XML Feeds / XSLT

Hi, I need to embed an XML feed in a website and understand that I need to learn XSLT ...which is completely new to me. The feed looks something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <WholeBodyList>
- <WholeBody>
<Title>Blood</Title>
</WholeBody>
- <WholeBody>
<<Title>Joints</Title>
</WholeBody>
</WholeBodyList>
I had hoped that using a standard RSS reader (such as Google gAjax RSS Feeds) and CSS would be sufficient ....but this failed!
I would be very grateful if someone could put me in the right direction ....even if I need to climb a sharp learning curve to learn XSLT.
Many thanks
Simon

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