<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - healthpitch's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/</link><description>Let your food be your medicine.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:10:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:09:20 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>10 Simple Steps to Help De-Stress </title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly  one-quarter of Americans report being under extreme stress,  rating their stress  levels an 8, 9, or 10 out of a 10-point scale for  the American Psychological  Association&rsquo;s (APA) 2011 Stress in America  survey.i
Countless  others deal with fluctuating stressors e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11641158-10-simple-steps-to-help-de-stress</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11641158-10-simple-steps-to-help-de-stress</guid><category>cancer</category><category>america</category><category>health</category><category>money</category><category>survey</category><category>stress</category><category>fatigue</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:10:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How Nutrition Affects Longevity</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Nutritionists have long been interested in the dynamics of telomere  length in the body, and how telomeres figure in to human health and life  expectancy. Telomeres were first discovered in 1973 by Alexey Olovnikov.
He found that the tiny units of DNA at the very end of each  &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11618440-how-nutrition-affects-longevity</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11618440-how-nutrition-affects-longevity</guid><category>health</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 15:33:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>When A Calorie Isn't A Calorie</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11565696-when-a-calorie-isnt-a-calorie</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11565696-when-a-calorie-isnt-a-calorie</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>obesity</category><category>diabetes</category><category>liver</category><category>hypertension</category><category>calorie</category><category>metabolic</category><category>health-cancer-heart</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 17:35:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Popular Drug Creates Over 60,000 New Diabetics Each Year</title>
<description><![CDATA[One in four Americans aged 45 and older take statin drugs to lower cholesterol and to "prevent heart disease."&nbsp;You should know that there are serious risks involved with taking these  drugs, a fact that even the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is  now acknowledging.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11565642-popular-drug-creates-over-60000-new-diabetics-each-year</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11565642-popular-drug-creates-over-60000-new-diabetics-each-year</guid><category>cholesterol</category><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>diabetes</category><category>statin</category><category>risk</category><category>liver</category><category>ldl</category><category>coq10</category><category>side-effect</category><category>hdl</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 17:31:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch202EC9E3-47AD-D92F-37B6-2BF90BD8506F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch202EC9E3-47AD-D92F-37B6-2BF90BD8506F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>This Cooking Mistake Can Ruin Your Health </title>
<description><![CDATA[The debate, miscommunication and fearmongering about the details of cholesterol and statins continue.
Cholesterol is the raw material for all of your steroid hormones and vitamin D. There&rsquo;s no doubt that you need it.
The cholesterol found in arterial plaque is not just an&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11552331-this-cooking-mistake-can-ruin-your-health</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11552331-this-cooking-mistake-can-ruin-your-health</guid><category>oil</category><category>food</category><category>cholesterol</category><category>health</category><category>cook</category><category>statin</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 May 2012 12:21:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>      U.S. quarantines two dairies after mad cow case| Reuters</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mad cow is spread through milk although it is not popular to say so. Two large studies have found that prions like mad cow disease can actually transfer from animal to animal through milk consumption. Makes you think...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11522130-us-quarantines-two-dairies-after-mad-cow-case-reuters</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11522130-us-quarantines-two-dairies-after-mad-cow-case-reuters</guid><category>mad-cow</category><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>disease</category><category>quarantine</category><category>milk</category><category>brain</category><category>diary</category><category>prion</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 16:30:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pink Slime to be Rebranded &amp; Brought in Back Door</title>
<description><![CDATA[You knew it was going to happen in the name of business and jobs. The food industry plans to bring pink slime back to your dinner table.
"If they can wait it out, and let the hype die down, about six months  from now no-one will think anything of it and they can come back with  &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11075845-pink-slime-to-be-rebranded-brought-in-back-door</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11075845-pink-slime-to-be-rebranded-brought-in-back-door</guid><category>food</category><category>america</category><category>health</category><category>usa</category><category>meat</category><category>dinner</category><category>industry</category><category>hamburger</category><category>ground-beef</category><category>pink-slime</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Apr 2012 21:40:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch36229774-C348-707F-0E05-E4172112963E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch36229774-C348-707F-0E05-E4172112963E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Meat industry impact unknown as retailers drop 'pink slime' – American Meat Institute</title>
<description><![CDATA[America, keep the pressure on where you buy meat. You don't want tampering with chemicals in your food that 'profit industry only.'
