<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The New England Journal of Medicine: News &amp; Videos about The New England Journal of Medicine - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/The_New_England_Journal_of_Medicine</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about The New England Journal of Medicine from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:30:04 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>The New England Journal of Medicine: News &amp; Videos about The New England Journal of Medicine - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/HEALTH/09/10/h1n1.vaccine/tztop.swine.flu.shot.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/The_New_England_Journal_of_Medicine</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about The New England Journal of Medicine from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Study: Single dose of H1N1 flu vaccine may suffice for adults</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/10/h1n1.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/10/h1n1.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A single low dose of H1N1 vaccine may be enough to protect adults from the flu virus that has been spreading around the world, new data shows.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weight lifting benefits breast cancer survivors</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/13/weight.lifting.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/13/weight.lifting.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Occupational therapist Cathy Kleinman-Barnett works with breast cancer patients, but she has never encouraged women with lymphedema, a breast cancer-related swelling of the arm, to lift weights.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Cholesterol drugs could help those with healthy levels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/09/cholesterol.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/09/cholesterol.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Healthy men and women with good cholesterol levels could significantly reduce their risk of heart disease by taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, better known as statins, according to a study released at the American Heart Association meetings in November.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Experts debate proposed 'big brother' medical council</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/23/health.care.council/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/23/health.care.council/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration is touting a provocative proposal to give a medical advisory council the power to help decide the scope of coverage that would be eligible for reimbursement under Medicare.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>"Brown fat" burns calories -- may lead to new obesity treatments</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/10/brown.fat.obesity/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/10/brown.fat.obesity/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>What if you had a special kind of fat in your body that burned calories instead of storing them -- and it could be activated simply by spending time in the cold? According to three preliminary studies published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, you probably do.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Happiness is contagious in social networks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/05/happiness.social.network/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/05/happiness.social.network/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If you're feeling great today, you may end up inadvertently spreading the joy to someone you don't even know.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Low-fat? Low-carbs? Answering best diet question</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/25/best.diet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/25/best.diet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The dieting world screams with contradictory advice: Carbs are evil; carbs are good for you. "Good fat" is healthy; "good fat" has tons of calories.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is the prostate test still worth it?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/23/magazines/fortune/prostate_studies.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/23/magazines/fortune/prostate_studies.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Should men age 50 and older have an annual PSA test for prostate cancer? One of the hottest topics in medicine ratcheted up a few degrees last week when the New England Journal of Medicine released results of two large studies. They presented a mixed picture.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Prostate screenings don't reduce cancer deaths</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/16/prostate.cancer.screening/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/16/prostate.cancer.screening/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A decade-long study following more than 75,000 men found that prostate cancer screenings led to more diagnoses but did not reduce the number of deaths from the illness.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inside the prostate cancer screening debate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/18/prostate.screening.debate.brawley/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/18/prostate.screening.debate.brawley/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Over the past 20 years, my research interests have focused on prostate cancer. An important question that has plagued us is, "Does prostate cancer screening save lives?" Prostate cancer screening is extremely controversial and is an emotional issue. Two studies published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine address the question: These two studies may not end the controversy, but clearly provide needed information. Perhaps I can provide some prospective given my experiences.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Donation chain has led to 10 kidney transplants</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/11/kidney.ten.transplants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/11/kidney.ten.transplants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A 28-year-old man from Michigan decided to donate a kidney to a total stranger, setting into motion a kidney swap that over many months has resulted in 10 people getting a donor organ--and the process is still ongoing.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Growth of clinical trial outsourcing raises issues</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/18/outsourced.trials/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/18/outsourced.trials/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The practice of moving research involving human subjects from wealthy countries to less wealthy countries has grown in recent years, raising a number of ethical and scientific issues that need to be addressed, researchers said in a journal article Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Safety council urges ban on cell phone use while driving</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/12/cell.phone.driving/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/12/cell.phone.driving/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The National Safety Council called Monday for a nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving, a prohibition opposed by the industry.