2 mins ago - Last year, about 18 percent of adults who participated in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers, according to the latest figures.

7 mins ago - 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.

Posted: 06/11/2013 - A study from the Academy of Social Sciences in the U.K. shows that kids' literacy, math skills and behavior is not affected whether or not their mother works or stays home during the first years of their lives.