South Africa: Health Department Happy With Aids Progress
[Health-e]
The national Health Department is upbeat that the country is making significant progress in dealing with the AIDS epidemic. It says it has reached over 80% of South Africans eligible for antiretroviral treatment in the last five years. But it admits that preventing new HIV infections has been a challenge. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Caesarean section babies 'face double the risk of obesity' than those delivered naturally
Doctors say the obesity epidemic could be driven in part by rising rates of surgical deliveries - in England almost 25 per cent, which totals around 155,000 a year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
