Posted: 5:43 AM Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them.

Posted: 5:19 PM A measure that requires roll-your-own cigarette retailers to pay a licensing fee and tax and adhere to certain restrictions has been signed by Gov. Bill Haslam.

Updated: 3:55 PM Even with all the medical advancements we have today; there's still no replacement for blood. That's why donating blood is so important in order to keep supplies stocked in local hospitals. But have you ever wondered who does this blood really help?

Posted: 8:06 AM Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash and then asking the government for replacement cards.

Posted: 3:24 PM A new report shows that nearly 18 million prescriptions for controlled substances like OxyContin and hydrocodone were dispensed in Tennessee last year -- a 23 percent increase from the previous year.

Posted: 9:54 AM As more of America's children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial and emotional challenges

Posted: 5:11 AM A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation.

Posted: 6:42 AM More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to fight the disease, a study said Tuesday.

Posted: 5:33 AM As more runners experiment with barefoot running, doctors say they are treating injuries, mainly in people who ramped up too fast. In serious cases, they are laid up for several months.

Posted: 2:56 PM A survey performed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed declining dental visits in Tennessee and an increase in the number of people who have lost at least one permanent tooth.

Posted: 4:44 AM Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says.

Posted: 1:05 PM A UCLA study showed that when a fructose solution was given to rats, they had a harder time figuring out a complicated maze.

Posted: 1:05 PM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released draft recommendations calling for all baby boomers to get a one-time blood test for the liver disease. That's everyone born from 1945 to 1965.

Posted: 5:41 AM Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don't mess with pot.

Posted: 5:24 AM For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.

Updated: 11:54 AM A new procedure that many thought was the wave of the future is now being done in East Tennessee.

Posted: 3:17 PM The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the grants Wednesday, saying Tennessee will receive $4.3 million to use in establishing Affordable Health Care Insurance Exchanges

Posted: 6:04 AM 40 Knox Co elementary schools are teaming up with the Tennessee Smokies on Tuesday to help students live healthier lifestyles with activities as part of the Tennessee Smokies Safe Kids and Health Awareness Day.

Posted: 8:41 AM The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks.

Posted: 5:41 AM One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds.

Updated: 4:47 PM The 2012 Great Strides walk at Victor Ashe Park sets record numbers. It's another huge step toward a cure.

Posted: 12:24 PM The UT-Memphis Transplant Institute and the Mid-South Transplant Foundation are at odds over a federal decision governing how organs are shared.

Updated: 5:09 PM Some of the volunteers in UT Medical Center's NICU are called "Cuddlers." They help hold babies when they are distressed and calm them down.

Posted: 5:39 AM The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS.

Posted: 3:27 PM Mother's Day is the perfect time to get a mammogram and Tennova Medical Centers are rewarding you with a little pampering.