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Youth take part in a walk at the Wellspring Academy, a special ...

(AFP) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Youth take part in a walk at the Wellspring Academy, a special school that helps teens and college level students lose weight along with academic courses, in October 2009 in Reedley, California. Photo:Justin Sullivan/AFP

US First Lady Michelle Obama, alongside members of the 2009 ...

(AFP) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - US First Lady Michelle Obama, alongside members of the 2009 National Championship Pee-Wee football team, the Watkins Hornets, speaks about her initiative, 'Let's Move,' a campaign to help combat childhood obesity, during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP

Australian researchers said a new study supported the use of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Australian researchers said a new study supported the use of lap-band surgery for severely overweight teenagers after it found the procedure helped them lose 80% of their excess fat. The study showed dramatically better results among adolescents who had the surgery, compared with those on a strict diet and exercise regime. Photo:Stephen Shaver/AFP

First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity 'epidemic' that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP

Locked containers for used needles can be seen hung on the walls ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Locked containers for used needles can be seen hung on the walls of the injection booths at Insite in Vancouver, Tuesday, May 6, 2008.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

The World Health Organization provides dyptheria and Tetnus ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - The World Health Organization provides dyptheria and Tetnus vaccinations given by Cuban doctors at the National Stadium on February 3, in downtown Port-au-Prince. The WHO on Tuesday halted free drug deliveries to private hospitals and NGOs in quake-devastated Haiti following reports patients were being charged for treatment, a spokeswoman said. Photo:Sophia Paris/AFP

An obese child steps on a scale. US First Lady Michelle Obama ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - An obese child steps on a scale. US First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a major push against childhood obesity, which affects around one in three US children and threatens to make the current generation of Americans the first to live shorter lives than their parents. Photo:Francois Guillot/AFP

A one-day-old baby boy's heel is pricked for blood during a ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:46:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A one-day-old baby boy's heel is pricked for blood during a phenylketonuria (PKU) test at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn - is facing an ethics attack. States increasingly are storing the leftover blood samples for later medical research, often without parents' knowledge or consent - prompting lawsuits in two states and work in many others to give parents a greater say. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pigs stand in their pen at a farm. Australian medical researchers ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pigs stand in their pen at a farm. Australian medical researchers said Tuesday they have made advances that could see pig lungs transplanted into humans within a decade. Photo:Viktor Drachev/AFP

US President Barack Obama speaks before signing a memorandum ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama speaks before signing a memorandum on childhood obesity as First Lady Michelle Obama looks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP

First Lady Michelle Obama stands in the Oval Office of the White ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama stands in the Oval Office of the White House during the launch of a major push against childhood obesity, which she has targeted as one of the greatest threats to America's health and economy. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP

Smokers at Tampa International Airport are seen taking advantage ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - Smokers at Tampa International Airport are seen taking advantage of the airport's smoking area. When a cigarette burns, nicotine is released in the form of a vapor that collects and condenses on indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes and furniture, where it can linger for months, said the study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink and bottles of drinking water as a school child (R) sits next to her drinking a soft drink in 2008. People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows. Photo:Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP

The shadows of participants a fund raiser for breast cancer ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:30:00 GMT

(AFP) - The shadows of participants a fund raiser for breast cancer are cast on a poster. A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday. Photo:Jay Directo/AFP

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams, left, speaks ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:52:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams, left, speaks to the media after addressing the Calgary Chamber of Commerce in Calgary, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Business administration officers check dairy products at a supermarket ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:52:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Business administration officers check dairy products at a supermarket in Rizhao in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Elderly ladies are seen at the Franco-German border in Strasbourg, ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Elderly ladies are seen at the Franco-German border in Strasbourg, Easter France in 2009. Certain people carry a genetic variant that could shave three or four years off their life, according to a new study. Photo:Patrick Hertzog/AFP

A boy with autism at a treament center. Women over 40 are nearly ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - A boy with autism at a treament center. Women over 40 are nearly twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child than a mother under 30, researchers said in a study that found more evidence of links between autism and maternal age. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP

A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man takes an HIV test in 2009 at the World Aids day event in Pretoria, South Africa. A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed. Photo:Paballo Thekiso/AFP

A mother holds a portrait of her deceased grand-daughter outside ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - A mother holds a portrait of her deceased grand-daughter outside the Complaints Department of the Ministry of Health in Beijing. Chinese authorities are hunting for nearly 100 tonnes of melamine-laced milk powder left over from 2008 which resulted in the deaths of six babies who consumed the toxic substance, state media has said. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

Graphic on Papua New Guinea's first reported cholera outbreak ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic on Papua New Guinea's first reported cholera outbreak in 50 years Photo:/AFP

A young boy takes a shower in a street among traditional stilt ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - A young boy takes a shower in a street among traditional stilt homes near Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. The Pacific nation has seen a cholera outbreak spread to 2,000 people, a World Health Organization official has said as he warned that poor water sanitation was making the disease hard to contain. Photo:Torsten Blackwood/AFP

