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Science

Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life

Cleaner Air Equals Longer Life

The battle against pollution has been one of the biggest concerns over the past two decades. And...
» read full story January 23rd, 2009 - 14:50
Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

Two Enzymes Might Help Predict Ovarian Cancer Outcome

A woman’s chance of surviving ovarian cancer may be linked to levels of two proteins, US...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 14:59
Brain Swelling: The Cause Of Many Deaths On Mount Everest

Brain Swelling: The Cause Of Many Deaths On Mount Everest

Not avalanches, falling ice or lung problems seem to be the reasons for which many climbers on...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 09:05
Report Finds Government Nano-Risk Assessment Plan Faulty

Report Finds Government Nano-Risk Assessment Plan Faulty

The government’s plan for research on potential health and environmental risks posed by the use of...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 13:22
Europeans Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

Europeans Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

An article in the Nov. 19 online issue of the journal The Lancet tells that story of a Colombian...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 07:50
First Stem Cells Trachea Transplant

First Stem Cells Trachea Transplant

An article in the British medical journal The Lancet recently reported that physicians from four...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 19:09
DNA Damage May Predict Lung Cancer

DNA Damage May Predict Lung Cancer

Canadian scientists have conducted a study in proving that a genetic trait can be a reliable...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 11:30
Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome

Using DNA sequencing, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis were able to identify the...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 14:00
Carnivorous Dinosaur Unearthed In Argentina Linked To Modern Birds

Carnivorous Dinosaur Unearthed In Argentina Linked To Modern Birds

An international team of scientists from USA, Argentina and Canada stumbled upon rare evidence of...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:00
Rice Professor: Granite Countertops Emit Dangerous Radon and Radiation

Rice Professor: Granite Countertops Emit Dangerous Radon and Radiation

Rice University physics Professor W.J. Llope alleges that according to his yet unpublished...
» read full story July 27th, 2008 - 19:21
Famous Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Famous Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose career spanned more than seven worthy decades,...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 10:59
Write Down Everything You Eat, A Method To Lose More Weight

Write Down Everything You Eat, A Method To Lose More Weight

People writing down what they eat every day lose on average twice as much weight as those who...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 13:52
Prolonged Exposure To Carbon Nanotubes May Increase Cancer Risk

Prolonged Exposure To Carbon Nanotubes May Increase Cancer Risk

Carbon nanotubes are as promising as they are dangerous, scientists warned, associating the...
» read full story May 21st, 2008 - 10:15
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
New Discovery Reveals Tuberculosis Is 500,000-Years-Old

New Discovery Reveals Tuberculosis Is 500,000-Years-Old

A new discovery made by the scientists from The University of Texas at Austin revealed that...
» read full story December 08th, 2007 - 00:14
EPA Proposes New Standards For Ozone Pollution

EPA Proposes New Standards For Ozone Pollution

The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) said that the pollution standards adopted back in 1997...
» read full story June 22nd, 2007 - 12:50
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Technology

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome

Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
» read full story November 08th, 2008 - 09:29
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U.S.

FDA Panel Warns Over Two Asthma Drugs

FDA Panel Warns Over Two Asthma Drugs

A US Food and Drug Administration panel decided on Thursday that two asthma drugs pose serious...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 23:42
FDA Panel To Decide On The Safety Of  Asthma Drugs

FDA Panel To Decide On The Safety Of Asthma Drugs

A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
» read full story December 12th, 2008 - 07:00
US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

For the first time in ten years, the number of men and women in the US developing and dying from...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 10:39
Healthy Habits Finally Pay Off: Cancer Rates Start Declining In The US

Healthy Habits Finally Pay Off: Cancer Rates Start Declining In The US

New cancer cases and deaths have started to decline for the first time in both American men and...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 18:55

New cancer cases decline in US

Washington - A report by the nation's leading cancer organizations released Tuesday showed the...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 08:52

UB – Smoke Free

Smoking is severely frowned upon in the United States. Smoking in bars, restaurants, some hotel...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 23:26
The Great American Smokeout Is Here! Time To Quit Smoking!

