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Young obesity doubles death risk before 55: study Men who are obese in their early 20s are twice as likely as peers of average weight to die before reaching the age of 55.

01 May 2013

Living in US raises risk of allergies Children born outside the United States have a lower risk of asthma, skin and food allergies, and living in the United States for a decade may raise a person's allergy risk.

30 April 2013

Gene clues point to Cambodia for resistant malaria Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin, the frontline drug against the disease.

29 April 2013

'Arm-lift' surgery gains appeal in US Plastic surgery to remove fat and excess skin on the upper arms has gained appeal in the United States, where the procedure has exploded in popularity since the year 2000.

29 April 2013

Latin America threatened with cancer epidemic Latin America faces a cancer epidemic unless governments act quickly to improve health care systems and treat the poor.

26 April 2013

England prepares mass-vaccination push as measles cases rise England aims to inject a million youngsters with measles vaccine following a surge in cases of the potentially fatal disease.

25 April 2013

'Cinnamon challenge' game poses danger to lungs: report Health experts warned Monday about serious risks from the "Cinnamon Challenge," a game popular with US teens, who ingest a spoonful of the pungent spice, then try to refrain from drinking water.

23 April 2013

Kazakhstan microsurgeons tap into face transplantation surgeries Kazakhstan microsurgeons will soon be able to perform face transplantation surgeries: Italian surgeon Salvatore D’Arpe.

22 April 2013

WHO team probes bird flu in Shanghai A World Health Organisation team was due Monday to wrap up a trip to Shanghai, centre of China's bird flu outbreak which has killed 20 people, as part of an investigation into how the virus is spreading.

22 April 2013

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US hospitals make more money when surgery goes wrong US hospitals face a disincentive to improve care because they make drastically more money when surgery goes wrong than when a patient is discharged with no complications.

17 April 2013

Online pictures of dead birds spur China flu openness Photos of 10 dead sparrows on a Chinese pavement which went viral on social media and drew a swift official response show how hard covering up a bird flu outbreak would be in the Internet age.

17 April 2013

Australians getting fatter, more anxious: survey Australians are smoking and drinking less than they were five years ago but are fatter and more anxious.

16 April 2013

China media urge eating poultry despite bird flu China's poultry industry lost 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in the week after the H7N9 bird flu virus began infecting humans, state-run media said Monday as they sought to discourage panic.

15 April 2013

First human H7N9 bird flu case in Beijing confirmed A seven-year-old girl was confirmed as Beijing's first human case of H7N9 bird flu on Saturday, local authorities said, as China's outbreak of the disease spread to the capital.

13 April 2013

H7N9 vaccine may take months: US agency Developing a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu that has killed 10 people in eastern China could take "many months".

12 April 2013

Residents in China ordered to cull birds: media Residents of a Chinese city were ordered to cull all their poultry as authorities stepped up attempts to halt the spread of the deadly H7N9 bird flu.

11 April 2013

New gene linked with double Alzheimer's risk for blacks African-Americans with a certain gene variant have nearly double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease than those without it.

11 April 2013

Arrhythmia drug may increase cancer risk: study A common treatment for irregular heartbeats may have a serious side effect: a new study out Tuesday showed it could increase the risk for certain cancers.

10 April 2013

Cambodia fights surge in bird flu deaths As China scrambles to contain a deadly new strain of bird flu, Cambodia is battling a spike in the better known H5N1 strain that is baffling experts a decade after a major outbreak began in Asia.

09 April 2013