WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials say as many as 16 people have died from possible listeria illnesses traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade.

Fatherhood may be a kick in the old testosterone, but it may also help keep a man alive. New research suggests that dads are a little less likely to die of heart-related problems than childless men are.

CHICAGO (AP) — Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson hopes to show her commitment to a healthier lifestyle with the opening of a new weight loss center in Chicago.

ATLANTA (AP) — Yes, it could happen. But it's a stretch.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As her mother's Alzheimer's worsened over eight long years, so did Doreen Alfaro's bills: The walker, then the wheelchair, then the hospital bed, then the diapers — and the caregivers hired for more and more hours a day so Alfaro could go to work and her elderly father could get some rest.

CHICAGO (AP) — Young Illinoisans with ideas for fighting childhood obesity are being encouraged to apply for grants from UnitedHealthcare and an advocacy group.

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago community health center says a $3 million grant from the state will help it provide better patient care.

Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele, D-2nd Dist., has been battling diabetes for over 30 years.

CHICAGO (AP) — A new Illinois law requires insurance companies to offer coverage for services meant to get smokers to kick the habit.

In a spectacular turnabout, hospitals are treating almost all major heart attack patients within the recommended 90 minutes of arrival, a new study finds. Just five years ago, less than half of them got their clogged arteries opened that fast.