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  1. Boys play soccer in Gugulethu township outside Cape Town December 2, 2009. The final draw for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup takes place in Cape Town on Friday. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT SOCCER)
    Physically active boys are smarter, study hints Reuters - Thu Dec 3, 2:16 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Jocks get new respect in a large Swedish study that suggests physically active teen boys may be smarter than their couch-potato counterparts.

  2. Smoking Exposure Now Linked to Colon, Breast Cancers HealthDay - Thu Dec 3, 11:50 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Add colorectal cancer to the list of malignancies caused by smoking, with a new study strengthening the link between the two.

  3. Chickenpox vaccine may protect kids from shingles Reuters - Fri Dec 4, 12:26 AM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children who get vaccinated against chickenpox may have a lower risk of developing shingles, a painful rash caused by the chickenpox virus, U.S. researchers said on Friday.

  4. In this Aug. 29, 2009 photo, a Cambodian woman with chewing tobacco stained teeth looks on as she and other wait to cross the border into Thailand, near Pailin, Cambodia. When morning sickness sends Cambodian women heaving, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco. Many then become hooked on spitting the addictive juice, a worrying tradition that puts both mother and baby at risk for health problems, the World Health Organization said Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
    Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea AP - Thu Dec 3, 3:14 PM ET

    HANOI, Vietnam - When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.

  5. This photo provided by Morehouse School of Medicine, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, shows U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, left, who is invited on stage by Morehouse School of Medicine President Dr. John Maupin, Jr., right, accepting a proclamation from MSM during the welcome reception of The Third Annual Conference on Health Disparities in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Morehouse School of Medicine, Jenni Girtman) NO SALES.
    Surgeon general: More minority doctors needed AP - Thu Dec 3, 5:02 PM ET

    ATLANTA - The new U.S. Surgeon General on Thursday called for stepped-up efforts in increasing the number of minority physicians.

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