Monday, February 14, 2005

Health Headlines - February 14

Personality, Not Values, Makes the Marriage

Shared moral values are less important than compatible personalities as a recipe for a good marriage, according to a study released on Sunday.

Southern Food Frustrates Health Officials

Amid a national obesity epidemic and the South's infamous distinction as the "Stroke Belt," health officials have been trying to get diners to flinch, at least a little, at the region's trademark fried and fatty foods.

Military Amputee Seeks Help for Wounded

Ever since Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Kelly lost his right leg to a roadside bomb near Baghdad more than a year ago, he has been on a mission. It was more than just learning how to walk again on a prosthetic limb or figuring out what to do with his life.

U.N. Members to Address Human Cloning

U.N. members on both sides of the bitterly divisive debate over human cloning will try to agree Monday on a declaration urging countries to adopt legislation banning attempts to create human life.

Love Doc: Kissing Is Best Valentine's Gift

This Valentine's Day, forget the flowers and chocolate. Cherie Byrd has a better idea: Learn to pucker up. Byrd, a psychotherapist who teaches kissing, thinks Americans should use their lips to speak to their sweethearts instead of their wallets.

Unwelcome AIDS patients forced into underfunded hospices

Manju watched her mother die at a decent house that was used as a care centre for 15 AIDS patients. Shortly after, neighbors won a battle to close the place and the seven-year-old was forced into a drab and undisclosed hospice.

Family sues Libya over children's deaths in AIDS epidemic

A Libyan family whose two daughters died of AIDS after being in a hospital hit by an outbreak of the deadly virus went to court to sue the state over their deaths, a legal source said.

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