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		<title>India mends Uganda kids' hearts, Tharoor bids hearty 'bye</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121404.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tired yet relieved, parents and their little ones who came all the way from Uganda to seek treatment for heart diseases were Sunday seen off by Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, who said they had managed to "cross international...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:31:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Haryana's low-cost surgery package a big hit: officials</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121396.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The subsidised surgery package programme of the Haryana government is becoming quite popular in the state with around 48,000 people benefiting from it in just seven months, officials said here Sunday.
The one-of-its-kind programme was launched in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:15:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>4 Madhya Pradesh infants die after measles vaccination (Lead)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121391.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Four babies died and 16 were taken ill after they were administered anti-measles shots at a government health centre in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, officials said Sunday. A nurse has been arrested on charges of negligence.
Three children, aged...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:41:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Punish pharma firms offering doctors gifts, says MCI</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After quantifying punishments for doctors accepting gifts, the Medical Council of India (MCI) Sunday said it has also written to the health ministry to regulate pharmaceutical companies luring doctors through gifts and free hospitality.
"Doctors are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:09:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Project to check heart disease in corporates launched</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention project expected to benefit 50,000 members from 100 corporate organisations was Sunday launched in Andhra Pradesh.
Designed by the Medwin Heart Foundation, the Indian Institute of Public Health and supported...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:37:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Apollo Hospitals to conduct research in ayurveda</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121349.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine struggling to get due recognition oweing to its inadequate scientific validation, has now found a new patron in Apollo Hospitals. The chain  will carry out research to establish ayurveda  as potent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:27:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>India developing vaccine against cattle disease</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[India is developing an indigenous vaccine against Johne's disease that is prevalent in cattle in many parts of northern India, the government has told parliament.
The indigenous vaccine against Johne's disease/paratuberculosis, developed by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:55:02 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Three infants die after vaccination</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121316.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Three infants died and 17 were taken ill after they were given anti-measles shots in a government health centre in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, officials said Sunday. A nurse has been booked for negligence.
Three children, aged between 2 to 12...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:19:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Best treatment for childhood epilepsy suggested</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121145.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the oldest available anti-seizure medications, ethosuximide, is the most effective treatment for childhood absence epilepsy, a new study says.
The study group compared three medications typically used to treat the most common childhood...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:50:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Vidya Balan is brand ambassador for sleep awareness month</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121140.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Scintillating Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has a new role - that of brand ambassador for the sleep awareness month of March. The awareness month aims to sensitise people about sleep disorders, the symptoms of which are often ignored but are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:05:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Dubai to host Arab human genetics conference</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The third Pan Arab Human Genetics Conference will begin here Saturday, WAM news agency reported.
The two-day conference will discuss the latest progress in genome research in the Arab region.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Health Minister Hanif Hassan...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:10:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Jharkhand child mortality rate falls</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The child mortality rate in Jharkhand has fallen steeply over the last nine years, Health Minister Baijnath Ram said here Friday.
"The child mortality rate of Jharkhand was 72 in 2000, which reduced to 46 (in 2009). The national child mortality rate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:05:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Government to foot BPL families' heart, kidney treatment bills</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government will fully reimburse families living below the poverty line (BPL) for treatment of heart and kidney diseases, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Lok Sabha Friday.
Azad admitted there were inadequate special health centres for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:13:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Parkway stake makes Fortis largest Asian hospital chain</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortis Healthcare founded by brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh has become the largest hospital chain in Asia after buying 24-percent stake in Singapore's Parkway Holdings for $685.3 million.
The company entered into a definitive agreement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:44:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Have pre-marriage health check: Chinese official</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120910.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pre-marriage health check-ups should be held as there has been an increase in the congenital defect rate among new born babies, a Chinese official said here Friday.
Wang Yin, deputy to the National People's Congress, said that following the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:36:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Daiichi eyes Ranbaxy for expanding in Africa, Latin America</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120880.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mumbai , March 12 (IANS) Japanese pharma major Daiichi Sankyo has drawn up a major business plan for the next two years under which it intends to better synergise its operations with its Indian arm Ranbaxy Laboratories and expand in Africa and Latin...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:03:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Indian experts in Sri Lanka with Jaipur Foot (Lead)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120871.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's separatist war finally over, Indian experts are in the island nation to provide the Jaipur Foot, artificial legs known to be cosmetically and functionally close to the human limb.
Nineteen skilled technicians of the Bhagwan Mahaveer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:08:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Now, fresh air bottled in Britain</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120863.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fresh air has now been bottled by Britain's National Trust so that it can be given to stressed city workers, a media report said Friday.
The bottled air is from some of the country&#8217;s favourite spots and each glass jar should relieve stress for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:43:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Jaipur foot for Sri Lankan amputees</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120849.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Amputees in Sri Lanka, who lost their limbs during the prolonged civil war in the country, will now be able to lead a near normal life with the help of the Jaipur foot - artificial legs made in Rajasthan that are known for being cosmetically and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:34:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Preity Zinta to spread AIDS awareness via IPL (Lead)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120742.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bollywood actor Preity Zinta, who was Thursday appointed as the goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS in India, will create awareness against AIDS along with the members of her Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab.
"All our players will sport...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:41:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Australian hearing care centre comes to India</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120735.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[An Australian audiology company, which has more than 180 clinics in Australia and New Zealand, has ventured into Asia for the first time with India as its destination. Indians make up 30 percent of its workforce, its CEO said Thursday.
"When we...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:28:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Most sick newborns have kidney problem: Study (March 11 is World Kidney Day)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120657.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As many as 70 percent of sick newborn babies suffer from kidney dysfunction but less than five percent of them get treated, a new study says.
The study, conducted by Batra Hospital over a period of 15 years on 300 sick newborn babies, found that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:08:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>UNAIDS appoints Preity its goodwill ambassador in India</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120655.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bollywood actor Preity Zinta was Thursday appointed the goodwill ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV-AIDS (UNAIDS) in India, officials said.
Preity has accepted the appointment and will work to create awareness on HIV...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:55:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Glaucoma set to rise as population ages</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120626.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In a bid to spread awareness about glaucoma, an eye disease that is the second leading cause of blindness across the world and is expected to rise as the population ages, eyecare professionals here as elsewhere are observing World Glaucoma Week...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:07:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>New pictorial warnings on tobacco products from June 1</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a120477.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Come June 1 and cigarette packets and tobacco products will carry a new set of pictorial health warnings, an NGO said Wednesday.
Binoy Matthew of Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), an NGO said: "The ministry of health and family welfare...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:01 +0530</pubDate>
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