(HealthDay News) -- Risk factors for high cholesterol include things you can't control, such as age, gender and family history. But lifestyle choices -- factors you can control -- are a big part of the equation, too.

(HealthDay News) -- It may seem like a daunting challenge to move baby from breast- or bottle-feeding to solid foods.

MONDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A gene variant linked with a decreased risk of lung cancer has been identified by researchers.

MONDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Physicians can use eye examinations to figure out whether infant and toddler head injuries were caused by accidental injury or child abuse, suggests a new study that adds to existing evidence on this method of detecting abuse.

MONDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- During sleep, and even under anesthesia, part of the brain behaves as if it's remembering something, new animal research suggests.

MONDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of children with autism wander or "elope" from safety -- often to pursue a special interest or goal -- with more than half of those kids disappearing long enough to cause great concern about their well-being, new research suggests.

MONDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- When premature babies need blood transfusions, older blood appears as good as "fresh" blood, Canadian researchers report.

MONDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The use of CT scans on children being brought to emergency rooms with abdominal pain has skyrocketed, new research reveals.

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

MONDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The number of meningitis cases linked to apparently contaminated steroid injections has risen to 91 in nine states, and the number of deaths remains at seven, U.S. health officials reported Sunday.