<rss xmlns:cm="http://choicemedia.com/content/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>MyHeartCentral.com - Latest Heart Disease News</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/</link><description>Latest Heart Disease News from MyHeartCentral.com</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>MyHeartCentral.com</title><width>120</width><height>19</height><url>http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif</url><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/</link></image><item><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:30:04 EDT</pubDate><title>Where You Live Plays a Big Role in Health: Study</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-595210-98.html</link><description>Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found  that black and white patients who lived in poor areas had around the  same level of health disparities when compared to people who lived in  more affluent neighborhoods.</description><guid 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