OBESE children may be damaging their thyroids, creating a vicious cycle of metabolism and overweight, Italian researchers reported today. Obesity may cause inflammation that damages the thyroid, which secretes hormones to regulate metabolism and other...

Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and health care system collapse, and is seeking more international help to pay for food, drugs and hospital equipment, the state-run newspaper said yesterday. “Our central...

SHANGHAI will accelerate urban infrastructure construction with a total investment of 500 billion yuan (US$73.22 billion) through 2010. The massive capital injection was a way to boost internal demand and increase the chances of stable economic growth...

ONLY a small percentage of local parents have talked to their children about sex, but most said they would discuss the subject calmly and give honest answers when their kids do want to know the facts of life. The parental attitudes were revealed...

Introduction The Beijing Games showed the world what the Olympic Games really are: a gathering of young people who share the same goal and the same enthusiasm for sport. They have impressed the world with their immense enthusiasm for the Games and their...

Rape has become a primary weapon in that war, says Geoffrey Keele, a UNICEF spokesman.”A lot of the women we talked to had said that this is just their lot in life and it is something to be endured,” he says. Keele says rape is designed to...

Dr Ram Baran Yadav has made history by becoming the first president of republic Nepal through a closely contested presidential run-off held Monday, thus fulfilling the long cherished dream of many Nepalese. Dr Ram Baran Yadav from Nepali Congress (NC),...

It is often said the health of a nation can be measured by its women. Yet one woman dies in childbirth every minute.Half a million women die in childbirth each year, entirely unnecessarily - nearly all of these deaths could be prevented if the women had...

Tobacco is the second major cause of preventable death in the world. Tobacco kills more than AIDS, legal drugs, illegal drugs, road accidents, murder, and suicide combined. It is currently responsible for approximately 5 million deaths each year. If...