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    <title><![CDATA[New tablet could treat grass pollen allergies, not just symptoms]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A new kind of allergy pill could do more than just mask the unpleasant symptoms of grass pollen allergies -- it could help treat the actual allergy.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Avis Favaro]]></author>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1289773!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[A new treatment has allergy sufferers take sublingual tablets containing their allergen months before the start of pollen season.]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.K. scrambles measles vaccine to youth as outbreaks flourish]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/u-k-scrambles-measles-vaccine-to-youth-as-outbreaks-flourish-1.1289063</link>
    <description><![CDATA[More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Maria Cheng]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:49:48 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1289064!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[In this photo Thursday, April 25, 2013 Lucy Butler,15, getting ready to have her measles jab at All Saints School in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside, England, as a national vaccination catch-up campaign has been launched to curb a rise in measles cases in England. (AP Photo/Owen Humphreys, PA) ]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Special K churning out new products as part of shift into a weight management tool]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Special K's evolution to stay relevant is critical for Kellogg. The company, which also makes Frosted Flakes and Eggo waffles, has been struggling to grow sales at a time when Americans are looking for on-the-go options.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Candice Choi]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1289189!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[This undated image provided by Kellogg's shows a photo of Special K Nourish that is slated to hit stores in July 2013. Kellogg Co. is building on its biggest moneymaker even further with the “hot cereal” that’s made with quinoa and other grains. (AP Photo/Kellogg's)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. consumer watchdog say questions over SPF ratings persist]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous, according to a consumer watchdog group.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Matthew Perrone]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 22:12:05 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1288819!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Norwich, Conn., Recreation Department lifeguard Hanna Deglin left, helps Paige Supples, with her sunscreen as Valery Precourt, background, preps one of the lifeguard chairs at the beginning of their shift at the Spaulding Pond Beach in Mohegan Park Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo / The Day, Sean D. Elliot)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[WHO warns Saudi coronavirus may be spreading, seeks urgent search for source]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/who-warns-saudi-coronavirus-may-be-spreading-seeks-urgent-search-for-source-1.1287364</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization has issued a blunt assessment of the coronavirus outbreak in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging for the first time that there are concerns the virus may be spreading from person to person, at least in a limited way.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Helen Branswell]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1287419!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[A nurse walks towards the Roger Salengro Hospital (CHRU) where two patients were diagnosed with the coronavirus related to SARS in Lille, northern France, Monday, May 13, 2013. (AP / Michel Spingler)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[3 companies recall antipsychotic drug quetiapine: Health Canada]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Health Canada says three companies are voluntarily recalling all lots of the antipsychotic drug quetiapine.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mapping the food genome: Researchers tracking what we eat and buy]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are creating a gargantuan map of what foods Americans are buying and eating.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Mary Clare Jalonick]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1288627!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[In this photo taken April 3, 2013, nutrition scholar Prof. Barry Popkin, who heads the University of North Carolina Food Research Program, poses for a photo in his Chapel Hill, N.C., office. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Canadian becomes president of International Council of Nurses]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A Canadian has been elected president of the International Council of Nurses. Judith Shamian, the past president of the Canadian Nurses Association, will serve a four year term.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:22:12 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Organic food industry gaining influence in U.S.]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 08:55:29 -0400</pubDate>
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