The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday rescinded guidance it issued 42 years ago that has allowed tobacco companies to make claims about tar and nicotine levels based on testing by a machine.

Federal regulators say traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula. But the government insists the products are safe.

The rate of new cancer cases appears to be inching down at last.

Experts say a tight pharmacist pool in Kansas could shrink even more if plans to expand the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy are scrapped.

In 2007, a total of 41,951 births were registered to Kansas residents, 1,055 more than in 2006. The number of births in 2007 is the highest reported since 1981 (41,202).

An analysis of federal data has found that Medicaid is paying millions for drugs that have not been reviewed for safety and effectiveness.

The University of Kansas Center for Research says two of its researchers should be listed on patents for a cancer drug.

HIV screening has become more routine, but scientists say people are still falling through the cracks.

Oklahoma health officials and a restaurant at the center of this summer's deadly E. coli outbreak have signed an agreement to reopen the eatery.

A new study suggests that banning fast-food ads on TV could reduce the number of obese young children by 18 percent, and the number of obese older kids by 14 percent.

Here's what doctors at Wichita Clinic locations are seeing.

The health insurance industry says it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers regardless of pre-existing medical conditions.

Ten years after the tobacco settlement, a national report suggests states aren't spending enough on programs to keep people from smoking.

More kids are suffering from asthma than ever before, but what's causing the increase in cases and what's being done to prevent it?

A large study has shown the dietary supplement ginkgo didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

We have another recall to warn you about this morning. Cobra Electronics is recalling these children's two-way radios.

New government figures show that almost 700,000 children went hungry in America at some point in 2007.

Is your preschooler ready for Kindergarten? Every school is different, but here are some tips on what experts say your child needs to know.

The Galichia ER has announced plans to offer free services to recently laid off Hawker Beechcraft employees.

Women who give birth at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, will be able to donate blood from their umbilical cords for use in disease treatments beginning Dec. 1.

The University of Kansas Cancer Center announced Sept. 25, 2011, as the date that it will be applying for National Cancer Institute designation.

The University of Kansas Cancer Center announced Sept. 25, 2011, as the date that it will be applying for National Cancer Institute designation.

During the recent presidential campaign, few issues were discussed or debated more often than health care. President-elect Obama has promised reform and he might get some of his ideas from across the pond.

Doctors in Germany say a man appears to have been cured of AIDS, 20 months after undergoing a procedure normally used to fight leukemia.

Two major pharmacies have agreed to translate prescription drug instructions to customers' primary languages in more than 2,000 stores statewide.