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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8b8d0cf744970fe6a06d0f7eea527e83" title=" Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released Friday by a major medical group.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Women can wait until age 21 for cervical cancer test, group says </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for f...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2cbbc9440a5ae771ec58b012f2327258" title=" President Obama\'s vision for making health care in America more effective and efficient collided for the first time last week with the realities and peculiarities of the nation\'s health-care system.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Fierce debate raging over new cancer test guidelines </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2b5da799aabb9c43250278fedfb23a8f" title=" JETERSVILLE, VA. -- On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-year-old Heaven Skyler Wilson dragged herself off the school bus that dropped her in front of her home on a rural road in Jetersville, just south of Richmond. The little girl, who had never had so much as an ea..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> For bubbly Va. 6-year-old, swine flu\'s attack came quick and strong </a><br />');
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document.write(' JETERSVILLE, VA. -- On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-year-old Heaven Skyler Wilson dragged herself off the school bus that dropped he...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=85faa5b60e72d2e7eda1ffb9ee8c779e" title=" A top federal health official said Wednesday that the controversial new guidelines for breast cancer screening do not represent government policy, as the Obama administration sought to keep the debate over mammograms from undermining the prospects for he..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> White House backs off cancer test guidelines </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' A top federal health official said Wednesday that the controversial new guidelines for breast cancer screening do not repres...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=9ebff09915ccdd7a5d07e564e9ceab4a" title=" Rich Williamson and his girlfriend were talking about kids. Not necessarily whether they\'d have them, but what sport their hypothetical offspring might play. \"I don\'t want my children to play football. It\'s too violent,\" the 38-year-old Alexandria r..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Making up a sport can push the limits of your body and your creativity </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Rich Williamson and his girlfriend were talking about kids. Not necessarily whether they\'d have them, but what sport their h...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=867e492b7a137e67e2235b601e176672" title=" In 1997, a federal committee of medical experts recommended against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, sparking a political uproar that led to congressional hearings and a unanimous Senate vote challenging the findings.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> New mammogram guidelines cause another political uproar </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' In 1997, a federal committee of medical experts recommended against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, sparking a po...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=285960b3d943e1cb40126bea8550fb7b" title=" Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as early as Wednesday.      ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Release of Reid\'s health-care bill could come as early as Wednesday </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as e...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2ad21c57de29c3274eea58a66b432f9f" title=" Every morning at 10 a.m. sharp, Juanita Wood, 87, taps \"okay\" on a screen to start up a device that takes her blood pressure and transmits the information to her medical clinic. At 10:30 a.m., her husband, Arthur, 91, touch-starts his own device, neatl..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> The virtual doctor visit: Health monitoring at home </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Every morning at 10 a.m. sharp, Juanita Wood, 87, taps \"okay\" on a screen to start up a device that takes her blood pressure...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=bb12f681cae0b95984e6718fabc8f2d0" title=" \"I have a StairMaster right in my own basement, but honestly it\'s been there for years gathering dust and making me feel guilty,\" said Miriam, one of my patients. \"It wasn\'t until I started walking the three-mile trail in the park near my house that..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Doctors send patients outdoors for physical, mental benefits </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=dca2c37c064e2157f2d1ef1ab25a67ac" title=" Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms and older women should cut back to one scheduled exam every other year, an influential federal task force has concluded, challenging the use of one of the most common medical tests.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Federal panel recommends reducing number of mammograms </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=86a8f905872fb5bd655b6cfe79afa3c5" title=" Marc Jacobson, who practices pediatric and adolescent medicine in Great Neck, N.Y., and is a spokesman for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), acknowledges the challenges parents face in helping their kids maintain a healthful weight.      ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> How to help your overweight child </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Marc Jacobson, who practices pediatric and adolescent medicine in Great Neck, N.Y., and is a spokesman for the American Acad...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=24652d8438b3676535feb38b1c06e906" title=" You may believe acetaminophen, the aspirin-free pain reliever found in Tylenol, is one of the safest painkillers on the market. And used properly, it is. But acetaminophen is also the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States because taki..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Acetaminophen: Good painkiller can be deadly if overused </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2ea671aef8af95bc7507f8b710efada9" title=" Cigarette smoking rose slightly in 2008 for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials\' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Survey finds U.S. smoking increased slightly in 2008 </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Cigarette smoking rose slightly in 2008 for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials\' hopes that the U.S....');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d2ebfdcc749935b83ac5241976ca00dc" title=" Her work day started before 7 a.m., when three flu-sickened children were being treated in the emergency room. Ready for another 12-hour shift, pediatric nurse Lindsay Wheeler donned her stethoscope and noticed, with some surprise, that there was no long..