The Great American Smokeout Is Here! Time To Quit Smoking!

For many people trying to kick the noxious habit of smoking, the Great American Smokeout is a...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 14:38
Update 1: Hypertension Rates Soaring In The United States

Update 1: Hypertension Rates Soaring In The United States

Researchers from the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have recently revealed that...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 07:46
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Music

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ To Take On The Great White Way

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ To Take On The Great White Way

Twenty-six years since its making, Michael Jackson’s iconic video for “Thriller”...
» read full story January 27th, 2009 - 15:52
Michael Jackson Could Die From Mysterious Genetic Disease

Michael Jackson Could Die From Mysterious Genetic Disease

The life of Michael Jackson is reportedly hanging by a thread due to a series of serious health...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 16:34
Amy Winehouse Hospitalized For Lung And Chest Problems Again

Amy Winehouse Hospitalized For Lung And Chest Problems Again

British songbird Amy Winehouse, whose health has been raising concerns for a long time, was...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 21:37
Disease Is Unforgiving with the Unforgettable Natalie Cole

Disease Is Unforgiving with the Unforgettable Natalie Cole

The daughter of the music legend Nat King Cole was admitted to a New York City hospital after she...
» read full story September 20th, 2008 - 14:35

Dave Matthews’ Sax Player Passes Away

LeRoi Moore, one of the founding members and saxophonist of the Dave Matthews Band passed away...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 11:49
Amy Winehouse Has Serious Lung Problems

Amy Winehouse Has Serious Lung Problems

In an interview for the British newspaper Daily Mail, Mitch Winehouse said that his daughter, Amy...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 21:23
Richie Sambora's Lucky Break in DUI Case

Richie Sambora's Lucky Break in DUI Case

Richie Sambora’s frightening experience of being arrested for driving under the influence of...
» read full story April 23rd, 2008 - 16:02
Beatles Bootleg of the "Garden Variety" Prompts Lawsuit

Beatles Bootleg of the "Garden Variety" Prompts Lawsuit

An attempt to sell a previously unreleased taping of the Beatles performing in a club before...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 14:18
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Movies

Dennis Quaid Gets $750,000 Settlement From Cedars-Sinai Hospital

Dennis Quaid Gets $750,000 Settlement From Cedars-Sinai Hospital

Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife agreed to a $750,000 settlement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 18:10
Iconic Actor Paul Newman Died At 83

Iconic Actor Paul Newman Died At 83

Charismatic and sublime, one of the greatest actors in Hollywood's history, Paul Newman, died at...
» read full story September 27th, 2008 - 19:20
Screen Legend Paul Newman Dead At 83

Screen Legend Paul Newman Dead At 83

Unfortunately, the screen legend Paul Newman has lost the battle with cancer. According to his...
» read full story September 27th, 2008 - 16:38
Without Don LaFontaine, Movie Trailers Will Never Sound The Same

Without Don LaFontaine, Movie Trailers Will Never Sound The Same

The most famous voice in the U.S.A. died Monday. Don LaFontaine, the man who popularized the...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 00:47

Christina Applegate Cancer-Free After Double Mastectomy

In an interview with ABC News' "Good Morning America", Christina Applegate said she is...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 11:46
Comedian Bernie Mac Fondly Remembered, Badly Missed

Comedian Bernie Mac Fondly Remembered, Badly Missed

Comedian and actor Bernie Mac, whose untimely death on Aug. 9 has left fans, friends and...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 08:22
Legendary Actor Paul Newman Downplays Cancer Rumors

Legendary Actor Paul Newman Downplays Cancer Rumors

One of Hollywood’s most popular figures, veteran Paul Newman on Tuesday denied rumors about...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 13:00
Update: Kung Fu Panda Knocks Zohan To The Second Place

