LITTLE ROCK (AP) Overweight children in Arkansas have not faced more teasing since the state became the first to require students to undergo body mass index tests, a new study shows.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) Overweight children in Arkansas have not faced more teasing since the state became the first to require students to undergo body mass index tests, a new study shows.

The cold and flu season is upon us, which means that irate patients will soon be badgering their doctors for antibiotics prescriptions. But antibiotics don't fight viral diseases such as colds and influenza, and a new study suggests that doctors aren't prescribing them as much as they once did.