What's Going Around
Updated: 4:37 PM Here's what physicians at Via Christi Clinics are seeing.
Updated: 4:37 PM Here's what physicians at Via Christi Clinics are seeing.
Posted: 11:43 AM A new report finds some 15 million premature babies are born every year — more than 1 in 10 of the world's births and a bigger problem than previously estimated.
Posted: 11:32 AM A new survey of young people by The Partnership at Drugfree.org says nearly 1 in 10 teens light up at least 20 or more times a month.
Posted: 11:19 AM Thoughts of death can make people more helpful and make healthy changes, like exercising or quitting cigarettes.
Updated: 11:13 AM The government plans to speed up the process for testing E. coli in meat, a move that will help authorities more quickly track the source of the deadly bacteria and hasten recalls.
Updated: 11:05 AM CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. and U.K. users will be able to enroll as organ donors via links on the world's biggest social networking site.
Posted: 9:22 AM A bill designed to help overworked dentists in urban and rural clinics is on its way to Gov. Sam Brownback's desk.
Posted: 3:57 PM U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the world is falling behind in its pledge to sharply reduce HIV/AIDS infections and improve treatment.
Posted: 3:54 PM The number of U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled over a decade.
Updated: 11:03 PM William McCray, 52, died a couple of weeks ago. But he wore a LifeVest, an external defibrillator, that shocked him back to life.
Updated: 9:19 AM A new report finds that insurance companies will have to return more than $1 billion this year to consumers and employers to meet a requirement in President Barack Obama's overhaul.
Posted: 9:17 AM The guidelines were published online Thursday.
Updated: 5:18 PM Common conditions seen at Via Christi Clinic locations.
Posted: 2:42 PM For many HIV-positive Americans, and those who advocate on their behalf, these are days of anxious waiting as the Supreme Court ponders President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Posted: 2:22 PM The Roman Catholic Church is against IVF.
Posted: 1:45 PM This year's effort runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Posted: 11:29 AM Health officials say last year was the worst year for measles in the U.S. in 15 years.
Updated: 11:51 AM The program is intended to make it easier for residents and long-term care facilities to throw away unwanted medications.
Updated: 5:11 PM Common conditions seen at Via Christi Clinic locations.
Posted: 2:25 PM The national advocacy group is promoting Power Talk 21 on Saturday, April, 21st.
Posted: 8:33 AM There's growing evidence that people who regularly sleep too little and at the wrong time suffer long-lasting consequences including an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease.
Updated: 8:43 AM The death rate dropped about 30 percent from 2000 to 2009. One big reason was a decline in traffic fatalities, which annually account for half or more of kids' deaths caused by accidents.
Posted: 8:09 AM The first class at the University of Kansas Medical School in Salina has the opportunity to work in a modern, state-of-the-art anatomy lab.
Updated: 3:45 PM Common conditions seen at Via Christi Clinic locations
Posted: 10:25 AM An Arkansas judge has fined Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary more than $1.1 billion after a jury found the companies downplayed and hid risks associated with an antipsychotic drug.