Update: Kung Fu Panda Knocks Zohan To The Second Place

The Dreamworks animation, “Kung Fu Panda” proved to be more popular for the moviegoers than Adam...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 19:29
Kung Fu Panda Puts Some Fun Into Martial Arts

Kung Fu Panda Puts Some Fun Into Martial Arts

Like most animations, Kung Fu Panda is not completely free of clichés, but it certainly is...
» read full story June 07th, 2008 - 15:25
Dennis Quaid Recalls 'Bloody' Baby Nightmare

Dennis Quaid Recalls 'Bloody' Baby Nightmare

It's been several months since Dennis Quaid's newborn twins almost died in a Los Angeles hospital...
» read full story March 16th, 2008 - 16:26
‘Married With Children’ Producer, Ron Leavitt, Dies at 60

‘Married With Children’ Producer, Ron Leavitt, Dies at 60

Ron Leavitt, co-creator of hilarious, luckless show salesman Al Bundy died Sunday of lung cancer at...
» read full story February 11th, 2008 - 17:52
Suzanne Pleshette, 'Newhart's' wife, Died

Suzanne Pleshette, 'Newhart's' wife, Died

American actress Suzanne Pleshette, best known for playing Emily Hartley on "The Bob Newhart...
» read full story January 20th, 2008 - 12:54
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Business

OSI Shares Gain After Study Shows Tarceva Meets Its Goal

OSI Shares Gain After Study Shows Tarceva Meets Its Goal

Shares of OSI Pharmaceutical rose $5.25, or 15 percent, to $40.65 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 06:58
Sonus-Bayer Cancer Drug Does More Harm than Good

Sonus-Bayer Cancer Drug Does More Harm than Good

Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced the failure of its TOCOSOL® Paclitaxel breast cancer drug...
» read full story September 24th, 2007 - 21:04
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Specials

Intel and GE Sign $250 Million Deal in Health Care Field

  Two Giant US companies announced Thursday that they will team up to produce a line of...
» read full story April 05th, 2009 - 21:54
‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half

‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half

Researchers present at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 14:14
The Necessity of PSA Test in Prostate Cancer Questioned Once Again

The Necessity of PSA Test in Prostate Cancer Questioned Once Again

Two new studies appearing online in the March 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine...
» read full story March 20th, 2009 - 16:27
Get Rid of Extra Pounds! They Shorten Your Life!

Get Rid of Extra Pounds! They Shorten Your Life!

British researchers at the University of Oxford, through a new study, have warned once again...
» read full story March 19th, 2009 - 17:58
“Breaking Bad” Returns for Second Season Tonight

“Breaking Bad” Returns for Second Season Tonight

  When “Breaking Bad,” the AMC show that is scheduled to return for a second...
» read full story March 08th, 2009 - 15:03
Want to Lose Weight? It’s All about Calories!

Want to Lose Weight? It’s All about Calories!

When it comes to losing weight everyone is an expert. Everyone, and here I mean women, knows at...
» read full story March 02nd, 2009 - 14:58
Financial Incentives, a Strong Reason to Quit Smoking

Financial Incentives, a Strong Reason to Quit Smoking

Would you quit smoking for money? A new study suggests that money may be a strong reason to...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 15:00
Willem J. Kolff, ‘Father Of The Artificial Organ’ Dies

Willem J. Kolff, ‘Father Of The Artificial Organ’ Dies

Dr. Willem J. Kolff, the man behind the first artificial kidney and several other devices that...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 15:00
Multivitamins Benefit against Cancer Questioned Once Again

Multivitamins Benefit against Cancer Questioned Once Again

Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing cancer in...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 14:39
Actor James Whitmore Passed Away At The Age Of 87

Actor James Whitmore Passed Away At The Age Of 87

Veteran Tony and Emmy award-winning actor James Whitmore died on Friday, at the age of...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 16:44
Justice Ginsburg Fights Terrible Disease

