Black women are more likely to have heart disease with just a few metabolic risk factors, a study finds. That’s not the case for white women. Being obese seems to affect black women more, too.

Three weeks of radiation works just as well as six weeks for most women with early stage breast cancer. But doctors have been slow to make that switch. Money may be one big reason why, a study says.

Citing reduced risk of HIV and other sexually acquired diseases, the federal agency says health care providers should discuss circumcision with men as well as parents of infants and teen boys.