Obese kids at higher respiratory risk post-surgery (Reuters) Reuters - Obese children who undergo elective surgery typically have more additional medical conditions than their normal-weight peers do and are also at greater risk of developing adverse respiratory events after the procedure, U.S. researchers report.
Source: news.yahoo.comChinese woman dies of bird flu (AP) 
AP - A migrant worker has died of the H5N1 virus in southern China, the Hong Kong government said Tuesday, as the country confirmed its fourth outbreak of bird flu among poultry this year.
Source: news.yahoo.comRise in midlife stroke in women linked to obesity (Reuters) Reuters - The rapidly rising incidence of stroke among Americans is primarily due to the increasing number of middle-aged women who are having strokes. The increasing incidence is also associated with abdominal obesity, investigators told attendees here at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2008.
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