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	<title>Rethinking Healthcare | SmartPlanet</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Rethinking Healthcare examines innovation in the health care industry covering topics such as electronic and personal health records, treatment, privacy, regulation and using information technology to manage and monitor chronic conditions.]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Electronic pacifier helps preemies learn to suck]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/electronic-pacifier-helps-preemies-learn-to-suck/8943]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Called the Pacifier Activated Lullaby, the device plays music to encourage babies to suck correctly, something that's hard for preemies to do. Now available to hospitals.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Called the Pacifier Activated Lullaby, the device plays music to encourage babies to suck correctly, something that's hard for preemies to do. Now available to hospitals.]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-25T23:07:35Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Could this painless circumcision device fight HIV?]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/could-this-painless-circumcision-device-fight-hiv/8934]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Circumcision can reduce a man's risk for HIV in Sub Saharan Africa by up to 60%. This adult circumcision device gets the job done without surgery or severe pain.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Circumcision can reduce a man's risk for HIV in Sub Saharan Africa by up to 60%. This adult circumcision device gets the job done without surgery or severe pain.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/could-this-painless-circumcision-device-fight-hiv/8934]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Audrey Quinn]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-25T16:52:10Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Artificial immune system tailors vaccines for newborns]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/artificial-immune-system-tailors-vaccines-for-newborns/8925]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ A new model of the immature immune system promises to boost the development of vaccines specifically for newborn babies, which are lacking. This'll help test vaccines before trialing them in babies.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ A new model of the immature immune system promises to boost the development of vaccines specifically for newborn babies, which are lacking. This'll help test vaccines before trialing them in babies.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/artificial-immune-system-tailors-vaccines-for-newborns/8925]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-25T01:35:10Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[DNA as rewritable, digital data storage]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/dna-as-rewritable-digital-data-storage/8915]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Scientists have engineered a rewritable DNA-based memory module that can reliably and reversibly store data in the chromosome of live cells. The work would help track cells in aging or cancer studies.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Scientists have engineered a rewritable DNA-based memory module that can reliably and reversibly store data in the chromosome of live cells. The work would help track cells in aging or cancer studies.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/dna-as-rewritable-digital-data-storage/8915]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-24T02:38:39Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Startup uses neuroscience to pick which ads work]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/startup-uses-neuroscience-to-pick-which-ads-work/8901]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Instantaneous judgements are an intrinsic part of our visual system. Neuroscientists are now taking the science behind those judgements to inform marketing strategies.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Instantaneous judgements are an intrinsic part of our visual system. Neuroscientists are now taking the science behind those judgements to inform marketing strategies.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/startup-uses-neuroscience-to-pick-which-ads-work/8901]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Audrey Quinn]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-23T21:17:28Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Japan Earthquake: before-and-after brain scans offer PTSD insights]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/japan-earthquake-before-and-after-brain-scans-offer-ptsd-insights/8895]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ By comparing imaging data, neuroscientists show how traumatic stress affects the brain. The research explains many unknowns and may help develop neuroprotective drugs for specific brain areas.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ By comparing imaging data, neuroscientists show how traumatic stress affects the brain. The research explains many unknowns and may help develop neuroprotective drugs for specific brain areas.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/japan-earthquake-before-and-after-brain-scans-offer-ptsd-insights/8895]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-23T02:03:48Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[An end to your battles with the ketchup bottle]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/an-end-to-your-battles-with-the-ketchup-bottle/8886]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ A new glass coating helps ketchup glide out of the bottle, putting the kibosh on waste and frustration.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ A new glass coating helps ketchup glide out of the bottle, putting the kibosh on waste and frustration.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/an-end-to-your-battles-with-the-ketchup-bottle/8886]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Audrey Quinn]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-22T17:02:32Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[What rights should you have to your own DNA?]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/what-rights-should-you-have-to-your-own-dna/8872]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ California's proposed Genetic Information Privacy Act would require written consent for scientific use of your DNA. But scientists argue that it would significantly hinder research.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ California's proposed Genetic Information Privacy Act would require written consent for scientific use of your DNA. But scientists argue that it would significantly hinder research.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/what-rights-should-you-have-to-your-own-dna/8872]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Audrey Quinn]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-21T22:54:48Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Over a century later, Phineas Gage's brain connections mapped]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/over-a-century-later-phineas-gages-brain-connections-mapped/8861]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Gage's skull was impaled by an iron rod. He survived, but his personality changed. A new virtual recreation shows how neural connections were damaged, in ways similar to modern brain disorders.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Gage's skull was impaled by an iron rod. He survived, but his personality changed. A new virtual recreation shows how neural connections were damaged, in ways similar to modern brain disorders.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/over-a-century-later-phineas-gages-brain-connections-mapped/8861]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-20T02:08:12Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Electroshock therapy secrets unveiled]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/electroshock-therapy-secrets-unveiled/8853]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ When all else fails, electroconvulsive therapy can provide unprecedented relief to people with severe depression. British researchers have for the first time uncovered how the treatment may work,...]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ When all else fails, electroconvulsive therapy can provide unprecedented relief to people with severe depression. British researchers have for the first time uncovered how the treatment may work,...]