Justice Ginsburg Fights Terrible Disease

Pancreatic cancer, the terrible disease that kneeled actor Patrick Swayze last year, has recently...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 14:50
Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib

Pfizer Ends Phase III Trial Of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Axitinib

Pfizer Inc. halted a Phase III study of its experimental drug axitinib designed to cure advanced...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 15:45
First Commercially Cloned Puppy Arrives Home

First Commercially Cloned Puppy Arrives Home

A Florida couple missed their dead dog so much they paid $155000 to have it cloned and shipped to...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 16:21

Octuplets See The World At California Hospital

A California woman gave birth to the second set of live octuplets in the history of United States...
» read full story January 27th, 2009 - 13:35
Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking

Taiwan Bans Indoor Smoking

Taiwan on Sunday announced the decision to ban indoor smoking, becoming the 17th state in the...
» read full story January 12th, 2009 - 13:54
Quit Smoking Today!

Quit Smoking Today!

What did your New Year’s resolutions include except losing weight and reducing debts? If you...
» read full story January 01st, 2009 - 20:35
Hormone Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Key Issues at the Breast Cancer Symposium

Hormone Therapy, Breast Cancer Recurrence, Key Issues at the Breast Cancer Symposium

A hormone therapy for breast cancer can reduce the chances of the disease spreading by a...
» read full story December 15th, 2008 - 16:09

Cancer – A Leader by 2010

The World Health Organization, in a report released this week, warned that new cancer cases and...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 14:01
Are Popular Asthma Drugs Safe? FDA Panel to Decide on Their Safety

Are Popular Asthma Drugs Safe? FDA Panel to Decide on Their Safety

A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 13:36
Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010

Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010

Cancer will become world’s number one killer by 2010, as the number of people in poorer countries...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 12:22

British government plans ban on open display of cigarettes

London - The British government Tuesday announced a ban on the open display of cigarettes in shops...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 16:43
Britney Spears Promises To Invade Our Lives...Again

Britney Spears Promises To Invade Our Lives...Again

Britney Spears announced on "Good Morning America" Tuesday, December 2, the dates for a...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 23:27
Quit Smoking To Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher In Smokers

Quit Smoking To Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher In Smokers

There are some easy steps Americans can do in order to prevent cancer: avoid smoking, whether it be...
» read full story November 29th, 2008 - 10:49
Report: US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

Report: US Cancer Cases, Deaths Down For First Time In A Decade

For the first time in ten years, the number of men and women in the US developing and dying from...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 15:50
Stem Cell Transplant Method Is A Real Success

Stem Cell Transplant Method Is A Real Success

Stem cells have been always been regarded as stepping on the line of ethics, but those were the...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 21:40

Patient Receives New Windpipe Made From Owen Stem Cells

Some European doctors have performed the first trachea transplant using a woman’s own stem cells...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 19:03
Study: Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Blood Cloths Risk

Study: Cancer Drug Avastin Increases Blood Cloths Risk

Avastin, Genentech’s best-selling drug, increases the risk of people developing blood clots,...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 16:48
The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life

The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life

November 20 marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great American Smokeout, a day encouraging...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 14:30
Large Waist Equals Elevated Death Risk

Large Waist Equals Elevated Death Risk

Your weight doesn’t bother you very much because you think it’s ok and because it seems to be just...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 14:22
Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease

Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease

Lung cancer drug Tarceva jointly developed by OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc. and Roche...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 15:08
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Health

Most Americans Living in Areas with High Levels of Pollution

According to the American Lung Association’s State of Air 2009 report released on Wednesday,...
» read full story April 29th, 2009 - 16:00
Black Patients Less Likely to Get Appropriate Care for Lung Cancer

