Image: Sedentary lifestyle: Obesity and computers by FBellon (CC BY 2.0).
International health news
- Inactivity deadlier than obesity — A 12-year study has suggested inactivity kills twice as many people as obesity as people are urged to exercise just 20 minutes a day.
- Flu vaccine only 23% effective – Poor results from this season’s flu vaccine in the US and Canada shows it doesn’t ward of the most common strains of the virus.
- Sleep aids learning in babies — The best time to learn and remember things may be just before a nap, with the effect particularly strong in young children.
Health advice
- Unusual activities to get you moving — Lack of exercise could be more dangerous than obesity warn doctors, try these fun ways to get fit and active.
Country health updates
- China: Two dead from bird flu – 15 cases and two deaths from H7N9 bird flu have been reported in eastern China’s Fujian province since the start of 2015.
- USA: Teenager impersonated doctor for a month – A teenage boy was reported by a concerned patient after acting as a doctor for over a month in a Florida hospital.
- Taiwan: Gaming binge ends in death — A man has died after a three day gaming binge in an Internet cafe, the second such case in Taiwan this year.