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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Supplements containing the dietary fat conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) may help overweight kids curb the amount of fat they gain over time, a small study suggests.

Quitting smoking can turn back time.

Arteries, cholesterol improve soon after smokers quit, even if they gain weight, study finds. Quitting smoking can turn back time.

Tomlinson signs with Jets, Browns trade Quinn and Wimbley. LaDainian Tomlinson found a new home, while the Cleveland Browns cleaned house.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A single dose of an experimental influenza drug saves more mice from H5N1 avian influenza than the preferred drug Tamiflu, researchers reported on Thursday, and can also protect against infection.

Selected in 1974 to be president of Regis College, Sister Thérèse Higgins made it clear that progressive views would guide her as she led the then-all women's Catholic school in Weston. ``I'm a consistent women's libber,'' she told the Globe that April. Women have untapped potential and gifts, Sister Thérèse said in the 1974 interview, even though they often are forced into subordinate roles in major professions. ``A women's perception of herself is very important,'' she said. ``She must see herself as a person who has something that no one else can give to society.'' Sister Thérèse, who led Regis for 18 years as the college expanded its programs and added centers for the arts and athletics, died Sunday in Bethany Health Care Center in Framingham. She was 84 and lived in St. Joseph Hall at the college. ``Women of my generation have been able to accomplish as much as we have because Sister Thérèse and women of her generation devoted their lives to making that possible,'' said Margaret H

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers who mixed together bird flu and ordinary flu viruses created three extremely virulent new strains, a reminder that influenza viruses can swap genes to create dangerous offspring.

"The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York" (Penguin, 336 pages, $25.95), by Deborah Blum: How do I poison thee? Let me count the ways: arsenic, mercury, strychnine, chloroform, wood alcohol and carbon monoxide. These were just a few of the options available to would-be murderers whose crimes less than a century ago were likely to go unpunished because of bumbling coroners and shoddy methods of chemical detection.

Wis. Department of Natural Resources says state-owned power plants violate Clean Air Act. At least five more state-run power plants are not in compliance with federal clean air regulations and need to install tighter pollution controls, Gov. Jim Doyle's administration acknowledged Friday.

Quel fromage?! Does ski sweetheart Lindsey Vonn owe her downhill gold to an obscure cheese curd she slathered on her badly bruised shin? We may never know, but good luck finding her topfen outside Austria.

Where you live plays a role in your health, and a new report that ranks health factors in each of the nation's 3,000-plus counties promises to point local policymakers to ways they can help.

New report gives snapshot of each county's health and environmental factors that play a role. Where you live plays a role in your health, and a new report that ranks health factors in each of the nation's 3,000-plus counties promises to point local policymakers to ways they can help.

A blowout, but with restraint: US women open Olympic hockey with 12-1 win over China. Three decades after Mark Johnson scored two goals in the Miracle on Ice, the U.S. women's coach just wanted a comfortable win to celebrate his return to Olympic hockey.

Feds' plan passes on surest solution to Asian carp advance: cutting off access to Great Lakes. With marauding Asian carp on the Great Lakes' doorstep, the federal government has crafted a $78.5 million battle plan that offers no assurance of thwarting an invasion and doesn't use the most promising weapon available to fight it off.

Feds please no one by passing on surefire Asian carp solution: cutting off Great Lakes access. The surest way to keep rampaging Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes is to sever the link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River basin, created by engineers in Chicago more than a century ago.

Study finds increased autism risks in kids born to older moms, dads' age may play lesser role. A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.

A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.

UW regents give final approval to 4-year, $1,200 tuition increase for UW-Eau Claire students. University of Wisconsin System regents on Friday approved a four-year, $1,200 tuition increase for UW-Eau Claire despite a lack of details on how the money will be spent and passionate opposition from students.

Seeds of urban farms sow discord among neighbors, advocates push for laws to allow growing. Tara Kolla fancied herself a green thumb-turned-green businesswoman when she planted an organic flower plot in her yard and sold poppies, sweet peas and zinnias at the local farmers market. For her neighbors, it was an eyesore.

Milk price for US dairy farmers nudges upward, boding well after devastating losses of 2009. Only months ago, dairy producers were slaughtering an average of 50,000 dairy cows a week because a milk glut made it impossible to sell their milk for what it cost to produce. Now, with prices improving, dairy farmers are reversing course, saying they'll produce as much milk as possible this year.