<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Health</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/weekly/health?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><description>Health</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[My Body on the Line]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64053-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64053-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  I am lying on an exam table at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. I stare at the ceiling and try to keep my legs apart while nurse practitioner Kay Rust threads a catheter through my urethra and instills a cool liquid into my bladder. This is not part of any usual exam, and I would rather be just about anyplace else on earth. But I lie here quietly because I volunteered for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) double-blind clinical trial, and even with that catheter sliding up my urethra, I am convinced this is the right place to be.]]></description><author> Meredith F. Small</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Levels of Medical Evidence: How Much Confidence Exists in the Data?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64054-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64054-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Well-designed clinical trials constitute the most scientifically rigorous tests of medical theories and treatments. But medical evidence comes in more than one form.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Weekly Shot of News and Notes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A238-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A238-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KEEP TALKING  Those long hours spent jabbering on your cell phone may discomfit your neighbors -- but apparently not your brain cells. A new study by Danish researchers of more than 1,200 people -- a third of whom had brain tumors --    found no increased risk of brain tumors among cell phone users, contrary to earlier studies that suggested otherwise.  Their findings echo a similar report from Sweden. The researchers, who obtained cell phone billing records from 74 participants, found that people accurately remembered the number of calls they made but not their length. A definitive conclusion about brain tumors and cell phone use must await studies examining use for 10 or more years, researchers said. The study was published last week in the journal Neurology.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generic but Not Cheap]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A240-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A240-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Think your gas bill is rising too fast? Don't tell that to Shirley Siegel.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CALENDAR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A245-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A245-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Classes, Workshops and Seminars  <br>   CANCER <br>April 20, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cancer Resource Center, Virginia Hospital Center, 1701 N. George Mason Dr., Arlington. A workshop, sponsored by Virginia Hospital Center, to help cancer patients use art as a way to cope....]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[QUICK STUDY   : A weekly digest of new research on major health topics]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A244-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A244-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[RADON  Low-level exposure at home may increase lung cancer risk. <br>    THE QUESTION  Radon has been shown to cause lung cancer in miners exposed underground to high levels of the radioactive gas. Do people whose homes have far lower...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serving Up Life Skills to Teens]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A246-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A246-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The recipe might call for ground beef, but why not try something leaner, like ground turkey, instead? And for dessert: How about some fresh fruit? That's the nutrition-conscious approach Kris Woolery typically takes when she's helping teens prepare meals at Brainfood, a Columbia Heights nonprofit that sponsors healthy-cooking classes for District teens.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Safety in Numbers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A239-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A239-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The standard gastric bypass operation for morbid obesity is difficult enough when performed in the conventional "open" manner: A surgeon makes a six- to eight-inch incision in the abdomen and then reduces the size of the stomach, working deep in the abdominal cavity amid massive amounts of fat. How much trickier is it to do the operation laparoscopically -- through a series of pencil-sized incisions into which surgeons thread instruments and a mini-camera? That question has become more critical as demand has grown for the less-invasive method, which shortens patient recovery time.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Wave Therapy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A241-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A241-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A nonsurgical ultrasound treatment for prostate cancer has debuted north of the U.S. border. The approach, known as high-intensity focused ultrasound or HIFU, delivers ultrasound waves from a probe inserted into the rectum, heating and killing prostate tissue, according to urologic oncologist John Warner, medical director of Maple Leaf HIFU Co. (www.hifu.com), a Canadian medical-device importer and operator. The treatment, in use in Europe and Asia, is not approved in the United States.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Numbers Game]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A243-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A243-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[7.1  Average percentage increase last year in the manufacturer's price of 195 brand-name prescription drugs widely used by Americans age 50 and older]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Noted]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A242-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A242-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["The consequences of a personal relationship with God may confer [health] benefits in circumstances beyond the reach of relationships with individuals."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Far Off The Mark?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64051-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64051-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eating healthfully can sometimes seem daunting.<br>"Who are they kidding?" a Lean Plate Club member from Frostburg, Md., complained in an e-mail soon after the latest U.S. Dietary Guidelines were released in January. "Two cups of fruit and 2 1/2  cups of vegetables [daily]!"]]></description><author> Sally Squires</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking Proof]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64069-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64069-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An exercise demonstrated that middle-age, out-of-shape women who wore pedometers and were instructed to take at least 10,000 steps daily walked more than those who were told to take a 30-minute walk.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Establishing Proof]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64052-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64052-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_print/weekly/health</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It took 15 years to discover the link between oxygen and blindness -- 15 years in which a mysterious disease haunted America's best hospitals.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item></channel></rss>