Asia
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New video games may boost heart health
Video games – blamed for the unfitness of modern youth – may finally be redressing the balance, a major heart conference heard yesterday. Read more
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Northern winter spreads flu pandemic
More than 6,000 deaths from swine flu have now been reported worldwide as the virus spreads rapidly through the northern hemisphere, it has been announced. Read more
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Ten-year trial shows how to prevent diabetes
People whose poor diets, unfitness and weight put them at risk of developing diabetes can be helped to stave the disease off for a decade with a choice of treatments, researchers reported last night. Read more
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Cancer passes from mother to baby
A pregnant woman with cancer can pass the disease on to her baby, researchers have warned. Read more
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Chance that Chinese herbs may hold back diabetes
There is a possibility that Chinese herbal medicines have help prevent diabetes, but more evidence is needed, experts say today. Read more
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Babies will hit century – claim
More than half of babies born in rich nations today may live to be 100, according to an analysis today. Read more
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HIV vaccine success
Researchers are celebrating the first signs of success in a major trial of a vaccine against the Aids virus, HIV. Read more
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New doubts on prostate screening
New research has come out against population-wide screening of men for prostate cancer using the prostate specific antigen test. Read more
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Swine flu resumes spread
The spread of swine flu in Britain may have resumed with the return of children to school, health officials warned yesterday. Read more
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Call for widespread swine flu vaccination
Children should get any new swine flu vaccine as soon as possible to halt an epidemic, US researchers said last night. Read more