A large number of American parents are showing interest in adopting HIV positive children from Ethiopia, figures from an international adoption agency shows.

The parents who opt to adopt for HIV positive orphans say they are driven by a desire for social change and confidence that handling the deadly disease is more manageable than it was few years ago

Breastfeeding for at least six months may help reduce a woman's risk of an aggressive form of breast cancer, new study has found.

That finding, which comes from a new study published in Monday's advance online edition of Cancer, is based on two breast cancer studies that together included nearly 2,500 women aged 55-79 in Washington state. The group included 1,140 women who had had breast cancer

The types of foods mothers eat an hour before breast-feeding their baby greatly influence children's preferences later on, according to new research.

The researchers, from the University of Copenhagen, found that children often inherit their mothers' food preferences. They said these links might be formed early, even before babies start eating solid foods. Babies who eat a variety of healthy foods are more adventures to try new food when they start eating solids, the scientists say

Women who gorge on junk food while pregnant could raise the risk of their offspring developing irreversible health problems such as obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes in adult life, according to new research.

Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College here carried out their study involving rats but scientists believe it also applies to humans. Rats that ate a diet rich in fat, sugar and salt while pregnant were more likely to give birth to offspring that had the tendency to over-eat and had a preference for junk food when compared to the offspring of rats given regular feed

Many U.S. hospitals and birthing centers, particularly in the South, are not providing maternity care that is fully supportive of breastfeeding, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.

A CDC study published Thursday analyzed responses from nearly 2,700 birth facilities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico