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Early Spankings Make for Aggressive Toddlers, Study ShowsChildren who are spanked as 1-year-olds are more likely to behave aggressively and perform worse on cognitive tests as toddlers than children who are spared the punishment, new research shows.

Antibiotics Bought Easily on the InternetConsumers who decide on their own that they need antibiotics can easily find and buy the medications on the Internet, without the benefit of a prescription, new research shows.

Diabetes Medications Don’t Lower InflammationIn people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, the glucose-lowering medications metformin and insulin don’t appear to reduce the inflammation associated with heart disease, new research suggests.

Blacks Fare Worse After Cardiac ArrestBlack patients who suffer cardiac arrest in the hospital are much less likely to survive than white patients, a new study finds.

FDA Approves 4 Swine Flu VaccinesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved four H1N1 swine flu vaccines, with the first doses expected to be available within four weeks.

Bathroom Bacteria and Your Toothbrush, Why Having a Bedtime Is Healthy, and How to Eat Pizza for Weight LossWe hated bedtime. There was always something fun the grown-ups and big kids got to do while we were getting tucked in. But this article means we’ll have to take a minute to thank Mom and Dad: Enforcing a bedtime can actually improve infants’ and toddlers’ sleep. [CNN]


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For Hispanics, a Unique Cancer Profile EmergesHispanics in the United States are less likely to die from cancer than non-Hispanic whites, but they have higher rates of cancers linked to infections, including stomach, liver and cervix malignancies, a new report says.

Common Diabetes Drug May Fight CancerAdding the widely used diabetes drug metformin to conventional chemotherapy shows promise for treating and delaying recurrence of breast cancer, new research suggests.

Very Small Head Size Could Signal Problems in NewbornsChildren born with a much smaller-than-average head size are more likely to have neurological and cognitive problems, and should be screened for them, new guidelines suggest.

Not All Kids With Head Injuries Need Brain ScansGuidelines to identify children with a very low risk of serious brain injury after they’ve suffered a head injury are highly effective and can reduce the use of scans that expose children to radiation, a new study has found.

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