<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Medical Devices: News &amp; Videos about Medical Devices - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Medical_Devices</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Medical Devices from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:25:12 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Medical Devices: News &amp; Videos about Medical Devices - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Medical_Devices</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Medical Devices from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>The artificial hand that can 'feel'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/06/artificial.hand.feel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/06/artificial.hand.feel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Researchers are working on a breakthrough in artificial limb technology -- a prosthetic hand that can actually feel.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How long will a heart stent last?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/09/02/heart.stent.longevity.brawley/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/09/02/heart.stent.longevity.brawley/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I had a stent placed in my heart on December 9, 2002. What is the longevity for this stent? It was the newer kind that was safer at the time.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Headphones could interfere with pacemakers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/09/headphones.pacemakers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/11/09/headphones.pacemakers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Most people with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators enjoy their iPods or other MP3 players just as much as anyone else, but a new study suggests they should be cautious about where they store the headphones.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Living in the now: Cancer survivor finds her purpose in life</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/bia.cancer.survivor.diary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/bia.cancer.survivor.diary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Who knew that fighting breast cancer for the third time in seven years would reveal my purpose in life.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fingerprint study offers inspiration for robotics research</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/fingerprints.study/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/fingerprints.study/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ever wonder how your fingers can tell that silk feels different from paper, which feels different from wood?</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Miracle children survive against the odds</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/11/26/o.miracle.children/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/11/26/o.miracle.children/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A baby who never uttered a word touched the hearts of nearly a million people.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'How do I say no' to the limbless?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/22/heroes.puckett/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/22/heroes.puckett/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"My life was sad before because I had to crawl on the ground," recalls Caesar Morales, a 24-year-old father in Mexico who, until recently, had only one limb and couldn't walk.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>French scientist unveils artificial heart</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/29/artificial.heart/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/29/artificial.heart/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>French scientists have unveiled a working prototype of a fully artificial heart which is based on the technology of satellites and airplanes.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>French Try Plane Technology in Artificial Heart</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1854802,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1854802,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>In the race to build a better artificial heart, French scientists have turned to technology from satellites and airplanes to create a heart that they say responds better to the human body</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Blade Runner' keeps Olympic hope alive</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/17/oly.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/17/oly.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius -- nicknamed the "blade runner" for his prosthetic limbs -- still hopes to make it to the Beijing Olympics despite failing to qualify for the individual 400-meter event, his coach said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Humpback whales help pioneer new heart treatment</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/03/medicine.biomimic/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/03/medicine.biomimic/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Medicine has much to learn from nature. 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How in the world could his heart just stop?"</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Blade Runner' wins Olympic appeal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/05/16/athletics.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/05/16/athletics.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A double amputee sprinter has won the right to be eligible to compete at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing after sport's highest court backed his appeal against a ban imposed by athletics authorities.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 16:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FDA: Insulin Pumps Linked to Injuries, Deaths</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1737714,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1737714,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Insulin pumps are used by tens of thousands of teenagers worldwide with Type 1 diabetes, but they can be risky and have been linked to injuries and even deaths</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cardiac-arrest victims' parents push for school defibrillators</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/04/heart.AEDs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/04/heart.AEDs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Joshua Miller trotted off the football field after making a special-teams play and headed to the bench.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Blade runner' loses Beijing hopes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/14/athletics.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/14/athletics.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Paralympic gold medal winner will not be allowed to compete in the Beijing Olympics later this year after athletics' governing body ruled that his specially-designed prosthetic limbs gave him an unfair advantage over other runners.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Double amputee walks again due to Bluetooth</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/01/25/bluetooth.legs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/01/25/bluetooth.legs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill lost both his legs above the knees when a bomb exploded under his Humvee while on patrol in Iraq on October 15, 2006. 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</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1659417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1659417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>We're all guilty of using our cell phones in off-limits areas. 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But J&amp;amp;J lost. So it needs to buy something else to keep its most promising business rolling.