THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- It was the small square photo clipped to an applicant's resume that most influenced whether a woman would be hired. But there was a hidden catch: The pictures showed the same six women both before and after weight-loss surgery.

For the first time ever, white births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to US Census Bureau estimates Thursday that underscored the growth of the Hispanic population.

The Obama administration is asking a presidential commission to help decide an ethical quandary: Should the anthrax vaccine and other treatments being stockpiled in case of a bioterror attack be tested in children?

FIRST PERSON | Boston researchers have reported a new technique to make undergoing a colonoscopy much less difficult. Their results suggest that laxative-free virtual colonoscopies are effective in locating high-risk polyps. For patients who have to have this radiographic study on a regular basis -- perhaps even every year -- the laxative in the preparation sometimes proves more troublesome than the procedure itself.

Hazel the schnauzer and Wrigley the black lab mix mean everything to Harriet Buscombe. The dogs protect her on her pre-dawn runs around her Champaign, Ill., neighborhood, but mostly they make her feel great.