Black Patients Less Likely to Get Appropriate Care for Lung Cancer

Racial disparities are still present in the American medical system when it comes to lung cancer....
» read full story April 14th, 2009 - 15:28
57 Percent of Nonsmoking New Yorkers Have High Levels of Nicotine in Their Blood

57 Percent of Nonsmoking New Yorkers Have High Levels of Nicotine in Their Blood

A study by New York’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene noted that 57 percent of...
» read full story April 09th, 2009 - 22:15

Acid Reflux Drugs Do Not Improve Asthma

A new study in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine suggests that treating...
» read full story April 09th, 2009 - 14:33
US Panel Backs Roche’s Avastin for Brain Cancer

US Panel Backs Roche’s Avastin for Brain Cancer

A panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Tuesday in favor of Roche...
» read full story April 01st, 2009 - 14:27
US Supreme Court throws out tobacco appeal

US Supreme Court throws out tobacco appeal

Washington - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out cigarette maker Philip Morris USA's appeal...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 20:22
Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure

Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure

Ventricular reconstruction to improve symptoms in people with heart failure, a procedure often...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 20:07
Is PSA Test Really Important for Prostate Cancer Prevention?

Is PSA Test Really Important for Prostate Cancer Prevention?

Many studies have tried to find an answer to this question, but the majority of them ended in...
» read full story March 19th, 2009 - 16:14
Early Detection of a Second Breast Cancer Doubles Survival Chances

Early Detection of a Second Breast Cancer Doubles Survival Chances

Early detection of a second breast cancer in a woman can cut her risk of dying in half, researchers...
» read full story March 18th, 2009 - 15:30
Lose Weight! Live Longer!

Lose Weight! Live Longer!

We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
» read full story March 18th, 2009 - 14:05
FDA Wants Additional Data for Head and Neck Cancer Drug Erbitux

FDA Wants Additional Data for Head and Neck Cancer Drug Erbitux

The Food and Drug Administration have declined to approve use of Erbitux as a first-line...
» read full story March 03rd, 2009 - 18:03
It’s All About Calories

It’s All About Calories

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center...
» read full story February 28th, 2009 - 23:18
Alcohol Consumption Tied to Cancer Risk in Women

Alcohol Consumption Tied to Cancer Risk in Women

Even moderate alcohol consumption appears to increase a woman’s risk of developing cancer,...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 13:57
Calcium May Lower Digestive Cancer Risk

Calcium May Lower Digestive Cancer Risk

People with the highest levels of calcium intake had significantly fewer cancers of the digestive...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 14:09
It’s High Time Children Were Strongly Protected Against the Flu’s Massive Attack

It’s High Time Children Were Strongly Protected Against the Flu’s Massive Attack

It appears that the flu caused the death of the 10-year-old Long Island, New York child. Cynthia...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 19:07
The American Heart Month – How’s Your Heart Doing?

The American Heart Month – How’s Your Heart Doing?

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in both men and women, claiming the lives of nearly 1 million...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 16:25
Vitamin Pills Show Little Benefit in Reducing Heart Disease Risk

Vitamin Pills Show Little Benefit in Reducing Heart Disease Risk

Multivitamins taken on daily basis don’t seem to lower the risk of developing heart...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 14:57
Smoking Bans in Restaurants, a New Attempt to Cut Smoking Rates

Smoking Bans in Restaurants, a New Attempt to Cut Smoking Rates

Why ban smoking in restaurants and other public places? Supporters of the proposed smoking ban in...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 15:20
Justice Ginsburg to Recover at Home after Cancer Surgery

Justice Ginsburg to Recover at Home after Cancer Surgery

The US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left hospital Friday, a week after she underwent...
» read full story February 16th, 2009 - 13:46
Lauderdale Jury Rules Smoker Died Because of Addiction

Lauderdale Jury Rules Smoker Died Because of Addiction

In what seems to be a defeat for the tobacco industry, a jury of three men and three women in...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 14:26
Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases

