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Childbirth expert Dr Tony Falconer says bigger centralised units would be able to provide better care A baby boy is weighed after being born in an NHS maternity unit in Manchester. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images...

According to the Body Mass Index calculator, I'm overweight, bordering on obese. I'm in good company, though - most of the All Black forward pack are also in the fatties section. The rigid mathematical equations that make up the index mean that I am one of the one in four Kiwi adults classified as obese. Yet I'm as fit as a buck rat. I don't take heart medication and never have. My blood pressure is normal to low. I wear size 12 off-the-rack clothes, and my diet is healthy - although I accept my portion sizes are generous. I don't have Type 2 diabetes and I've run five marathons. I have a sixth coming up at the end of the year. So I can...

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SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet AHMEDABAD: Just a few hours before undertaking her journey into space, Sunita Williams had one eye on the land of her forefathers - Gujarat. She wrote a special message for the country. "God bless all the people of India! I can't...

Related topics Self Helphappinesscontentmentmotivation Advertisement It seems that finding happiness and contentment seems to be a very difficult thing for people to do these days. The Chinese philosopher, Lin Yu-tang, wrote: The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. I think the key here is the first part of that sentence - enjoy what you have. Why do we always want more? Is it our culture? Is it conditioning? Did you know that happiness, contentment, and joy are feelings that reside within every person already? If you think for a moment, I'm sure that you can recall a time when happiness spontaneously...

Tom Beckman and Katie Novak are preparing a patient for an MRI of the brain at UNC Hospitals' Ambulatory Care Center radiology suite. Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name tool goes here By Joseph Neff and Ames Alexander - By Joseph Neff and Ames Alexander The News and Observer Tags: | | | It’s called the “technical component” of an MRI or an ultrasound, and parts of it are familiar to many patients: A medical technician greets them, guides them to the exam room, fills out consent forms, provides a gown, sets up any IV fluids and prepares the room....

Ethanol increased to the highest price in more than seven months as drought in the U.S. worsens yield losses on corn, boosting costs for distillers. Areas in the U.S. Midwest suffering from moderate to extreme drought...