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Archive for January, 2008

Saudi in new bird flu cull (AFP)

AFP - The Saudi agriculture ministry ordered a cull of 158,000 chickens on Tuesday following the confirmation of a new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu that is dangerous to humans.

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EU health chief uses food labels to fight obesity (Reuters)

Reuters - The European Union’s health chief
wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the
growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff
political and industrial opposition.
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WHO to recommend ways to reduce harm of alcohol (Reuters)

Reuters - World Health Organization (WHO) experts
will recommend ways to fight dangers linked to alcohol,
including heart and liver disease, road accidents, suicides and
sexually-transmitted infections, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

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UK to spend millions on anti-obesity campaign (Reuters)

Reuters - The government is to spend 75 million
pounds on a campaign to encourage healthy lifestyles and
counter what it calls an obesity epidemic in Britain.
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Obesity surgery helps diabetics, study finds (Reuters)

Reuters - Weight loss surgery can be especially
helpful to patients with diabetes and can even help them
reverse the disease, Australian researchers reported on
Tuesday.
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