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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:30:49 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Law soon to prevent discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/law-soon-to-prevent-discrimination-against-hivaids-patients/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2678077.ece"><![CDATA[Law soon to prevent discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The Centre would soon bring in the long-pending law that would prevent discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients. The Health and Family Welfare Ministry will receive the draft law from the Law Ministry in next 10 days, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here on Thursday.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:30:49 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[So, are you eating right]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/so-are-you-eating-right/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2678190.ece"><![CDATA[So, are you eating right]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[You hear a friend, who is just over 40 and been diagnosed with diabetes, state These days it's normal to have diabetes once you cross 40. You're surprised to learn that he is a strict vegetarian.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:29:32 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Your workout gear matters]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/-your-workout-gear-matters/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/nxg/article2674392.ece"><![CDATA[ Your workout gear matters]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[When you are sweating it out at the gym, jogging real hard on your daily route to fitness, or doing an aerobics routine at the dance studio, what you are wearing matters.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:05:35 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Half of HIV patients in Asia live in India]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/half-of-hiv-patients-in-asia-live-in-india/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/health/article2675546.ece"><![CDATA[Half of HIV patients in Asia live in India]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[India houses half of Asia's HIV patients and is way ahead of China in disease burden. It also finds a place in the list of 22 countries prioritised for preventing mother to child transmission infection, according to the latest UNAIDS report, drafted jointly with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:01:53 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[GRH needs more facilities, says MLA]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/grh-needs-more-facilities-says-mla/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/article2673957.ece"><![CDATA[GRH needs more facilities, says MLA]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[R. Annadurai, MLA, Communist Party of India (Marxist), has urged Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to provide additional infrastructure at the Government Rajaji hospital to cater to requirements of hundreds of patients coming to the hospital for treatment.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:57:37 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Trauma care facility to get ‘life' soon]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/trauma-care-facility-to-get-%E2%80%98life-soon/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/article2671869.ece"><![CDATA[Trauma care facility to get ‘life' soon]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The new trauma care building of the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) here, lying unused even many months after its formal inauguration, is finally set to function soon. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:56:50 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Heart to heart]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/-heart-to-heart/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/health/article2662610.ece"><![CDATA[ Heart to heart]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[There's a lot of awareness about heart disease and its increasing incidence among young adults. Instead of ignoring the risk factors, Geeta Padmanabhan suggests simple ways to help add years to life ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:20:21 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[AIIMS director calls for strengthening rural healthcare]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/aiims-director-calls-for-strengthening-rural-healthcare/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2668506.ece"><![CDATA[AIIMS director calls for strengthening rural healthcare]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The rural health sector in India is in a very bad shape and it is high time to effectively address the healthcare needs of rural India, said Prof Ramesh Chandra Deka, Director of All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:18:20 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/aiims-director-calls-for-strengthening-rural-healthcare/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Beware  several diseases may pour in]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/-beware-several-diseases-may-pour-in/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2658826.ece"><![CDATA[ Beware  several diseases may pour in]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The intermittent rain since last month has resulted in increased incidences of common cold and fever. While children are easily susceptible to cold and fever even the adults are not spared. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:10:20 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Drawing out the smoke]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/drawing-out-the-smoke/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2659342.ece"><![CDATA[Drawing out the smoke]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[A poster exhibition on the hazards of smoking was organised by Delhi University on Thursday to sensitise students, teachers and non-teaching faculty to the harmful effects of the popular habit. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:09:24 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[New found bacteria get Indian nomenclatures]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/new-found-bacteria-get-indian-nomenclatures/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2622358.ece"><![CDATA[New found bacteria get Indian nomenclatures]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Indibacter Alkaliphilus, Pedobacter Himalayensis, Bacillus Aryabhattai, Sphingobacterium Antarcticus  don't get intimidated by the high-sounding scientific names.