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February 10, 2016

Extra fat by age 10 tied to increased diabetes risk in preteens

Children who have excess body fat by age 10 may have greater odds of developing diabetes in their preteen years than their slimmer peers, a Canadian study suggests.

February 10, 2016

Better diet tied to less severe metabolic syndrome in teens

U.S. teens are eating healthier diets and showing less severe metabolic syndrome - a cluster of conditions like high blood pressure and elevated blood sugar that can lead to cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes - a new study suggests.

February 10, 2016

Biggest ever infectious disease survey to speed end of trachoma

LONDON - Surveyors were taken hostage in Yemen, accused of being representatives of Dracula in Papua New Guinea, worked in sandstorms and temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius in Ethiopia.

February 10, 2016

Long-term marijuana use tied to worse verbal memory in middle age

As marijuana becomes more accessible to young and old alike in the U.S., researchers warn that long-term use of the drug may cause lasting harm to at least one type of brain function.

February 10, 2016

Olympic medals prospect Kenya causes stir in weighing Zika and Rio

Kenya, with its stellar medal prospects for the Rio Games, caused a stir on Tuesday when the head of its Olympics committee said the team might withdraw because of Zika, but officials said later it was too soon to decide on the impact of the virus.

February 9, 2016

Nearly 100 nerve disorder cases linked to Zika in Colombia, health officials say

BOGOTA, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly 100 Colombians suffering from the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare nerve disorder, also have symptoms of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, Colombia's National Health Institute has said.

February 9, 2016

Liberia's Ebola widows learn to become the new breadwinners

Huddled together in the bedroom of their mud-brick home in rural Liberia, Marthaline Sweet's children stare at her hungrily as she picks up her one-month-old baby.

February 9, 2016

Hawaii's Big Island declares emergency over dengue fever infections

The mayor of Hawaii's Big Island declared a state of emergency on Monday to deal with a growing outbreak of dengue fever, spread by infected mosquitoes, with 250 cases confirmed over the past four months.

February 9, 2016

Impact of Zika virus on Olympic preparations

Sports authorities across the world are scrambling to find out more about the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil as they make plans for August's Rio Olympics.

February 8, 2016

CDC discovers new bacteria species that causes Lyme disease

Researchers have discovered a second type of bacteria that causes Lyme disease that is carried by the same deer tick, but that veers from the condition鈥檚 typical symptom of a 鈥渂ull鈥檚 eye鈥� rash.