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		<title>Peanut allergies tackled in largest ever trial</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofwightcomplementarytherapies.co.uk/2010/02/22/peanut-allergies-tackled-in-largest-ever-trial/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doctors in Cambridge believe they may soon have a cure for peanut allergies.
The largest ever trial to find a treatment for potentially fatal peanut allergies is to give sufferers tiny amounts daily to build up tolerance.
The Addenbrookes team will give increasing doses of peanut flour to 104 British children, up to the equivalent of five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHS money &#8216;wasted&#8217; on homeopathy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NHS should stop funding homeopathy, MPs say.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee said using public money on the highly-diluted remedies could not be justified.
The cross-party group said there was no evidence beyond a placebo effect, when a patient gets better because of their belief that the treatment works.
But manufacturers and supporters of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depression targeted in government policy shift</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government is preparing to announce a major shift in mental health policy in England with a new emphasis on tackling and preventing depression.
The 10-year strategy is expected to call for better identification of those most at risk and wider access to psychological therapies for patients.
Depression or anxiety affect one in six people at some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mint tea is an effective painkiller to match commercially available analgesics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mint tea is an effective painkiller to match commercially available analgesics a study shows.
A cup of Brazilian mint tea has pain relieving qualities to match those of commercially available analgesics, a study suggests.
Hyptis crenata has been prescribed by Brazilian healers for millennia to treat ailments from headaches and stomach pain to fever and flu.
Working on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO warns against homeopathy use for specific serious illnesses</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofwightcomplementarytherapies.co.uk/2009/08/21/who-warns-against-homeopathy-use-for-serious-illnesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WHO (World Health Organisation) warns against homeopathy use for specific serious illnesses.
Those with conditions such as HIV, TB and malaria should not rely on homeopathic treatments, the World Health Organization has warned.
It was responding to calls from young researchers who fear the promotion of homeopathy in the developing world could put people&#8217;s lives at risk.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acupuncture and exercise may ease Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofwightcomplementarytherapies.co.uk/2009/07/17/acupuncture-and-exercise-may-ease-polycystic-ovarian-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acupuncture and exercise may bring some relief to the one in 10 women of childbearing age who suffer from a common endocrine disease called polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Women with the condition have elevated levels of androgen hormones  including testosterone and often develop ovarian cysts, irregular menstrual cycles and infertility.  A key feature of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opera is &#8216;Music for the heart&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofwightcomplementarytherapies.co.uk/2009/06/24/opera-is-music-for-the-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listening to the right kind of music can slow the heart and lower blood pressure, a study has revealed.
Rousing operatic music, like Puccini&#8217;s Nessun Dorma, full of crescendos and diminuendos is best and could help stroke rehabilitation, say the authors.
Music is already used holistically at the bedside in many hospitals.
Not only is it cheap and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No rush to lose excess weight following child birth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to copy celebrities who are back in skinny jeans weeks after giving birth is unrealistic and dangerous, new mothers are being warned.
It can take women six months or even a year, not weeks, to shed the weight they put on in pregnancy, say experts.
Crash diets and intensive exercise programmes are not only likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green tea &#8217;slows prostate cancer&#8217; study shows</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofwightcomplementarytherapies.co.uk/2009/06/24/green-tea-slows-prostate-cancer-study-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A chemical found in green tea appears to slow the progression of prostate cancer, a study has suggested.
Green tea has been linked to a positive effect on a wide range of conditions, including heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.
The research, in the US journal Cancer Prevention Research, found a significant fall in certain markers which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use of complementary therapies low amongst British cancer patients</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofwightcomplementarytherapies.co.uk/2009/06/14/use-of-complementary-therapies-low-amongst-british-cancer-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.isleofwightcomplementarytherapies.co.uk/2009/06/14/use-of-complementary-therapies-low-amongst-british-cancer-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use of complementary therapies is &#8220;surprisingly&#8221; low among British cancer patients, a study suggests.
A survey of 200 patients in London found only one in five used alternative medicine and most of those did not think it would cure them.
Similar studies from the US had shown use was as high as 80%, the researchers at Hammersmith [...]]]></description>
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