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		<title>Franklin Roosevelt’s Personal Polio Crusade, 75 Years Ago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 75th anniversary of its creation, take a look back at the history of the March of Dimes. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief History of Bloodletting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As researchers announce that bloodletting might have some benefits after all, find out more about this ancient treatment’s long history.]]></description>
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		<title>Perforated Skulls From Middle Ages Found in Spain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two skulls belonging to individuals who underwent the ancient form of surgery known as trepanation have been unearthed in Spain.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/perforated-skulls-from-middle-ages-found-in-spain</link>
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		<title>The Angels of Bataan and Corregidor: 70 Years Later</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the Bataan Peninsula fell in April 1942, a group of Army and Navy nurses continued to perform their duties while imprisoned in a Japanese camp.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/the-angels-of-bataan-and-corregidor-70-years-later</link>
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		<title>Organ Transplants: A Brief History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As news breaks of the longest organ transplant chain to date, explore the history of these potentially lifesaving procedures.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/organ-transplants-a-brief-history</link>
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		<title>Drink Some Whiskey, Call in the Morning: Doctors &amp; Prohibition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During Prohibition, which took effect 93 years ago this week, many doctors boosted their practices by doling out medicinal alcohol.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/drink-some-whiskey-call-in-the-morning-doctors-prohibition</link>
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		<title>Freddie Mercury &amp; Other Celebrities Who Raised AIDS Awareness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Find out about Freddie Mercury, the inspiration for today's Google Doodle, and other famous people who helped put a face on the HIV and AIDS crisis.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/freddie-mercury-other-celebrities-who-raised-aids-awareness</link>
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		<title>From Hippo Fat to Vacuum Helmets, a History of Baldness Prevention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Find out about some of the weird and wacky ways people have attempted to curb or conceal their hair loss over the centuries.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/from-hippo-fat-to-vacuum-helmets-a-history-of-baldness-prevention</link>
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		<title>Did Skin Cream Kill Egypt&#8217;s Queen Hatshepsut?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The female pharaoh Hatshepsut might have accidentally poisoned herself with a carcinogenic skin treatment, according to a new study.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/did-skin-cream-kill-egypts-queen-hatshepsut</link>
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		<title>In Search of &#8220;Don Quixote&#8221; Creator&#8217;s Lost Bones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Experts are scouring a Madrid convent for the remains of Miguel de Cervantes, hoping to reconstruct the author’s face and determine his cause of death.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/in-search-of-don-quixote-creators-lost-bones</link>
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		<title>Ancient Medicines From Shipwreck Shed Light on Life in Antiquity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have used DNA sequencing to unlock the secrets of 2,000-year-old medicines found in a shipwreck.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/ancient-medicines-from-shipwreck-shed-light-on-life-in-antiquity</link>
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		<title>A Wise Man&#8217;s Cure: Frankincense and Myrrh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once considered priceless, the ancient remedies frankincense and myrrh are drawing new attention from medical researchers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/a-wise-mans-cure-frankincense-and-myrrh</link>
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		<title>Egyptian Princess Needed Bypass Surgery, Mummy Study Shows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Egyptian princess is the earliest known sufferer of heart disease, according to a recent study suggesting clogged arteries have plagued civilizations for millennia.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/egyptian-princess-needed-bypass-surgery-mummy-study-shows</link>
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		<title>What Killed Charles Darwin?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Charles Darwin became the latest “patient” at an annual conference that aims to unravel the medical mysteries of long-dead historical figures.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.history.com/news/what-killed-charles-darwin</link>
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		<title>Sacred Text Describes Successful Brain Surgery in Ancient Tibet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An intriguing account of ancient brain surgery in Tibet has been found in a 2,900-year-old collection of Buddhist texts.]]></description>
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