<?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=43&amp;catid=407</link><description>News Feed for - Health</description><item><title>Health Tip: Treating Athlete's Foot</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96312941&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:34:00</pubDate><description>(HealthDay News) -- Athlete's foot is a fungal infection, usually causing itching and redness between the toes. It's commonly contracted in locker rooms and other moist, warm areas where fungi like to </description><source>Fox 12 Idaho</source></item><item><title>Health Tip: Bonding With Your New Baby</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96271752&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:32:00</pubDate><description>(HealthDay News) -- Caring for a tiny new being can be daunting at first, but new parents should concentrate immediately after birth on creating a strong bond between parent and child. The Nemours Foundation </description><source>Fox 12 Idaho</source></item><item><title>Depression May Up Death Risk to That of Smoking</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96330963&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:41:00</pubDate><description>MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Being depressed might take as many years off your life as smoking does, a new study suggests. However, a combination of depression and anxiety appears to be better </description><source>Medbroadcast</source></item><item><title>Heaping plates nullify Thanksgiving calorie cuts</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96332756&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T19:20:00</pubDate><description>at 8:40 AM Comments (0)  Print view Share Good news this Thanksgiving: Compared to 50 years ago, some staples of the Turkey Day table have fewer calories. Good news this Thanksgiving: Compared to 50 years </description><source>Seattle Times</source></item><item><title>Exercise Helps Control Teen Blood Pressure</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96276260&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T18:54:00</pubDate><description>Regular exercise may help keep teenagers' blood pressure in check, regardless of their body weight, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among nearly 1,300 Canadian teenagers they followed for </description><source>NewsMax.com</source></item><item><title>NHS told to cut smoking and drinking among staff</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96317166&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:24:00</pubDate><description>The NHS must crack down on smoking, drinking and obesity among its staff in order to cut record sickness rates, a report has said. Sickness rates in NHS one third higher than need be, a report has found. </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Who'd Foot the Bill for Cosmetic Surgery Tax?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96228781&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:52:00</pubDate><description>as it , doctors will be asked to collect tax on surgical procedures that fall under the bill's definition of 'cosmetic,' regardless of whether the procedure is covered by insurance. If the doctors don't </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>Boy, 14, wants sex change</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96299757&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:33:00</pubDate><description>A teenager from Dorset has been told by the NHS that he must wait until puberty to have a sex change. The boy, known as Georgie Smith, has wanted to be a girl since he was a toddler. He said: 'I'm old </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET(R) Cookies Available at Samsclub.com</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96294879&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:16:00</pubDate><description>Weight-conscious members of Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., now enjoy online savings on obesity expert Dr. Sanford Siegal's popular hunger-satisfying cookies MIAMI, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>The tests say I have leukaemia... hang on a mo, that cant be right</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96278673&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T06:58:00</pubDate><description>Being sent the wrong health results makes you think about how random and pitiless the universe is, says Boris Johnson. Previous of Images Next Getting the wrong diagnosis gives you pause for thought Photo: </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>New Second-Hand Smoke Risk: Your Apple Computer Warranty</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96283408&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T20:50:00</pubDate><description>We've all learned by now that second-hand smoke presents a health risk, and should be avoided. But here's a new risk posed by second-hand smoke that you might not have known: It may void the warranty </description><source>Law.com</source></item><item><title>Bevacizumab Effective Against Biliary-Tract Cancers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96294262&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:44:00</pubDate><description>Bevacizumab given in addition to the combined chemotherapy regimen of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin (GEMOX-B) is well tolerated and shows promising antitumour activity in patients with advanced biliary-tract </description><source>Drug Discovery and Development</source></item><item><title>Hypertension: Low-salt diet vital for patients with resistant hypertension</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96302531&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:12:00</pubDate><description>Nature Reviews Cardiology 6, 733 (2009). doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2009.179     Author: Alexandra King</description><source>Nature Reviews Cardiology</source></item><item><title>Varicoceles and cancer risk</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96287339&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:33:00</pubDate><description>Question: For the last few months, I've had a swelling of my left testicle that's occasionally painful. My doctor sent me for a sonogram of my testicles that found a 'varicocele.' I have lingering concerns </description><source>Philadelphia Inquirer</source></item><item><title>Drug working wonders on cancer and clouded vision</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96244208&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:33:00</pubDate><description>In my hand I held a syringe with a fine needle. It contained 0.5 milliliters of clear liquid, to be injected into the eye of my patient, a Chinese woman in her 70s who could barely count my fingers when </description><source>Philadelphia Inquirer</source></item><item><title>Ask Dan: A 9-year-old suddenly has sleep problems</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96287402&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:16:00</pubDate><description>Dear Dan: I sure could use some advice. We have a 9-year-old daughter who has been an excellent sleeper her whole life. About six weeks ago, she started having trouble going to sleep. I did the same thing </description><source>Philadelphia Inquirer</source></item><item><title>Doctor to expose 'quick-fix' diet myths</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96267480&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T03:02:00</pubDate><description>One of the diets advocates eating full-fat foods in moderation to improve sex drive. Photo / Bradley Ambrose Shrink One of the diets advocates eating full-fat foods in moderation to improve sex drive. </description><source>New Zealand Herald</source></item><item><title>Call for Papers: Personal Health - Intelligent Solutions to Serve Empowered Patients</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96264130&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:37:00</pubDate><description>University of Westminster, London, UK. Dealing with medical and care compunetics, the field of social, societal and ethical implications of computing and networking, ICMCC decided to focus the 2010 Event </description><source>EHealthNews.eu</source></item><item><title>Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96229513&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T20:33:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTONâ??The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer. Dr. Bernadine Healy </description><source>Silver City Sun-News</source></item><item><title>Multiple health concerns surface as winter, vitamin D deficiences arrive</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96328436&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T19:16:00</pubDate><description>CORVALLIS, Ore. A string of recent discoveries about the multiple health benefits of vitamin D has renewed interest in this multi-purpose nutrient, increased awareness of the huge numbers of people who </description><source>Genetic Engineering News</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=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T21:20:00</pubDate><description>Those promoting Thursday's Great American Smokeout 2009 have their work cut out for them. That's because cigarette use among Americans, after declining for decades, has remained virtually unchanged for </description><source>ABC News</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=43&amp;Category_ID=407</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>Lower Your High Blood Pressure - An Action Plan For Men</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96315562&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T23:01:00</pubDate><description>After a recent school reunion my thoughts turned to the question of how men can lower their high blood pressure. The catalyst was seeing so many of my classmates who had bulging waistlines, hypertension </description><source>UPublish.info</source></item><item><title>Obesity effects on glucose, blood pressure are offsetting gains in smoking status, </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96280261&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T23:06:00</pubDate><description>Despite improvements in lowering cholesterol and smoking status over the past 20 years, overall risk-factor profiles in American adults today are identical to those of men and women in the US two decades </description><source>Theheart.org</source></item><item><title>Some women may lack vitamin A</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96278751&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=407</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T23:17:00</pubDate><description>Half of British women lack vitamin A due to a genetic variation, scientists found. Researchers at Newcastle University in England, led by Dr. Georg Lietz, found 47 percent of volunteer group of 62 women </description><source>Individual.com</source></item></channel></rss>