<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Woman accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Woman accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Woman accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61822/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61822/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Undiagnosed Cancer Passed to Organ Transplant Recipients]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grieving parents now learn that their 15 year old son died from a rare form of brain cancer, rather than meningitis as originally diagnosed.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/56508/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/56508/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Abandoned cancer patient mauled by hungry puppies.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington authorities are looking to charge a cancer patient's caregivers after the man was left alone in his house for days and mauled by hungry puppies.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/72110/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/72110/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Couple accused of kidnapping baby from slain social worker captured in Illinois]]></title><description><![CDATA[After four days on the run, a Kentucky woman and her boyfriend are in police custody in Illinois, accused of kidnapping her 9-month-old son from a social worker, later found dead, who had taken the child to visit the mother.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/3892/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/3892/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[A New State of Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Decoding the brain is hard work. It is incredibly complex and we don't even know what the code is - chemical, electrical, both, neither let alone how to decode it. 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(Well, you can't smoke there either).]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40195/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40195/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[See What Other See Through Brain Imaging]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person&#8217;s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to &#8220;see&#8221; someone else&#8217;s dream.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/53384/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/53384/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Right Brain vs. Left Brain:  Creativity Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being creative or artistic doesn&#8217;t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world. <br/>Creative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29876/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29876/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Toenail fungus medicine may treat cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. researchers say itraconazole, a drug commonly used to treat toenail fungus, can also block the growth of new blood vessels in cancer.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18349/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18349/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA['Personalised' cancer drug test]]></title><description><![CDATA[A gene test that predicts which cancer drugs will be most effective for different people is to be trialled in the US.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/4067/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/4067/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[New Toys Read Brain Waves]]></title><description><![CDATA[A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18493/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18493/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Breast Cancer - Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control]]></title><description><![CDATA[Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among Canadian women. 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><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/3333/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/3333/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Christina Applegate has breast cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Actress played ditzy teenager Kelly Bundy on Fox's 'Married...with Children'<br/><br/>&quot;Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. Benefiting from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/71052/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/71052/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[If cellphones DID cause cancer, could you stop using them?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if some years from now it's shown that using a cellphone for 35 years doubles, triples or quadruples your risk for brain cancer. Is it possible to go back to landlines, or are cellphones so important now (already!) to our quality of life that we'd be willing to take enormous risks to continue to use them?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/67710/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/67710/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion pill could fight cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[A chemical used to abort pregnancy could fight breast and ovarian cancer, say scientists.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/6788/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/6788/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists warn US Congress of cancer risk for cell phone use]]></title><description><![CDATA[<i>Umm... too late, I thought they meant the US Congress risked brain damage...</i><br/><br/>Scientists on Thursday warned US legislators of the risks of brain cancer from cell phone use, highlighting the potential risk for children who use mobile phones.<br/><br/>&quot;We urgently need more research,&quot; said David Carpenter, director of the Institute of Health and Environment at the University of Albany, in testimony before the House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77667/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77667/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Pregnant woman, 57, feared she had cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 57-year-old woman who feared she had ovarian cancer has been told she is expecting her first baby instead.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/55261/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/55261/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>