Posted: 11:08 AM A group of funeral directors from Indiana want the state to have more people monitor the industry.

Updated: 10:59 AM A new website will help train health care workers and patients on the importance of HIV testing.

Updated: 11:04 AM March: Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Michigan.

Updated: 3:17 PM The YMCA of Elkhart County is opening its doors Sunday for an afternoon of fitness and fun.

Posted: 12:31 PM Dental students at IU South Bend are holding a free dental sealant clinic on Sat. March, 2.

Posted: 11:17 AM More than 60 have died from the flu in Indiana this season.

Updated: 10:39 AM Hundreds of drunken-driving cases statewide could be in jeopardy.

Updated: 6:39 PM Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a disease that primarily targets boys, putting many in wheelchairs by the time they hit 12 years of age, and killing many in their twenties.

Posted: 10:01 PM A new study shows that hip replacements are more likely to fail in women than in men.

Updated: 7:06 PM It is believed that one in four adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder. Patients sometimes spend years trying to find the right drug cocktail to keep their symptoms at bay, all the while suffering serious side effects.

Updated: 1:07 PM Couples battle it out in the gym today to see who is the fittest duo in Michiana.

Updated: 6:46 PM Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center teamed up with Saint Michael's church to spread information about being heart smart.

Posted: 11:30 AM It's normally flu season, but students at Butler University in Indianapolis are heading to the doctor's office for a different reason.

Updated: 6:37 PM A former soldier made a big sacrifice for his country, now he is making an even bigger contribution to the medical community.

Posted: 12:15 PM Ways to burn off and limit the extra calories you consume on Super Bowl Sunday

Updated: 6:49 PM One person in the U.S is diagnosed with blood cancer every four minutes.

Updated: 6:36 PM There is a new trend in vitamins that doesn't require popping pills. It’s called vitamin infusion, and celebrities like Madonna and Cindy Crawford say they are hooked.

Updated: 6:38 PM Secondhand smoke can seep through walls of shared housing like apartments and condos and still cause damage to people’s lungs. Some 30 million people suffer from secondhand smoke, and officials say it is because of their proximity to smoking neighbors. Now, some landlords are turning to a new movement to prevent the spread of secondhand smoke.

Updated: 6:44 PM It is estimated that more than 225,000 people will be told they have lung cancer this year, and out of that amount only 15-percent will live five years with the disease. Now new technology is helping doctors find possible problems earlier than ever before.

Posted: 5:03 PM 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."

Updated: 6:40 PM If you were watching News Center 16’s meteorologist Mike Hoffman coughing his way through his forecasts last week you know he wasn't feeling well. So this week Mike made the surgical leap to do something about his persistent sinus infections and underwent a safe, less invasive procedure called Baloon Sinuplasty.

Updated: 6:36 PM ACL injuries have increased 400-percent among teens and adolescents in the last ten years, but it may come as a surprise that they are also on the rise in the baby boomer generation as well. To make sure patients do not have to pay out-of-pocket to fix the injury, doctors are using a new tool to prove that surgery works in order to continue providing coverage when new health care laws are put in place.

Posted: 11:24 AM The St. Joseph County Health Department is offering free Flu-Mist (nasal spray) vaccines for school-aged children with no history of chronic disease.

Updated: 7:04 PM IU Health is offering free cervical and breast cancer screenings next week.

Posted: 7:40 PM Authorities say the number of meningitis and other infections linked to contaminated steroids has risen to 239 in Michigan. That includes 14 deaths.