The U.S. government won't appeal a court decision blocking it from requiring tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages, ending a lengthy legal battle.

Researchers at the American Academy of Neurology say they've spent thousands of hours reviewing all scientific studies published through June 2012 to come up with their latest recommendations, which replace the medical society's 1997 concussion guidelines.

False positives on a mammogram may lead to unnecessary biopsies or treatments.

A Maryland man who received a tainted organ in 2011 died last month. Officials determined the organ donor had rabies. Three other people in Florida, Georgia and Illinois are receiving anti-rabies shots.

Researchers believe that many couples are waiting to get married because of economic and cultural reasons.

Stormont-Vail HealthCare and Sabetha Community Hospital recently launched a unique link aimed at improving rural health care.

Medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is among the most prescribed in the country.

A study conducted in Belarus of 14,000 healthy infants showed that encouraging mothers to breast-feed their children did not lower children's incidence of being overweight or obese by the time they were pre-teens.

Attendees got to take part in numerous activities including bowling, an inflatable obstacle course, and fitness classes.

The antibiotic that's sold as Zithromax, Zmax or sometimes referred to as a "Z-Pack" is prescribed to treat bacterial infections such as bronchitis, pneumonia, or ear infections.

The coalition includes more than 30 groups representing consumers, health care providers and religious organizations.

Early results from a key study of Boston Scientific Corp.'s Watchman device suggested it is safer than previous testing found, but may not be better than a drug that is used now for preventing strokes.

Bypass surgery is one of the most common operations in the world. There is great debate about the best way to do it, and patients often are given a choice.

A study published on March 8 in Science shows that resveratrol stimulates production of SIRT1, a serum that blocks diseases by speeding up the cell's energy production centers known as mitrochondria.

More than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to the Nation’s poison centers. March 17 to 23 is National Poison Prevention Week.

Safe Kids Kansas and the Poison Control Center remind parents that March 17-23 is National Poison Prevention Week.

Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling writes that loopholes in New York City's limits on sugary drinks "effectively defeat the stated purpose" of the rule.

State health officials announced they've accepted a challenge to reduce the state's pre-term birth rate by 8 percent by 2014.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy helped St. Marys Fire Chief Ray Barthuly heal from a wound that threatened to take part of his leg.

A new study, done with Mayo Clinic employees, was the longest test yet of financial incentives for weight loss.

Colorado is the only U.S. state with an adult obesity rate smaller than 20 percent, according to a new report.

With a shortage of mental facilities, jails have become the new asylums.

New ads, which will run in New York City's subways and bus shelters, feature crying and sad children alongside teen parent statistics.

The latest research found that women age 75 and younger are dying at higher rates than previous years in nearly half of the nation's counties -- many of them rural and in the South and West.

The federal government defines a rare disease or disorder as one that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans at any given time.