Study: Lethal breast cancer more in young black women

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Younger black women who get breast cancer are far more likely than other afflicted women to have a particularly aggressive and lethal form of the disease, a study found.

Leavitt: States will ration bird flu vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) -- States will get to decide how to ration scarce vaccine if bird flu triggers a worldwide epidemic, the nation's health secretary said Tuesday -- a decision that means where someone lives could determine his or her protection.

No canned tuna, magazine warns pregnant women

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Pregnant women should not eat canned tuna because it may contain harmful levels of mercury, Consumer Reports magazine said Monday, taking a more cautious approach than that recommended by the U.S. government.

Study: Yoga helps breast cancer patients

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Women going through treatment for breast cancer felt better when they tried yoga, according to one of the first scientific studies of its kind.

Doctors remove baby's third arm

(CNN) -- An operation to remove a third arm from a two-month-old Chinese boy been hailed as a success.

Formerly conjoined twins go home

ROCHESTER, Minnesota (AP) -- The Mayo Clinic said a joyful farewell Monday to Abbigail and Isabelle Carlsen, who arrived as conjoined twins and are going home as healthy, separate 6-month-old girls.

Study: 16 million might have road rage disorder

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- To you, that angry, horn-blasting tailgater is suffering from road rage. But doctors have another name for it -- intermittent explosive disorder -- and a new study suggests it is far more common than they realized, affecting up to 16 million Americans.

Your old PC may hold cure for cancer

SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Researcher David Baker believes the key to an AIDS vaccine or a cure for cancer may be that old PC sitting under a layer of dust in your closet or the one on your desk doing little else but running a screen saver.

Study: Strict parents can lead to fat kids

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- "Clean your plate or else!" and other authoritarian approaches to parenting can lead to overweight children, a new study finds.

World Bank: Bird flu spending lags pledges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Just $286 million has been spent to fight bird flu out of nearly $1.9 billion pledged last January by nations and organizations that said they wanted to make a "massive effort" against the virus, according to a World Bank report.

FDA to restaurants: Help fight obesity

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new report suggests restaurants should dish food and fight fat at the same time, meaning menus with more fruits and vegetables, smaller portions and better nutritional information.

Advocates fight to protect living organ donors

(CNN) -- Danny Boone donated a section of his liver to his brother, a gift of life that led to his death.

Japan's fertility rate hits record low

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Japan's fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime -- fell to an all-time low of 1.25 in 2005, the health ministry said on Thursday, the latest sign of the threat to the world's second-biggest economy from an ageing, shrinking population.

Ontario, Quebec snuff out public smoking

TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- Smokers were required to light up outside across much of eastern Canada Wednesday, as one of North America's most restrictive bans went into effect.

Extra pounds raise heartburn risk

NEW YORK (AP) -- Women who put on extra pounds raise their risk of getting frequent heartburn or making symptoms worse -- even if they aren't overweight, a new study found.

Diabetes on the rise, study finds

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- More than one out of every three individuals in the United States has diabetes or impaired fasting glucose, a condition that increases the risk of developing diabetes, new study findings suggest.

Study: Better to comfort bawling babies

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Comforting babies is better than letting them cry and ultimately results in fewer tears, at least during the first few weeks of life.

World hasn't met AIDS targets, U.N. warns

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The world has fallen far short of fulfilling the promises made five years ago to fight HIV/AIDS, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned at a high-level meeting where leaders from around the world gathered to think up new ways to tackle the deadly virus.

Study: College grads are fussier dads

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Men who have earned a college degree plan fewer children but tend to fuss over them more than guys with less schooling.

Military hopes anonymity will help troops seek help

NEW YORK (AP) -- Concerned by rising stress levels in the ranks, the Defense Department has quietly started an online self-screening program in hopes that anonymity will help some service members and their spouses overcome reluctance to confront possible mental-health problems.