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AFP – Tue, Apr 10, 2012 In Brazil, a country known for girls in mini-bikinis and where body-consciousness borders on obsession, nearly half the population is overweight, a study by the Ministry of Health released Tuesday found. “There is a tendency toward increased weight and obesity in the country. It’s time to reverse the trend to avoid [...]

ATLANTA, April 11 (UPI) – Fewer babies were born to U.S. teenagers ages 15-19 in 2010 — 367,752 — than in any year since 1946′s 322,380, federal health officials said. The preliminary report by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, used the most current [...]

Published: March. 12, 2012 at 12:11 AM OXFORD, England, March 12 (UPI) – A British professor said one lifestyle change — smoking cessation — resulted in cutting in half the number of men dying in their 60s from heart disease. Sarah Harper, a professor of gerontology at the University of Oxford, said 11,000 men in [...]

Published: Feb. 14, 2012 at 12:31 AM AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Feb. 14 (UPI) – Learning that someone doesn’t like you triggers a drop in heart rate, University of Amsterdam researchers found. Researchers asked 27 student volunteers ages 18-25 — 18 female, 9 male — to submit photos of themselves. The students were told this was for [...]

Published: Jan. 23, 2012 at 2:01 AM ATLANTA, Jan. 23 (UPI) — The U.S. teen birth rate is the highest in the developed world with about 400,000 infants being born to mothers ages 15-19 every year, federal officials say. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta analyzed data from the 2004 [...]

Published: Nov. 26, 2011 at 11:41 PM ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 26 (UPI) — A high percentage of U.S. adults give their physicians high grades, an online survey indicates. Lead author Rajesh Balkrishnan, an associate professor in the University of Michigan School of Public Health and College of Pharmacy, and colleagues analyzed data from an [...]

Published: Nov. 8, 2011 at 12:44 AM BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Nov. 8 (UPI) — U.S. women with the least education and with the most education have the lowest rate of first divorce, researchers say. Researchers at the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University, using data from 2010 from the [...]

Your Friends’ Activity back next By Roy Strom | Reuters – Fri, Oct 7, 2011 CHICAGO (Reuters) – The percentage of Americans of “normal weight” has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority, according to a new study. In the third quarter of 2011, 36.6 percent of Americans [...]

Your Friends’ Activity back next By Roy Strom | Reuters – 4 hrs ago CHICAGO (Reuters) – The percentage of Americans of “normal weight” has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority, according to a new study. In the third quarter of 2011, 36.6 percent of Americans were [...]

Your Friends’ Activity back next By Roy Strom | Reuters – 4 hrs ago CHICAGO (Reuters) – The percentage of Americans of “normal weight” has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority, according to a new study. In the third quarter of 2011, 36.6 percent of Americans were [...]

Published: Aug. 31, 2011 at 6:03 PM WESTPORT, Conn., Aug. 31 (UPI) — The U.S. death rate for newborn babies is higher than 40 other countries, and is tied with Qatar, Croatia and the United Arab Emirates, a report says. Researchers at the World Health Organization and Save the Children produced the most comprehensive estimates [...]