You won't see graphic anti-smoking images and messages on cigarette cartons. A federal judge threw out a mandate requiring tobacco companies to place the images and words on their products. Also, new research finds that women who eat fish... May be reducing their colon cancer risk. Previous studies have linked fish consumption to a lower risk of heart disease for both genders.

Falling to the ground at any given moment without having control over their bodies. It's what children with atonic seizures live with everyday. For some, removing part of a major organ, seems to be the key to ending the dangerous cycle. Andrew McIntosh has the story.

Did you know that mixing licorice and blood pressure meds could lead to paralysis? If you're not careful, the drugs meant to save you could actually do more harm than good. Andrew McIntosh shows us how everything from the time of day, to the type of food we eat could do us harm.

Passed from mother to son…Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is the most common fatal genetic disease of children. One in 35-hundred boys is diagnosed with it. Over time, they lose more and more muscle, until their lungs or heart become so weak they die. But as Andrew McIntosh reports, a therapy that's been tested in dogs could change that.

Brachial (break-ee-el) Plexus injuries occur when the head and shoulder are pushed in opposite directions. They can cost kids the use of their arms. But as Andrew McIntosh reports...Now….With some assistance from the dead…doctors are helping children with severe forms of the injury.

It's a condition you probably associate with men, but women can suffer from hernias, too. They can be painful and debilitating, but a simple surgery can fix the problem. As Andrew McIntosh tells us, sometimes the hardest part for women is getting the right diagnosis.

More than one-million Americans are living with Parkinson's disease. Right now - doctors diagnose it by conducting a physical exam that's often unreliable. But…as Andrew McIntosh reports… that's about to change.

Every day, terminally ill patients flood emergency rooms. They often receive invasive treatments - even if they only have months or weeks left to live. These therapies can be dangerous and costly. Patients spend 40-percent of their medicare expenses in their last month of life. Now - one hospital is trying to remedy the problem by combining two fields of medicine. Andrew McIntosh explains.

COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States, killing as many as 120-thousand people every year. Twelve million Americans have been diagnosed with the condition, and millions more may have COPD, and don't realize it. Andrew McIntosh shows us how an antibiotic a day could help keep attacks at bay.

He's overcome a developmental disorder to compete on the ice. But a physical abnormality almost forced him to give up his passion. Andrew McIntosh tells us what fixed a young boy's feet and saved his figure skating career.

The New England Journal of Medicine calls it a milestone. Patients who've tried it say it's changed their lives. Andrew McIntosh reports on a breakthrough in the treatment of a lung disease that kills patients by their mid-thirties.

Most U.S. troops have cleared out of Iraq, and as they head stateside, a lot have trouble leaving the battlefield behind. PTSD is hitting troops hard and at any given time, more than 13 million Americans are affected by it. Now, for the first time ever, there could be a definitive way to find out who has it and help treat it.

A man almost lost his leg to an infection. Find out how a doctor was able to step in and keep him standing his own two feet.

One study is changing how some cardiologists view a popular drug used to lower bad cholesterol. Some are even prescribing it to patients with normal cholesterol. But some doctors think it might do more harm than good.

It's a pain in the chest nine-million Americans live with every day. Angina is treatable, but most of the time patients have to take medication for the rest of their lives to control it.

An estimated four-point-four million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis and most don't know it. Now a new study shows customers in nail salons could be putting themselves at risk for the deadly disease.

Everyone wants to start the new year out right and many resolve to make improvements, including monetarily.

Four months may not seem like a long time, but for those with cancer, it's 120 days they might not have. A breakthrough treatment for prostate cancer patients is changing that for some, but people who've gone through the process have mixed emotions about it.

Young, old, black and white. Diabetes can hit anyone at any time. Along with the 26-million people who know they have it, millions of others remain undiagnosed. Now, a new tool is helping to identify the disease faster.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children be screened for autism twice before age two. However, only between five and seven percent of pediatricians perform a formal screening. The average age of diagnosis for a child with autism is about five and a half. Experts say that's way too late.

One in every 110 children is diagnosed with some level of autism. For many parents, this usually means problems with communication and little interest in interacting with others. But now a new program is changing how we look at autism by putting kids in the spotlight.

While you watch this story, someone in the U.S. will have a stroke. For many, it can disable limbs, making even simple tasks next to impossible. Now a unique trial is helping these patients get back what they've lost.

We all know that working out can help boost your mood, but what about one that can make your spirits soar? Antigravity yoga has students flying high.

It's the number one cause of death and disability in children, killing more kids than cancer or any other disease. Every year, 475,000 children under age 14, suffer traumatic brain injuries. Now, new discoveries are giving kids a better shot at survival.

Leukemia and lymphoma are just a couple of the life-threatening diseases marrow transplants can cure. But only one in three patients is able to find a donor in their family. The rest must rely on an unrelated donor, and only half of those will find a perfect match. Now, though, a new alternative could change everything.