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A new study presented by the American Heart association states that members of the younger generation may not be in the same shape their parents were at the same age. In fact, by comparison they are less fit and therefore may be more vulnerable to certain chronic diseases when older.
Read: Are you fitter than a fifth-grader? Probably
Max Foster speaks with doctor Marty Makary about the importance of regular exercise.
He then gets put through his paces by fitness professional Siobhan O'Connor who shows Max how he can exercise around the office and even when he's on his way to lunch.
A three-year investigation into an exploitative Toronto-based film company has netted nearly 350 arrests and rescued more than 380 children from sexual abuse, police said Thursday.
Law enforcement from all over the world, primarily in Eastern Europe and the United States, worked with Toronto police since 2010 to arrest those who produced child pornography and those who purchased it.
Hundreds of children, some as young as five, have been rescued from this child pornography ring across the globe. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
Ten cases of polio have been confirmed among children in Syria, the first outbreak of the disease in that country since 1999.
There were 22 suspected cases that were identified on October 17 in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor after the children exhibited symptoms of "acute flaccid paralysis" - a sudden onset of weakness and floppiness in any part of a child's body or paralysis in anyone in whom polio is suspected as the cause.
The confirmation was key because other diseases can cause similar symptoms.
Atika Shubert reports on the crisis that leaves 500,000 at risk.