk of Clots in Cancer Patients ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102701160.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102701160.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A class of drugs widely used to lower cholesterol may have a future in preventing blood clots in patients with breast, lung, colon and other solid-organ cancers. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Statins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lower]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clots]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102700763.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102700763.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The popular bone-building medications known as bisphosphonates may have a rare, but serious, cardiac side effect.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051145847" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051145847" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Osteoporosis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Linked]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Problem]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Fresh Hopes and Concerns As Fetal DNA Tests Advance ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102502094.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102502094.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Doctors have started using powerful new DNA tests to screen fetuses for a wider range of genetic abnormalities, spotting more problem pregnancies early but stirring fears that the results will increase abortions as well as confuse and needlessly alarm many couples. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Stein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fresh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hopes]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concerns]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fetal]]></category><category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tests]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arthur L. Beaudet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lisa G. Shaffer]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Ledbetter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leslie G. Biesecker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roxanna Rickel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andrew Imparato]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlanta]]></category><category><![CDATA[Caroline Ogilvie]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Prentice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Houston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jan Friedman]]></category><category><![CDATA[London]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ronald J. Wapner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baylor College of Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baylor's Department of Molecular and Human Genetics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbia University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emory University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Family Research Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown University]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Human Genome Research Institute]]></category><category><![CDATA[Signature Genomic Laboratories of Spokane]]></category><category><![CDATA[University College London Hospitals]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of British Columbia]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ The Ups and Downs of 'Yo-Yo' Dieting ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102402032.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102402032.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- For some frequent dieters, weight loss is a vicious cycle. They're gung-ho in the beginning, and the pounds melt away, but not for long. Once they stray from their diet, all the weight that was lost makes a comeback. ]]></description><dc:creator>Karen Pallarito</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ups]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Downs]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA['Yo-Yo']]></category><category><![CDATA[Dieting]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Colon Cancer Drug Won't Help Those With Certain Gene Mutation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102202692.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102202692.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that people with advanced colon cancer who have a particular gene mutation won't benefit from the medication cetuximab (Erbitux). ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Colon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drug]]></category><category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[Those]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Certain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gene]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mutation]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Depression During Pregnancy May Cause Premature Birth ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102302564.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102302564.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are depressed early in their pregnancy run a higher risk of preterm delivery, the leading cause of infant mortality, a new study suggests.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051149730" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051149730" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Carolyn Colwell</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category><category><![CDATA[During]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cause]]></category><category><![CDATA[Premature]]></category><category><![CDATA[Birth]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ New MRI Puts Cervical Cancer Into Focus ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102101792.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102101792.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Combining the use of MRI with a special vaginal coil, doctors can now assess the extent of cervical cancer and make more informed treatment decisions, a new study suggests. ]]></description><dc:creator>Kathleen Doheny</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[MRI]]></category><category><![CDATA[Puts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cervical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Into]]></category><category><![CDATA[Focus]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Kathy Rivers thought she had become accustomed to the jaundiced judgments of other people. ]]></description><dc:creator>Sandra G. Boodman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Pediatrician]]></category><category><![CDATA[Looks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Past]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blame]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathy Rivers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carol Greene]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marcia Schwartz]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlanta]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbia (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ellicott City]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Maryland Medical Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Cleveland Clinic]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Maryland]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ For Some Patients, It's a Coping Mechanism ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702677.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702677.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's fashionable in health care to talk about the importance of being a knowledgeable, assertive patient and of forging a working partnership with a doctor, a relationship that will speed healing or improve the process of living with a chronic, even life-threatening, illness. ]]></description><dc:creator>Sandra G. Boodman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patients,]]></category><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coping]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mechanism]]></category><category><![CDATA[Daniel Levy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michelle Mayer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tony Miksanek]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nathaniel Beers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arthur A. Levin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Arnold]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Stainbach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Academy of Pediatrics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center for Medical Consumers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Children's National Medical Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Duke University]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Pittsburgh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ All Together Now: 30 Minutes a Day, Five Days a Week ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702571.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702571.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The federal government released a new set of exercise guidelines a couple of weeks ago, and the basic recommendation was straightforward: Thirty minutes a day, five days a week, at a moderate effort, for basic health; double that and/or make it more intense for more significant health and fitness...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051153114" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051153114" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[Together]]></category><category><![CDATA[Now:]]></category><category><![CDATA[30]]></category><category><![CDATA[Minutes]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Five]]></category><category><![CDATA[Days]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Week]]></category><category><![CDATA[William E. Kraus]]></category><category><![CDATA[American College of Sports Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Heart Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Duke University]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Heart Failure Raises Risk of Fractures ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102001991.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102001991.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- People with heart failure face a higher risk of fractures, particularly of potentially crippling breaks in the hip bones, new Canadian research finds. