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        <title><![CDATA[ Morning Sickness May Help Protect Embryos]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Far from being a mere nuisance, morning sickness may actively protect embryos, LiveScience reports. Doctors have long recognized the association of morning sickness and a healthy pregnancy, but new research suggests the condition evolved to protect embryos from dangerous environmental factors.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Tue, 20 May 2008 17:59:41 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Robot Worms Offer   Cancer Hope ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Little mechanical &ldquo;worms&rdquo; offer the latest hope for early detection&mdash;and eradication&mdash;of cancer. Researchers have created tiny machines that travel through the body, find tumors that are too small to see in normal scans, and then deliver drugs to kill them. The method has worked to spot tumors in mice, but it&rsquo;s still years from human use, ABC reports.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Tue, 13 May 2008 14:31:04 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Scientists Close In on Antidote to Neurotoxin]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Scientists are one step closer to developing an antidote to botulinum, a potentially devastating biological weapon, the BBC reports. Terrorists have tried, so far unsuccessfully, to deploy the neurotoxin, which is also the culprit in botulism and the secret behind Botox. A botulinum vaccine already exists, but the new drug could eventually be used after exposure.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Mon, 12 May 2008 18:11:48 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Patients Have   Bone to Pick With   Squeaky Fake Hips ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Ceramic artificial hips are far more durable than their metal and plastic counterparts&mdash;but frustrated patients are complaining that they squeak. It's embarrassing. &ldquo;It can interrupt sex when my wife starts laughing,&rdquo; said one. But some doctors fear it could be a sign that the ceramic replacements aren&rsquo;t as durable as advertised, the New York Times reports.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sun, 11 May 2008 08:10:14 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Big Butts Are Healthy, Study Finds]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The kind of fat found in the hips and buttocks may actually help fight diabetes, a result that surprised Harvard doctors performing the research that produced the finding. Although belly fat is known to raise the risk of diabetes,  subcutaneous fat injected into the abdomens of mice actually increased their sensitivity to insulin and even helped them lose weight, Reuters reports.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Wed, 07 May 2008 06:52:59 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  What We Can Learn   From Being Dog-Tired ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Alaskan sled dogs racing for days on end don&rsquo;t get tired out the way a human runner would, the New York Times reports, and researchers eager to imitate this fatigue resistance in people&mdash;particularly soldiers&mdash;say it&rsquo;s because they&rsquo;re somehow able to change their metabolism. &ldquo;Suddenly they throw a switch&mdash;we don&rsquo;t know what it is yet,&rdquo; one researcher said.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Tue, 06 May 2008 14:33:06 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Baby Birds' Babbling Suggests Intricate Brain]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Being bird-brained might not be much of an insult: New MIT research paints a more intricate portrait of how songbirds learn to sing, with one part of the brain used for learning and another for singing itself. Rather than maturing from babbling to birdsong, the independent but overlapping pathways work together during different life stages.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Mon, 05 May 2008 16:54:49 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ Bypass Surgery Shows Promise as Diabetes Fix]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Intestinal bypass surgery&mdash;a variation on the gastric surgery used to combat obesity&mdash;is showing surprising and promising results in treating diabetes, the Washington Post reports. Cutting out some of the intestine but sparing the stomach, the procedure is&nbsp; producing full remission in a high percentage of cases, allowing patients to go off all medication. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sun, 04 May 2008 10:09:00 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Surgery for Depression? Yup. ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A type of brain surgery previously used to treat symptoms of Parkinson&rsquo;s disease may be effective in countering the debilitating effects of deep depression, CNN reports. A new study shows that deep brain stimulation, a process in which electrodes are inserted into problem areas in the brain and hooked up to a power source, can decrease symptoms of depression up to 50%.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 03 May 2008 08:35:34 CDT  </pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[  Science Could Crack   Peanut Allergy: Expert ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Scientists are working to help those with peanut allergies and may even replace nuts with a tasty, genetically modified snack, one expert says.  &quot;There are multiple types of studies that are ongoing now,&quot; said Dr. Wesley Burks of Duke University. &quot;I think there's some type of immunotherapy that will be available in five years.&rdquo; And the need for peanut allergy relief is rising, Reuters reports.]]></description>
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        <pubDate> Sat, 03 May 2008 06:03:14 CDT  </pubDate>
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