http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. As the world struggles with a growing obesity epidemic, Slow Food gurus from the US and Australia are urging international campaigners gathered in Italy to join a revolution in the way children eat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-australia-chefs-tackle-global-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Sun, 28 Oct 2012 03:34:33 EST news270614047 (AP)—Saudi Arabia's health minister says a new respiratory virus related to SARS that has infected two people does not pose a threat to the more than 1 million Muslims set to embark on the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the kingdom. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-saudis-virus-pose-threat-pilgrims.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:23:26 EST news268327397 Saudi Arabia has taken measures to deal with any epidemic that may break out during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a minister said in remarks published Monday, stressing that the spread of a mystery illness from the same family as the deadly SARS virus was "limited." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-saudi-thwart-epidemic-hajj.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:29:40 EST news268295371 A new mysterious respiratory virus that has killed at least one person and left another in critical condition does not appear very contagious, the World Health Organisation said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-mystery-virus-easily-transmitted.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:10:01 EST news268037781 (AP)—Global health officials have alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a virus related to SARS but said there were no signs the disease was behaving like the respiratory syndrome that killed hundreds in 2003. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-virus-sars.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:32:27 EST news267946339 Five people in isolation in a Danish hospital are suffering from a typical influenza strain and not a new SARS-like respiratory illness as feared, the Odense University Hospital said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-patients-denmark-virus-hospital.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:35:51 EST news267878145 Five people have been isolated in a hospital in Denmark with symptoms of a new viral respiratory illness from the same family as the deadly SARS virus, the hospital said on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-isolated-danish-hospital-sars-like-symptoms.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:58:30 EST news267861502 Saudi health authorities downplayed Tuesday the impact of a possible outbreak of a virus from the family of deadly SARS on its forthcoming Hajj pilgrimage, stressing that the cases remain rare. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-saudi-downplays-impact-mystery-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:12:18 EST news267790331 A Qatari man suffering from a new respiratory virus from the same family as the deadly SARS remains in critical condition, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-qatari-mystery-virus-critical-condition.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:28:57 EST news267776929 Global health officials are closely monitoring a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left a Qatari citizen in critical condition in London. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-sars-like-virus-middle-east.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:24:36 EST news267675868 Thailand will offer 90-day visas on arrival to citizens of six Middle Eastern countries for private health treatment in a bid to boost its status as a medical tourism hub, officials said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-thailand-woos-middle-eastern-health.html Health Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:18:26 EST news263557098 A research team led by St. Michael's Hospital's Dr. Kamran Khan is teaming up with British authorities to anticipate and track the risk for an infectious disease outbreak at the London Olympics this summer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-disease-outbreaks-olympics.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:28:30 EST news246018503 Lying on a hospital bed in her laced violet nightgown, Derya Sert is the first woman in the world to receive a womb from a deceased donor, raising hopes for millions of women to bear a child. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-turkish-womb-transplant-women.html Other Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:50:00 EST news236663388