13 hours ago From Voice of America  View Original Article

Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Child obesity exists everywhere, even in developing countries. It affects all income levels in developed countries, but studies show it's more prevalent in poor, urban neighborhoods.

The rate of obesity among children has more than do ...

16 hours ago From Lennox Herald  View Original Article

Lennox, U K - A big-hearted school boy raised over £900 for a cancer charity after he and two friends organised a quiz night all by themselves.

Callum Cummine, a P7 pupil at Christie Park Primary, joined forces with Vale of Leven Academy S1 youngste ...

16 hours ago From Lennox Herald  View Original Article

Lennox, U K - Doting parents who lost their baby daughter to a rare genetic condition are backing a campaign for screening in a bid to prevent other families having to endure the same heartache.

We reported last week how Margaret Kerr and Jason Shar ...

16 hours ago From Grand Forks Herald  View Original Article

Grand Forks, NORTH DAKOTA - Minnesota heart specialists on Thursday touted $6.5 million in charitable gifts that they say will save lives by improving the emergency medical response to acute heart attacks in rural areas.

The American Heart Association announced t ...

16 hours ago From Glen Cove Record Pilot  View Original Article

Mineola, NEW YORK - The 10th Annual Cooking for a Cure event to benefit the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) touched the hearts of community members. Not only did the dinner help reach the $700,000 mark for funds raised through local charity events for diabetes researc ...

18 hours ago From CNN  View Original Article

London, U K - Zarni Aung's not sure how he contracted HIV -- it may have been from a tainted needle or a sex worker.

Either way, the virus saw his weight plunge below 40 kilograms before he left his home in Aunglan Township to seek help in Myanmar's ...

18 hours ago From the Irish News  View Original Article

Dublin, IRELAND - For weeks he has been to millions of viewers the most feared man in Northern Ireland but actor Jamie Dornan is using his new-found fame to offer a lifeline to some of the most vulnerable in society.

The Co Down-born thespian has becom ...

18 hours ago From The Chosun Ilbo  View Original Article

Seoul, SOUTH KOREA - Some 1.52 million youngsters donated blood last year, the largest group to have taken part in blood donation in 2012.

Korean Red Cross on Thursday said schoolchildren and college students accounted for 55.9 percent of the 2.72 million ...

18 hours ago From Evesham Observer  View Original Article

Evesham, U K - A charity walk in honour of an Evesham man who is battling back to health following a cycling accident raised a staggering £5,000.

More than 250 people took part in the sponsored walk in aid of Mike Cape, a VW Lister employee who was i ...

18 hours ago From This is Kent  View Original Article

Kent, U K - A brave three-year-old has donated eight inches of her hair to a charity for children who have lost their own.

Ivy Upton-Sobas chose to give her blonde locks to the Little Princess Trust, which makes wigs for young children who have lo ...