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				<title><![CDATA[Colon may play role in Parkinson's diagnosis]]></title>
				
        
		
				
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				<description><![CDATA[Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the brain, but new research suggests the gut and bowel may play a much bigger role than anyone thought.]]></description>
				        		
		
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 22:27:57 -0400</pubDate>
			
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				<title><![CDATA[Canadian kids get failing grade for play time]]></title>
				
        
		
				
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				<description><![CDATA[Canadian kids have once again earned an F for &quot;active play and leisure&quot; on a report card evaluating their physical activity levels.]]></description>
				        		
		
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 07:03:18 -0400</pubDate>
			
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				<title><![CDATA[Supplies of Maalox dwindling across Canada]]></title>
				
        
		
				
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				<description><![CDATA[If you've been looking for Maalox in recent weeks and coming up empty-handed, you're not alone. Stores across the country have been running out of the popular heartburn remedy and there's no word on when they might get more.]]></description>
				        		
		
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 16:26:20 -0400</pubDate>
			
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				<title><![CDATA[Device could lead to more living kidney donors]]></title>
				
        
		
				
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				<description><![CDATA[When a kidney patient is in need of a transplant, they often turn to their family members first, but many can't donate because their blood types don't match. But now, doctors in Toronto hope a new device they hope can fix the blood compatibility problem.]]></description>
				        		
		
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 22:37:12 -0400</pubDate>
			
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				<title><![CDATA[Should all Canadians be automatically considered organ donors?]]></title>
				
        
		
				
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				<description><![CDATA[With hundreds of Canadians dying every year while waiting for new organs, some say the solution is to bring in a system where everyone is automatically considered a would-be donor unless they explicitly say they don't want to be.]]></description>
				        		
		
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 19:59:06 -0400</pubDate>
			
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				<title><![CDATA[Maker of Tide detergent pods to make safety changes]]></title>
				
        
		
				
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				<description><![CDATA[The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday.]]></description>
				        		
		
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:55:37 -0400</pubDate>
			
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				<title><![CDATA[Calcium pills may up heart attack risk, study suggests]]></title>
				
        
		
				
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				<description><![CDATA[After years of Canadians hearing that they need to take in more calcium, a new study suggests calcium supplements might increase their risk of having a heart attack or stroke.]]></description>
				        		
		
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 21:52:17 -0400</pubDate>
			
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				<title><![CDATA[Old drug could have new use as cancer stem cell destroyer]]></title>
				
        
		
				
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				<description><![CDATA[An old drug once routinely used as a treatment for schizophrenia appears to have a hidden talent, Canadian researchers have discovered: neutralizing cancer stem cells while leaving healthy cells intact.]]></description>
				        		
		
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 18:02:29 -0400</pubDate>
			
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