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<title><![CDATA[Oral Contraceptives May Help Treat Asthma]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:38 EST</pubDate>
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 Treatment with oral contraceptives may benefit premenopausal women with asthma, even if their asthma symptoms are not strongly linked to their monthly menstrual cycles, early research suggests. 
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<title><![CDATA[ASTRO: Breast Brachytherapy Use Outpaces Evidence]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:31 -0400</pubDate>
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 CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Use of brachytherapy to treat breast cancer continues to increase despite unresolved questions about long-term outcomes, according to data presented here. 
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<title><![CDATA[First Impressions Surprisingly Accurate]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:52:28 EST</pubDate>
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 A new study shows that we can accurately evaluate strangers' personalities based just on appearance. 
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<title><![CDATA[CCP Wins Worldwide Malaria Prevention Grant from USAID Worth an Estimated $100 Million]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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 The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health s Center for Communication Programs has been awarded a five year grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to ensure the distribution and proper use of long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets (LLINs) in malaria endemic countries. The new project, called NetWorks  ... 
(<a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2009/lynch_malaria_usaid.html?source=rss">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FDA Warns Companies Against Marketing Illegal Flavored Cigarettes]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:38:22 PST</pubDate>
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  (HealthNewsDigest.com) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is enforcing the flavored cigarette ban provision of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) by issuing several warning letters to companies continuing to sell illegal flavored cigarettes to consumers in the United States through their Web sites.  
(<a href="http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/FDA_Approval_240/FDA_Warns_Companies_Against_Marketing_Illegal_Flavored_Cigarettes.shtml">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ares I-X Rocket Launch a Success for NASA]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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 NASA's new generation of deep-space rockets is a back-to-Apollo design. But will it get enough funding to significantly move exploration forward?  
(<a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1932959,00.html?xid=rss-health">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Doctors Debate Anesthetics' Effect on Babies, Elderly]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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 Without general anesthesia, modern surgery and medical intervention would be crippled. But what do doctors really know about the long-term effects of these mysterious drugs?  
(<a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1934197,00.html?xid=rss-health">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Today on New Scientist:]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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 Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how to end the epidemic of short-sightedness, the future of computer graphics, and why human microbes are total NIMBYs  
(<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/11/today-on-new-scientist-6-novem.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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