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Elective C-section babies born before 39th week face risks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/07/c.section/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/07/c.section/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When mothers-to-be and their doctors schedule repeat elective Caesarean sections before the 39th week of pregnancy, the baby is up to twice as likely to experience serious respiratory problems and other complications, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Prostate cancer gene detected</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/20/prostate.cancer.gene/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/20/prostate.cancer.gene/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 25,000 American men will die from prostate cancer this year. But prostate cancer can be treated successfully if the disease is caught early. A blood test that can detect whether a man is at high risk for developing prostate cancer is on the horizon. The study was published in the February 28, 2008, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Newer heart test may not be better</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/27/healthmag.heart.ct.angiography/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/27/healthmag.heart.ct.angiography/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An expensive CT scan that uses multiple X-rays to produce spectacular 3-D images of the heart can't replace tried-and-true coronary angiography for finding blocked blood vessels in chest-pain patients, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big waist raises risk of early death</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/14/big.waistlines/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/14/big.waistlines/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Having a big waistline can nearly double your risk of dying early, a major study has found.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Spare tire doubles risk of dying even if BMI is OK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/12/healthmag.waist.death.risk/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/12/healthmag.waist.death.risk/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Everyone knows that being overweight increases your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer, but new research reveals that even normal-weight people aren't scot-free. A European study suggests that people with belly fat -- even if they're at a healthy weight -- have a higher risk of dying during a 10-year period than their same-weight peers without a spare tire. The report was published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Patients Give U.S. Hospitals So-So Marks</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1855129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1855129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The first national patient-satisfaction survey suggest U.S. hospitals have a ways to go.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study Doubts Knee Surgery Benefits
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1840470,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1840470,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Nearly a million knee surgeries are performed in North America each year to ease the pain of osteoarthritis -- but researchers say the procedure is a sham</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study Shows Hope for Diabetics</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1840195,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1840195,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Diabetics who tightly control their blood sugar -- even if only for
   the first decade after they are diagnosed -- have lower risks of heart
   attack, death and other complications 10 or more years later</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drug May Lower Cerebral Palsy Risk 
 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1836774,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1836774,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The incidence of cerebral palsy in premature babies may be reduced by giving mothers magnesium sulfate, a common delivery-room drug, according to a new study</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Statistical Studies vs. Good Medicine</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1831828,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1831828,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Insurance companies and hospital administrators like evidence-based research. For doctors and patients, sometimes it's more complicated</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Statin Study Could Yield Gene Variant Test</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1826069,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1826069,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man with Deadly Skin Cancer Saved by New Treatment</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1816042,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1816042,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system to fight the tumors</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Do Consumers Understand Drug Ads?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1806946,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1806946,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Drug makers spend billions on slick direct-to-consumer ads. The biggest weapon in their marketing arsenal? Confusion</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gender Guides Preemies Survival
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1731715,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1731715,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Doctors now have a better way of helping parents make an agonizing
decision -- whether to take heroic steps to save a very premature baby</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>When Is Sedation Really Euthanasia?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1724911,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1724911,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A new Dutch study shows that doctors are increasingly choosing to sedate patients permanently as end-of-life care</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: PTSD, not brain injury, may cause vets' symptoms</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/30/brain.injury/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/30/brain.injury/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sgt. Ryan Kahlor has the same nightmare every time, a vision of walls painted in blood and fat, and men on top of houses, throwing pieces of Marines' bodies off rooftops. It's a vision he can't shake, because he lived through it while deployed to Iraq last year.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>War Head Injuries: Long-Term Effects
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1708624,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1708624,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>New research suggests that post-traumatic stress disorder may be linked to concussions suffered in battle</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Antidepressants may not work - report</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/news/companies/antidepressants/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/news/companies/antidepressants/index.htm</guid><description>Patients and doctors alike may have received some fuzzy truth about the effectiveness of antidepressant medication.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Genes Increase Prostate Cancer Risk</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1704160,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1704160,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Common genetic variants raise a man's risk of prostate cancer -- especially in combination with family history</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: 151,000 Iraqis slain as of June 2006</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/09/iraq.study/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/09/iraq.study/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine estimates that 151,000 Iraqis died of violent causes between March 2003, when the war began, and June 2006.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lifelong Effects of Childhood Obesity</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1692184,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1692184,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Two new studies suggest that being overweight as a kid can lead to heart disease and greater risk of disease-related death in adulthood</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctors untangle the strange case of the giant hairball</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/21/hairball.case/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/21/hairball.case/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It may not be the most appetizing reading before a hearty holiday meal, but the New England Journal of Medicine is devoting part of its Thanksgiving issue to a giant hairball -- and not the feline kind.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holiday fare not only yummy, can be good for you, too</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/21/cl.tgiving.eating/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/21/cl.tgiving.eating/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thanksgiving begins a season of special meals and once-a-year indulgences. We all look forward to turkey, mashed potatoes, pecan pie, and other goodies. And because it's that time of year, we may take an extra helping of our favorite side dish or dessert.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Targeted Chemo for Breast Cancer
