3 mins ago - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 36 percent of American adults are obese. The American Medical Association is now officially calling it a disease.

Updated: 11:51 AM - Last year, about 18 percent of adults who participated in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers, according to the latest figures.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - Researchers found certain chemicals and pollutants were linked to heightened risk for the neurodevelopmental disease that affects one in 50 U.S. schoolchildren.

Posted: 06/14/2013 - A strange trend among Japanese school-aged children.

Posted: 06/13/2013 - The Centers for Disease Control says some 6,000 people a year seek treatment for heat-related illness. A few precautions can help people beat the heat.

Posted: 06/13/2013 - A Supreme Court ruling threw out some patents previously held by Myriad Genetics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based company that had patented a genetic test for the BRCA gene that's associated with increased risks for breast and ovarian cancers.

Updated: 06/12/2013 - 68 young people from northeast Kansas who are living with variuos neuromuscular diseases are attending the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual summer camp in Linwood this week.

Posted: 06/12/2013 - The measure known as the PARTS Act would protect Kansans’ access to important therapy services.

Posted: 06/11/2013 - Michigan State University researchers camped out in public restrooms, and found only 5 percent of people properly washed their hands long enough to kill infection-causing germs and bacteria.

Posted: 06/11/2013 - A state appeals court panel on Tuesday had few sweet words for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed health regulation that would fight the city's growing diabetes and obesity rates by setting a size limit on sugary beverages.