Updated: 5:20 PM The new report, developed by societies that represent hundreds of thousands of physicians, claims some doctors are performing unnecessary tests and treatments.

Posted: 10:30 AM Audiologists at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt say long-term hearing loss is possible because of the proliferation of smartphones, portable gaming systems and media players.

Posted: 7:39 AM Audiologists at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt say long-term hearing loss is possible because of the proliferation of smartphones, portable gaming systems and media players.

Posted: 2:53 PM The Government Operations Committee voted 5-4 on Wednesday to send the proposal sponsored by Democratic Sen. Beverly Marrero of Memphis to the Senate Health Committee.

Posted: 2:50 PM The City of Harriman is inviting veterans and everyone else to a strategic planning meeting to discuss donating a 4-story, 75-bed hospital to the Veterans Administration.

Posted: 6:50 AM The University of Tennessee College of Nursing is hosting a free health fair on Wednesday.

Posted: 5:14 AM Nine medical societies representing nearly 375,000 physicians are challenging the widely held perception that more health care is better, releasing lists Wednesday of tests and treatments their members should no longer automatically order.

Posted: 5:13 AM Although most children with autism keep that diagnosis through teenage years and beyond, a new study suggests some kids might just "bloom" out of the developmental disability.

Posted: 3:59 PM President Barack Obama offered a firm defense of his health care law, saying Monday he remains confident that the law will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Posted: 4:58 AM BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is sponsoring a contest designed to inspire people to eat healthy foods.

Updated: 9:10 PM New research suggests that long-term use of any type of hormones to ease menopause symptoms can raise a women's risk of breast cancer.

Posted: 10:12 AM New research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer.

Updated: 11:24 AM Five year old Elaina Whaley decorated and chowed down a pepperoni "Mini Murph" while waiting for her weekly chemo treatment.

Posted: 11:45 AM Now the justices will wrestle with what to do with President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. They have a range of options, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety.

Posted: 11:08 AM According to new government statistics, the rate is about 1 in 88. That means autism is nearly twice as common as the government reported just five years ago. The largest increases are in Hispanic kids.

Posted: 6:42 AM At 18 months, Cristina Astacio spoke only a few words, wouldn't respond to her name and shunned other kids in her day care group. Last October, her worried parents found out why.

Posted: 6:32 AM Governors of three states got up close with "pink slime" Thursday, touching and examining treated beef at a plant and eating hamburgers made with it in a bid to persuade grossed-out consumers and grocery stores the product is safe to consume.

Posted: 11:39 AM More than 75 people got a free kidney screening Thursday when the National Kidney Foundation set up a clinic at the O'Connor Senior Center.

Posted: 10:35 AM A new U.S. government report says autism is more common than previously thought, burdening as many as 1 in 88 children.

Updated: 6:13 PM It's called "The Zipperheads of Comedy", a group of local comedians coming together to raise money for a serious brain disorder.

Updated: 5:28 AM The Tennessee Department of Human Services will begin helping those in ten counties hit by tornadoes earlier this month by issuing disaster D-SNAP food stamps.

Posted: 5:21 AM The survival of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul rests with a Supreme Court seemingly split over ideology and, more particularly, in the hands of two Republican-appointed justices.

Posted: 5:08 AM The main producer of "pink slime" and the politicians defending the company will have a hard time persuading consumers and grocery stores to accept the product, even if the processed beef trimmings are as safe as the industry insists.

Posted: 4:54 PM Health officials say cancer rates have been going down thanks to better screening, treatment advances, and efforts to prevent some cancers by reducing smoking and other unhealthy behaviors.

Posted: 3:30 PM A new study shows after suffering a first heart attack, men who are moderate drinkers are much less likely to die compared to non-drinkers.