&nbsp;
A number of US retail chains have announced an end to their purchase of  ground beef containing &lsquo;pink slime&rsquo; &ndash; leaving th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10926494-meat-industry-impact-unknown-as-retailers-drop-pink-slime-american-meat-institute</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10926494-meat-industry-impact-unknown-as-retailers-drop-pink-slime-american-meat-institute</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>retail</category><category>meat</category><category>safe</category><category>pure</category><category>ground-beef</category><category>pink-slime</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:47:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch10319C74-4138-8CC5-D6A8-EB4DE907C70D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="269" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch10319C74-4138-8CC5-D6A8-EB4DE907C70D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Congressman must back up BPA petition with facts – American Chemical Council</title>
<description><![CDATA[A food industry chemical giant is protesting attempts by a few in Congress that want to eliminate the BPA toxin from more food packaging. The chemical industry has plenty to lose in this bid for food purity. America, stand up and take notice! Tell everyone about this and that you&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10926436-congressman-must-back-up-bpa-petition-with-facts-american-chemical-council</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10926436-congressman-must-back-up-bpa-petition-with-facts-american-chemical-council</guid><category>congress</category><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>can</category><category>safe</category><category>chemical</category><category>plastic</category><category>industry</category><category>toxin</category><category>pure</category><category>american-meat-institute</category><category>bpa</category><category>american-chemical-council</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:42:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Pink slime' producer remains defiant as it announces halt in production </title>
<description><![CDATA[If enough Americans rise and vote with the almighty dollar, industry can only respond or lose their shirt... so it is with Beef Products creation known as pink slime. Time and time again we can prove that the USDA and FDA don't know what's best.
Here is a related article and see&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10926341-pink-slime-producer-remains-defiant-as-it-announces-halt-in-production</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10926341-pink-slime-producer-remains-defiant-as-it-announces-halt-in-production</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>money</category><category>retail</category><category>meat</category><category>safe</category><category>food-industry</category><category>usda</category><category>pure</category><category>ammonia</category><category>ground-beef</category><category>ground-meat</category><category>pink-slime</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:34:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitchB8C9B7B7-130A-A63D-0779-3FF1AC513A0E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="176" width="222" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitchB8C9B7B7-130A-A63D-0779-3FF1AC513A0E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pink Slime, &quot;Safe,&quot; Nutritious - and Icky</title>
<description><![CDATA[Even the food industry scamsters recognize that pink slime that is created to be blended in with your ground beef is nasty. Certainly, if you consider that you can survive by eating the nastiest scraps and remnants left around on the cutting floor blended with chemicals that reta&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10926222-pink-slime-safe-nutritious-and-icky</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/29/10926222-pink-slime-safe-nutritious-and-icky</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>safety</category><category>meat</category><category>pure</category><category>ammonia</category><category>ground-beef</category><category>american-meat-institute</category><category>pink-slime</category><category>chemicalbeef-products</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:24:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch7855F717-1FA8-258E-9A74-82E0FD9342CE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="176" width="222" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch7855F717-1FA8-258E-9A74-82E0FD9342CE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hammer Ready To Drop on Supplement Industry After Presidential Election</title>
<description><![CDATA[After the Presidential                election anticipate what amounts to terrorist attacks upon the dietary                supplement industry as regulatory agencies and the news media do                the bidding for big business in a predictable industry takeover             &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10875015-hammer-ready-to-drop-on-supplement-industry-after-presidential-election</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10875015-hammer-ready-to-drop-on-supplement-industry-after-presidential-election</guid><category>food</category><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>money</category><category>corporate</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>us-senators</category><category>disease-control</category><category>profit</category><category>fascist</category><category>vitamin-d</category><category>supplement</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:26:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. Military Readies Cyber 'Rules of Engagement'</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense will soon issue within cyber rules of engagement that will outline how the  military should respond to cyber attacks, and when the military can  engage in "active defenses" to proactively defend against adversaries  online...