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Guidant goes with Boston Scientific</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/25/news/companies/guidant_jnj/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/25/news/companies/guidant_jnj/index.htm</guid><description>Guidant Corp. formally ended its merger agreement with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson and entered into a $27 billion accord with Boston Scientific, the medical device maker announced early Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>J&amp;amp;J has seen the future, and it is Guidant</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/23/news/companies/jnj/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/23/news/companies/jnj/index.htm</guid><description>Tuesday is a big day for Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson: not only is it announcing fourth-quarter results, but it faces a crucial deadline in the ongoing bidding war over Guidant.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why the battle for troubled Guidant?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/17/news/companies/guidant/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/17/news/companies/guidant/index.htm</guid><description>Is Guidant worth all this fuss?</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Guidant says Boston bid superior</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/17/news/companies/bostonscientific/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/17/news/companies/bostonscientific/index.htm</guid><description>Guidant's board of directors determined that the company's newly ramped-up offer from Boston Scientific Corp. is superior to Guidant's current merger agreement with Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The little pacemaker company that could</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/27/news/fortune500/guidant/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/27/news/fortune500/guidant/index.htm</guid><description>Guidant just can't get any relief from regulators, but analysts and a potential corporate buyer refuse to give up on the beleaguered pacemaker company.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: More deaths linked to Guidant</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/14/news/fortune500/guidant/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/14/news/fortune500/guidant/index.htm</guid><description>Guidant Corporation has notified the Food and Drug Administration of several new reports about recent patient deaths associated with short circuits in its heart devices, according to a published report.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Prosthetics helped me beat Kilimanjaro'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/12/13/warren.macdonald/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/12/13/warren.macdonald/index.html</guid><description>Warren Macdonald had both legs amputated above the knees after a climbing accident. But by modifying or trying out new types of prosthetics, he was soon back on top of the world. This is his story:</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'A tech revolution for disabled people'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/12/02/burke.snyder/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/12/02/burke.snyder/index.html</guid><description>Burke "Burko" Snyder had his left foot amputated when he was three years old. Now 46, he has used artificial legs and wheelchairs for most of his life, and has seen huge technological advancements in both. Here is his story:</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Ear implants restored my hearing'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/11/23/joshua.foreman/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/11/23/joshua.foreman/index.html</guid><description>Joshua Foreman, 14, was born profoundly deaf. He now has a cochlear implant fitted in each of his ears, and was one of the first people to have two implants fitted. The implants send electronic impulses of sound past his damaged auditory nerves to his brain, letting him hear again. Here is his story:</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>More Human Technology stories</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/11/10/human.tech.archive/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/11/10/human.tech.archive/index.html</guid><description>Enormous advances are being made in all areas of technology on a daily basis. CNN's Human Technology special talks to some of the people whose lives have been affected by these innovations. Click on the links below to read their stories.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Who's the next target for a J&amp;amp;J buyout?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/04/news/fortune500/jnj/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/04/news/fortune500/jnj/index.htm</guid><description>So who's next in line for a Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson buy-out?</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctors linked to device makers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/22/news/midcaps/medical_devices/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/22/news/midcaps/medical_devices/index.htm</guid><description>A published report says the Justice Department and many hospitals are looking into financial arrangements between medical device manufacturers and surgeons who typically decide which device will be given to a patient.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inamed gets silicone implant green light</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/21/news/midcaps/inamed/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/21/news/midcaps/inamed/index.htm</guid><description>Breast implant maker Inamed Corp. said Wednesday it received an approvable letter from the Food and Drug Administration, clearing a regulatory hurdle on its path to selling silicone implants in the United States.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Breast implant competition heats up</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/20/news/midcaps/medicor/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/20/news/midcaps/medicor/index.htm</guid><description>As they prepare to make the jump to silicone, Mentor and Inamed have the American breast implant market all to themselves, but they could soon face competition from an industry legend unnoticed by many investors.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Helicopters, Guns, Cardiac Devices, Weight-loss Centers, And More. FSB Maps The Secret Capitals of Small Business.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/09/01/8277772/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/09/01/8277772/index.htm</guid><description>Most business capitals shout their names from the hilltops--literally, in the case of Hollywood. Everyone knows which industry dominates that town, and which ones rule Detroit and Houston. But how ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A better breast implant</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/25/news/midcaps/implants/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/25/news/midcaps/implants/index.htm</guid><description>The market dynamic for breast implants could swing dramatically over the next year, and it has a lot to do with a new implant with a consistency that's been compared to Gummy Bears.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FDA moves toward silicone implant OK</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/28/breast.implants/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/28/breast.implants/index.html</guid><description>Silicone gel-filled breast implants moved a step closer to the U.S. market after the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has issued an "approvable" letter to Mentor Corp. for its implants.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is this the future of cardiac care?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/05/01/8259761/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/05/01/8259761/index.htm</guid><description>Shortly after 7 a.m. Dr. Laman Gray stepped into the operating room at Jewish Hospital in Louisville to begin the most important procedure of his 30-year career as a cardiac surgeon. Outside, the c...