Should we let kids feel stung?

(AP) -- Penny Grossman cringes each time a student mentions a birthday party during class at her Boston, Massachusetts-area preschool. The rule there, and at a growing number of America's schools, is that parties and play-dates shouldn't be discussed unless every child in the room is invited.

Allergists offer food safety guidelines for infants

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Parents can help prevent food allergies by waiting to introduce certain foods into a child's diet and by feeding a child breast milk exclusively until the sixth month of life, a group of allergists advises.

Sugary drinks are piling on pounds, new report says

(AP) -- Americans have sipped and slurped their way to fatness by drinking far more soda and other sugary drinks over the last four decades, a new scientific review concludes.

When piercings aren't enough

DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- Allen Falkner's tongue is just one of his unusual features.

Twins separated but surgery continues

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- Doctors successfully separated 4-year-old twin sisters born fused at the midsection, with just one kidney and one set of legs, and were continuing with reconstruction surgery early Tuesday.