Breastfeeding can positively enhance the IQ of children when combined with the right genes, a British study has found. Children with one version of the FADS2 gene scored seven points higher on IQ tests if they were breastfed as compared to those who did not have the gene.

The gene, which is inherited from both the mother's and father's side, helps break down fatty acids from the diet that have been linked with brain development. The FADS2 gene comes in two versions: C and G. Scientists found that children inherit either two of the C version, one each of C and G, or two of the G version

A team of 20 doctors, including surgeons, successfully separated a one-week-old conjoined twins in a five-hour operation at a hospital in southern Philippines on Tuesday.

Pediatricians of the Davao Medical Center in Davao City and other medical specialists of the city separated Myla and Myka Praile, who were joined in their intestines. The abnormal condition is called omphalophagus

A British woman has given birth to rare identical triplets in Austria. Mae Christina Astley, 25 gave birth to three girls Amy, Kim and Zoe by Caesarean in western Austria on Monday. According to doctors, this is an extremely rare case, something that only happens in one out of 200 million births.

The babies, which were delivered four weeks' prematurely at 33rd week of pregnancy, weigh 3.3 pound each. The girls' father, 27-year-old Thomas Graziadei, says he is elated about their birth but admits it would be tough for him to differentiate one from another without their hospital wristbands on

A new report in China is blaming the Web for teen pregnancies. According to a newspaper report, nearly 46 percent of pregnant teens in China's financial capital Shanghai met their partners on the Internet.

The report by Dr. Zhang Zhengrong of Shanghai's No. 411 Hospital also highlights the widespread ignorance among teenagers about sexual health. Almost half of the 20,000 girls who called the city's pregnancy hot line during the past two years said they had sex with boys they met online

In a bid to gain entry as the youngest surgeon in the Guinness Book of World Records, a couple, who are also doctors, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu allowed their 15-year-old Dileepan Raj to perform a Cesarean section delivery.

The surgery has sparked controversy around the country and state and medical authorities have led an investigation into the matter. The surgery was also reportedly filmed by the teenager's parents and later shown to an Indian Medical Association (IMA) chapter last month