A new study reveals walking on cobblestones, is the key to reducing blood pressure.

The study was conducted by researchers at the Oregon Research Institute in Eugene, Ore., and will be published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Dutch researchers say that obese men may be less physically fit than obese women, due to the fact they are more likely to have diabetes or pre-diabetes, and tend to have more abdominal fat.

A study of 56 obese men and women, awaiting weight-reduction surgery, showed the women in the group were better able to tolerate exercise. The team at Hospital Reinier de Graaf in Groep, in the Netherlands, found this could probably be explained by the way body fat is distributed.

Spain's Health Minister announced the government's plan to introduce legislation allowing therapeutic cloning.

Therapeutic cloning involves creating embryos as a source of stem cells to cure diseases. The process is controversial because the embryos are later discarded.

In a People Daily's report, the South African Health Department announced that between 6.29 million and 6.57 million people in the country had been infected with HIV/AIDS by last year.

The figure, attributed to the department's HIV and Syphilis Antenatal Sero-prevalence Survey, is far higher than the estimate of 4.5 million given by the official state statistics agency, Statistics SA.

Spain's Health Minister announces Monday the government's plan to introduce legislation allowing therapeutic cloning.

Therapeutic cloning involves creating embryos as a source of stem cells to cure diseases. The process is controversial because the embryos are later discarded.