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1670604,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1670604,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Two studies show that chemotherapy doesn't work equally well for all cancers, raising hopes of tailoring the treatment</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sex and dating after 50</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/10/08/dating.after.50/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/10/08/dating.after.50/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Like 20- or 30-something singles, older men and women are dating and embracing their sexuality. But many older singles -- some of whom have already been down the aisle -- aren't looking to exchange their single status for a band of gold.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hanging with the money crowd</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/02/pf/100400140.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/02/pf/100400140.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>One of the summer's biggest stories carried the headline "Weight Gain Is Contagious!" Sensational? Sure, but based on some pretty good science.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Men's Breasts: No Joking Matter
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1663453,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1663453,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A new report says gynecomastia, or male breasts, occurs in nearly half of all men. But most of the time, it's nothing to worry about </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gastric Bypass Lowers Risk of Death</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1655367,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1655367,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Two new studies show that the surgery, while not for everyone, reduces the risks of diabetes and other obesity-related diseases</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Seniors having more sex than you think </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/22/senior.sex/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/22/senior.sex/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Many older Americans routinely engage in vaginal intercourse, oral sex and masturbation, a landmark study into a long-taboo subject reported Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study Finds Abortion Pill Safe</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1653411,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1653411,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Contradicting earlier findings of a greater risk of ectopic pregnancy, a new report says the controversial abortion pill
is as safe for women as surgical abortions</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obesity Is Contagious, Study Finds</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1646997,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1646997,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Research shows that who you're friends with can have a profound impact on whether you're overweight</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Boost for Hormone Therapy</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1635370,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1635370,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A new study shows that for younger post-menopausal women, estrogen may actually reduce the risk of heart disease</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FDA Declines Cancer Vaccine Review</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1626784,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1626784,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>GlaxoSmithKline PLC revealed Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to grant a priority review to its experimental cancer vaccine Cervarix</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 22:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eat-smart strategies for party season</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/11/CL.holiday.eating/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/diet.fitness/12/11/CL.holiday.eating/index.html</guid><description>The conventional wisdom about the holidays is that weight gain is unavoidable. But don't let it scare you away from enjoying your favorite foods at this time of year. Here are thee eat-smart strategies to get you through the season.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bird flu virus 'still smoldering,' U.S. expert says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/06/bird.flu/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/06/bird.flu/index.html</guid><description>A year ago, headlines were screaming about a looming disaster: the rapid spread of bird flu across two-thirds of the globe. The H5N1 strain of the virus was killing more than half its human victims. Experts were urging the government to stockpile medicine and experimental vaccines.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thursday's late-moving stocks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/19/markets/late_movers_1019/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/19/markets/late_movers_1019/index.htm</guid><description>Here are some of the companies whose shares were active late Thursday:</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Medical journal publishes Vioxx correction</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/26/news/companies/vioxx/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/26/news/companies/vioxx/index.htm</guid><description>The New England Journal of Medicine posted a correction in its current issue, removing its previously published finding that it takes at least 18 months for heart attack risks to increase from use of Vioxx, the anti-arthritis painkiller that Merck pulled from the market.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/06/01/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/06/01/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Despite the Memorial Day holiday, there was no rest for obesity researchers in the major medical journals.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/05/11/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/05/11/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Once again the thorny issue of replacement estrogen grabbed attention in the major medical journals -- the latest in a seemingly never-ending string of studies that document the pluses and risks of this hormone.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 18:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/30/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/30/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Focused on bird flu</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/23/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/23/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>The "lower is better" cholesterol story has been around for decades, but this week researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that a lifetime of low cholesterol looks like a superior way to avoid heart disease.