Chemicals present in baby bottles or plastic food wraps can lead to problems like obesity in children when they grow up, three new studies have found. Experts believe that the new revelations could change the view how obesity is viewed and dealt with.

The studies from United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Tufts University were presented Wednesday at the European Congress on Obesity in Geneva. Researchers found that when mice were exposed to these chemicals during early development, it lead them to become obese in later life.

A 70-year-old woman is dead and man critically ill after receiving kidneys at Boston hospitals from a donor who carried an undetected virus.

The 57-year-old man who received a kidney from the same donor is also infected with the hard-to-detect lymphocyte choriomeningitis virus or LCMV, the Boston Globe said Tuesday.

An 11-year-old boy here died from an unusual but rarely deadly disease.

Paul Roscoe died in his home Saturday morning after he collapsed. The cause of his death was Kawasaki disease - a medical condition that affects children and results in aneurysms and blockages in blood vessels. It is common in boys under the age of 5.

The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is all set to unveil an adult fitness on Wednesday. The test will measure factors such as resting heart rate, muscular strength and endurance and body mass to determine if you are healthy or at risk for disease.

The new test, which is targeting people18 and older will measure most of the exercises that students undertake each year to get a certificate signed by the president. The test involves three basic components: aerobic fitness, muscular strength and flexibility. It tests the aerobic component by a one-mile walk or 1.5-mile run but is not recommended for those who don't run for at least 20 minutes, three times a week.

Girls and young women who exercise regularly between the ages of 12 and 35 can substantially cut their risk of developing breast cancer, according to a major new study.

Remaining physically active until the age of 35 can reduce the chances of developing the disease before menopause by up to 23 per cent, researchers found. The study, conducted by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University in Boston, analysed 65,000 women.