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Inside the pediatric flu deluge at Children\'s hospital </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Her work day started before 7 a.m., when three flu-sickened children were being treated in the emergency room. Ready for ano...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2f7a8130989bf0d6cb43fcd5ae8c30bc" title=" A widely prescribed and expensive cholesterol drug is not as effective as niacin, a cheap vitamin, in helping to unclog coronary arteries in people already taking statins, the standard medicines used to lower cholesterol, according to a new study.      ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Study questions Vytorin and Zetia in heart disease treatment </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' A widely prescribed and expensive cholesterol drug is not as effective as niacin, a cheap vitamin, in helping to unclog coro...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8db786ba3fdf1e583212f59eba15d69e" title=" The 31-year-old woman creeping gingerly into Adventist HealthCare\'s free-standing emergency department in Germantown was obviously in pain, and physician Orlee Panitch quickly diagnosed the problem: gallstones.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Immigration looms as sticking point in health-care legislation </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' The 31-year-old woman creeping gingerly into Adventist HealthCare\'s free-standing emergency department in Germantown was obv...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e8125529ef800f3a0dfcd336358f6892" title=" Over the past decade, environmental groups have pressured U.S. chlorine plants to stop spewing mercury, the toxic heavy metal that settles in water and makes its way into the food chain by contaminating fish and shellfish. In the past four years, five su..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Cleaner chlorine plants may be creating a mercury glut </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d1e1cb25bb32a672f55a19472464340b" title=" I know you can buy local or buy organic, but I\'ve heard that some crops are simply more resource-intensive than others, regardless of how or where they are grown. So what\'s the key to picking foods that have the smallest environmental footprint?    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Sustainable salads: The carbon footprint of your veggies </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=605f9ffe181c49b33c0fef3421b94583" title=" Just in time for Thanksgiving, a familiar techno-turkey is back on the national policy table: the hydrogen-powered car. The Obama administration had flatlined funding for President George W. Bush\'s pet initiative, briefly but heavily touted a few years ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Hydrogen-powered car still seems improbable </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Just in time for Thanksgiving, a familiar techno-turkey is back on the national policy table: the hydrogen-powered car. The ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c736fa1b0fd1c50abf76c55046d051d4" title=" About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3,900 have died, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S. </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3,900 have died, accordin...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=677804d141c4b4b705066a2505fb846c" title=" The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Study in D.C. looks at using HIV treatment to prevent AIDS </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=a510691fe67ba3a63a644a2acc0dc44f" title=" On defense for flu season? Doctors will tell you your best shot is to get a shot. But that won\'t cut it for Sue Berman of Silver Spring\'s Blue Heron Wellness. To keep sniffles at bay, she plans to spend a whole lot more time with needles.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Alternative cold and flu remedies include acupuncture, herbal remedies, massage </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' On defense for flu season? Doctors will tell you your best shot is to get a shot. But that won\'t cut it for Sue Berman of Si...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=25180cb4a345aae524c88c6b75973b0c" title=" Nobody wants to spend a lot of time and energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up where they started. But that\'s what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the \"exchange\" or \"gateway.\"      ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Health insurers could be allowed to bypass some key reforms </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Nobody wants to spend a lot of time and energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up where they started. But that\'s what could...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ef3c90bd049513c4eaf21e47e7dd7098" title=" Contestants on NBC\'s weight-loss competition show \"The Biggest Loser\" undergo all kinds of duress in their efforts to shed pounds. Some of the ordeals they endure -- including a brutal workout in Washington\'s hot July sun for an episode that aired la..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: Jennifer Huget on the effects of gum-chewing on diets </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Contestants on NBC\'s weight-loss competition show \"The Biggest Loser\" undergo all kinds of duress in their efforts to shed p...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=54744ecaa934ab9da2b9d4ffdebb06a6" title=" Exposure to high levels of a controversial chemical found in thousands of everyday plastic products appears to cause erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in men, according to a new study published Wednesday.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> High BPA levels linked to male sexual problems </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Exposure to high levels of a controversial chemical found in thousands of everyday plastic products appears to cause erectil...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=a2234adc75b75a1a272f513f4f5d84e7" title=" Swine flu deaths in Europe doubled in three of the last four weeks, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said Wednesday.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Swine flu deaths in Europe doubling by the week, agency says </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Swine flu deaths in Europe doubled in three of the last four weeks, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control s...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=fb7c6a9d93e775645ddd63d6cb3f505a" title=" The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, worried about widespread lapses in oversight of the District\'s AIDS program, is threatening to cut off $12.2 million in federal funding next year if the problems are not fixed.      ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> HUD threatens to cut off D.C. AIDS funding for 2010 </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, worried about widespread lapses in oversight of the District\'s AIDS pr...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1e4f816f9c86f5157625ec7e8e596bb6" title=" Former president Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to resolve their differences with a health-care bill and pass an overhaul as soon as possible. Summoning the lessons of his own history with health-care reform, Clinton warned, \"The worst t..