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  1. Study Reveals the Angriest Americans LiveScience.com - Thu Dec 3, 2:35 PM ET

    Anger is more likely among the young, those with children at home, and the less educated, a new study finds.

  2. Oprah visits White House for Christmas special AP - Thu Dec 3, 9:14 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Oprah and Obama, teamed up again.

  3. 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.

  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. Breast-Feeding Can Help Mom's Heart Decades Later HealthDay - Thu Dec 3, 11:50 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding, even for just a couple of months, can significantly lower a woman's risk of metabolic syndrome -- a dangerous cluster of heart disease risk factors -- years later, reports a new study appearing online Dec. 3 in the journal Diabetes.

  6. Study finds hospitals speeding heart attack care AP - Thu Dec 3, 9:26 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Hospitals are giving faster care to lots more heart attack patients, a speed-up sure to be saving lives.

  7. An emaciated infant lies next to an empty plate at an emergency feeding center in southern Niger in a 2005 photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
    U.N.: $24 billion could slash infant, maternal deaths Reuters - Thu Dec 3, 7:03 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70 percent and newborn deaths cut by nearly half if investment in family planning and pregnancy care was doubled, the United Nations said Thursday.

  8. U.S. Approves New Stem Cell Lines for Publicly Funded Research HealthDay - Wed Dec 2, 11:49 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Thirteen stem cell lines have been added to the pool that scientists can use for taxpayer-funded research, and many more such lines will soon be made available, U.S. health officials announced Wednesday.

  9. Sugary Colas Tied to Gestational Diabetes HealthDay - Wed Dec 2, 11:49 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Women who drink five or more servings of sugar-sweetened cola per week before they conceive increase their risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy, a new study indicates.

  10. Baby Boys May Be at Risk From Mom's Bug Spray Use HealthDay - Wed Dec 2, 11:49 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Male babies of women who use insect repellents during the first three months of pregnancy appear to be at increased risk for a birth defect called hypospadias, researchers report.

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