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		<title>Treating Eczema With Shielding Lotions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eczema is a skin  condition which often begins in childhood and continues throughout life. Up to  34% of all Americans suffer from eczema.
Medical researchers have not yet  determined the exact cause, though it is believed to be related to the immune  system. Eczema causes eruptions on the skin which itch intensely.
New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/07/treating-eczema-with-shielding-lotions/</link>
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		<title>Aortic Stenosis Is Now A Major Health Problem In The US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aortic stenosis or aortic  valve stenosis is a disease of the heart valve where the aorta joins the heart.
This aortic valve controls the flow of blood from the left ventricle of the heart  into the aorta, which is the main artery leaving the heart to take blood around  the body.
The valve allows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/07/aortic-stenosis-is-now-a-major-health-problem-in-the-us/</link>
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		<title>Students Search For West Nile Fever In Mosquitoes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marshall   University  students are not interested in too much fun this summer, as some are actually  spending their break counting mosquitoes.
One of the three Marshall University  environmental science majors who are participating in the project, Chris  Chadwick, said the group has often counted 1,800 in just one day.
The group [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/07/students-search-for-west-nile-fever-in-mosquitoes/</link>
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		<title>Preserving The Antioxidants In Your Vegetables During Cooking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For years we  have been told that cooking our vegetables in a minimum amount of water, such  as by steaming, was the best way to keep the nutrition in the vegetable.
A new  study has turned that bit of traditional wisdom on its ear by discovering that  some vegetables actually increase their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/06/preserving-the-antioxidants-in-your-vegetables-during-cooking/</link>
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		<title>Body Dysmorphic Disorder: It Is Important To Seek Help For Yourself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Body dysmorphic  disorder is a chronic mental disorder in which a person is obsessed with  flaws in their appearance, either real or imagined.
Even minor flaws are  imagined as major problems, seen as deformities, and they don&#8217;t want to be  looked at by other people.
People with this disorder are intensely obsessed  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/06/body-dysmorphic-disorder-it-is-important-to-seek-help-for-yourself/</link>
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		<title>Home HIV Test Kits Are Not Accurate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Canada released a statement that advised not  to rely on home testing HIV kits particularly the new Clean Testing HIV Home  Kit because they have not been approved by medical licensure boards and can  produce false results that may cause infected parties not to seek proper  treatment.
The federal department issued [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/06/home-hiv-test-kits-are-not-accurate/</link>
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		<title>Plagued By Dry, Cracked Heels?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If  the heels of your feet are dry, rough, and cracked, they can be painful.
The  cracked heels may be so severe that they bleed. There are several ways to address the  problem.
First,  you will want to exfoliate away the dead skin.
You can either do this with a  chemical product designed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/06/plagued-by-dry-cracked-heels/</link>
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		<title>Hemoptysis: A Serious Issue For Smokers To Deal With</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hemoptysis is the name given to the coughing up of blood or  blood-stained sputum.
The blood could come from any part of your airways or  lungs.
Most commonly, it is because of bronchitis or pneumonia, but there are  other possibilities as well.
Chronic smokers  may develop lung neoplasm which can cause hemoptysis, as can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/06/hemoptysis-a-serious-issue-for-smokers-to-deal-with/</link>
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		<title>10 Most Important Surgical Advances of the Last 20 Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surgery dates back to Neolithic times, but some major advances have occurred in the last 20 years that have allowed for previously unthinkable procedures.

While many new techniques have been cool without being clinically relevant,  Jeffrey Matthews, the chairman of surgery at the University of Chicago Hospital, explains some of the advances that have actually helped [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/06/10-most-important-surgical-advances-of-the-last-20-years/</link>
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		<title>Kidney Stones? Have A Diet Soda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know  that there are chemicals in some diet sodas that may actually help dissolve  kidney stones?
Recent research presented by the American Urology Association  found that the substances citrate and malate were present in several diet sodas  in amounts high enough to help dissolve kidney stones.
The highest levels were  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/06/kidney-stones-have-a-diet-soda/</link>
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