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Bill Clinton urges Senate Democrats to quickly pass health-care reform </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' Former president Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to resolve their differences with a health-care bill and pas...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=67431ca73356e4af76559853e950613c" title=" A regulation proposed by Montgomery County officials Tuesday would require pregnancy centers run by abortion opponents to give women a disclaimer so they don\'t mistake the centers for medical clinics and so they understand the source of the information ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Disclaimer proposed for Montgomery anti-abortion clinics </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' A regulation proposed by Montgomery County officials Tuesday would require pregnancy centers run by abortion opponents to gi...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1eeeee2c9dded8c9a561528de561ec1f" title=" Blake Lawrence tried not to think about injuries when he was on the football field. But Lawrence, a junior who until recently played linebacker at the University of Nebraska, could have been forgiven for worrying about his head. In one 12-month span, fro..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Companies redesign football helmets to reduce concussions </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=91f60f39cc5d7bbb44c3819bbec735ef" title=" When Aaron Laviana started medical school at Georgetown University in 2007, he dissected a cadaver in his first week, in anatomy class. Today, classes such as \"Physician-Patient Communication\" and \"Social and Cultural Issues in Health Care\" come firs..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Medical schools revise curricula to adapt to changing world </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' When Aaron Laviana started medical school at Georgetown University in 2007, he dissected a cadaver in his first week, in ana...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1b1636a7f1db392c7dc52091fe5ac213" title=" It always starts out innocently enough -- for example, with an eye twitch. It\'s just a little tic, but it keeps coming and going over the course of a few weeks, and so I decide to do a little medical investigation online. I plug \"recurrent eye twitch\"..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Googling can mislead people seeking health information </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' It always starts out innocently enough -- for example, with an eye twitch. It\'s just a little tic, but it keeps coming and g...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2496f059ef963c36d92404442ccf4d48" title=" From a health perspective, adult mammals shouldn\'t be drinking milk, especially the milk from another mammal [\"Milk\'s skeptics would like to steer us away from our herd mentality,\" Eat, Drink and Be Healthy, Nov. 5]. I would do it anyway if I could f..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Reader Letters </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</span><br />');
document.write(' From a health perspective, adult mammals shouldn\'t be drinking milk, especially the milk from another mammal [\"Milk\'s skepti...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=406fdf3b15d08400c75fb3744955d3ad" title=" Two taxi companies -- Yellow Cab and Royal Cab -- will put their first wheelchair-accessible vehicles into service in December, and the firms should have a total of 20 cabs that can handle wheelchairs in service by January.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> First wheelchair-accessible taxis to hit D.C. streets </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:22:00 EST</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=212d7833cb2c15995bf06763d9b37ffd" title=" Maryland confirmed two more swine flu-related deaths Wednesday, bringing the state\'s total to 12. The death toll in Virginia has reached 11, officials said.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Md. swine flu-related deaths rise to 12 and Va. to 11 </a><br />');
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document.write(' Maryland confirmed two more swine flu-related deaths Wednesday, bringing the state\'s total to 12. The death toll in Virginia...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=eb231cf391d02c984822a8f2b9fbf9af" title=" District officials on Tuesday loosened limits on who can get swine flu vaccinations and said the vaccine could be headed to pharmacies in the city as early as next week.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> D.C. area access to swine flu vaccine broadened </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=294ceff81127d4bc8ee22fbffc42308b" title=" A shampoo that prevents airborne virus particles that settle on the scalp from causing swine flu. Special disposable gloves that offer protection from ATMs, door handles or steering wheels that might be \"contaminated\" with H1N1. A \"natural immunizatio..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> FDA sets sights on products that purport to fight swine flu </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=25efb0c658ca614f7d179be07bb00d28" title=" Administration officials sought Monday to explain why so much less H1N1 flu vaccine is available than had been promised, blaming the manufacturers and the vagaries of science for nationwide shortages.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Administration officials blame shortage of H1N1 vaccine on manufacturers, science </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=3e9548ec08d774fd8d9cdba002a504be" title=" The Smart Choices Program , launched in August, deemed Froot Loops nutritious enough to sport a big checkmark on the front of boxes signifying that choosing the cereal was indeed smart. The news media and consumer advocacy groups had a field day with tha..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Universal guidelines for healthful groceries may be slowly coming to a store near you </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=191c7bd5c6581300a687a42d50229e35" title=" The federal government\'s unprecedented campaign to protect the nation against the swine flu pandemic has gotten off to a sputtering start, frustrating parents, pregnant women and others anxious to get immunized against the new virus.    ..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Amid problems, U.S. scrambles to parcel out H1N1 vaccine </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d42d6f35bcf65534b027b77e162f4695" title=" Some foods are simply better than others. So we put this question to three local nutrition experts: If you could pick just a handful of ingredients to incorporate into your clients\' diets, what would they be? Here are items that can have a long-term eff..." onClick="popupfeed(this.href);return false"> Nutrition experts recommend healthful must-haves for your kitchen </a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</span><br />');
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document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:26:59 EDT</span><br />');
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