Pinkie points to gout in Charles V's fall

NEW YORK (AP) -- A 450-year-old piece of Charles V's pinkie lends support to the theory that it was gout that led one of the most powerful rulers of all time to abdicate, Spanish researchers report.

2006 seasonal flu vaccine formula approved

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vaccines that protect against three strains of seasonal influenza considered most likely to strike the northern hemisphere this winter have received federal approval.

Many nut-allergic kids can't spot the culprits

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- More than one in four children with nut allergies can't identify the nut that they are allergic to, a new study shows.

Wild Blue

Growing up in upstate New York, I remember eating blueberries the size of marbles. But those were cultivated berries -- not the tiny wild ones that are in season right now, as I discovered last year when I visited the wild blueberry fields in Maine. These petite gems don't grow on big bushes like the cultivated ones, but on small plants that barely reach my knees.

Body-image disorder brings higher suicide risk

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- People with "body dysmorphic disorder" are 45 times more likely to commit suicide than people in the general population, a new study shows.

Scientists take step toward obesity vaccine

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- In what could become a new weapon in the battle of the bulge, scientists on Monday reported initial success with an experimental vaccine for obesity.