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:17:41 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Paying the price of excess]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/paying-the-price-of-excess/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/health/fitness/article2654048.ece"><![CDATA[Paying the price of excess]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The growing awareness over the need to stay ‘fit' is making the young (20 to 40 years) take up intense physical activity like jogging, walking and working out in gyms.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:16:37 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/paying-the-price-of-excess/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[ In bad taste]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/-in-bad-taste/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2649481.ece"><![CDATA[ In bad taste]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The stomach is the primary area of the system that breaks down the food ingested; but there are certain conditions that causes a reflux of the food substances of the stomach juices upwards and if that happens consistently or more than twice a week it is called as GERD or Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:35:33 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Troubles continue to haunt NIMS trauma centre]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/-troubles-continue-to-haunt-nims-trauma-centre/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article2649310.ece"><![CDATA[ Troubles continue to haunt NIMS trauma centre]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[One need not be an expert to tell that super-speciality hospitals have specific areas with connections for compressed air, oxygen, nitrous oxide and medical gases for patients.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:34:52 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/-troubles-continue-to-haunt-nims-trauma-centre/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ask Shahnaz]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/ask-shahnaz/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/health/fitness/article2642289.ece"><![CDATA[Ask Shahnaz]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Use less shampoo when you wash your hair. After a shampoo wash, apply a creamy conditioner. Massage only a little of it lightly in your hair. Leave it on for two minutes before rinsing it off. Or, apply a leave-in conditioner or hair serum.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:11:59 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[An effort to raise awareness about epilepsy treatment]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/an-effort-to-raise-awareness-about-epilepsy-treatment/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/article2646109.ece"><![CDATA[An effort to raise awareness about epilepsy treatment]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Neurovision president and chairman of Indus Hospitals V. Satyanarayana said that single seizures in epilepsy patients affect 5 to 10 per cent of population during their life time, but only one tenth of them develop epilepsy (unprovoked recurrent seizures). ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:10:53 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/an-effort-to-raise-awareness-about-epilepsy-treatment/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Don't suffer in silence]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/dont-suffer-in-silence/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/health/article2642295.ece"><![CDATA[Don't suffer in silence]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Considering that 30 to 50 per cent of all women endure this embarrassing problem, it is surprising that incontinence receives so little attention — be it in terms of preventive or curative measures.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:38:26 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/dont-suffer-in-silence/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Rally to create awareness on diabetes]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/rally-to-create-awareness-on-diabetes/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/article2642003.ece"><![CDATA[Rally to create awareness on diabetes]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Walk and win diabetes was one of the prominent slogan on a banner along the walkers' track on Race Course Road in the city on Friday. The bulk of the regular walkers in the morning, including doctors, wrote their views on walking and how it helped in reducing blood sugar level and cholesterol.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:03:14 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/rally-to-create-awareness-on-diabetes/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[ 99 p.c. men fight shy of sterilisations in city]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/-99-p-c-men-fight-shy-of-sterilisations-in-city/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article2636737.ece"><![CDATA[ 99 p.c. men fight shy of sterilisations in city]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Beneath an ostensibly gender-equal Hyderabad, lies an alarming evidence of a city that even today, gets away with thrusting on its women the entire onus of birth control.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:35:00 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/-99-p-c-men-fight-shy-of-sterilisations-in-city/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Timely action helps preventeye disorders, says expert]]></title>
	<link>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/timely-action-helps-preventeye-disorders-says-expert/</link>
	<source url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/article2635179.ece"><![CDATA[Timely action helps preventeye disorders, says expert]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[If immediate treatment is given, many eye ailments will be cured in lesser time and with long-term results. Those suffering from diabetes should take special care in this respect and get timely treatment without fail, said noted ophthalmic surgeon Dr. Muppa Madan Mohan Rao. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:52:02 CST</pubDate>
	<author>Jenni</author>
	<category>Health</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.tamilnadulatest.com/health/timely-action-helps-preventeye-disorders-says-expert/</guid>
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