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/electroshock-therapy-secrets-unveiled/8853]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Audrey Quinn]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-18T17:38:32Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Surgeons use Kinect to consult images mid-operation]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/surgeons-use-kinect-to-consult-images-mid-operation/8842]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Microsoft Research has teamed up with hospitals in London to develop a 'touchless' way for surgeons to look at scans and other images while still scrubbed in and standing at the operating table.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Microsoft Research has teamed up with hospitals in London to develop a 'touchless' way for surgeons to look at scans and other images while still scrubbed in and standing at the operating table.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/surgeons-use-kinect-to-consult-images-mid-operation/8842]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-17T21:50:55Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Melanoma cocktail slows cancer's growth]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/melanoma-cocktail-slows-cancers-growth/8836]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ In skin cancer patients taking GlaxoSmithKline's combination of 2 experimental drugs, researchers were able to delay drug resistance, slowing down the cancer's spread by nearly a year.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ In skin cancer patients taking GlaxoSmithKline's combination of 2 experimental drugs, researchers were able to delay drug resistance, slowing down the cancer's spread by nearly a year.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/melanoma-cocktail-slows-cancers-growth/8836]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-17T20:37:04Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Junk food tax as a cure for obesity]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/junk-food-tax-as-a-cure-for-obesity/8829]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Researchers say a junk food tax of 20% would affect grocery shopping habits and curb obesity.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Researchers say a junk food tax of 20% would affect grocery shopping habits and curb obesity.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/junk-food-tax-as-a-cure-for-obesity/8829]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Audrey Quinn]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-16T17:25:25Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Telescope technology to diagnose eye diseases]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/telescope-technology-to-diagnose-eye-diseases/8815]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Adaptive optics, a technique developed by astronomers to produce pictures of stars, can image the minute details of our eye balls. The resulting 3D images can help detect diseases sooner.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Adaptive optics, a technique developed by astronomers to produce pictures of stars, can image the minute details of our eye balls. The resulting 3D images can help detect diseases sooner.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/telescope-technology-to-diagnose-eye-diseases/8815]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-15T23:39:15Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Photovoltaic eye implants restore vision to the blind]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/photovoltaic-eye-implants-restore-vision-to-the-blind/8806]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ These prostheses are self-powered, so they don't require all the wires and coils of an external power supply like current devices. Here, video goggles fire light onto the retinal implants.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ These prostheses are self-powered, so they don't require all the wires and coils of an external power supply like current devices. Here, video goggles fire light onto the retinal implants.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/photovoltaic-eye-implants-restore-vision-to-the-blind/8806]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-15T04:03:44Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Electronic nose in your shirt sniffs out volatile compounds]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/electronic-nose-in-your-shirt-sniffs-out-volatile-compounds/8799]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Peratech has designed a sensor made of pressure-sensitive materials that can detect potentially harmful gases. These tiny sensors are printable and can be integrated into clothing.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Peratech has designed a sensor made of pressure-sensitive materials that can detect potentially harmful gases. These tiny sensors are printable and can be integrated into clothing.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/electronic-nose-in-your-shirt-sniffs-out-volatile-compounds/8799]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-11T22:16:56Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Why does the diet pill market keep producing lemons?]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/why-does-the-diet-pill-market-keep-producing-lemons/8791]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ Two new prescription diet pills are set for approval by the FDA this summer. Anti-obesity drugs have a poor track record with life-threatening side effects, and doctors have similar concerns about...]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Two new prescription diet pills are set for approval by the FDA this summer. Anti-obesity drugs have a poor track record with life-threatening side effects, and doctors have similar concerns about...]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/why-does-the-diet-pill-market-keep-producing-lemons/8791]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Audrey Quinn]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-11T18:36:48Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Wristband sensors to prevent fatal epileptic seizures]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/wristband-sensors-to-prevent-fatal-epileptic-seizures/8785]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ A simple wrist sensor can gauge the severity of a seizure as accurately as an EEG, but without the awkward scalp electrodes. What the device measures is related to our fight-or-flight response.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ A simple wrist sensor can gauge the severity of a seizure as accurately as an EEG, but without the awkward scalp electrodes. What the device measures is related to our fight-or-flight response.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/wristband-sensors-to-prevent-fatal-epileptic-seizures/8785]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-10T20:13:33Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[What's holding us back from having an HIV vaccine?]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/whats-holding-us-back-from-having-an-hiv-vaccine/8770]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ SmartPlanet takes a look at current roadblocks to an HIV vaccine, and our best hopes for innoculating against the virus in the future.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ SmartPlanet takes a look at current roadblocks to an HIV vaccine, and our best hopes for innoculating against the virus in the future.]]></content:encoded>
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	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Audrey Quinn]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-10T13:30:01Z</pubDate>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Kinect cameras spot signs of autism automatically]]></title>
	    <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/kinect-cameras-spot-signs-of-autism-automatically/8775]]></link>
	    <description><![CDATA[ A system of Microsoft Kinect motion sensors, together with computer programs trained to detect behavioral abnormalities, could help automate and speed up ASD diagnoses in young children.]]></description>
	    <content:encoded><![CDATA[ A system of Microsoft Kinect motion sensors, together with computer programs trained to detect behavioral abnormalities, could help automate and speed up ASD diagnoses in young children.]]></content:encoded>
	    <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/kinect-cameras-spot-signs-of-autism-automatically/8775]]></guid>
	    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
	    <pubDate>2012-05-09T20:29:36Z</pubDate>
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