NASHVILLE, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Children who are born four months before the height of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma, U.S. researchers suggest.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- An Israeli researcher says he has developed a simple early-warning, painless and inexpensive blood test to detect colon cancer.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The cost of treating
colorectal cancer can vary by tens of thousands of dollars per
patient.

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Candidates for prime minister or president should have an independent health examination to ensure their ability to govern, a British doctor argues.

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- It's possible to teach preschoolers the pre-reading skills they need for later school success, while fostering socials skills, U.S. researchers said.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Particulate analysis of previous California wildfires indicates more serious potential health threats than is generally realized, U.S. researchers suggest.

DALLAS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas said they are aiming to pinpoint specific areas of the the brain affected by Gulf War Syndrome.

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Two common medications used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder do not appear to cause genetic damage in children, U.S. researchers said.

AP - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy.