Shauna Wright
![Panel Says Kids Should Get Cholesterol Tests by Age 11](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/doctor-equipment.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Panel Says Kids Should Get Cholesterol Tests by Age 11
n a country with a soaring childhood obesity rate, doctors on an expert panel appointed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics announced Friday that children should be tested for high cholesterol as early as age 9.
![GOP Debate Recap – President Obama, Waterboarding, Foreign Aid [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/gop-debate-cbs.jpg?w=980&q=75)
GOP Debate Recap – President Obama, Waterboarding, Foreign Aid [VIDEO]
In the latest of what seems like an endless string of debates, the candidates for the GOP nomination for president in the 2012 election went head-to-head yet again on Saturday night, this time in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
![Financially Stressed Older Adults May Smoke or Drink More](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/beer-cigarettes.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Financially Stressed Older Adults May Smoke or Drink More
A new study published in the November issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs may have found a potential link between older adults, financial woes, and alcohol and tobacco usage.
![Scientists Discover Possibility of Turning Urine Into Power Source](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/lab.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Scientists Discover Possibility of Turning Urine Into Power Source
Research done by scientists at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol has for the first time shown the possibility of producing electricity from human urine.
![UPDATE – Andy Rooney’s College Roommate Suffers Heart Attack at Memorial Service](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/andyrooney-300x2251.jpg?w=980&q=75)
UPDATE – Andy Rooney’s College Roommate Suffers Heart Attack at Memorial Service
UPDATE — Despite a previous report by TMZ on the death of Andy Rooney’s college roommate Bob Ruthman at the memorial service of the ’60 Minutes’ icon, Ruthman was later revived.
Rooney’s son Brian stood up on a chair and pronounced Ruthman dead after the man suffered a heart attack. However, FDNY was able to resuscitate Ruthman once at New York hospital and he is currently in intensive care.
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![Autistic Kids Have Too Many Brain Cells](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/brainscan.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Autistic Kids Have Too Many Brain Cells
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New research finds autistic children’s brains have far more neurons in the prefrontal cortex than those of kids who don’t have the disease.
![Federal Judge Blocks Law Requiring Graphic Photos on Cigarette Packs](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/cigarettepacks.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Federal Judge Blocks Law Requiring Graphic Photos on Cigarette Packs
In a 29-page decision on Monday, US District Judge Richard J. Leon blocked the implementation of a law on graphic cigarette photos. It would’ve required tobacco companies to include explicit photos detailing the dangers of smoking on cigarette packages.
The 36 images proposed by the Food and Drug Administration include a picture of diseased lungs next to healthy lungs, a man exhaling smoke through
![Unneeded Antibiotics Prescribed to Kids](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/pediatrician-kids.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Unneeded Antibiotics Prescribed to Kids
A new study from researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City found that pediatricians write more than 10 million prescriptions for unnecessary antibiotics every year.
![Gabrielle Giffords Vows to Return to Congress in New Memoir](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/kellygiffords.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Gabrielle Giffords Vows to Return to Congress in New Memoir
In a new book, ‘Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope,’ Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband Mark Kelly detail the intensive therapy and psychological struggles the Arizona Democrat has endured after surviving an attempt on her life early this year. After all of the struggles and hardships, however, Giffords declares that she will indeed return to Congress.
![Oklahoma Cleans Up After Weekend Earthquakes [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/11/seismograph.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Oklahoma Cleans Up After Weekend Earthquakes [VIDEO]
A series of earthquakes and aftershocks — some felt as far away as Wisconsin — shook Oklahoma this weekend, startling people more accustomed to tornadoes than temblors.