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ed Edelson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Heart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Failure]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raises]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fractures]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Tests May ID Older Patients at Risk for Post-Op Delirium ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102001151.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102001151.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Two simple tests may predict which older patients have underlying depression or less cognitive flexibility, leaving them vulnerable to post-surgery delirium, a new study suggests. ]]></description><dc:creator>Carolyn Colwell</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Tests]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[ID]]></category><category><![CDATA[Older]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Post-Op]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delirium]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Acrylamide Doesn't Raise Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102000839.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/20/AR2008102000839.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A large Dutch study finds no link between acrylamide and the risk of developing gastrointestinal cancer. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Acrylamide]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doesn't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raise]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gastrointestinal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Small Victories in the War Against Ovarian Cancer ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/19/AR2008101900602.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/19/AR2008101900602.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SUNDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Ovarian cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to diagnose, making it one of the most lethal.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051155990" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051155990" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Dennis Thompson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Small]]></category><category><![CDATA[Victories]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[War]]></category><category><![CDATA[Against]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ovarian]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ A Hale Chief? Better Check Up on That. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702058.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702058.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The American public seems pretty sure that it knows everything it needs to know about whether John McCain and Barack Obama are healthy enough to be president. I'm not. And whenever I think about whether both men are fit to serve, physically speaking, I think about the sinking feeling I had one... ]]></description><dc:creator>Robert Dallek</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chief?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Better]]></category><category><![CDATA[Check]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[That.]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Addison]]></category><category><![CDATA[FDR Yalta]]></category><category><![CDATA[Winston Churchill]]></category><category><![CDATA[The New York Times Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category><category><![CDATA[Janet Travell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Kelman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ted Sorensen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas R. Marshall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harry S. Truman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Dallek]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Research May Help Predict Preeclampsia ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101701830.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101701830.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant with her second child, Joan didn't make much of her abdominal pain and headaches until her symptoms worsened. By the time she saw her doctor, her blood pressure had spiked to a dangerously elevated level, triggering an emergency Caesarean section. ]]></description><dc:creator>Karen Pallarito</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Research]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[Predict]]></category><category><![CDATA[Preeclampsia]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Chemotherapy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101602957.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101602957.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Women starting chemotherapy for breast cancer often expect unpleasant side effects, from hair loss to nausea. ]]></description><dc:creator>Karen Pallarito</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Understanding]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benefits]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risks]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chemotherapy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Nicotine May Spur Breast Cancer's Spread ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101602675.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101602675.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Nicotine may help push breast cancer cells from the original tumor to other parts of the body, contributing to the metastasis that so often kills patients.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051158039" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051158039" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Nicotine]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spread]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ As Budgets Tighten, More People Decide Medical Care Can Wait ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101503762.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101503762.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ To monitor the multiple sclerosis attacking Ann Pietrangelo's central nervous system, her doctor recommends an annual MRI. Last year, the 49-year-old Winchester, Va., woman had to pay a $3,000 co-payment to get the imaging done. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ceci Connolly and Kendra Marr</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Budgets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tighten,]]></category><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><category><![CDATA[Decide]]></category><category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Care]]></category><category><![CDATA[Can]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wait]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ann Pietrangelo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tim Doss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lisa Emrich]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marsha Porter-Norton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Helen Doss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Victoria Freudiger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andy Kurtzig]]></category><category><![CDATA[Donald Fisher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Durango (Colorado)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jean Mitchell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nancy Sanger Pallesen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oxon Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plano]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sandra Harrington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sandy Praeger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Wilk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Freudiger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Winchester (Virginia)]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Medical Group Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center for Studying Health System Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown University]]></category><category><![CDATA[IMS Health Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[JustAnswer.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of Insurance Commissioners]]></category><category><![CDATA[Neurontin]]></category><category><![CDATA[New America Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Rockefeller Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Thyroid Problems Boost Glaucoma Risk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101502965.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101502965.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- People with a thyroid disorder run an increased risk of developing the eye disease glaucoma, a new study suggests. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Thyroid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Problems]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boost]]></category><category><![CDATA[Glaucoma]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Brain Chemical Could Spur Lovesickness ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101501536.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101501536.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Pity the lovelorn prairie vole. A new study finds that when this monogamous rodent is separated from a mate, its brain starts a process that ends in lovesickness. ]]></description><dc:creator>E.J. Mundell</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chemical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Could]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lovesickness]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Women Smokers Prone to Dangerous Blood Vessel Condition ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101500950.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/15/AR2008101500950.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Women who smoke are eight times more likely to suffer a potentially fatal rupture of the body's largest artery, or require surgery to repair the weakening that can cause such a rupture, than nonsmokers.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051204898" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051204898" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Ed Edelson</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Women]]></category><category><![CDATA[Smokers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prone]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dangerous]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vessel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condition]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Younger Breast Cancer Survivors Risk Disease in Other Breast ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101402630.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101402630.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Young women receiving radiation after having surgery for breast cancer are at increased risk of developing a new tumor in the opposite -- or contralateral -- breast, a new Dutch study suggests. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Younger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disease]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Vitamin B No Help for Alzheimer's ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101402050.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101402050.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin B supplements don't slow cognitive decline in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Vitamin]]></category><category><![CDATA[B]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Therapy With the Gloves On ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002688.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002688.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I'd heard that every Wednesday night, seven psychologists and psychiatrists slip on gloves and pound the heck out of heavy bags at Frederick Wright's boxing class at the Washington Sports Clubs gym in Silver Spring. Every Wednesday night, that is, except the one when I showed up. ]]></description><dc:creator>Vicky Hallett</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Therapy]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gloves]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frederick Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keith Johnsgard]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carrie Holl]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerilyn Ross]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown University Medical Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andy Wald]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ezinwanne Hawkins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gustav Mahler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lourdes Ayala]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nate Gordon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sigmund Freud]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Psychological Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dupont Circle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Friendship Heights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Project Runway]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ross Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Jose State University]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Equal Treatment for the Uninsured? Don't Count on It. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002679.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002679.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When I walked into the hospital room of a 19-year-old woman, a foul smell all but overwhelmed me. I called a nurse to assist me and saw her, too, catch her breath.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051207882" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051207882" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Manoj Jain</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Equal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Treatment]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Uninsured?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Count]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[It.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Cancer Society]]></category><category><![CDATA[Church Health Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kaiser Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking coffee or consuming other caffeine-laden foods does not appear to boost breast cancer risk, new research indicates. ]]></description><dc:creator>Alan Mozes</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Caffeine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumption]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doesn't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raise]]></category><category><![CDATA[Overall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines for Youngsters Doubled ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101300995.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101300995.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The leading children's medical organization in the United States on Monday announced that it has doubled the amount of vitamin D recommended for infants, children and adolescents. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Vitamin]]></category><category><![CDATA[D]]></category><category><![CDATA[Supplementation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guidelines]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Youngsters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doubled]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Tamoxifen Cuts Fracture Risk: Study ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002335.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002335.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Tamoxifen, the drug used for more than 30 years to treat breast cancer, reduces the risk of osteoporosis-related fractures, a new study shows. ]]></description><dc:creator>Kathleen Doheny</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Tamoxifen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cuts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fracture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Study]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ NSAIDs Might Lower Breast Cancer Risk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100901714.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100901714.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are associated with a reduced risk for breast cancer, a new review suggests.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051211306" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051211306" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[NSAIDs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Might]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lower]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ New Guidelines Make It Easy to Get Fit ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100901161.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100901161.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to help harried Americans fit exercise into their hectic lives, new government guidelines released this week recommend slightly more than two hours of physical activity a week to stay fit. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guidelines]]></category><category><![CDATA[Make]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Easy]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Get]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fit]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Firm Says Test Judges Risk For Common Breast Cancers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702682.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702682.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A biotech company today will begin offering the first genetic test to assess a woman's risk for the most common forms of breast cancer, reigniting debate about the growing number of unregulated genetic tests. ]]></description><dc:creator>Rob Stein</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Firm]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[Test]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Common]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kari Stefansson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric Winer]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Cancer Society]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tamoxifen]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reykjavik]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debbie Saslow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joan Scott]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karen Riley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kay Wissmann]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mary-Claire King]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Society of Clinical Oncology]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center for Genetics and Public Policy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harvard Medical School]]></category><category><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins University]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Washington]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Ask the MisFits ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/10/03/DI2008100301290.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/10/03/DI2008100301290.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ He's a veteran reporter, digging up the latest fitness news. She's an irreverent columnist with a knack for getting people off the couch and into the gym. Together, they're here to handle your worst work-out dilemmas and exercise questions. ]]></description><dc:creator>Vicky Hallett and Howard Schneider</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ask]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[MisFits]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Patients Benefit From End-of-Life Discussions With a Doctor ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702056.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100702056.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- End-of-life discussions between a doctor and a terminally ill patient do not result in more distress for patients. In fact, they result in less aggressive medical interventions and enhanced quality of life in a patient's final days, a major new study found.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051215771" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051215771" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benefit]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[End-of-Life]]></category><category><![CDATA[Discussions]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doctor]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Study Suggests Red Wine May Protect Against Lung Cancer ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100701003.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100701003.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Men who drink a moderate amount of red wine may lower their risk of lung cancer, even if they smoke, researchers report. