<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Health News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=22&amp;catid=-1</link><description>News Feed for - Health</description><item><title>FACTBOX: Details of Senate healthcare reform bill</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96064582&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T11:08:00</pubDate><description>REUTERS - Democrats in the U.S. Senate cleared the first procedural hurdle for sweeping healthcare reform on Saturday by voting to open debate on the historic legislation. The Senate debate due to start </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>Binge eating: Is it a form of addiction?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96129210&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:04:00</pubDate><description>Binge Eating Disorder Celebrities and Issues X s and Universities By Melissa Healy November 23, 2009 Text Size The notion that binge eating is a form of addiction comes up frequently in experts' discussions </description><source>Chicago Tribune</source></item><item><title>Movie popcorn + soda = calorie bomb</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96095831&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T11:08:00</pubDate><description>If you think having a medium popcorn and soft drink while watching a movie wont add much to your weight, then its time to get a reality check, suggests a new study. The study by the Center for Science </description><source>Times of India</source></item><item><title>'Cameras love the disabled but not disability'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96217771&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:16:00</pubDate><description>'Cast Offs, a new Channel 4 comedy drama, is groundbreaking in its portrayal of disability. Olga Craig meets Mat Fraser, one of its stars . Published: 7:00AM GMT 21 Nov 2009 The first time the actor Mat </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>CDC Names W.Va. as Top Smoking State</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96210210&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T05:29:00</pubDate><description>That's about 46 million -- or 20.6 percent of the adult population. Every day, 1,000 young people become new smokers, the CDC says. (The level in 2004 was 20.9 percent, dipping to 19.7 in 2007.) 'At the </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>Democrats Unite to Hold Off Senate GOP Health Care Filibuster</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96199438&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T02:19:00</pubDate><description>In a rare weekend vote, with Senators sitting in their assigned seats to signify the importance of the moment, Democrats secured help from nervous moderate members and reached the 60 votes they needed </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>Stimulus funds finally flowing to weatherization</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96221159&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:24:00</pubDate><description>After getting out of the Army in 2006, Brian Smith kicked around from job to job. He worked as a security guard. He was a retail supervisor. He spent some months at a warehouse. Nothing seemed to last. </description><source>Philadelphia Inquirer</source></item><item><title>Seismic rumbles in the forests</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96221169&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:27:00</pubDate><description>RENOVO, Pa. - For decades, natural-gas drilling has been part of the landscape in Sproul State Forest, a vast timberland in northern Pennsylvania pocked with hundreds of shallow wells and crossed by pipelines. </description><source>Philadelphia Inquirer</source></item><item><title>Anthropometric parameters of growth and nutritional status in children aged 6 to </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96224549&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T09:36:00</pubDate><description>Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco </description><source>Bioscience Technology Online</source></item><item><title>From the Lab, a New Weapon Against Cholesterol</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96178030&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:14:00</pubDate><description>The particles that ferry cholesterol through the bloodstream are popularly known as ??bad? or ??good?: bad if they deposit cholesterol on vessel walls, potentially clogging them; good if they carry </description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>Two nationally-known nutrition experts help Chilean Avocado Group reach thousands </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96113323&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T02:20:00</pubDate><description>Thousands of registered dietitians from all dietetic specialties and all U.S. states learned about the benefits of monounsaturated fats, also known as' MUFAs, courtesy of the Chilean Avocado Importers </description><source>Fresh Plaza</source></item><item><title>Dietary fibre science</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96199515&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:58:00</pubDate><description>Current science and regulatory aspects of dietary fibre were updated in a recent seminar. SINCE the concept of dietary fibre was established four decades ago, a great deal of research has been carried </description><source>TheStar.com.my</source></item><item><title>Sports Nutrition and Dietary Supplements Discussed at Congressional Dietary Supplement </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95997441&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:42:00</pubDate><description>?? Sports nutrition continues to be a hot topic both in Congress and the news. Because the physical stress from intense exercise increases an athlete's nutrient needs and depletes electrolytes, vitamins </description><source>Council for Responsible Nutrition</source></item><item><title>Practices devote costly hours to insurance dealings</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96221162&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T10:52:00</pubDate><description>(The Philadelphia Inquirer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- At Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia, one of the region's largest specialty physician groups, the expensive quest </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>7 Diet Roadblocks</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96229454&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T14:55:00</pubDate><description>Note: All clinical content on this site is physician-reviewed, except material generated by our community members. Featuring Content From: Advertising Policy | Service Terms and Agreement | Contact Us </description><source>HealthCentral.com</source></item><item><title>Vitamin C and the common cold</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96226585&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T10:24:00</pubDate><description>Can taking extra vitamin C help ward off the common cold? Researchers and doctors are divided on this issue, but many people claim that taking daily vitamin C supplements provides protection against cold </description><source>Medbroadcast</source></item><item><title>Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Prevent Progression of Parkinson</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96223529&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T09:15:00</pubDate><description>The study showed that Simvastatin, a commonly used, cholesterol-lowering drug, may prevent Parkinson's disease from progressing further. Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center conducted </description><source>Fars News Agency</source></item><item><title>Analysis Reveals Cinema Popcorn's Nutritional Horror</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96222622&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:55:00</pubDate><description>Forget Freddy Krueger or flesh-eating zombies: the real villain of a night at the movies could be lurking in a bag of popcorn or drinks carton, according to a new US study. Nutritional analysis of popcorn </description><source>MedIndia</source></item><item><title>Vitamin D reduces heart risk</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96215218&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:02:00</pubDate><description>VITAMIN D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in very few foods, added to others, and available as a dietary supplement. It is also produced by the body when ultraviolet rays from sunlight </description><source>Malaysia News.net</source></item><item><title>Think Small - Portion-Control Savvy By Dr. Jean Harvey-Berino, Ph.D., R.D., Joyce </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96212592&amp;Channel_ID=22&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:10:00</pubDate><description>By Dr. Jean Harvey-Berino, Ph. D., R.D., Joyce Hendley, The EatingWell Diet (2007) Here??s how to retrain your brain to recognize??and embrace??more realistic portion sizes. We??re eating more calories </description><source>Eating Well</source></item></channel></rss>