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who wins if FDA ok's silicone implants</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/14/news/midcaps/implants/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/14/news/midcaps/implants/index.htm</guid><description>The breast implant industry could face a radical shift in coming months if the FDA follows a panel recommendation favoring one company's implant over its rival's.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks we love</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/02/markets/valentines_stocks/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/02/markets/valentines_stocks/index.htm</guid><description>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Any romance needs to start with a spark, some sizzle, if you will. But for true love to blossom, there needs to be more than just sex appeal.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney leaves hospital after tests on heart</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/13/cheney/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/13/cheney/index.html</guid><description>Vice President Dick Cheney underwent tests at a hospital Saturday after experiencing shortness of breath, the White House said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New breast implant set for trials</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/29/breast.implants/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/29/breast.implants/index.html</guid><description>A British firm has announced plans to develop breast implants using a synthetic biomaterial which it claims will make them safer and feel more natural.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The New Bionic Man Ossur revolutionized the business of building prosthetic legs, making amputees better, stronger, faster--and </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/08/01/377359/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/08/01/377359/index.htm</guid><description>As Hilmar Janusson begins his weekly hike up a volcano in southwestern Iceland, he strides up a sloping, moss-covered hill for a while, then lifts and bends his right knee to hoist himself onto an ...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Checkup shows Cheney's health 'very good'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/11/cheney.health/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/11/cheney.health/index.html</guid><description>Doctors gave Vice President Dick Cheney a clean bill of health Tuesday at his annual heart checkup and found that his pacemaker had detected no irregular heartbeat, a spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2004 17:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special: CEOs On Innovation</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/03/08/363668/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/03/08/363668/index.htm</guid><description>"I Have a Cast-Iron Stomach" </description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Best Left TO Its Own Devices Medtronic, the No. 1             name in medical gadgetry, is as reliable as one of its pacemakers.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/09/01/327291/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/09/01/327291/index.htm</guid><description>Medtronic's new CEO Art Collins has a tough act to follow. His predecessor, William George, transformed Medtronic from a simple pacemaker manufacturer into the world's largest diversified medical d...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Human Place To Work A company can't be everything to all people, but it can try. Here's the tale of Medtronic's effort.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/01/08/294437/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/01/08/294437/index.htm</guid><description>Bill George cruises the long basement hallway between buildings at headquarters, and as he moves smartly from A to B, backs straighten, chins rise, and smiles appear within a 30-foot radius of his ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2001 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Style And Substance: Why Design Matters Many             small-business owners believe they can't afford good product           </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269598/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269598/index.htm</guid><description>She took it off only for the swimsuit segment of the competition. The rest of the time, she hid it under her formal gown, in a little holster attached to her thigh. Pistol-packin' mama? Nope--Miss ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How Smart Is Medtronic Really? "The Microsoft of medical devices" is what Wall Street calls the pacemaker king, which also makes</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267799/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267799/index.htm</guid><description>Way back in 1949, Earl Bakken, the co-founder of Medtronic, outlined his 100-year plan. His company then was nothing more than a hospital-equipment repair shop, and the notion of implanting electri...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Sizing Up A Stock Where to pin down the key data on an individual company</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/04/01/257693/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/04/01/257693/index.htm</guid><description>You now know how you can sort through large groups of stocks using screens. But what if you want to check up on one stock? I'll use an example to show you how. Recently, I saw that Medtronic (MDT),...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>You Gotta Have Heart Cardiac-care stocks are recessionproof but volatile.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/11/01/250321/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/11/01/250321/index.htm</guid><description>Saying nice things about cardiac-care companies is easy. Their products keep you alive--can't beat that for a slogan. And they cater to well-off, well-fed, aging markets in North America and Wester...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 1998 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NEW HOPE FOR THE HEART EARLY ARTIFICIAL HEARTS HURT THE PATIENTS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SAVE. THE FOLLOWING STORY REVEALS HOW A N</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/06/24/213763/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/06/24/213763/index.htm</guid><description>Few media circuses surpass the one that swept through the University of Utah Medical Center in 1982 after it announced the implantation of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in Barney Clark. Millions tu...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>STEADY STOCKS TO ANCHOR YOUR PORTFOLIO LET THE MARKET             DO ITS WORST: THESE NINE STALWARTS CAN RETURN UP TO 28% NEXT Y</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/12/06/207643/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/12/06/207643/index.htm</guid><description>REMEMBER THOSE OLD NAUTIcal words of wisdom? Red sky at night, sailors' delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Well, it's nearly morning in 1996, and here's our warning. Forget about sm...</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 1995 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UNDERCOVER IN A HOSPITAL</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/12/01/200466/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/12/01/200466/index.htm</guid><description>Last August I got the rare chance to spend three days inside a hospital, undercover as a consultant, following a surgeon on his rounds. The doctor set the ground rules: I was free to talk to anyone...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 1994 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>PROFITS FROM PROSTHESES</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71070/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71070/index.htm</guid><description>Watch Roger Charter, a double amputee, jog down a straightaway atop mechanical legs, and your mind reacts in stages. First, shock: This man, loping along, has metal and plastic where his legs and f...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>