The Star:
More young Malaysians below 40 are at risk of getting heart attacks due to a poor diet and an unhealthy lifestyle, said Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (PPUKM) cardiology unit head Assoc Prof Dr Oteh Maskon.
He attributed this to the craving for teh tarik, roti canai, nasi lemak and smoking, as well as [...]

NaturalNews:
While the talking heads on TV frantically warn about the so-called swine flu pandemic that is supposedly on the verge of causing world-wide suffering and death, there’s another world-wide health problem of enormous proportions that’s here, right now – being overweight.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates more than 300 million people across the planet are [...]

EW:
Patrick Swayze, the dancer-turned-actor whose good looks and physical grace made him a popular lead in both romances and action films in the late 1980s and early ’90s, died today at age 57 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Swayze was one of several young stars-to-be whom Francis Ford Coppola introduced to the public in 1983’s [...]

AMN:
Obesity is on a rampage, with the World Health Organization pegging the numbers at more than 300 million worldwide, with a billion more overweight.
With obesity comes the increased risk for cardiovascular disease, Type II diabetes, and hypertension.
Now comes more discouraging news.
In the current online edition of the journal Human Brain Mapping, Paul Thompson, [...]

TheStar:
The Health Ministry has issued its staff with a warning - shape up and lose weight.
Concerned with the rising cases of obesity, the ministry wants its staff to check their weight and has warned them against the dangers of obesity.
Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said he was concerned with the escalating number of obese [...]