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  <title><![CDATA[Spiders Appear Bigger With More Fear]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The more a person is afraid of a spider, the larger the person sees the spider to be, psychologists revealed on Friday.

"If one is afraid of spiders, and by virtue of being afraid of spiders one tends to perceive spiders as bigger than they really are, that may feed the fear, foster that fear, and make it difficult to overcome," said Michael Vasey, professor of psychology at Ohio State University and lead author of the study, in a statement.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:55:32 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[CDC Warns About Toxic Bathtub Paint Remover Tied to 13 Deaths]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. health officials issued a warning Thursday about a widely used paint-stripping chemical after investigators linked it to 13 death in 10 states.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the warning was based on research from Michigan State University scientists who discovered that 13 workers had died after using products containing methylene chloride to strip paint from bathtubs between 2000 and 2011.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Some Antipsychotics Are Deadlier Than Other, Not All Carry the Same Risks]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Many studies have previously shown that antipsychotic medication increases the risk of death in patients with dementia, but researchers recently discovered that some drugs may be riskier than others.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:49:59 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Japanese Police Concerned About 'Lonely Deaths' After Latest Discovery ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Japan has raised concerns over the rising number of the nation’s impoverished elderly people dying lonely, unnoticed deaths, after the discovery, on Tuesday, of three emaciated bodies of people who died unnoticed about two months ago.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:37:12 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook May Detect Adolescent Depression Before Doctors or Parents ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Facebook status updates may be useful to diagnose adolescent depression, according to psychologists involved in a new study.

Adolescent and mental health experts say that dark profile postings may sometimes serve as early signs of depression that may warrant timely intervention. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:30:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu May Be More Common, But Less Deadly Than Previously Thought]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[H5N1 bird flu may be more prevalent but far less lethal to people than previously thought, researchers said on Thursday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:47:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Nicotine Promotes Cardiovascular Disease, Benefits of Smoke-Free Products Questioned]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Cigarette smoke has long overshadowed nicotine as the main culprit for heart disease, but a new study suggests that nicotine itself may stimulate the disease process by altering cell structures and promoting fatty plaque deposits, the hallmark of cardiovascular disease, to accumulate in vessels.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:28:55 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Survey Reveals that 15% of Surgeons Have Alcohol Dependency]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A new study revealed that a little more than 15 percent of surgeons have a drinking problem. Researchers conducted an anonymous survey consisting of over 25,000 surgeons about their work, lifestyle, and mood, and while only 7,197 of them completed the survey 1,112 met the criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:45:56 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Macho Men May Be Healthier, But Are They Always Sexier?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Throughout history, women have generally preferred men with masculine facial characteristics like broader faces, stronger eyebrows, chiseled cheekbones and strong jaw lines, indicative higher testosterone levels, but recently researchers proposed that women may be actually be most attracted to men with strong immune systems.   ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:29:57 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA Panel Backs Obesity Pill, Reversing Earlier Decision]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A federal advisory panel reversed an earlier decision on Wednesday voted 20-2 in favor of approving the experimental obesity drug Qnexa, propelling Vivus Inc’s pill closer to being the first prescription weight-loss medication in 13 years.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:03:25 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama Administration Releases First Draft of National Alzheimer's Plan]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration said that not only is most of the public aware of Alzheimer’s disease, the mental disorder is also “one of the most feared health conditions” on Wednesday as it revealed the first draft of a comprehensive new national strategy to effectively treat and care for patients or patients’ families affected by this mind-destroying disease.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:57:22 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Biologists Debunk the 'Rotting' Y Chromosome Theory, Men Will Still Exist]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Biologists have previously predicted that that the male sex-determining Y chromosome, which once carried around 800 genes, like the X, has lost hundreds of them over the past 300 million years, will mutate itself out of existence, leading to the eventual extinction of men.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:36:42 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Psychologists: Physical and Social Pain Hurts the Same Way]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[People have long described experiences of social rejection or loss with words indicating physical pain, and only recently have scientists discovered evidence that social pain may actually be processed by the brain region that monitors physical pain.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:41:14 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA to Review Caffeine Inhalant Amid Health Concerns]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to investigate whether an inhalable caffeine product is safe for consumers, after going on sale in January.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:13:35 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mixing Grapefruit Juice and Medicine Heightens Risk of Toxic Overdose]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[While grapefruit juice may be part of a healthy diet, U.S. health officials warned on Wednesday that grapefruit juice and fresh grapefruit can dangerously interfere with the way some prescription and non-prescription drugs work. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:27:07 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Women Hospitalized for Heart Attacks Are Much More Likely to Die]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Although women hospitalized with a heart attack are less likely to experience chest pain or discomfort, they are significantly more likely to die compared to men of the same age and condition, according to a new study that involved 1.4 million patients who experienced a heart attack between 1994 and 2006.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:01:30 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UK Doctors To 'Prescribe' Phone Apps to Patients Instead of Check-ups]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[UK health providers may soon be prescribing patients free or cheap mobile phone applications to help them manage their own health, UK health officials announced on Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:20:11 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Study: Facelifts Will Make You Look 7 Years Younger]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A face lift can rewind time and make a person look more than seven years younger, according to a new study where volunteers were asked to guess the ages of patients who had undergone cosmetic operations.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:01:56 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Scientists Confirm that Depression Accelerates the Aging Process]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[It has long been known that stress can be manifested by outward signs of aging and can also produce numerous damaging effects on the human body, and latest findings have revealed that depression, may also accelerate the aging process.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:58:18 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA Approves New Suppliers to Fight Critical Shortages of  2 Cancer Drugs]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Federal regulators approved two new suppliers of two cancer drugs that are currently in short supply, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:18:52 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Over-reactive Parenting Linked to Kids Acting Out]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Researchers have found that parents of young children who anger easily and over-react are more likely to have toddlers who act out and become upset easily.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:01:39 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[New Alzheimer's Drugs May Do the Opposite, and Impair Memory]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Scientists who have discovered a new class of Alzheimer's disease drugs are now saying that the drugs compound’s molecular target, which is currently being tested in clinical trials, may actually have the opposite effect that could impair memory, according to a new study in animals. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:02:48 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Brain Chemical That May Cause Gambling Addiction, or Bankruptcy ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A chemical in the brain associated with regions involved in sensory and reward systems is important in determining how people deal with the pain of financial loss, scientists have revealed in a paper published on Tuesday in the Molecular Psychiatry journal.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:43:23 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gender Nonconformity Linked to Higher Abuse Risk for Kids]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Children in the U.S. whose activity choices, interests, and pretend play before age 11 fall outside those typically expressed by their biological sex face increased risk of being physically, psychologically, and sexually abused, and of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by early adulthood, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). It is the first study to use a population-based sample to look at gender nonconformity as a risk factor for abuse.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:39:53 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Harvard Researchers Develop DNA Nanorobots to Kill Cancer Cells]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets within a complex mixture of cell types and deliver important molecular instructions, such as telling cancer cells to self-destruct. Inspired by the mechanics of the body's own immune system, the technology might one day be used to program immune responses to treat various diseases. The research findings appear in today's issue of Science.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:37:11 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tongue Drive System for the Disabled More Capable]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Tongue Drive System is getting less conspicuous and more capable. Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an electrically powered wheelchair simply by moving their tongues.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:01:35 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Potential Adverse Side Effects of Alzheimer's Drugs]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Alzheimer's disease drugs now being tested in clinical trials may have potentially adverse side effects, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. A study with mice suggests the drugs could act like a bad electrician, causing neurons to be miswired and interfering with their ability to send messages to the brain.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:05:32 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Faulty Fat Sensor Possible Cause of Obesity and Liver Disease]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Defects in a protein that functions as a dietary fat sensor may be a cause of obesity and liver disease, according to a study published in the journal Nature, led by researchers at Imperial College London. The findings highlight a promising target for new drugs to treat obesity and metabolic disorders.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:48:21 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Disrupted Body Clock Heightens Risk for Infections]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A disrupted body clock may weaken the immune system, according to a new study published on Thursday.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120217/9140/immunity-body-clock-risk-infections-bacteria-flu-erol-fikrig.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:42:56 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Brain Imaging Detects Signs of Autism in Infants as Young as 6 Months ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[While autism is generally identified after a child’s first birthday, researchers have discovered clear differences in brain development in babies as young as 6 months old who go on to develop autism, months before parents are able to notice symptoms of the disorder.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:33:14 EST</pubDate>
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