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May 06, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Over 120 dead in more Yemen fighting, aid groups may stop work

By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Mohammed Ghobari ADEN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Over 120 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in heavy fighting across Yemen, rescue workers and Houthi sources said on Wednesday, as aid agencies warned fuel shortages could halt their urgent work. The heaviest clashes were concentrated in the southern port city of Aden, where at least 40 civilians trying to flee the city by boat died when shells fired by

May 06, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Over 120 dead in more Yemen fighting, aid groups may stop work

By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Mohammed Ghobari ADEN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Over 120 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in heavy fighting across Yemen, rescue workers and Houthi sources said on Wednesday, as aid agencies warned fuel shortages could halt their urgent work. The heaviest clashes were concentrated in the southern port city of Aden, where at least 40 civilians trying to flee the city by boat died when shells fired by

May 06, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Europe's obesity crisis expands to 'enormous proportions'

Europe faces an obesity crisis of “enormous proportions” as unhealthy diets and physical inactivity inflate waistlines and health costs, the World Health Organization claimed Wednesday. Nearly all adults in Ireland — one of Europe’s fattest nations — will be overweight by 2030, the European Congress on Obesity in Prague was told. “Even in countries with a traditionally lower prevalence of obesity such as Sweden, obesity rates are predicted to rise

May 06, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Europe's obesity crisis expands to 'enormous proportions'

Europe faces an obesity crisis of “enormous proportions” as unhealthy diets and physical inactivity inflate waistlines and health costs, the World Health Organization claimed Wednesday. Nearly all adults in Ireland — one of Europe’s fattest nations — will be overweight by 2030, the European Congress on Obesity in Prague was told. “Even in countries with a traditionally lower prevalence of obesity such as Sweden, obesity rates are predicted to rise