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Obesity-related cancers rise for younger US generations, study says
Cancers linked to obesity are rising at a faster rate in millennials than in older generations in the United States, the American Cancer Society has said.
Mental health: UK could ban social media over suicide images, minister warns
Social media firms could be banned if they fail to remove harmful content, the health secretary has warned...
8th Annual Black Midwives And Healers Conference To Be Held In October In Miami
Portland, OR - The International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) will present the 8th annual Black Midwives and Healers Conference, Returning Power to Birth: Reclaiming Our Culture on October 19-21 at the Newport Beach Hotel, Sunny Isles, Florida.
Rwanda deploys officials to enforce ban on skin lightening creams
The Rwandan government is sending officials across the country to enforce its ban on skin lightening and bleaching products...The East African country is leading a campaign against skin bleaching and substandard cosmetics...
Six children dead in virus outbreak at US health centre
A viral outbreak at a New Jersey long-term medical care centre has killed six children and left a dozen more infected.
New drug for recurring malaria
A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States...
Dr. Bumbum: Brazil plastic surgeon on run after patient dies
A celebrity Brazilian plastic surgeon known as Dr Bumbum has gone on the run after a woman died following injections he gave her to enlarge her buttocks.
World AIDS Day-December 1, 2017
Everyone, regardless of who they are or where they live, has a right to health, which is also dependent on adequate sanitation and housing, nutritious food, healthy working conditions and access to justice. The right to health is supported by, and linked to, a wider set of rights...
Child and teen obesity spreading across the globe
Child and teenage obesity levels have risen ten-fold in the last four decades, meaning 124m boys and girls around the globe are too fat, according to new research.
John McCain has brain cancer, his office says
Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, according to his office...