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	                <title>Low levels of lipid antibodies increase complications following heart attack</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/low-levels-of-lipid-antibodies-increase-complications-following-heart-attack/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[Coronary patients with low levels of an immune system antibody called anti-PC, which neutralizes parts of the "bad" cholesterol, run a greater risk of suffering complications following an acute cardiac episode and thus of premature death.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 9:29:29 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Combined approach to global health has benefits</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/combined-approach-to-global-health-has-benefits/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[A new analysis demonstrates that confronting several diseases at once is a viable way to make the most of thinly stretched donor dollars and national health care budgets, and help save more lives.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 8:26:26 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Did your surgeons miss something? New system to prevent retained surgical items</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/did-your-surgeons-miss-something-new-system-to-prevent-retained-surgical-items/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[It may sound like something from a TV medical drama, but the incidence of surgeons leaving something behind in the body is very real at hospitals across the country. But researchers have now created a new system using state-of-the-art technologies to insure that no foreign objects are left behind during surgery.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 8:25:25 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/positive-parenting-during-early-childhood-may-prevent-obesity/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[Programs that support parents during their child’s early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 8:25:25 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>FDA questions Amgen drug for prostate cancer 
    (AP)</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/fda-questions-amgen-drug-for-prostate-cancer-----ap/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[AP - Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and carried significant side effects.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 8:12:22 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Insight Into Cell Aging Likely Following Discovery Of Extremely Long-Lived Proteins</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/insight-into-cell-aging-likely-following-discovery-of-extremely-long-lived-proteins/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process occurs in the brain...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 3:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>In Heart Failure Treatment, Warfarin And Aspirin Are Similar</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/in-heart-failure-treatment-warfarin-and-aspirin-are-similar/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[In the largest and longest head-to-head comparison of two anti-clotting medications, warfarin and aspirin were similar in preventing deaths and strokes in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythm, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 3:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>The Benefits Of Novel PSA Velocity Risk Count Testing For Prostate Cancer</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/the-benefits-of-novel-psa-velocity-risk-count-testing-for-prostate-cancer/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[A new study by NYU Langone Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shows novel PSA velocity (PSAV) risk count testing may provide a more effective way for physicians to screen men for clinically significant prostate cancer...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>High-Risk Prostate Cancer Can Be Predicted By Investigational Urine Test In Men Who Chose 'Watchful Waiting'</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/high-risk-prostate-cancer-can-be-predicted-by-investigational-urine-test-in-men-who-chose-watc/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[Initial results of a multicenter study coordinated by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that two investigational urine-based biomarkers are associated with prostate cancers that are likely to be aggressive and potentially life-threatening among men who take a "watchful waiting," or active-surveillance approach to manage their disease...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Coffee Consumption Reduces Fibrosis Risk In Those With Fatty Liver Disease</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/coffee-consumption-reduces-fibrosis-risk-in-those-with-fatty-liver-disease/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[Caffeine consumption has long been associated with decreased risk of liver disease and reduced fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. Now, newly published research confirms that coffee caffeine consumption reduces the risk of advanced fibrosis in those with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>For Patients With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Rituximab A Possible Treatment Option</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/for-patients-with-primary-biliary-cirrhosis-rituximab-a-possible-treatment-option/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[An open-label study of rituximab, a monoclonal antibody for human CD20, was shown to be safe in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) who had an incomplete response to the standard ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) therapy, also known as Ursodiol...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>How Bacteria Come Back From The Dead</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/how-bacteria-come-back-from-the-dead/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning in the UK and throughout the EU, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>When HIV Patients Waver On Meds</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/when-hiv-patients-waver-on-meds/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[According to a new analysis of hundreds of recorded office visits, doctors and nurse practitioners typically issued orders and asked closed or leading questions when talking to their HIV-positive patients about adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Attempts at problem-solving with patients who had lapsed occurred in less than a quarter of visits.  Take your medicine, Doctor's orders...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Among Moderate Drinkers, The Effect Of Occasional Binge Drinking On Heart Disease And Mortality</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/among-moderate-drinkers-the-effect-of-occasional-binge-drinking-on-heart-disease-and-mortality/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[Most studies have found that binge drinking is associated with a loss of alcohol's protective effect against ischemic heart disease (IHD) and most studies have found an increase of coronary risk among binge drinkers...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Dangerous Dust</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/dangerous-dust/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[What would you do if you found out that the roads you drive on could cause cancer?  This is the reality that residents face in Dunn County, North Dakota. For roughly 30 years, gravel containing the potentially carcinogenic mineral erionite was spread on nearly 500 kilometers of roads, playgrounds, parking lots, and even flower beds throughout Dunn County...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Key to immune cell's 'internal guidance' system discovered</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/key-to-immune-cells-internal-guidance-system-discovered/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host. The discovery of the role played by the molecule CD74 could help immunologists investigate treatments that offer better immune responses against cancers, viruses and bacteria, and lead to more efficient vaccines.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 3:38:38 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Early study suggests nanodiamonds safe for implants</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/early-study-suggests-nanodiamonds-safe-for-implants/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[As the number of knee and hip joint replacements grows, nanodiamond coatings could answer problems related to metal surfaces.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 3:37:37 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Genetic variant increases risk of common type stroke</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/genetic-variant-increases-risk-of-common-type-stroke/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens up new possibilities for treatment.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 3:37:37 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Study: Breastfeeding Strengthens Children's Lungs 
    (ContributorNetwork)</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/study-breastfeeding-strengthens-childrens-lungs-----contributornetwork/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[ContributorNetwork - A study published by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reverses some earlier thinking that breastfeeding by mothers with asthma might increase the child's risk for the disease. The study found breastfeeding strengthens children's lungs, even if the mother has asthma. Here are details about breastfeeding and lung health in children.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:22:57 -0600</pubDate>
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	                <title>Battling Lung Cancer With Combination Drug Therapy</title> 
	                <link>http://www.healthwd.info/news/battling-lung-cancer-with-combination-drug-therapy/</link> 
	                <description><![CDATA[Combination drug therapy may be needed to combat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Van Andel Research Institute (VARI). The study, "STAT3 is Activated by JAK2 Independent of Key Oncogenic Driver Mutation in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma," was published online by the Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 2:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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