PRETORIA (AFP) - The South African military’s blanket exclusions of HIV positive members is not medically justified and ignores government policy, lawyers for service personnel union told a court Thursday.
A lawyer for the South African Security Forces Union, which is attempting to force the military to review its HIV-AIDS policy, said the army had failed [...]

GENEVA (AFP) - A “liquid lunch” could no longer mean a few pints down the pub, but instead a healthy way to lose weight, according to a study presented Thursday by scientists from food giant Unilever.
The scientists found that bulking up the volume of food with certain gases or water can make you feel fuller [...]

LARISSA, Greece (AFP) - Surgeons have removed the foetus of an undeveloped twin from the stomach of a nine-year-old Greek girl, doctors said Thursday.
In a rare medical case, the girl had grown up with the six-centimetre (two-inch) foetus inside her undetected until recently.
Doctors at the hospital at Larissa said the girl had recovered with no [...]

BEIJING (AFP) - China said Thursday that no major disease outbreaks had been reported in the earthquake zone but warned that a battle against epidemics was only just beginning.
“Our work is just starting,” said Vice Health Minister Gao Qiang after announcing that 10,000 trained medical personnel were working in areas worst-hit by Monday’s 7.9 magnitude [...]

PRETORIA (AFP) - The South African military’s blanket exclusions of HIV positive members is not medically justified and ignores government policy, lawyers for service personnel union told a court Thursday.
A lawyer for the South African Security Forces Union, which is attempting to force the military to review its HIV-AIDS policy, said the army had failed [...]

GLASGOW (Reuters) - Former Celtic manager Tommy Burns was widely praised as a great footballer and a special person on Thursday after dying of cancer aged 51.
“Tommy, a true Celtic legend and wonderful man, will be sadly missed by us all,” Celtic said on their Web site (www.celticfc.net).
Burns was first treated for skin cancer in [...]

GLASGOW (Reuters) - Former Celtic manager Tommy Burns was widely praised as a great footballer and a special person on Thursday after dying of cancer aged 51.
“Tommy, a true Celtic legend and wonderful man, will be sadly missed by us all,” Celtic said on their Web site (www.celticfc.net).
Burns was first treated for skin cancer in [...]

GENEVA (AFP) - Childhood obesity may be levelling in France in contrast to the general trend in Europe where more youngsters are growing fat, according to two new studies presented Thursday.
Researchers say they are yet unable to link changes in public health policies to the stabilising trend, but stress that an increased awareness of the [...]

LONDON (AFP) - Former Celtic midfielder and manager Tommy Burns has died aged 51, the Scottish club confirmed Thursday. He had been suffering from skin cancer.
“It is with great sadness that Celtic Football Club confirmed this morning that Tommy Burns has passed away,” the Glasgow giants said on their website.
“Tommy, a true Celtic legend and [...]

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will build its own factory to produce human bird flu vaccine, health officials said Thursday as authorities battled the country’s worst outbreak among poultry.
The factory will produce enough vaccine to treat 20 million people a year and will be built next year at Hwasun, 270 kilometres (160 miles) south of [...]