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Please note that a list of our available RSS/XML feeds is available on our RSS News Feeds page.
RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication'. RSS allows you to keep up to date with the news on your favourite web sites, without having to visit them all individually. RSS sends the details straight to your news reader for you to browse through each time an update is detected.
"The most compelling use of RSS is that it lets users read dozens of websites, all on the same
page. The sites can be scanned in seconds rather than having to be laboriously loaded individually."
BBC News, 20th Feb 2004
RSS also allows you to deliver our latest headlines to your XML enabled web site. More information is available here.
Medical News Today offers RSS feeds for all of its news categories, as well as for their entire headlines list. Use this together with either a web based RSS feed reader, or a Desktop RSS feed reader to keep up to date on the news, throughout the day, every day.
How do I use your RSS feeds?You will either need to download and install a Desktop RSS feed reader program or use one of the web based RSS feed readers. We have listed some of the most popular programs below. Once you have either installed or subscribed to a news reader, simply add our RSS feed URL into the appropriate 'add feed' section. It will then collect and display the latest headlines.
The addresses of our RSS feeds are all listed on the RSS News Feeds page.
How do I get a news reader?A list of news readers appears below. They are divided up into web based readers and desktop readers. Please bear in mind that different readers work with different operating systems, so do check the instruction details before installing.
List of Web Based RSS Feed Readers
- My Yahoo Web Based Aggregator
- Google Reader - Web based news reader
- Bloglines - Web based news aggregator, free membership.
- Active Web Reader - Web based news aggregator - free. Requires IE6.
- NetNewsWire -- Mobile RSS Reader in free and premium versions.
- Klipfolio
free desktop reader. - AmphetaDesk - Mac, Linux, Windows versions. free.
- Awasu - Windows, free personal edition
- FeedDemon - Windows, free.
- Headline Viewer - Windows, free beta release
- NetNewsWire -- Macintosh, free.
- NewsCrawler - Windows, $24.95, free 14 day trail version available
Please Note: Medical News Today is not responsible for the content on external web sites.
