<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Saliva Test Could Detect Early Breast Cancer : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). 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Despite slight declines in mortality rates over the past decade for women with breast cancer, one in nine Canadian women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime; one in 25 Canadian women will die from this disease.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/16/2006 6:29:45 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-16T06:29:45+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>60967</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60967/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Saliva HIV test gives results in minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A saliva test could help speed up detection of human immmunodeficiency virus, or HIV, Canadian researchers say.<br/><br/>A followup of sorts to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/health/l/55729/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this post</a> by 2manyusernames.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>228</score><crdate>5/7/2008 7:30:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-07T19:30:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>39932</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39932/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Sunlight may cut breast cancer risk for some women]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunlight helps reduce women's risk of breast cancer because the body manufactures the active form of vitamin D from exposure to sunlight]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>135</score><crdate>10/29/2007 2:52:45 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-29T14:52:45+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>54078</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/54078/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Scientists find 'master' breast cancer gene]]></title><description><![CDATA[Geneticists have identified a super gene which causes breast cancer to metastasise, the deadly process by which the disease spreads to other organs.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>251</score><crdate>3/13/2008 12:55:24 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-13T00:55:24+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>24529</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24529/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Breast Cancer Genes Can Come From Father]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new study suggests thousands of young women with breast cancer - an estimated 8,000 a year in the U.S. - aren't offered testing to identify faulty genes and clarify their medical decisions.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>35</score><crdate>6/20/2007 6:29:03 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-20T18:29:03+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>12334</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12334/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Genetically altered rice from human breast milk and saliva]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first genetically altered food crop containing human genes (proteins found in human breast milk and saliva) is set to be approved for commercial production. 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Replacing blood draws with saliva tests promises to make disease diagnosis, as well as the tracking of treatment efficacy, less invasive and costly.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>145</score><crdate>3/25/2008 11:45:30 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-25T23:45:30+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>16159</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16159/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Scientists Stop Genes that Help Breast Cancer to Spread]]></title><description><![CDATA[US scientists have demonstrated a way to stop breast cancer spreading to other parts of the body by either switching off the genes involved or blocking them with drugs.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>58</score><crdate>4/13/2007 6:40:31 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-13T06:40:31+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1233</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/1233/1/</url><title><![CDATA[CAD Helps Breast Cancer Screening]]></title><description><![CDATA[Results of research coming out of the University of Manchester and University of Aberdeen and Cancer Research UK have found that computer-aided detection (CAD) in mammography can significantly help radiologists with readings. 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Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery.&quot;]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>206</score><crdate>8/3/2008 12:52:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-03T12:52:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79316</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/79316/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Robot will be able to detect, destroy breast cancer cells]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jaydev Desai has spent the past year and a half developing a robot that can perform biopsies and destroy tumor cells all in one session.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>159</score><crdate>10/12/2008 5:23:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-12T17:23:22+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>3547</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/3547/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Mammography: X-ray exam to detect breast cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mammography can lead to breast cancer detection at its earliest and most curable stage, nearly one to three years before you might feel a lump.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/17/2006 11:12:17 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-17T23:12:17+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>5595</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/5595/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Possible Vaccine for Breast Cancer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A diagnosis of breast cancer has taken on a new meaning as research has produced a host of new therapies improving long-term survival. Now research into <i>prevention</i> is showing some promising possibilities]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>8</score><crdate>11/12/2006 2:28:54 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-11-12T14:28:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>3470</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/3470/1/</url><title><![CDATA[New Study Gives Further Hope That Vitamin D Can Fight Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer progression, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>11</score><crdate>10/17/2006 1:37:23 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-17T13:37:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>8174</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8174/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Overweight womens' breast cancer risk lower]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;Overweight and obese women have a lower risk of breast cancer prior to menopause, researchers said on Monday in a finding they said both puzzles them and contradicts conventional wisdom.&quot;]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>33</score><crdate>12/25/2006 11:43:53 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-25T23:43:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>77639</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77639/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Cheap HPV test may help prevent cervical cancer in rural areas]]></title><description><![CDATA[The test, which was found to be 90% effective, is inexpensive and can be administered by minimally trained staff with same day results and treatment possible.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>74</score><crdate>9/25/2008 2:19:43 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-25T14:19:43+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>