Hospitals prepare for growing ranks of obese (Reuters)
Reuters - As Americans keep getting bigger, hospitals are revamping themselves to accommodate an influx of obese patients.

Eleven seen as a key age for obese children (Reuters)
Reuters - Children who are overweight or obese by the age of 11 are likely to carry their excess weight into adulthood and to suffer from related health problems, researchers said on Friday.

Scandal of dead bodies left on hospital ward in funding crisis
Dead bodies are being left on hospital wards overnight because of a shortage of night porters to move them to a mortuary, it has emerged. Nurses at a hospital in Lancashire have been told dead patients cannot be moved until the following day because of a funding crisis

New Book Debunks Popular Dieting Myths And Offers Physician-Based Approach For Successful Weight Loss
Approximately 68 percent of alladults in the United States are overweight and 30.5 percent are obese,according to the American Obesity Association. These numbers continue torise each year as men and women are constantly exposed to increasingportion sizes of foods high in sugar and fat, which are less expensive,more available and easier to prepare than healthier options. [click link for full article]

‘Artificial light increases breast cancer risk’
Women who sleep with the light on or stay up late at night could be at a greater risk of breast cancer, according to scientists. Researchers have long suggested that being exposed to too much light at night disrupts crucial hormones and raises the chance of developing breast tumours