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	     	<title><![CDATA[Endeavour off to bright start]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour brought an early dawn to Kennedy Space Center on Monday, punching its way through cloudy skies to close the curtain on nighttime shuttle launches and kick off the final year of liftoffs for the aging orbiter]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:19:02 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Polymyalgia, fibromyalgia aren't same]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Q: I recently read in one of your newsletters about fibromyalgia. I have polymyalgia.
 Could you please explain the difference between the two and what medication I should be using? I would appreciate hearing from you.
A: Fibromyalgia is a disorder chara]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:18:37 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Federal government to start new climate agency]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.
Climate change has drawn widespread concern in recent years as temperatures around the world rise, threatening to harm crops, spread diseas]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:18:13 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Autism tied to mom's age]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - Women who give birth after age 40 are nearly twice as likely to have a child with autism as those under 25, California researchers reported Monday.
Surprisingly, the age of the father plays little role in the likelihood of the disorder unle]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:17:58 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Vaccine deficit is now surplus]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - The H1N1 flu vaccine shortage has become a surplus.
Out of nearly 120 million vaccines distributed nationwide, only about 70 million have been used, according to federal officials.
Another 35 million doses have been produced but not shipped]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:18:54 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Drugs in landfill water]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Maine - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
Tiny amounts of discarded drugs have been found i]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:18:34 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA['Skier's thumb' not limited to folks on slopes]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Presidents Day weekend usually is one of the most popular ski weekends of the year. Hopefully, Mother Nature will cooperate. But while this popular recreational sport is fun and a nice diversion from what can otherwise be a long, cold season, it is not w]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:27:02 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's gene testing not needed]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Q: My father has Alzheimer's disease. Should I be tested for the APOE 4 allele? I would like to know what I'm facing. 
A: Your short note has a complex answer. I must start by asking some questions. How old is your father? At what age was he diagnosed? W]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:26:38 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Dr. Gott 2/06/2010]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Q: My father, age 93, suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. I have read about a device called a "lung flute." Can this device be used to help break up mucus and clear the lungs? I've enclosed a Web-site link to the company that makes it.
A:]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:06:24 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Science Q&A 2/5/2010]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Q: Since vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, is the supplement I take with my low-fat breakfast being absorbed?
I eat half a grapefruit, shredded wheat with banana, nonfat yogurt and nonfat milk.
A: "Yes, so long as you continue to include the yogurt and]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:36:02 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Health & Science briefs]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Report: 40 percent of cancer avoidable
About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say.
To mark World Ca]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:35:46 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Photos: Pluto is in flux]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Spurned Pluto is changing its looks, donning more rouge in its complexion and altering its iceball surface.
You can color astronomers surprised.
Newly released Hubble Space Telescope photos show the distant one-time planet - demoted to "dwar]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:34:29 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Pandas head to China]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - They were treated like pop idols - except for being stuck in travel crates.
Adoring crowds and television viewers watched Thursday as American-born giant pandas Mei Lan and Tai Shan were loaded onto a special cargo jet for a flight to their]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:34:19 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Heat stroke isn't same as a stroke]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Q: I would like to know the difference between heat stroke and a massive stroke leading to death. My friend was out most of the day in 85- to 90-degree heat. He wasn't sick at all. He went to bed that night and fell on the floor. He couldn't get up. Abou]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:34:01 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Decked-out dinosaurs?]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Some dinosaurs had russet-colored feathers, and one jazzy specimen had a Mohawk crest and stripes, researchers say in the first reports to confidently assign colors to dinosaurs.
Their colors have long been a subject of speculation among res]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:33:47 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Patient may need a new physician]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Q: I hope you can help my daughter. In February 2009, she started suffering from a skin condition on her scalp, which flakes. She also started losing large amounts of hair. She then developed a rash on her face and body. 
She has been seen by three docto]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:23:09 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Sewer or septic system? Each has benefits]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Q: What's better for the local ecology, sewers or septic tanks?
 A: You probably won't have much choice as to whether that home you're thinking of buying is on sewer or septic. Most likely it's a done deal, unless the neighborhood is presently all on sep]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:22:55 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Brain-injury study stuns experts]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them - findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.
The new research suggests that s]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:43:03 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Many women skip MRI exams for cancer]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Many women at risk for breast cancer refuse to undergo MRI screening, often saying they have claustrophobia and cannot tolerate the closed machines required for breast imaging, a new study says.
Of 1,214 women eligible for magnetic resonance imaging as p]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:40:34 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Honey therapy untested]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Q: I suffered from nosebleeds for years. I underwent cauterization nine times. I then found out I was allergic to cats, and that my nosebleeds were how my body was reacting. I was told that nosebleeds are a rare sign of an allergic reaction. 
Allergy pil]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:40:10 -0500</pubDate>
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