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        <title><![CDATA[ Japanese Fight Over Detoxed Delicacy]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[One of Japan's prized delicacies is having an identity crisis: fugu, the pricey puffer fish that's poisonous unless prepared correctly, now has a farmed cousin that's harmless, the New York Times reports. But gourmands looking forward to eating fugu liver&mdash;the most delicious and potentially deadly part of the fish&mdash;are being thwarted by the fugu industry, which is fighting to keep a ban on the livers, even from detoxed variety.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sun, 04 May 2008 07:14:53 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Final Trip for   LSD Creator ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Swiss scientist who formulated LSD and unwittingly helped lay the foundation of&nbsp; '60s drug culture has died of a heart attack at the age of 102. Albert Hofmann, who called LSD his &quot;problem child,&quot; discovered its hallucinatory properties while working on heart stimulants, reports the Washington Post. He believed laws eventually banning the drug halted important research into its potential use as a treatment for schizophrenia.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:40:17 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Heparin Victims Testify on Hill  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Relatives of some of the 81 Americans whose deaths have been linked to tainted heparin told a Congressional subcommittee about their experiences today, Reuters reports. An Ohio man wept as he told lawmakers his wife and son, who had a genetic kidney disease, died within a month after being given heparin while undergoing dialysis. &quot;I want to know if my daughter and the millions of others who continue to receive dialysis are safe,&quot; said Leroy Hubley.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:30:20 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Despite Danger, FDA Sanctioned Artificial Blood Studies]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration repeatedly approved experiments using artificial blood despite data showing the products to be dangerous, the Washington Post reports. Investigators from the National Institutes of Health found heart attack risk tripled and death increased by 30% for subjects in 16 studies testing five kinds of artificial blood, which, it is hoped, will ultimately provide alternative transfusions.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:50:09 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ LASIK Patients Urge Better Oversight]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Patients experiencing painful and sometimes debilitating side-effects of LASIK eye surgery urged regulators today to keep a closer watch on the procedure, Reuters reports. A surgeon speaking to an FDA panel&mdash;soliticing advice for possible warnings after receiving 140 complaints&mdash;did not discount the allegations but said &ldquo;the great majority of our patients see as well or better&rdquo; after the procedure.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:52:33 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Drinking Water    Myths Tough    to Swallow  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[With high-end restaurants offering diners tap water and concerns about the health and environmental impact of plastic bottles at an all-time high, NPR sets the record straight about some common myths related to drinking water:

    Not only is drinking 8 glasses daily not necessary, &quot;nobody really knows&quot; where that advice originated, says one expert.
    Water&nbsp; doesn't help the kidneys filter toxins.
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        <pubDate> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:30:04 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Deadly Heparin Found in 11 Nations]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The FDA has traced a contaminated blood thinner from a Chinese factory to 11 countries, the New York Times reports. Severe reactions to the contaminated heparin have been linked to the deaths of 81 Americans, but it wasn't immediately clear if the drug may have triggered fatalities in other countries. Chinese officials have denied that the contamination caused any deaths and have demanded to be allowed to inspect the US plant where the heparin was packaged.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:17:00 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Pork Workers Contract New Nerve Disease]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Pork-plant workers in three states have contracted an unheard-of neurological disorder linked to removing pigs&rsquo; brains, Reuters reports. Some 24 people&mdash;most from Minnesota&mdash;are experiencing symptoms including inflamed spinal cords, weakness, fatigue, and numbness and tingling in the limbs. &ldquo;As far as we are aware it is a brand new disorder,&rdquo; said a doctor following the Minnesota patients.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:48:17 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Vitamins Can Kill, Warns Shocking New Study]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Antioxidant vitamin supplements do not improve health or prevent disease&mdash;and may even cause death, according to new research. In a stunning blow to millions who take vitamins, a review of 67 studies involving 230,000 users showed &quot;no convincing evidence&quot; that antioxidants had any benefit, and linked vitamin A supplements to a 16% increase in premature death, reports the Daily Telegraph.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:10:00 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Europeans Cite China as Top Stability Threat]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Europeans see China as the biggest threat to world stability, a new poll says. In the wake of the Tibet crackdown, 35% of Europeans labeled China a bigger threat than any other state, reports the Financial Times. &ldquo;The story of the last five years has been about economic opportunities,&quot; said one expert. &quot;The story of the last six months has been about China as a threat in Darfur and in Tibet.&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:00:00 CDT  </pubDate>
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