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    <title><![CDATA[CFIA suspends licence of Edmonton's Aliya's Foods Ltd.]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has suspended the licence of an Edmonton business over non-compliance of meat inspection regulations.]]></description>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1331758!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[The CFIA suspended the licence of Edmonton's Aliya's Foods Ltd.

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    <title><![CDATA[Canadian researchers develop drug they hope will slow cancer growth]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-researchers-develop-drug-they-hope-will-slow-cancer-growth-1.1330737</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto are working on what they call a new class of "sharpshooter" drugs that they hope will slow the growth of a number of forms of cancer tumours.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1330603!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Dr. Tak Mak of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre speaks in Toronto on Tuesday, June 13, 2013.]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Soccer ball 'heading' linked to brain injury: study]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/soccer-ball-heading-linked-to-brain-injury-study-1.1330547</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Recent research has found that soccer players who frequently “head” the ball while passing or trying to score could be risking memory loss and impaired thinking ability, but experts say there are ways to perform the move more safely.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:25:05 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1313004!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Ottawa Fury coach Jimmy Zito provides tips on how to head the ball in soccer.]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Health officials confirm 3 measles cases in Burlington, Ont.]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-officials-confirm-3-measles-cases-in-burlington-ont-1.1330691</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The Halton Region Health Department is reporting three cases of measles have been confirmed in Burlington. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:46:06 -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[Canadian businesses not doing enough to help workers quit smoking: report]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-businesses-not-doing-enough-to-help-workers-quit-smoking-report-1.1330370</link>
    <description><![CDATA[While many Canadian businesses say they’re committed to their employees’ health, a new report from the Conference Board of Canada finds that many are not doing enough to help workers quit smoking.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:18:49 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Commonly prescribed cholesterol drugs and some antibiotics can interact: study]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A new study confirms that statin drugs and some antibiotics can interact badly.

The study finds that while the interactions are rare, they can be serious.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Helen Branswell]]></author>
              <creditLine><![CDATA[ The Canadian Press]]></creditLine>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Encephalitis season arrives in India with fears 2013 will be deadliest yet]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season, with officials worried it could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Biswajeet Banerjee]]></author>
              <creditLine><![CDATA[ The Associated Press]]></creditLine>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:27:10 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1330321!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Sangita Devi, right, stands near the bed of her son Anup Kumar, 4, who has been in hospital for the last four months receiving treatment for encephalitis in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh state, India. Encephalitis is sweeping through northern India, killing at least 118 children in what officials worry could become the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Biswajeet Banerjee)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Starbucks to post calorie information ahead of U.S. regulation]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/starbucks-to-post-calorie-information-ahead-of-u-s-regulation-1.1330374</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide next week, ahead of a federal regulation that would require it to do so.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Candice Choi]]></author>
              <creditLine><![CDATA[ The Associated Press]]></creditLine>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.102672!/httpImage/image._gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image."><![CDATA[A Starbucks customer drinks a beverage outside Starbucks, in Beverly, Mass. Starbucks Corp.  (AP / Lisa Poole) ]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Eating habits, not just food, can raise youngsters' cholesterol: study]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/eating-habits-not-just-food-can-raise-youngsters-cholesterol-study-1.1329209</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Eating behaviours of preschoolers, such as having meals while plunked in front of the TV, can lead to elevated cholesterol levels that could put kids at risk for cardiovascular disease later in life, new research suggests.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Sheryl Ubelacker]]></author>
              <creditLine><![CDATA[ The Canadian Press]]></creditLine>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1329222!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Northside Elementary School student Jakiya Michael, 9, eats a carrot served in a hummus dip as her classmates watch at the Clinton, Miss., school, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. (AP / Rogelio V. Solis)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA['Chase-and-run' cells offer new clues on how cancer spreads]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/chase-and-run-cells-offer-new-clues-on-how-cancer-spreads-1.1328911</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A team of British scientists has shed more light on how cancer might be spread in the body, describing a so-called 'chase-and-run' phenomenon involving malignant and healthy cells.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1328975!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Time projection of a time-lapse movie showing co-ordinated migration of neural crest cells (blue) and placodes (magenta). (Theveneau and Mayor)]]></enclosure>
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