MONDAY, OCT. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Most American women underestimate their ability to prevent obesity in their children, according to a new survey.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to decode the complex taste sensation of soda, researchers have uncovered evidence that fizzy drinks set off the very same nasal sensors as mustard and horseradish.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Waiting for another person's opinion of you will slow your heart, and its rate will dip even further if you get rejected, a new Dutch study has found.

(HealthDay News) -- Many foods and recipes include lots of salt (sodium), which can raise your blood pressure.

(HealthDay News) -- Corns are painful calluses that form on the toes from friction, making walking or wearing shoes uncomfortable.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- One in four people infected with HIV suffer from neurological complications, new Canadian research reveals.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Highlighting the genetic underpinnings of cancer, a new Australian study reveals that close relatives of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 35 are themselves at a higher risk for developing both breast cancer and a range of other cancers.

SATURDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Race does not appear to play a role in how long a black patient or a white patient with lung cancer will ultimately survive the disease, researchers report.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Because high blood pressure is such a serious health problem for black patients, the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB) is calling for earlier and more aggressive intervention for the black community.

SUNDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who don't have private health insurance or are poor or black fare worse than others if they get cancer, three new studies find.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A small cash incentive from an employer might be enough to prompt healthy lifestyle changes in families, new research suggests.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- About 13 percent of parents with health insurance say they haven't gotten pediatrician-recommended care for their children due to costs, a new survey in Ohio finds.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- In the past, Eastern European adolescents experienced less drunkenness compared with their Western counterpartsm, but new Swiss research suggests these differences have become less relevant over the past decade.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are engaging in a wide range of sexual activities, including oral sex, anal sex, and partnered masturbation in addition to vaginal sex, according to the largest and latest survey of sexual behavior and sexual health in the United States.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Using time-lapsed video to watch fertilized eggs grow may offer clues about which embryos have the best chances of resulting in pregnancy when using in vitro fertilization, Stanford researchers report.

(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Sports injuries are commonplace, but injuries from playing interactive video games such as Nintendo Wii are now on the rise, new research shows, with even children who are bystanders sometimes getting hurt.

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

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Children whose mothers are likely to produce too little of the brain chemical serotonin because of gene mutations may be at higher risk of developing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later in life, Norwegian researchers report.

MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Family-based treatment for anorexic teenagers may be more effective in the long-term than individual counseling, a new study finds.