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       <title>Drinking &#39;a little more than you should&#39; can triple the risk of mouth cancer</title>
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       <description>Change4life warns of alcohol-related health problems</description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 6 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Beat stress at work</title>
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       <description>National Sickie Day</description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 6 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>World Cancer Day 2012</title>
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       <description>&#39;Do something&#39; to cut cancer deaths</description>
       <pubDate>Sat, 3 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Tips to prevent infections during pregnancy</title>
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       <description>Prenatal Infection Prevention Month</description>
       <pubDate>Sat, 3 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Salmonella outbreak linked to watermelons</title>
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       <description>Investigation ongoing</description>
       <pubDate>Sat, 3 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>STIs double in over-45s</title>
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       <description>Think safe sex doesn&#39;t apply to them</description>
       <pubDate>Sat, 3 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Stress: don&#39;t let it get out of control</title>
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       <description>Feel Good Friday</description>
       <pubDate>Sat, 3 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Sugar should be controlled like cigarettes and alcohol</title>
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       <description>&#39;Toxic beyond calories&#39;</description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 2 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Prostate cancer drug too expensive for NHS</title>
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       <description>Clinically effective, but not cost-effective</description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 2 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Scientists decode brain waves</title>
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       <description>Electrical signals &#39;translated&#39; into sound</description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Universal flu vaccine a step closer</title>
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       <description>Key proteins identified by UK scientists</description>
       <pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>GP&#39;s at risk of burnout</title>
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       <description>Nearly half &#39;emotionally exhausted&#39;</description>
       <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Overweight and smoking while pregnant linked to baby heart defects</title>
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       <description>More than doubles the risk of heart abnormality</description>
       <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Demand for cosmetic surgery continues to rise</title>
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       <description>Biggest rise in male tummy tucks</description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Prostate cancer discovered in ancient mummy</title>
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       <description>Second oldest case in the world</description>
       <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Early signs of autism detected at six months</title>
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       <description>Different brain responses found</description>
       <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Cancer carers missing out on vital support</title>
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       <description>Nearly half care for loved-ones on their own</description>
       <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Food allergy or food intolerance?</title>
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       <description>Two very different conditions</description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>iPads can cause neck and shoulder pain</title>
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       <description>Poor posture using tablet devices to blame</description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Deaths from heart attack halved in past decade</title>
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       <description>Greatest fall in middle-aged men and women</description>
       <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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