HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- People whose fathers had early-onset obesity are at increased risk for elevated liver enzyme levels and liver disease, says a U.S. study.

Reuters - The rising incidence of throat cancer, also referred to as cancer of the esophagus or esophageal adenocarcinoma, may be related to Americans'increasing intake of total and refined carbohydrates and subsequent rise in obesity rates.

AP - Antibiotics for breakfast? The drugs are supposed to kill bacteria, not feed them. Yet Harvard researchers have discovered hundreds of germs in soil that literally gobble up antibiotics, able to thrive with the potent drugs as their sole source of nutrition.

Reuters - Black children with Hodgkin's disease, also referred to as Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph system, appear to be more likely to have relapses compared with their white counterparts. However, the overall 5-year survival rate is essentially the same for both groups, researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

AP - About 1 in 50 infants in the U.S. are victims of nonfatal child neglect or abuse, according to the first national study of the problem in that age group.