Multivitamins – Not a Solution to Prevent Diseases

Many people believe that taking vitamins regularly will help them prevent diseases, but this is...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 14:29
People Paid to Quit Smoking More Likely to Succeed

People Paid to Quit Smoking More Likely to Succeed

People who get paid to stop smoking are three times more likely to kick the habit for at least...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 13:52
Multivitamins Are Far From Bringing So Much Benefits

Multivitamins Are Far From Bringing So Much Benefits

According to a new study, taking a multivitamin does not help you reduce your risk of developing...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 00:21
Multivitamins Are Not Associated with a Reduced Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Multivitamins Are Not Associated with a Reduced Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Multivitamins failed in preventing cardiovascular disease or cancer in postmenopausal women,...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 14:00
Pancreatic Cancer, a Rare and Deadly Condition, Experts Say

Pancreatic Cancer, a Rare and Deadly Condition, Experts Say

Few people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but about 95 percent of those who suffer from...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 15:20
February 9 - The Day Smoking Died…in Boston

February 9 - The Day Smoking Died…in Boston

Starting today, many Bostonians will breathe healthier air thanks to a tobacco ban implemented by...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 13:48
February Is the Month That Encourages Heart Health

February Is the Month That Encourages Heart Health

February 6th was National Wear Red Day, also known as Go Red for Women Day, when people were asked...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 19:25
Justice Ginsberg Plans Return To Court Soon After Surgery

Justice Ginsberg Plans Return To Court Soon After Surgery

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced her intention to be back at work for the...
» read full story February 07th, 2009 - 13:01
Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery To Remove Pancreatic Tumor

Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery To Remove Pancreatic Tumor

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Thursday at the Memorial...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 14:00
Let’s Wear Red – A Heart Disease Campaign

Let’s Wear Red – A Heart Disease Campaign

The Hearth Truth invites everyone to wear red today, in order to support the awareness campaign for...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 11:06
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World

Thousands attend funeral of former Argentine president Alfonsin

Buenos Aires  - Several thousand people attended the funeral Thursday in Buenos Aires of...
» read full story April 02nd, 2009 - 21:57

Former Argentine president Alfonsin dies at 82

Buenos Aires  - Former Argentina president Raul Alfonsin, who led his country out of an era of...
» read full story April 01st, 2009 - 10:18

Spain detains four for killing Colombian drug lord

Madrid  - Spanish police have detained four men in connection with the killing of Colombian...
» read full story March 13th, 2009 - 15:03

Britain's Queen Elizabeth cancels state visit

London - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has taken the unusual step of cancelling a state visit...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 12:23

Cheers, warnings greet detention of Taiwan ex-president

Taipei - Many people in Taiwan on Wednesday welcomed the detainment of former President Chen...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 09:31

Saxophonist LeRoi Moore Passed Away

LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, breathed his last breathe Tuesday afternoon...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 13:22

Leroy Sievers, Journalist, Dies Of Colon Cancer At 53

Leroy Sievers, the journalist who worked at ABC News’ “Nightline” for 14 years and at CBS News for...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 10:15
House Overwhelmingly Votes in Favor of Tobacco Regulation

House Overwhelmingly Votes in Favor of Tobacco Regulation

US House of representative on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted for a bill that would give the Food...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 14:04
EPA Experts Describe the Effects of Global Warming

EPA Experts Describe the Effects of Global Warming

Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that greenhouse gas emissions represented a...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 13:12

20th Century Medicine Giant Michael DeBakey Dies At 99

Heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose revolutionary heart transplants and coronary bypass surgical...
» read full story July 13th, 2008 - 13:50

Connecticut: Hit-and-Run Victim Breathing Through Ventilator

On May 30, Angel Arce Torres, 78, from Hartford, Connecticut was run over by a car travelling on...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 17:14

Fritzl’s Daughter Gets to Know Her Family

Kerstin Fritzl, the 19- year-old girl of the Austrian Josef Fritzl has recovered from her coma and...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 15:27
Smoking Loses Ground in the U.S.

