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    <title><![CDATA[Daytime dozing may up stroke risk for elderly]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243640.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[Old people who often fall asleep inadvertently during the day could have more than four times the normal risk of having a stroke, U.S. researchers said Thursday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/22 17:26</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Better education may better fend off memory loss]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243638.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[From memory loss to dementia to Alzheimer's disease, people over 70 in U.S. are finding less difficulty with these problems, showed findings  online in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia Wednesday. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/22 17:14</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Big leap forward on stem cell harvests]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243617.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[A Chinese biomedical firm has achieved unprecedented capacity to develop large-scale, lifesaving stem cell production with stocks of umbilical cord stem cells hitting nearly 5,000 samples, the Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/22 15:44</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Human stem cells might treat, even cure diabetes]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243480.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[Human stem cells might fulfill the promise of treating or perhaps even curing diabetes, said a study in the journal Nature Biotechnology as quoted by media reports Thursday. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/21 16:53</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Vietnamese man might die from bird flu]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243478.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[A 40-year-old man from Vietnam's southern Bac Lieu province has died of acute pneumonia, who has been suspected of having contracted bird flu, according to local newspaper <i>Youth </i>on Thursday. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/21 16:48</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[AIDS prevention lesson amid cement and steel]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243471.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[What do two hours mean in the life of a Chinese construction worker? They can earn 20 yuan (UD$2.6) laboring, or they can attend a 120-minute lecture which could just save their life. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/21 16:30</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Shanghai welcomes 700 rodents]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243427.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[Seven hundred laboratory mice marked the start of the Year of the Rat by relocating from London to their new home at the Shanghai Laboratory Animal Resource Center.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/21 13:02</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Nationwide program to combat HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243365.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[Authorities are working on China's first national program to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS among gay men, the Ministry of Health said in its 2008 work agenda released yesterday.]]></description>
    <category>news</category>  
    <pubDate>2008/02/21 08:46</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Researchers create first chikungunya animal model]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243361.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[Researchers have developed the first animal model of the infection caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an emerging arbovirus associated with large-scale epidemics that hit the Indian Ocean, seriously affecting the French Island of La Reunion in 2005, before spreading to India, and Italy in 2007. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/21 08:41</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[WHO announces end of Ebola outbreak in Uganda]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243359.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[A recent outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda's western Bundibugyo region has officially come to an end, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. ]]></description>
    <category>news</category>  
    <pubDate>2008/02/21 08:39</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[WHO alarms HIV infection among TB patients]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243356.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged Asian countries to harness the growing trend of HIV and TB (Tuberculosis) co-infection and its resulting deaths in the region. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/21 08:37</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[3 more provinces in Vietnam report bird flu outbreaks]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243351.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[Outbreaks of bird flu among fowls were detected from Feb. 16-18 Vietnam's northern provinces, raising the total number of its localities hit by the disease to seven, local newspaper New Hanoi reported Wednesday. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/21 08:33</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Laser can detect cancer, asthma via breath samples]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243342.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[By blasting a person's breath with laser light, U.S. scientists have shown that they can detect molecules that may be markers for diseases like asthma or cancer.]]></description>
    <category>news</category>  
    <pubDate>2008/02/20 16:43</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Music helps stroke patients recover faster]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243339.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[A new Finnish study has revealed that listening to music can help stroke patients recover faster, according to the journal Brain as quoted by media reports Wednesday.]]></description>
    <category>news</category>  
    <pubDate>2008/02/20 16:37</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Heart attacks more deadly at night, on weekend]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243338.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[Hospital patients suffering cardiac arrest at night or on weekend are far less likely to survive than those who suffer one during weekdays or weekday evenings, according to a US study quoted by media reports Wednesday. ]]></description>
    <category>news</category>  
    <pubDate>2008/02/20 16:36</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Net addicts need help from school and home]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243323.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[China's young Internet addicts need consistent help from family, school and society to overcome their problems, according to doctors and experts at a recent conference in Beijing.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/20 15:07</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[It boils down to this: eggs really are good for you]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243322.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[From a health perspective, eggs have been given a significant reprieve in recent years. Although the yolk contains cholesterol, it is now known that cholesterol already in food contributes very little to the levels inside your body.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>2008/02/20 15:04</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[All strain, no gain?]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243313.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[For some time now, core stability training has been a fitness-industry panacea. Without it, we are told, you risk poor posture, lower back pain, mediocre sports performance and a less than flat stomach.]]></description>
    <category>news</category>  
    <pubDate>2008/02/20 14:57</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[Diabetes becoming 'major problem']]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243291.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[Diabetes is fast becoming a major health problem in the country with close to 40 million currently suffering from the disease, a health expert has said.]]></description>
    <category>news</category>  
    <pubDate>2008/02/20 13:23</pubDate>  
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    <title><![CDATA[New bird flu outbreak confirmed in Tibet]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/243208.htm]]></link>  
    <description><![CDATA[Chinese authorities have confirmed a new bird flu outbreak among poultry in Tibet, the second case of this year in the southwestern region, the Ministry of Agriculture said. ]]></description>
    <category>news</category>  
    <pubDate>2008/02/19 16:33</pubDate>  
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