How does your child's spoonful of medicine measure up? iStockphoto.com hide caption
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Fruit get a free ride on new Weight Watchers plan. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), left, and Sen. Mike Enzi, (R-WY), talk to reporters on Tuesday about the food safety bill that passed the Senate. Harry Hamburg/AP hide caption
A man sunbathes in Malmo, Sweden, in July. Humans (and other animals) make vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. Johan Nilsson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
A CT scan of the brain shows the cerebellum, a small portion of each temporal lobe, and the sinuses. Andrew Ciscel via Wikimedia Commons hide caption
Scrubbing too much might be a problem, scientists say. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Your checkup may be changing. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Megan Lindsey (right) and her friend Alexandria Bodfish at soccer camp at University of Notre Dame. Megan, 14, suffered concussions twice this fall while playing soccer. Courtesy of Barbara Wirtz hide caption
Cycling has at least tripled over the past two decades in several big cities across the U.S., including Minneapolis, Chicago and San Francisco. Jonathan Steinberg hide caption
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Dr. Barry Gordon, a neurologist and an experimental psychologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, has been trying to help his son Alex find language. Alex, pictured here at 7 years was always non-verbal and diagnosed as autistic at age 4. Courtesy of the Gordon Family hide caption
Eat Up: Eating a large meal at the holidays won't have a big impact on your weight, says one physiologist. That's because your brain keeps a close watch on food intake and can tolerate the occasional big meal. It's slow, steady weight gain that's more problematic. iStockphoto.com hide caption