Smoking Loses Ground in the U.S.

The end of this bad habit seems to be near, as more and more organizations set rules against...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 13:49

Power Outage Kills Woman Living in Iron Lung

Sometimes we hear about people who never give up. Even if they encounter many obstacles in life,...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 10:34
Memorials for Rep. Julia Carson Commence Today

Memorials for Rep. Julia Carson Commence Today

The body of Congresswoman Julia Carson was carried to the Indiana Statehouse with a horse-drawn...
» read full story December 21st, 2007 - 16:40
Rep. Julia Carson, First Black Congresswoman of Indianapolis, Dies

Rep. Julia Carson, First Black Congresswoman of Indianapolis, Dies

The first African American and first woman to represent the city of Indianapolis in Congress -...
» read full story December 15th, 2007 - 18:25
Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer

Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer

Representative Julia Carson, of Indiana's 7th congressional district, has taken a medical leave and...
» read full story November 25th, 2007 - 18:35
Iraqi Shiite Leaders Reach Agreement

Iraqi Shiite Leaders Reach Agreement

The powerful Shiite leaders Moqtada al-Sadr and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim have reportedly agreed upon...
» read full story October 07th, 2007 - 11:42
Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Cancer, The Number 1 Cause Of Death In China

Increased levels of pollution have made cancer the number one cause of death in China, said a...
» read full story May 21st, 2007 - 11:51
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Stars turn out to unveil George Harrison's star

Los Angeles  - Paul McCartney unveiled the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of his former Beatle...
» read full story April 15th, 2009 - 10:24
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fights Pancreatic Cancer

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fights Pancreatic Cancer

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced last week that was diagnosed with pancreatic...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 19:38
John Updike Never to be Forgotten

John Updike Never to be Forgotten

John Updike, the prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning author for fiction novels capturing the mood and...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 14:14
John Updike Passed Away

John Updike Passed Away

John Updike, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction novels capturing the mood and emotions...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 12:15
Fellow Writers Remember Late US Novelist John Updike

Fellow Writers Remember Late US Novelist John Updike

Tributes to Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike, who died Tuesday after losing the battle with lung...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 18:37
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer John Updike Died at 76

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer John Updike Died at 76

John Updike filed the literature with poetry, novels, short stories and literary criticism works....
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 14:01
The World Is Facing a Great Loss: John Updike

The World Is Facing a Great Loss: John Updike

John Updike’s publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, announced that Updike, who lived in Beverly Farms,...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 01:00
Mariska Hargitay Has Pneumotorax

Mariska Hargitay Has Pneumotorax

Mariska Hargitay is an American actress you are certainly familiar with – or at least you...
» read full story January 13th, 2009 - 23:40
Michael Jackson’s Spokesman Says Singer Is In “Fine Health”

Michael Jackson’s Spokesman Says Singer Is In “Fine Health”

A spokesman for Michael Jackson denied in a statement released on Monday that his client was...
» read full story December 24th, 2008 - 15:25

UPDATE 1 – Jacko is OK!

Michael Jackson, the world-famous King of Pop, began his career at a young age, when he was part...
» read full story December 23rd, 2008 - 21:05
Spokesman Denies Rumors About Jacko’s Health Issues

Spokesman Denies Rumors About Jacko’s Health Issues

In a statement issued to Reuters, Michael Jackson’s spokesman Dr Tohme Tohme denied rumors...
» read full story December 23rd, 2008 - 20:24
Rep for Michael Jackson Denies Illness

Rep for Michael Jackson Denies Illness

  A spokesman for Michael Jackson denied all allegations with regard to the former King of...
» read full story December 23rd, 2008 - 14:12

Michael Jackson Needs Lung Transplant, May Be Too Weak For Surgery

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, has had numerous health issues along the years. Some of them,...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 22:24
Biographer Claims Michael Jackson Needs Lung Transplant

