Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic have discovered it's not the saturated fats or cholesterol from a fatty steak that's triggering heart problems, but a chemical process involving gut bacteria and a compound found in meat called carnitine.

A study of almost 50,000 Americans finds brisk walking can be just as effective at reducing heart health risks like high blood pressure and cholesterol as going on a full-speed run.

The government last year lowered the threshold for lead poisoning, so now more children are considered at risk.

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that 48 percent of women were living with their significant other but not married to them.

A federal judge ruled the FDA's decisions regarding the so-called morning-after pill were "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable."

The 18th annual Run for Life is Saturday, April 6, at Washburn University. Checkin and a health fair will be held in Lee Arena.

Stormont-Vail Health Care is offering free skin cancer screening from 8 am to noon on Saturday, April 20th. You do need an appointment. Just call HealthConnections at 785-354-5225 to schedule.

The AAFA released its 2013 Spring Allergy Capitals report on Tuesday, listing the worst cities in the U.S. to live for people with allergies.

An app funded by New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene offers free information on where to get condoms and other birth control and where to find free pregnancy, HIV and STD testing.

Under a bill debated in the Kansas Senate Monday, doctors would have to inform women about potential risks associated with abortion, including breast cancer.

KDHE is responding to concerns a measure meant to improve safety for emergency responders, corrections and health care workers would allow people with HIV and AIDS to be quarantined.

A tablet that quickly dissolves under the tongue could become the first alternative available in the U.S. to getting a long series of uncomfortable allergy shots.

The Oklahoma Board of Dentistry said Thursday that state and county health inspectors went to Dr. W. Scott Harrington's practice after a patient with no other known risk factors tested positive for both hepatitis C and the virus that causes AIDS.

Scientists fed fruit flies extracts from either organic foods or non-organic, conventionally-grown foods, and found the organic group was healthier and lived longer than their counterparts.

Scientists working on the Collaborative Oncological Gene-Environment Study (COGS) revealed that they have discovered 74 new single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are linked to increased occurrences of breast, prostate and ovarian cancer.

Kansas legislators from both parties said Wednesday they're not surprised some costs could rise under the 2010 federal health care law championed by President Barack Obama.

British researchers looked at a representative sample of over 11,000 kids born between 2000 and 2002, and found those who watched television longer than three hours per day were more likely to develop antisocial behaviors such as fighting, stealing or bullying.

A new study shows older men and women who are apart from their family and friends had a 26 percent higher death risk during a seven year period who were the most social.

A new University of Kansas study finds that the extra padding found in conventional running shoes may be changing the way runners strike the ground and could eventually lead to injury.

More than 100 children passed away during this past flu season.

Authorities say the drug -- known as "noz," "whip-its," or "whippets" -- has spurred fatal car accidents, rapes and teen deaths.

Three years after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (dubbed "Obamacare" by some), CBS News looks at some key figures that shed light on the status of the law's implementation, its impact on the nation and public opinion.

The U.S. ranked 19th out of thirty countries with 429 deaths per one million adults linked to eating too much salt -- or about one in ten U.S. deaths.

A new study, which was published in JAMA Psychiatry on March 20, found that risk factors for autism may increase over several generations.

A new study suggests toddlers may be getting far too much salt if they're eating pre-packaged foods.