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Click to View in Browser 06/9/2014 Climb stairs, cut calories: Southeast Asia fights flab SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's Sean Chin had a body fat percentage of 24 percent seven years ago. He is now lean with just 9 percent fat and as a personal trainer he works daily with clients at their homes to help them fight the flab. WHO experts find hospital breaches worsened MERS outbreak in UAE LONDON (Reuters) - Lapses in hospital infection control measures exacerbated an outbreak of a deadly new viral disease which has infected more than 60 people and killed at least 10 in the United Arab Emirates, health investigators said on Friday. New wave of water workouts attract the young and fit NEW YORK (Reuters) - While older, overweight or injured exercisers have always valued the cushioning effects of water workouts, a new wave of trendy, lively and high intensity group fitness classes is luring the young, the hip and the able-bodied into the pool. Psoriasis linked to worse quality of life for family members, too NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Both psoriasis patients and the people who live with them say psoriasis negatively impacts their quality of life, according to a new study. And both groups tend to report more depression and anxiety than people not affected by the condition. Former Merck dealmaker takes aim at colon germ (Reuters) - An infectious disease expert and former head dealmaker at Merck & Co is racing against his ex-employer and other drugmakers to develop a treatment for a germ that ravages the colon and kills as many as 14,000 Americans each year. Does the Pill change what women want in a mate? NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who take oral contraceptives desire different traits in an imaginary man than women not on the Pill, according to a small study in Italy. Inflammation may help explain depression, diabetes link NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with both depression and diabetes have higher markers of inflammation in their blood than those with diabetes alone, a new study suggests. EU to test imports of live pigs from North America for deadly pig virus BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union member states on Friday agreed that live pig imports from United States and Canada must be tested for a deadly virus that has killed millions of piglets. U.S. FDA approves BioDelivery's drug for opioid dependence (Reuters) - BioDelivery Sciences International Inc said it had received U.S. regulatory approval for its drug, Bunavail, to treat opioid dependence. U.S. FDA approves Biogen's hemophilia A drug Eloctate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it approved Biogen Idec Inc's long-lasting hemophilia A drug, Eloctate, adding another product to the company's nascent portfolio of drugs for non-malignant blood disorders. Related Video Scientists hail "Drop of Health" as superior vegetable oil Unusual city slicker - Bear climbs tree in Paterson, New Jersey The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS

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