Biographer Claims Michael Jackson Needs Lung Transplant

Michael Jackson’s biographer Ian Halperin has recently revealed that the artist was suffering...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 17:19
Michael Jackson Said To Be Very Ill

Michael Jackson Said To Be Very Ill

Pop star Michael Jackson reportedly has serious health problems and is in need of a lung...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 14:37
Amy Winehouse, Again Taken To Rehab

Amy Winehouse, Again Taken To Rehab

“They tried to make me go to rehab”...and they did. There’s no mystery as to where Amy Winehouse...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 14:24
Cinema’s Most Beautiful Blue Eyes Are Forever Shut: Paul Newman Dies

Cinema’s Most Beautiful Blue Eyes Are Forever Shut: Paul Newman Dies

He was 83, but we thought he would always be around. After half of century of acting, directing and...
» read full story September 28th, 2008 - 01:19

Don LaFontaine, Voice Of Movie Trailers, Dies At 68

Don LaFontaine, whose voice we all know from most of Hollywood’s movie trailers, died Monday at...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 17:17
Dave Matthews Band Saxophonist Died Tuesday

Dave Matthews Band Saxophonist Died Tuesday

LeRoi Moore, the saxophonist of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday afternoon after complications...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 17:26
Christina Applegate Says She’s 100 Percent Breast Cancer-Free

Christina Applegate Says She’s 100 Percent Breast Cancer-Free

In an interview with ABC News' "Good Morning America", Christina Applegate said she is...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 08:17
Famous US Heart Surgeon Dies at 99 Years of Age

Famous US Heart Surgeon Dies at 99 Years of Age

Michael DeBakey has been considered by many one of the parents of cardiovascular surgery thanks to...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 16:36
Paul Newman Has Cancer, Friend Says

Paul Newman Has Cancer, Friend Says

Paul Newman is alleged to have cancer in an advanced stage. An exclusive AP report claims that a...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 21:19
'Fifth Beatle' Neil Aspinall Dies In NY

'Fifth Beatle' Neil Aspinall Dies In NY

Known to many people as the "Fifth Beatle," Neil Aspinall, a longtime friend and runner...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 20:44
Legendary Patients Rights Advocate Barbara Seaman Died

Legendary Patients Rights Advocate Barbara Seaman Died

Female patients’ rights advocate Barbara Seaman, 72, has died of complications related to lung...
» read full story March 01st, 2008 - 19:27
Suzanne Pleshette Honored Posthumously

Suzanne Pleshette Honored Posthumously

The Emmy-nominated actress Suzanne Pleshette was honored Thursday with a posthumous star on the...
» read full story February 01st, 2008 - 16:13
The Legendary Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies At 69

The Legendary Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies At 69

The U.S. legendary motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel died Friday after lengthy illnesses aged 69,...
» read full story December 01st, 2007 - 01:55
Dennis Quaid's Twins Are Recovering from Drug Overdose

Dennis Quaid's Twins Are Recovering from Drug Overdose

The two-week-old twins of actor Dennis Quaid, who were born via a gestational carrier on November...
» read full story November 21st, 2007 - 23:29
Country Music Veteran Hank Thompson Dies

Country Music Veteran Hank Thompson Dies

Country singer Hank Thompson, a significant promoter of honky tonk swing, passed away Tuesday of...
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 17:12
Robert Goulet Passes Away at 73

Robert Goulet Passes Away at 73

Broadway actor Robert Goulet passed away Tuesday at a Los Angeles hospital, aged 73. He had been...
» read full story October 31st, 2007 - 11:29
Music Legend Porter Wagoner Dies at 80

Music Legend Porter Wagoner Dies at 80

Porter Wagoner, a three-time Grammy winner and a member of the Country Music Hall Of Fame, died of...
» read full story October 29th, 2007 - 11:39
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