Health experts at the World Congress of Cardiology said on Monday that a new three-in-one pill useful in treating heart disease could save millions of people. The new "poly-pill" is specifically designed for poorer nations where heart disease is significantly on the rise.

The three drugs known to prevent recurring heart disease are aspirin, statins and ACE inhibitors.

Ruling out the common notion that kids just naturally outgrow early chubbiness, a recent government study indicates that pudgy toddlers in fact face a good chance of becoming overweight 12-year-olds.

The new study suggests that the children who were overweight at age 2 or later during their preschool years faced a five times higher risk of being overweight at age 12 than youngsters who were not overweight early on. Sixty percent of the children who were overweight at any time during the preschool period were overweight at age 12.

Researchers announced on Monday that the risk of autism is higher among children fathered by men who are 40 or above. They say this could be due to mutations or other genetic modifications.

The authors from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London wrote in the Archives of General Psychiatry, "[The study] provides the first convincing evidence that advanced paternal age is a risk factor for autism spectrum disorder."

Egypt has been hit with four new cases of the bird flu, and has raised its level of preparedness in response.

Health Minister Hatem Al-Jabali says hospitals have been put on alert after confirmed cases were found in the Cairo and Sohaj regions.

The U.K. will use a German company to supply goods and equipment to hospitals.

Beginning next month, DHL, which is known worldwide for its delivery service, will supply the National Health Service (NHS) with "everything from stationery to bed linen and MRI scanners."