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	<title>Scottish Socialist Youth &#187; health</title>
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		<title>The Capes of Rath</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/06/the-capes-of-rath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
By Calum Nelson, MPharm
In South Africa there’s a popular comedian called Matthias Rath. Here’s one of his jokes:
 
“Patient: Doctor Doctor, I’m worried about transmitting HIV to my unborn baby.
Doctor: Don’t worry, just have some potatoes. Whatever you do, don’t take any poisonous anti-viral medicine which will actually cause AIDS.”
It’s a screamer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food/Medicine/Activity causes/reduces risk of cancer/heart disease/stroke.</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/05/foodmedicineactivity-causesreduces-risk-of-cancerheart-diseasestroke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 14:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neldo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=2709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By A. Journalistnotascientist
A study/case report/article today published by a medical research group/university/charity revealed that a popular food/lifesaving medicine/controversial activity may cause/reduce risk of cancer/heart disease/stroke. It was found that some people who ate the food/took the medicine/did the activity later went on to develop/did not develop cancer/heart disease/stroke and despite that fact that no link [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal College of Nursing boss supports SSP heroin policy</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/04/royal-college-of-nursing-boss-supports-ssp-heroin-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/04/royal-college-of-nursing-boss-supports-ssp-heroin-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=2121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The head of the Royal College of Nursing has backed the idea of clean pharmaceutical heroin being made available on prescription to addicts, an idea the SSP has campaigned in favour of for years.
Peter Carter was speaking as the RCN discussed the results of pilot studies conducted last year in London, Darlington and Brighton. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science turns back to psychedelics</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/04/science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=1891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week there was one of the world&#8217;s largest gatherings of psychedelic scientists in 40 years.
Doctors, psychotherapists, pharmacologists and others came together to discuss the use of psychedelic, or mind enhancing/altering drugs, and their potential applications in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress, addiction to harmful drugs and severe depression.
In recent years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bit too easily offended&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/04/a-bit-too-easily-offended/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bristol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=1635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While I was writing this article, I tried to think of the things that are generally offensive in 2010. I invite you to ask yourself the same question I did – what would you be offended by? Racism? Sexism? Maybe homophobia? Now imagine you were to see a young lady on the bus discreetly breastfeeding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious freedom? Or women&#8217;s oppression?</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/03/religious-freedom-or-womens-oppression/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/03/religious-freedom-or-womens-oppression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheWorstWitch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all heard the horror stories from the US about women being turned away when trying to access contraception  because their mental religious doctors or pharmacists have taken it upon themselves to decide what women should or shouldn&#8217;t do with their own bodies. But did you know the same thing happens here?
Not only do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US healthcare reform: Polishing a turd</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/03/us-healthcare-reform-polishing-a-turd/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/03/us-healthcare-reform-polishing-a-turd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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Against the odds, President Obama was last night able to get his healthcare reforms through Congress.
Obama-fans everywhere are ecstatic, declaring a fantastic victory. And let&#8217;s not be a total wet blanket. Around 30 million Americans with no health insurance will now get some, although unless you&#8217;re very poor or very old you&#8217;ll be forced to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ever feel like you&#8217;ve been cheated? #1: Obama and healthcare</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/03/ever-feel-like-youve-been-cheated-1-obama-and-healthcare/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/03/ever-feel-like-youve-been-cheated-1-obama-and-healthcare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Remember when the whole world seemed to feel the same way as Randy Marsh? It&#8217;s only just over a year since the US exploded with excitement at the idea that Barack Obama&#8217;s election meant that real change was coming to America.
But what has actually happened? Obama has been the latest of a series of governments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking News – Biggest Threat To Your Health Is&#8230;The Daily Mail</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/02/breaking-news-%e2%80%93-biggest-threat-to-your-health-is-the-daily-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2010/02/breaking-news-%e2%80%93-biggest-threat-to-your-health-is-the-daily-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neldo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ssy.org.uk/?p=603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember 1998? It was the year of Titanic, it was the year Google was founded and it was the year George Michael was found doing naughty things in a toilet. It was also the year in which The Lancet, one of the world’s most respected medical journals, published an article that seemed to show a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lies and the lying liars who tell them</title>
		<link>http://ssy.org.uk/2009/09/lies-and-the-lying-liars-who-tell-them/</link>
		<comments>http://ssy.org.uk/2009/09/lies-and-the-lying-liars-who-tell-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Bowden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
These people used to control the United States&#8217; nuclear weapons.
From our American correspondent, Andrew Weir.
So. Healthcare, eh?
Since I got to the US, I&#8217;ve been trying very hard not to be &#8220;that Brit&#8221; (and &#8220;that commie Brit&#8221; come to that), who goes around saying &#8220;Well, with the National Health Service, things work much better than this. [...]]]></description>
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