New Childhood Vaccines Schedules Released (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Boys should get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to protect them against genital warts, and all children should receive the H1N1 vaccine to guard against swine flu, according to updated guidelines on childhood and teen vaccines.

Genes May Put Black Americans at Risk for Diabetes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Inherited genetic variations could explain why blacks develop type 2 diabetes at a higher rate than whites, new research suggests.

More Toddlers, Young Children Given Antipsychotics (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of children aged 2 to 5 who are given antipsychotic medications has doubled in recent years, a new study has found.

New guidelines back mammograms starting at age 40 (Reuters)

Reuters - Mammograms should begin at 40 for women with an average risk of breast cancer and by 30 for high-risk women, according to guidelines released on Monday by two groups that specialize in breast imaging, contradicting controversial guidelines from a U.S. advisory panel last year.

Rights groups laud end of US HIV/AIDS travel ban (AFP)

AFP - Human rights groups on Monday praised the official lifting of a decades-old ban that prevented people with HIV/AIDS from travelling to the United States.

Restless legs syndrome, erectile dysfunction linked? (Reuters)

Reuters - Two disorders that seem completely unrelated except that each is the focus of massive drug company ad campaigns may actually have something in common: Older men who suffer from restless legs syndrome at night are almost twice as likely to have erectile dysfunction as those without restless legs, researchers report.

Montana 3rd state to allow doctor-assisted suicide (AP)

AP - The Montana Supreme Court said Thursday that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the procedure.

Did Americans get any healthier over past decade? (AP)

AP - About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010.

CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine flu (AP)

AP - Health officials say swine flu was widespread in only four states last week, indicating the fall wave of illness is still declining.

College Linemen at Risk for Obesity, Diabetes (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Despite the high-intensity workout that college football linemen get out on the field, they are not protected from developing obesity, heart disease and related ailments later in life, a new study finds.