Health

Being breast-fed may lower breast cancer risk Friday, 9 May 2008 12:56pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adult women who were breast-fed as infants may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who were not breast-fed, unless they were first-born, study findings suggest.  Full Article

 
Child safety seats should be centered in back seat Saturday, 10 May 2008 07:09pm EDT 

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Positioning child safety seats in the center of the back seat could cut infants' and toddlers' injury risks by nearly half, a new study suggests.  Full Article 

Prostate cancer deaths fall after screening program Friday, 9 May 2008 02:32pm EDT 

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Prostate cancer deaths fell substantially in the decade after one Austrian state began free PSA screening tests for all men ages 45 to 75, according to a new study.  Full Article 

Returning vets face obstacles

The military and its critics agree on one thing -- there are not enough therapists to treat all the soldiers who return from Iraq and Afghanistan traumatized by the experience.   Full Article | Full Coverage 

Myanmar faces mass deaths

May. 11 - Oxfam and World Vision warn that more than 1.5 million people in Myanmar are at risk of death if aid efforts cannot reach cyclone victims  Play Video

 
Strange and unusual

Our photographers sometimes catch moments that are strange and offbeat. Here's a recent sampling.