Updated: 3:13 AM Safety officials say deaths of teen drivers increased sharply in the first six months of last year, reversing a decade-long trend.

Posted: 5:22 AM One of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of suffering heart-related problems, especially strokes, in older people at high risk of them.

Posted: 6:27 AM How much fast food do U.S. adults eat each day? According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 11.3 percent of daily calories consumed by adults in 2007 through 2010 came from fast food.

Posted: 5:32 AM A lawsuit has been filed against a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood.

Posted: 3:55 AM A new study shows that hip replacements are more likely to fail in women than in men.

Posted: 1:10 PM "The Doctors" revealed study findings that found regular consumption of fast food items like fried chicken and onion rings are particularly bad for your liver, and these fried foods have many surprising complications and dangers for the people that consume them.

Posted: 7:20 AM About 1-in-9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its approval 15 years ago.

Posted: 2:42 AM Soft-drink makers should consider adding health warnings. That's what a coroner has ruled, after determining a 2-gallon-a-day Coca-Cola habit was a "substantial factor" in a woman's death.

Posted: 12:24 PM The portion of young people without health insurance has been declining since a rule was enacted in 2010 allowing children 26 years old and under to stay on their parents' health care plans, a new Gallup poll shows.

Updated: 8:10 AM The number of people living with Alzheimer's disease is expected to triple by 2050, a new study shows.

Posted: 7:35 AM Colorado is preparing to expand health assistance for low-income adults, and Democrats have turned away the first attempt to put curbs on that expansion.

Posted: 9:09 AM Twenty-six-year-old Brendan Marrocco spoke at a news conference Tuesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after receiving new arms.

Posted: 3:21 AM CU Boulder is about to go smoke-free, with a new campus-wide smoking ban.

Posted: 8:19 AM Winter weather can especially wreak havoc on a person's skin, causing it to become dry, cracked and itchy. Experts say there are ways to improve these conditions during the winter months.

Posted: 8:50 AM A new strain of the norovirus stomach bug that has been sweeping the globe is taking over the United States, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.

Posted: 8:46 AM The worst air in the country is actually hovering over Salt Lake City, and it could mean big changes for life there.

Posted: 10:16 PM Mesa County health officials have issued a health advisory due to high levels of smoke in the Grand Valley.

Posted: 7:37 AM Scientists are attempting something dramatically different in the quest to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer's disease. They're using "brain pacemakers."

Posted: 4:27 PM Penrose-St. Francis Health Services says it has partnered with Walgreens to provide two additional clinics to offer free influenza vaccinations in Colorado Springs.

Posted: 4:40 PM The total number of pediatric deaths linked to this flu season in Colorado is up to four, including one in El Paso County, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment reported Tuesday.

Updated: 7:59 AM Southwest Ice Cream Specialties of McKinney, Texas, is voluntarily recalling some of its Dulce de Leche ice cream containers because they may contain praline pecan ice cream, which has wheat, soy and pecans that could cause problems for people allergic to those ingredients.

Posted: 11:55 AM Some 160,000 Colorado adults with low incomes could become eligible for public health care assistance under a plan announced Thursday by Gov. John Hickenlooper.

Posted: 6:41 AM A major deadline looms Friday for states to comply with the new health care law. Colorado's an early achiever and doesn't have to worry about the deadline.

Posted: 6:00 AM This is a story that has a lot of you asking: should you get a flu shot?

Posted: 11:18 AM There will be a flu shot clinic December 18th in Pueblo West.