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/22/10816946-us-military-readies-cyber-rules-of-engagement</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/22/10816946-us-military-readies-cyber-rules-of-engagement</guid><category>technology</category><category>attack</category><category>usa</category><category>war</category><category>military</category><category>internet</category><category>government</category><category>cyber</category><category>dod</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:07:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Ground Beef Isn't As Healthy As You Think</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Have you noticed that ground beef   doesn't taste quite the same? For years, Americans have bought into the   idea that their ground beef was pure. All this, despite the fact that   you can buy ground beef by quality: 80/20, 90/10 and 93/7. What is   ground beef mixed with? Fat &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10611677-why-ground-beef-isnt-as-healthy-as-you-think</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10611677-why-ground-beef-isnt-as-healthy-as-you-think</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>meat</category><category>safe</category><category>burger</category><category>e-coli</category><category>filler</category><category>slime</category><category>ground-beef</category><category>pink-slime</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:22:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitchCE8EEF68-D235-7CB6-0E81-38B04FA1CB57.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitchCE8EEF68-D235-7CB6-0E81-38B04FA1CB57.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Body clock 'alters' immune system</title>
<description><![CDATA[The time of the day could be an important factor in the risk of getting an infection, according to researchers in the US...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10435904-body-clock-alters-immune-system</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10435904-body-clock-alters-immune-system</guid><category>health</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:42:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch50AAF944-3C85-7596-C49C-5610E4AF3D66.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch50AAF944-3C85-7596-C49C-5610E4AF3D66.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Is a Drug Really the Answer to Type 2 Diabetes?</title>
<description><![CDATA[type 2 diabetes arises from faulty leptin signaling and insulin resistance. It is therefore a fully preventable condition that can be controlled or reversed by recovering your insulin and leptin sensitivities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10271363-is-a-drug-really-the-answer-to-type-2-diabetes</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10271363-is-a-drug-really-the-answer-to-type-2-diabetes</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>pill</category><category>doctor</category><category>medicine</category><category>diabetes</category><category>med</category><category>exercise</category><category>leptin</category><category>insulin</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:10:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>War on drugs revealed as hoax</title>
<description><![CDATA[the US military has been specifically tasked with guarding Afghan poppy  fields, from which opium is derived, in order to protect this  multibillion dollar industry...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/08/9298678-war-on-drugs-revealed-as-hoax</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/08/9298678-war-on-drugs-revealed-as-hoax</guid><category>us</category><category>afghan</category><category>drug</category><category>cia</category><category>usa</category><category>war</category><category>us-news</category><category>heroin</category><category>pharma</category><category>morphine</category><category>poppy</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:58:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Americans Are Fat, And Expected To Get Much Fatter</title>
<description><![CDATA[If Americans stay on this path, 83 percent of men will be overweight or  obese by 2020. Women are right behind them, with 72 percent projected to  be overweight or obese by then.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8916823-americans-are-fat-and-expected-to-get-much-fatter</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8916823-americans-are-fat-and-expected-to-get-much-fatter</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>nutrition</category><category>american-heart-asssociation</category><category>nutrition-heart-disease</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:45:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch807BB345-B3BE-5E3D-32A7-F6E61E9218A5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=healthpitch807BB345-B3BE-5E3D-32A7-F6E61E9218A5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bird Flu Research Rattles Bioterrorism Field</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists and security specialists are in the midst of a fierce debate  over recent experiments on a strain of bird flu virus that made it more  contagious.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8916789-bird-flu-research-rattles-bioterrorism-field</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8916789-bird-flu-research-rattles-bioterrorism-field</guid><category>terror</category><category>flu</category><category>health</category><category>bird</category><category>bio</category><category>disease</category><category>disease-control</category><category>bioterrorism</category><category>science-advisory-board</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:41:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null9113691C-39B5-DFFC-68EB-7E899122D09F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null9113691C-39B5-DFFC-68EB-7E899122D09F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bernie Madoff Scam Started Earlier Than Previously Reported</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Madoff Investment Fraud fallout continues...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8916764-bernie-madoff-scam-started-earlier-than-previously-reported</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8916764-bernie-madoff-scam-started-earlier-than-previously-reported</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>fraud</category><category>money</category><category>us-news</category><category>invest</category><category>bernie-madoff</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:38:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>5 Little-Known (Dietary) Causes of Osteoporosis </title>
