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Vietnam needs to improve the efficiency of its HIV/AIDS control programs to reduce the impact and spread of the disease in the country.

Pope Benedict XVI called on South Korea to halt human embryonic stem cell research and human cloning.

China recently replaced more than 76% of ‘coarsely worded’ slogans that promote China’s one-child-per-family policy.

Virginian-Pilot examined U.S. Navy’s pregnancy-related policies and data on pregnancy in the Navy.

World Bank plans investigate concerns about the reliability of some HIV testing kits in India.

The Coca-Cola Company yesterday announced the official opening of The Coca-Cola Research Center for Chinese Medicine at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing. This research center is a part of the Company’s long-term collaboration agreement with the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. [click link for full article]

The Commonwealth Government has today announced funding of more than $37 million for 320 community organisations to run local programs promoting healthy and active lifestyles. The organisations are being funded through the Healthy Active Australia Community and School Grants Program, part of the Australian Better Health Initiative (ABHI). [click link for full article]

For the first time, scientists have linked the all-too-human preference for a food — chocolate — to a specific, chemical signature that may be programmed into the metabolic system and is detectable by laboratory tests. The signature reads ‘chocolate lover’ in some people and indifference to the popular sweet in others, the researchers say. [click link for full article]

At the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s Annual Scientific Retreat, researchers shared new findings on how eating common foods such as tomatoes and fish, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding meats cooked at high temperatures may help prevent prostate cancer, and help men live healthier and longer after diagnosis. One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, and an estimated 218,890 cases will occur in The United States this year. [click link for full article]

National and local news reports of attempted child abductions have increased child safety concerns among parents and the general community.