More Health Headlines

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- State employees who smoke will be paying more for their health insurance, but not until 2010.

Undated (USA TODAY) -- Women who survive five years after being diagnosed with breast cancer have a good chance of remaining cancer-free, a new study shows.

(USA TODAY) - This is a story for every woman who has frowned at her image in a dressing-room mirror and wished for a better body.

Citrus County, FL (Bay News 9) -- A local inventor has made a new toilet designed to take the stench out of the john.

Lexington County (WLTX) - The death of comedian Bernie Mac, although not from Sarcoidosis is shining a light on the often undiagnosed disease. Beth Ford has lived with the illness for several years.

Columbia (WLTX) - It's the beginning of a beautiful friendship between two veterans who met at the VA Hospital, but how it started just might rev up your engines.

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) -- Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling more than 51,000 pounds of frozen raw chicken breast tenderloin over concerns it may contain soy.

ATLANTA (AP) - The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal task force recommends doctors stop routine prostate cancer screening for men over 75 because it could do more harm than good.

Columbia (WLTX) - Studies show on average, African-American men live seven years less than the general population. One local group is working to prevent that.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new report tells parents they won't be finding many healthy choices for their kids at the nation's top restaurant chains.

NEW YORK (AP) -- What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat?