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Does obesity contribute to global warming?

A research team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is pinpointing obesity as a key cause of global warming. Their argument is ... Read More »

Graveyard shift linked to cancer risk

I guess it's not called the graveyard shift for nothing. The World Health Organization will soon be adding overnight shift work as a cause of cancer, ... Read More »

WHO: poor countries need cheaper drugs

Can pharmaceutical drug companies make HIV drugs cheaper and more available to poorer countries where AIDS is reaching higher levels? That is the ... Read More »

2007 world health statistics published

The World Health Organization published the 2007 edition of world health statistics. The data is gathered from 193 nations and focuses on 10 closely ... Read More »

French put warnings on unhealthy foods

Though recent book titles -- such as the popular French Women Don't Get Fat -- would have us believe that the French have properly taught themselves ... Read More »

It's a small world, but we're all getting bigger!

It may be a small world, but the world's population is quickly gaining weight. That's according to recent estimates by the World Health Organization, ... Read More »

Hospitals focus on clean hands to save lives

The United Nations agency recently estimated that as many as 1.4 million people around the world, at any given moment, are sick from illnesses they ... Read More »

Bird Flu expert becomes top U.N Health Official

A bird flu expert from China will soon become the most powerful health official in the world. Dr. Margaret Chan was selected yesterday as he world's ... Read More »