<description><![CDATA[According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine,  &ldquo;Osteoporosis is the thinning of bone tissue and loss of bone density  over time. Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease, osteopenia isn't much better.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/12/8772692-5-little-known-dietary-causes-of-osteoporosis</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/12/8772692-5-little-known-dietary-causes-of-osteoporosis</guid><category>food</category><category>health</category><category>acid</category><category>bone</category><category>too-much-acid</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:43:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null577BF073-B04D-E6D0-7B74-BA135A41E8B9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="500" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null577BF073-B04D-E6D0-7B74-BA135A41E8B9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New jab gets rid of 39% of body fat in a month</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the fight against obesity and the desire for weight loss, much of the modern world is looking for a quick fix for fat. Will we rush without looking or take some time to determine the safety of this quick fix weight loss product?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/10/8744613-new-jab-gets-rid-of-39-of-body-fat-in-a-month</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/10/8744613-new-jab-gets-rid-of-39-of-body-fat-in-a-month</guid><category>blood</category><category>food</category><category>diet</category><category>health</category><category>vaccine</category><category>hunger</category><category>weight</category><category>loss</category><category>fat</category><category>appetite</category><category>adipotide</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:34:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Half of all hospitals infected with superbugs - protect yourself </title>
<description><![CDATA[Remember these four simple but powerful steps:
1) Wash your hands frequently, even if others tease you about it. (You can't be too obsessive about it when you're in a hospital!)
2) Insist that medical staff (including&nbsp;doctors) wash their hands before touching you.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/06/8662062-half-of-all-hospitals-infected-with-superbugs-protect-yourself</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/06/8662062-half-of-all-hospitals-infected-with-superbugs-protect-yourself</guid><category>health</category><category>hospital</category><category>infection</category><category>superbug</category><category>internal-medicine</category><category>major-health-hazard</category><category>hospital-patients-made-sicker</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 Nov 2011 09:16:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sitting And Declining Health Go Hand in Hand</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's in the news again after several months on the shelf. In today's world, you probably spend lots of time sitting. It may be the nature of your life. Unhappily, the world of science has discovered a world of hurt for those that spend lots of time sitting, especially as you age.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/04/8637110-sitting-and-declining-health-go-hand-in-hand</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/04/8637110-sitting-and-declining-health-go-hand-in-hand</guid><category>blood</category><category>life</category><category>health</category><category>money</category><category>disease</category><category>work</category><category>heart</category><category>corporate</category><category>stand</category><category>exercise</category><category>insomnia</category><category>sit</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2011 18:35:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hospitals raking in cash from unnecessary surgery for dying seniors </title>
<description><![CDATA[This article claims that doctors and hospitals in the United States have a financial incentive to  perform surgery on dying seniors because Medicare is guaranteed to pay  for it, and that nutrition which could solve the problem is ignored&nbsp;because doctors in the USA cannot me&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[healthpitch]]></source><link>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8588891-hospitals-raking-in-cash-from-unnecessary-surgery-for-dying-seniors</link><guid>http://healthpitch.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8588891-hospitals-raking-in-cash-from-unnecessary-surgery-for-dying-seniors</guid><category>white-house</category><category>food</category><category>life</category><category>health</category><category>surgery</category><category>hospital</category><category>doctor</category><category>suffer</category><category>medicine</category><category>nutrition</category><category>benefit</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Nov 2011 04:09:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
