Posted: 5:01 PM A study by the Centers for Disease control and Statistics Canada show that 1/3 of Americans are obese compared to just 1/4 of Canadians.

Posted: 5:25 PM The Drug Enforcement Admin. will enforce the ban on the sale of synthetic marijuana products beginning Tuesday. Products include K-2, Spice, Blaze and Red X Dawn.

Posted: 5:30 PM The maker of the popular cancer fighting drug Avastin will get a hearing in June to defend Avastin's use in breast cancer cases. In December, the FDA ruled that studies failed to show Avastin was an effective treatment for breast cancer.

Updated: 11:42 PM Insurer reaches settlement with state insurance regulator and Attorney General.

Updated: 8:14 PM Kids Count data reveal increase in abuse and poverty. Experts say the way to cut the statistics is to properly invest resources.

Posted: 4:49 PM Feds announce new security measures to combat Medicare fraud, including tougher screenings for providers and the ability to withhold payments during investigations.

Updated: 11:22 AM Mich. sees low birthrate amid economic problems

Posted: 12:26 PM Nearly one in 12 Americans now say they have the disease.

Posted: 7:49 AM Children born less than two years after their siblings were considerably more likely to have an autism diagnosis.

Posted: 9:30 AM US government says too much fluoride causing splotchy teeth

Posted: 10:38 PM Excess fluoride may be leaving splotches on teeth.

Posted: 6:15 PM Blues start moving 3,000 workers to Detroit in May

Updated: 1:05 PM Obama signs Sept. 11 first responders bill in Hawaii.

Updated: 8:37 PM The new year was ushered in with changes to your health insurance. Do you know who and what is covered and what is not?

Updated: 11:36 AM Blood test to spot cancer gets a big boost from Johnson & Johnson

Updated: 7:41 PM Doctors are seeing many patients in Mid-Michigan with the stomach flu and seasonal depression.

Posted: 4:12 PM Some types of Roalids are being recalled because of metal and wood particles.

Posted: 6:32 PM Residents in the area of Michigan river oil spill say they were sickened by event.

Posted: 12:43 PM Grand Rapids man's organs go to four people.

Posted: 12:34 PM Company will pay millions to family of man who died of mouth cancer.

Posted: 4:01 PM Assigning fresh fruits and vegetables zero points is first major change to system in more than a decade.

Posted: 11:43 AM A new dental clinic aimed at serving low-income patients is opening in Eaton County. It is located in Charlotte at the Eaton Co. Building Complex, 1045 Independence Blvd.

Updated: 11:14 AM Some of Pictsweet's packaged frozen vegetables could contain glass pieces.

Updated: 2:57 PM Agency says it wrongly bowed to outside influences and ignored its scientific reviewers.

Updated: 1:05 PM A new study shows and reaffirms that poverty and lack of resources to be factors that could affect the outlook of your child's life.