Doctors are encouraging mothers of premature babies to breast feed, citing breast milk is the perfect food for them, especially those born weighing under 3 1/2 pounds.

Many mothers of premature babies are scared to breast-feed, given the child's delicate condition, but doctors are trying to change this with strategies ranging from free breast pumps to implementing breast-feeding "peer counselors" into intensive care units to train new mothers how to nurse

Penn State researchers discover a common virus with the potential to become a powerful cancer fighter.

Laboratory tests showed that the virus, known as adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2), kills many types of cancer cells without harming healthy cells

An Ohio State professor conducts a study on mice to determine the effects of the sun on the brain, finding more sun can make you smarter.

Randy Nelson, professor of psychology and neuroscience, exposed two groups of mice to light - one group to 16 hours a day, representing summer and the other, to only eight hours, representing winter

An experimental treatment shows positive results for helping patients suffering from diabetes regain their ability to make insulin.

Such help would lessen the need for shots to regulate normal blood sugar levels

Swedish biotechnology firm Karo Bio announces it has begun phase I clinical trials of a drug for treating obesity.

Karo Bio released a statement claiming the substance, labeled KB2115, had reduced body weight in animals through increasing the body's energy consumption by stimulating the thyroid receptor, and it would now be tested for safety on healthy but overweight humans