(HealthDay News) -- While you're using at-home oxygen therapy, remember that you'll need to be very cautious around anything that has a flame or can ignite.

(HealthDay News) -- It's important to eat properly at any age, particularly for seniors.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- This winter, influenza seems to be behaving very differently depending on what side of the Atlantic you're on.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Skipping a night of sleep is equivalent of the amount of energy it would take to walk about two miles, new research suggests.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Conducting sleep studies of children before removing their tonsils and adenoids (adenotonsillectomy) may help identify those at increased risk for postoperative respiratory complications, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A good relationship between a patient and therapist is likely to improve the patient's recovery from depression, a new study finds.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- You might want to think twice before snuggling in bed at night with Fido or Fluffy.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of depression among cancer patients may be lower than previously believed, a new study indicates.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Intensive care patients who may be infected with strains of pneumonia that are resistant to many drugs may be more likely to die if current treatment guidelines are followed, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Just a slim majority of Americans -- 52 percent -- think vaccines don't cause autism, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll found.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Many young American couples can't agree on whether they've decided to have sex only with each other, a new study shows.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who were children when their parents divorced are more likely to seriously consider suicide than adults who grew up in intact families, according to a new study.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Emotions can get in the way of rational decisions about safety products such as airbags, vaccines and smoke detectors, researchers report.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new report card gives the U.S. government relatively high marks for advances in treating people with tobacco-related illnesses, but gives low or failing grades to most states as their anti-smoking programs falter.

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

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that suggests your brain changes once you become an expert at something, Japanese researchers report that years of daily practice appear to have rewired the brains of professional shogi players.

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

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' remarkable progress, including standing up with the help of aides Wednesday, bodes well for her continued recovery at a Houston rehabilitation center, where she will be moved Friday, just 13 days after a bullet pierced her brain.

THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Having both breast cancer and diabetes greatly increases the chances of dying, new research shows.