<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs2chicago.com/health/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Chicago news, weather, traffic - CBS 2 - WBBM</title><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health</link><description><![CDATA[Chicago news, weather, traffic - CBS 2 - WBBM]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:37:34 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Advice For Less-Frequent Pap Smears Stirs Debate]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/pap.smear.guidelines.2.1325233.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/pap.smear.guidelines.2.1325233.html</link><description><![CDATA[Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 N.C. H1N1 Positive Patients Resistant To Tamiflu]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/h1n1.patients.resistant.2.1325237.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/h1n1.patients.resistant.2.1325237.html</link><description><![CDATA[Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a
type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said
Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S. Tamiflu -- made by Switzerland's Roche Group -- is one of two flu
medicines that help against swine flu, and health officials have been
closely watching for signs that the virus is mutating, making the drugs
ineffective.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test Vote Set For Senate Health Care Bill]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/health.care.reform.2.1323961.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/health.care.reform.2.1323961.html</link><description><![CDATA[A wavering centrist Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate
Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping
health care bill amid indications other moderates would fall in line. The
announcement from Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., came as Senate leaders
pushed ahead toward the make-or-break vote with no margin for rebellion
on President Obama's signature issue.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bacteria Prompts Vicks Nasal Spray Recall]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/vicks.sinex.nasal.2.1324617.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Procter &amp; Gamble Co. has recalled some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex
nasal spray after the company found bacteria in samples during routine
testing.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Recommends Less Frequent Pap Smears]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/pap.smear.guidelines.2.1323922.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/pap.smear.guidelines.2.1323922.html</link><description><![CDATA[Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military Attempting To Predict PTSD]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/post.traumatic.stress.2.1324203.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/post.traumatic.stress.2.1324203.html</link><description><![CDATA[A military experiment is underway to try to predict who's most at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder. Understanding underlying triggers might help reduce the burden of those who return psychologically wounded - if they can get early help. PTSD is a crippling condition that can emerge after a terrifying event - car accident, sexual assault, terrorist attack or combat. It's thought to affect as many as one in five veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:04:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breast-Cancer Survivor Endorses Self-Exams ]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/Michele.Youngerman.cancer.2.1323600.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/Michele.Youngerman.cancer.2.1323600.html</link><description><![CDATA[This week, women have been conflicted, frustrated, even angry, about a medical panel's recommendations about mammograms and self-exams. Specifically, the panel recommends that self-exams should not be taught, because they do no good. But one woman tells CBS 2's Pamela Jones a self-exam saved her life. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:36:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fingernails: Windows Into Your Overall Health]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/fingernails.health.discoloration.2.1323052.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/fingernails.health.discoloration.2.1323052.html</link><description><![CDATA[Many women keep them covered in polish, or pay little attention to them at all, but fingernails are a window into overall health, CBS station WCBS-TV reports. Depending on their texture, shape, color and strength, the condition of your nails provides important clues about illness.&nbsp;
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:58:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movie Popcorn, Soda Pack Surprising Calorie Wallop]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/movie.popcorn.calories.2.1321782.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/movie.popcorn.calories.2.1321782.html</link><description><![CDATA[Ordering a medium popcorn and soda combo from a major national movie theater chain is the equivalent of eating three McDonald's Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of butter, according to a new study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:51:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cancer Survivors Upset About New Mammogram Advice]]></title><guid>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/mammograms.new.advice.2.1321403.html</guid><link>http://cbs2chicago.com/health/mammograms.new.advice.2.1321403.html</link><description><![CDATA[Once again, there's new advice about mammograms. And this time, it sounds a lot like the old advice. CBS 2's Anne State reports with the message that has local cancer survivors celebrating. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:28:23 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>