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Study]]></category><category><![CDATA[Suggests]]></category><category><![CDATA[Red]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wine]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Protect]]></category><category><![CDATA[Against]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lung]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Urine Samples Could Reveal Breast Cancer Risk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100301591.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100301591.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test could one day be an effective way to screen for breast cancer, a new study suggests. ]]></description><dc:creator>Alan Mozes</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Urine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samples]]></category><category><![CDATA[Could]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reveal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Computer-Aided Mammogram Reading Effective ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100102372.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100102372.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to reading mammogram results, two heads aren't always better than one. ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Computer-Aided]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mammogram]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reading]]></category><category><![CDATA[Effective]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Timing, Dosage of HRT Affect Chances of Heart Trouble ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100758.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100100758.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The largest observational study of hormone replacement therapy since the landmark Women's Health Initiative finds that how and when women take hormone replacement therapy affects their heart attack risk.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051218773" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051218773" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Timing,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dosage]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[HRT]]></category><category><![CDATA[Affect]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chances]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trouble]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Birth Size Linked to Breast Cancer Risk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/30/AR2008093000830.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/30/AR2008093000830.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are heavier and longer at birth are at increased risk of developing breast cancer later in life, British researchers report. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Birth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Size]]></category><category><![CDATA[Linked]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ The Checkup ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092603105.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092603105.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Slacking Up an Appetite A new study suggests that couch potatoes get hungrier than active types. Barry Braun of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his colleagues studied six young, lean and fit men and women in three one-day experiments. ]]></description><dc:creator>Adapted from voices.washpost.com/checkup</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Checkup]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer Huget]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barry Braun]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brenda Banwell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heather Hanwell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montreal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rob Stein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hospital for Sick Children]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Toronto]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Common Gene Mutation Lowers Risk for Bipolar Disorder ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/29/AR2008092902162.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/29/AR2008092902162.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that a missing section of DNA in a certain gene may hold the key to whether a person does or does not develop bipolar disorder. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Common]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gene]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mutation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lowers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bipolar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disorder]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Vitamin C Protects Some Elderly Men From Bone Loss ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092602208.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092602208.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Eating fruits and vegetables can help elderly men guard against the bone loss that can lead to hip fractures, Tufts University researchers report.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051221726" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051221726" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Carolyn Colwell</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Vitamin]]></category><category><![CDATA[C]]></category><category><![CDATA[Protects]]></category><category><![CDATA[Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elderly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Men]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Babies Who Eat Fish Lower Eczema Risk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092601122.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092601122.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FRIDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who start eating fish before the age of 9 months have a lower risk of developing eczema, new research shows. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Babies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Who]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lower]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eczema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Hypnosis Cuts Hot Flashes for Breast Cancer Survivors ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092501351.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092501351.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ THURSDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer survivors who suffer from hot flashes can reduce these attacks significantly with hypnosis, a new study finds. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hypnosis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cuts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hot]]></category><category><![CDATA[Flashes]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Survivors]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Bisphosphonates Cause Rare Eye Inflammation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092402712.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092402712.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors can now add inflammatory eye disease to the list of potential side effects from the bone medications known as bisphosphonates. ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bisphosphonates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cause]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rare]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eye]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inflammation]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Blacks at Greater Risk of Precancerous Colon Polyps ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092301960.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092301960.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Black people undergoing colon cancer screening are more likely to have large precancerous polyps than are whites.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051223659" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051223659" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Blacks]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greater]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Precancerous]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Polyps]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women carrying breast cancer-linked BRCA gene mutations who took hormone replacement therapy actually reduced their risk for breast cancer, researchers report. ]]></description><dc:creator>Amanda Gardner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hormone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rx]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Protect]]></category><category><![CDATA[Women]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gene]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Abortions in the United States fell 33 percent between 1974 and 2004, but sizeable differences among racial and economic groups continue to exist as to who gets an abortion, a new report says. ]]></description><dc:creator>Steven Reinberg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rate]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[30-Year]]></category><category><![CDATA[Low]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Acupuncture Eases Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092200793.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092200793.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MONDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Lifesaving treatments for breast cancer come at a cost -- many women experience hot flashes, fatigue, night sweats and more.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051227850" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/health/women;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=472051227850" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Serena Gordon</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Acupuncture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eases]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Treatment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Side]]></category><category><![CDATA[Effects]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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<item><title><![CDATA[ Drug Can Slow Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091803168.html?nav=rss_health/women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091803168.html?nav=rss_health/women</guid>
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