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/17/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/17/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Lots of heart</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/03/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/03/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Benefits may outweigh risks</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/02/09/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/02/09/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Low-fat fizzles, not sizzles</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/12/29/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/12/29/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Happy New Year</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/12/22/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/12/22/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>An eclectic week</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/12/15/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/12/15/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Already a menace</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/12/01/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/12/01/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Caution, caution</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/03/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/03/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>More than a symptom</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 21:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/10/27/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/10/27/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>The numbers don't lie</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/09/22/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/09/22/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>A pair of landmark studies -- one on breast cancer and the other on schizophrenia -- jumped off the pages of the major medical journals. The first study's results were decisive; the second's much cloudier.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: antipsychotic drugs not worth it</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/20/news/fortune500/antipsychotic/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/20/news/fortune500/antipsychotic/index.htm</guid><description>New, widely prescribed antipsychotic drugs are 10 times more expensive but no more effective than an older, discontinued drug, a news report said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/09/15/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/09/15/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>The "art" of medicine -- a term that doctors often fall back on when the "science" of medicine is open to interpretation -- was illustrated by studies in the leading medical journals this week.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/18/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/18/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>New use for old drug</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/28/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/28/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>No comfort for colds</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/21/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/21/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Better than a spoonful of sugar</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/07/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/07/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Braniacs rule</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/30/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/30/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Spectacular birth</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/23/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/23/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Critical time</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/09/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/09/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>A medical first</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/02/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/02/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Great news for seniors</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Biotech's Next Big Blowup?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/03/18/319897/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/03/18/319897/index.htm</guid><description>You might think the ImClone fiasco would have tempered speculation in the biotech sector. After all, when the Food and Drug Administration rejected its application for a much-anticipated cancer dru...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>MORE INSURERS PICK UP THE TAB FOR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/10/01/217556/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/10/01/217556/index.htm</guid><description>If sticking needles into your body isn't your idea of curing a migraine, the medical community has three words for you: Get with it! A recent turnaround in attitudes toward alternative medicine is ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>HEALTH GROWING PAINS FOR ALTERNATIVE CURES</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/03/20/201953/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/03/20/201953/index.htm</guid><description>Congress in October passed a law granting makers of dietary supplements like vitamins and herbal preparations greater freedom to make claims about their products' health benefits. The pols said the...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 1995 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Talking back to the inspector, rewards for bad behavior, new poker possibilities, and other matters. GREAT MOMENTS IN HERO-WORSH</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/06/13/79385/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/06/13/79385/index.htm</guid><description>Comic book hero Nick Fury fought Nazis and secret agents with a lit stogie clenched in his teeth, but now -- as the result of a protest by a seven-year- old Houston card collector -- the gruff but ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 1994 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NEW AGE MEDICINE AS SEX AID</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/04/05/77712/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/04/05/77712/index.htm</guid><description>Mary Lou Wilson, 57, used to be fat, sick, and tired -- all the time. Since she began treating herself with herbs a couple of years ago, she says she has lost 83 pounds, works 16 hours a day -- and...</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 1993 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>TAKE TWO OF THESE AND CALL US IN THE MORNING TO CURE THE SCARE OF THE WEEK</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/05/01/85132/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/05/01/85132/index.htm</guid><description>It's hard to read the health news these days without a paramedic present. There is alar on the fruit, radon in the rathskeller and cholesterol in Mom's apple pie. Diseases whiz in and out of the he...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 1989 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE WAGES OF THIN AT HARVARD </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67926/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67926/index.htm</guid><description>The main conclusion of a recent report in The New England Journal of Medicine wasn't startling. The study, which tracked the health, weight, and habits of some 17,000 Harvard alumni age 35 to 74 ov...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 1986 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interleukin-2 on Wall Street</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/06/66972/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/06/66972/index.htm</guid><description>The possibility that Interleukin-2, a substance produced by the body's immune system, could cure cancer excited doctors and companies that genetically engineer it (FORTUNE, November 25). Four weeks...</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 1986 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>