http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Studies on this disease recently completed by researchers from the Asia Partnership on Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (APEIR) developed a series of messages for policy makers that are highly relevant to the current outbreak. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-combating-h7n9-lessons-apeir-h5n1.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:30:21 EST news285834612 Researchers questioned nearly 5000 people in Argentina, Japan, Mexico, UK, and USA about the protective habits they adopted during the 2009 H1N1 'swine flu' pandemic, asking about non-pharmaceutical protective behaviours such as increased hand washing; social distancing behaviours such as avoiding hugging or kissing; and vaccination. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-britons-behaviors-flu-survey.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:30:01 EST news268587470 Government policies that make healthy foods more affordable, improved sidewalk, street and land-use design to encourage physical activity, and bans on public, workplace or residence smoking are among 43 effective public health strategies identified in an American Heart Association statement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-evidence-based-health-interventions-policy-makers.html Cardiology Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:00:04 EST news264692604 (AP) -- In the battle against obesity, just about everything is on the table, from creating healthier kids' meals to nagging people to exercise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-table-obesity.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 04:07:30 EST news255668837