Posted: 5:23 PM Scientists say they've identified the first genetic mutation with a major effect on the risk of prostate cancer that runs in families and strikes men early, by age 55.

Posted: 5:18 PM For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often develops in elderly people who have choked on their food.

Updated: 5:50 PM "Know Your Numbers". That's the message the American Heart Association and Tennova Healthcare continue to send to women.

Posted: 4:32 PM The CDC estimates that 38 million U.S. adults binge drink. That means one in six people drink at least four or five alcoholic drinks on a single occasion.

Posted: 4:26 PM A new study suggests therapies like the nicotine patch and gum may not be as effective as some smokers trying to quit might hope.

Updated: 5:20 PM The non-binding recommendations to states and school districts seek to encourage age-appropriate discussions about sex, bullying and healthy relationships — starting with a foundation even before second grade.

Posted: 4:09 PM Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday.

Posted: 1:10 PM An executive with UnitedHealthcare of Tennessee says an early step for preventing Type 2 diabetes is creating a support system and beginning a healthy lifestyle with friends and family.

Posted: 12:25 PM Health officials say one in every 30 babies is a twin. That's a huge increase over the last 30 years. In 1980, only one in 53 newborns was a twin.

Posted: 11:12 AM New registered nurses would have to earn bachelor's degrees within 10 years to keep working in New York under a bill lawmakers are considering as part of a national push to raise educational standards for nurses.

Posted: 11:09 AM Doctors are buzzing over a new blood test that might rule out a heart attack earlier than ever before. The test looks for spikes in levels of so-called "troponin I" proteins that indicate heart muscle damage.

Posted: 6:10 AM Many Americans are finding out that free preventive care under the nation's health overhaul isn't always free.

Posted: 9:53 AM Her work was inspired by gross anatomy class. Her poem is a tribute to those who choose to donate their bodies to medical science.

Posted: 3:09 PM Governor Bill Haslam says delay in setting up a state health insurance exchange could make Tennessee miss out on federal grants to help pay for it.

Posted: 12:25 PM There's always a need for blood donations during the holiday and summer months but this week donation levels are dangerously low.

Posted: 10:29 AM The Tennessee Department of Mental Health is managing the grant, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Posted: 6:03 AM Investigators are looking into an infant's death after he consumed a popular baby formula.

Posted: 10:44 AM A $5 million donation will fund expansion of wound-care services at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.

Posted: 4:32 PM Nearly 650,000 doctors caring for millions of seniors will get a steep cut in Medicare payments Jan. 18 unless a gridlocked Congress issues a reprieve, program officials said Tuesday.

Posted: 10:57 AM LifePoint Hospitals of Brentwood, Tenn., is getting $5 million in federal funds to help reduce preventable injuries and complications from health care acquired conditions.

Updated: 10:45 AM A professor of medicine at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville has been named to a melanoma research "dream team."

Updated: 5:41 PM This is when many notice the declining health of an elderly loved one. There are some ways to spot both physical and mental changes.

Posted: 12:51 PM Country music star Glen Campbell is set to perform during a benefit concert for Pat Summitt and Alzheimer's Tennessee. It's a fitting event since music is often used to comfort patients dealing with this devastating disease.

Posted: 12:26 PM A U.S. government survey reports that 1 in 4 women say they were hit hard, kicked or otherwise violently attacked by their intimate partners.

Posted: 11:36 AM About 2.5 million young people have received health insurance coverage as a result of health care reform measures that President Barack Obama signed into law last year, the CDC reported Wednesday.