﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS generated by CSKRSS.RSSWriter at Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:43:26 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:sawf="http://www.sawf.org/rss" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Sawf News - Health</title><link>http://news.sawf.org</link><description>News on entertainment, lifestyle, fashion and health</description><copyright>Copyright 2005 Vijainder K Thakur</copyright><generator>CSKRSS.RSSWriter</generator><item><title>Baby's sleep position the best predictor of 'flat-headedness'</title><link>http://news.sawf.org/Health/61252.aspx</link><description>A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly – or the development of flat spots on an infant's head.
</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://media.sawfnews.com/images/Health/Newborn_200612211644432340_tn.jpg" align="left" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" />A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly – or the development of flat spots on an infant's head.
]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:36:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Almost 50% women are vitamin A deficient</title><link>http://news.sawf.org/Health/61233.aspx</link><description>Almost fifty percent of the women could be suffering from a lack of vitamin A due to a previously undiscovered genetic variation.
</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://media.sawfnews.com/images/Health/A_Chinese_200809251208131400_tn.jpg" align="left" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" />Almost fifty percent of the women could be suffering from a lack of vitamin A due to a previously undiscovered genetic variation.
]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:58:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HeartMate II extends life in heart failure patients</title><link>http://news.sawf.org/Health/61231.aspx</link><description>An improved implanted heart pump, HeartMate II, extended lifespans of heart failure patients during recent trials.
</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://media.sawfnews.com/images/Health/HeartMateII_tn.jpg" align="left" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" />An improved implanted heart pump, HeartMate II, extended lifespans of heart failure patients during recent trials.
]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:39:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Heart disease detected in Egyptian mummies</title><link>http://news.sawf.org/Health/61224.aspx</link><description>Heart disease and stroke are not illnesses of modern age, they afflicted ancient people, too. Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years.
</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://media.sawfnews.com/images/Health/Mummy_Esankh_tn.jpg" align="left" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" />Heart disease and stroke are not illnesses of modern age, they afflicted ancient people, too. Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years.
]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:56:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>World's first delivery of intra-arterial Avastin directly into brain tumor</title><link>http://news.sawf.org/Health/61214.aspx</link><description>A new study opens blood-brain barrier to deliver high-dose chemotherapy to malignant brain tumors; may avoid common side effects of systemic chemotherapy
</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://media.sawfnews.com/images/Health/Brain_Tumor_tn.jpg" align="left" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" />A new study opens blood-brain barrier to deliver high-dose chemotherapy to malignant brain tumors; may avoid common side effects of systemic chemotherapy
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