President Barack Obama is shown in this file photo. THE ASSOCIATED ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:59:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President Barack Obama is shown in this file photo. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charles Dharapak

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:12:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Susan Walsh)

Revelers celebrate during the Ceu na Terra parade in Rio de ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:46:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Revelers celebrate during the Ceu na Terra parade in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Hundreds gathered in the streets of Santa Teresa following the tramcar during one of the many parades before Carnival, which runs Feb. 12-15. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Felipe Dana)

Children wear surgical masks at 'Enrique Rebsamen' school in ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Children wear surgical masks at 'Enrique Rebsamen' school in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2009. The global death toll from swine flu has risen to 15,174, up 463 from a week ago, but the pandemic is steadily losing momentum around the world, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. Photo:Juan Carlos Reyes/AFP

The Maxi-Cosi Mico safety seats is shown in this company handout ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:33:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - The Maxi-Cosi Mico safety seats is shown in this company handout photo. Transport Canada says it has detected a potential problem with an infant car seat distributed by Montreal-based Dorel Industries Inc. It says the seats can still be used but owners should check that a release handle is pushed in properly and fully locked. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Dorel Industries

Women cook in 2007 near the 'Babemba Traore' stadium in Sikasso, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - Women cook in 2007 near the 'Babemba Traore' stadium in Sikasso, Mali. In Mali over 90 percent of women between 15 and 49 years of age have been circumcised, with up to 140 million women and girls in 28 countries, especially in Africa and the Middle East. Photo:Georges Gobet/AFP

A research breakthrough may give a voice to people presumed ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - A research breakthrough may give a voice to people presumed to be in a vegetative state. A man who had been presumed to be in a vegetative state for five years, can communicate yes and no via his thought patterns, according to a study by British and Belgian researchers. Photo:/AFP

Graphic on a research breakthrough that may give a voice to ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic on a research breakthrough that may give a voice to people presumed to be in a vegetative state. A man who had been presumed to be in a vegetative state for five years, can communicate yes and no via his thought patterns, according to a study by British and Belgian researchers. Photo:null/AFP

File photo shows a mother riding a bicycle with her young children ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a mother riding a bicycle with her young children in a park in Tokyo. An Australian National University team conducting a 20-year population study on health and ageing analysed the mental function of a group of women before and during pregnancy and in the early stages of motherhood. The study found that carrying a baby had 'pretty much no permanent effects' on a woman's brain Photo:Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP

File photo shows pregnant women taking part in a yoga lesson ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows pregnant women taking part in a yoga lesson in a Maternity Hospital. Australian researchers said on Friday they had debunked the myth that a women's ability to think was impaired by pregnancy and mothering a newborn -- a condition commonly referred to as 'baby brain'. Photo:Alexander Drozdov/AFP

Archive video: Four children have died and more than 6,000 are ...

(AFP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - Archive video: Four children have died and more than 6,000 are ill after consuming contaminated milk powder. Chinese authorities have vowed to fully investigate the scandal which is the latest in a litany of problems surrounding the country's food quality and safety. Duration: 02:42 Photo:/AFP

A young child drinks milk from a bottle outside his home in ...

(AFP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - A young child drinks milk from a bottle outside his home in a hutong in Beijing. Chinese officials have banned independent reporting on the latest toxic food scandal involving melamine, a chemical blamed for the deaths of six babies in 2008, a press watchdog has said. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

A man who had been presumed to be in a vegetative state for ...

(AFP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man who had been presumed to be in a vegetative state for five years, can communicate yes and no via his thought patterns, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday. Photo:/AFP

A laboratory assistant is seen with a blood sample collected ...

(AFP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - A laboratory assistant is seen with a blood sample collected for testing for malaria. A malaria vaccine tested by US and African researchers in Mali produced a robust immune response in young children, the group most vulnerable to the mosquito-borne disease, according to a report released on Thursday. Photo:Tony Karumba/AFP

Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Debate over the obesity epidemic sweeping parts of the world has focussed on whether lifestyle -- too much junk food and couch-potato living -- is the big culprit or whether genes are also to blame. A new study may help tip the balance in favour of those who claim that fat runs in their family and there is little they can do about it. Photo:/AFP

An illustration explaining how malaria infects humans. Investigators ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - An illustration explaining how malaria infects humans. Investigators said on Wednesday they had made important lab discoveries in mosquitoes and the parasite which causes malaria, opening up new paths for attacking a disease that claims nearly a million lives per year. Photo:/AFP

A mosquito is bloated with blood as it inserts its stinger into ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - A mosquito is bloated with blood as it inserts its stinger into human flesh in this undated photo released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Investigators said on Wednesday they had made important lab discoveries in mosquitoes and the parasite which causes malaria, opening up new paths for attacking a disease that claims nearly a million lives per year. Photo:/AFP

Vehicles are caught in a heavy traffic on the main expressway ...