<rss xmlns:cm="http://choicemedia.com/content/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>AnxietyConnection.com - Latest Anxiety News</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/</link><description>Latest Anxiety News from AnxietyConnection.com</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>AnxietyConnection.com</title><width>120</width><height>19</height><url>http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif</url><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/</link></image><item><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:24:02 EST</pubDate><title>Biofeedback Now Seen as Mainstream Treatment for Pain, Anxiety</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/news-462314-98.html</link><description>Biofeedback, an approach that uses computers and sensors to help patients learn their bodies' responses, has now joined "regular" medicine as a treatment for pain, anxiety, and other medical conditions.</description><guid 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