Matching up the weight of donors and recipients boosts success in kidney transplants, suggests French research. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. View full post on BBC...

The recommended half an hour of exercise a day may not be enough to stop weight gain. According to a US study of 34,000 women, an hour a day of moderate exercise is needed to fight the flab. Overweight women need to diet as well as exercise, a Harvard team reports in the Journal of the...

The UN programme on HIV/Aids says HIV has become the leading cause of death and disease among women of reproductive age worldwide. At the start of a ten-day conference in New York, UNAids launched a five-year action plan addressing the gender issues which put women at risk. One of the key...