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      <title>This is the city that will subsidize the installation of defibrillators in residential buildings</title>
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      <title>Israeli study: Viagra may help prevent the spread of cancerous tumors</title>
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      <description> &lt;img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_933,w_1400/725719' alt='Blood donation is one of the simplest actions that can save lives (photo credit: Shlomi Gabay)' title='Blood donation is one of the simplest actions that can save lives (photo credit: Shlomi Gabay)' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What percentage of your blood is taken in a donation? Does it weaken you? Who is forbidden from donating blood – and more myths and things you did not know about blood donation.&lt;br /&gt; </description>
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