health measures

(World Vision) A new report warns basic life-saving solutions such as hygiene, adequate nutrition, bed nets and skilled birth attendants "not a priority" for too many leaders.

"Politics, not poverty, is what is killing these children," the NGO's leader says. Much health funding is spent in ways that fail to have greatest impact for saving children and mothers; changing that could save as many as six million a year.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Supersized pro football players are prone to high blood pressure but fare better on some other health measures than more average-sized men, new NFL-sponsored research shows.

The mixed results suggest that intense physical conditioning can help reduce but not wipe out ill effects excess weight has on heart disease-related risks....