Month: January 2015

Health experts are in agreement that balanced diet in combination with physical exercise can lead to healthy lifestyle. Researchers suggest that …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – International donors led by Bill Gates and Britain pledged $7.5 billion on Tuesday for vaccines to immunize 300 million children in poor countries against potentially deadly diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia, Germany's development minister said. At a Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) conference in Berlin, the British government and the Microsoft founder once again topped the donations at about $1.5 billion each. German Development Minister Gerd Mueller said the donors had actually beaten GAVI's target by pledging $7.54 billion. …

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… from other means of losing weight or maintaining health, such as the diet industry or big pharma (some scientists are confident that controlled fasting …
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Payers are likely to put pressure on drugmakers to lower the cost of cancer medicines, particularly when alternative treatments are available, the head of Novartis’ pharma division said on Tuesday. “I think there will be increased pressure on oncology prices,” David Epstein, head of Novartis’ pharmaceutical division told an analyst call after the company reported fourth-quarter results. Earlier this month it said cost savings on expensive cancer treatments could be achieved if the company were involved earlier in the decision-making process.
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The United Nations has secured a pledge for the release of about 3,000 child soldiers in South Sudan, in what it called “one of the largest ever demobilisations of children”. The children, aged between 11 and 17, were recruited by the South Sudan Democratic Army (SSDA) Cobra Faction, led by David Yau Yau, and some had been fighting for almost four years. Two hundred and eighty children were released on Tuesday at a village in Jonglei State, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said, and further releases will take place over the next month. “These children have been forced to do and see things no child should ever experience,” said Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF’s South Sudan representative.
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By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) – When 55-year-old Connie Antoniou visits her fitness studio, the leg press knows her name. “The machines are programmed for my body so they take the guesswork out and I’m not worried I’ll injure myself,” said Antoniou, an Illinois realtor. It just took too long.” An increasing number of gyms are using high-tech exercise equipment that can prompt, respond and adapt to individuals in what fitness experts say may signal a future that frees clients from trying to gauge how fast, how hard or how long to work out. Now her trainer at The Exercise Coach fitness studio punches a code into the fitness machine, her name pops up on a screen, and a session tailored to her personal goals and strengths begins.

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