Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), the world's second-biggest health care company, is expected to report higher first-quarter profit as strong performance of new drugs offsets drags from generic competition and strings of recalls.
Three years after losing the love of his life due to cancer, the deadly disease has come back to hit Love Story star Ryan O'Neal. But this time, the actor is sure to fight it back.
Robin Gibb, the 62-year-old former Bee Gee singer, is in a coma in hospital after contracting pneumonia, and a British media has reported that fears are he may die in days.
Boobstagram, a Tumblr site dedicated to Instagram photos of women's breasts, is raising awareness about breast cancer by posting an endless stream of busty bosoms.
Jury selection began on Thursday in the trial of the former presidential candidate, who faces a possible 30-year prison term for violating campaign finance law.
Health experts said this week that women with no unusual risk for ovarian cancer should not undergo regular screening for the disease. Testing methods are simply not effective enough, and may lead women to undergo unnecessary procedures at risk to their health.
Cuba’s absence from the summit may be a point of contention.
Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed into law on Thursday a controversial bill that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, giving Republicans a win in ongoing national efforts to impose greater restrictions on abortion.
The online collective of hacktivists and computer programmers known as Anonymous have announced a plans to turn April 20th, a day celebrated by many Americans as national marijuana smoking day, into a day of political protest in order to push for the legalization of marijuana called Operation Cannabis.
Chavez, who is currently undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of abdominal cancer, says that his appearance at the Summit of the Americas will depend on his health.
India and China are headed for an absolute catastrophe of death and disease because of likely massive jump in asbestos-related diseases in the coming decades, says a report written by Pulitzer winning journalist Gary Cohn.
The son of actor Humphrey Bogart will follow in his father's wake by taking a ride on the African Queen to help relaunch the newly restored riverboat that co-starred in the classic movie by that name.
Two women college presidents, joined by a former colleague, denounced Augusta National Golf Club for snubbing IBM CEO Virginia Rometty at the Masters Golf Tournament. She handled the whole affair with dignity.
We need to get today's youth out of the virtual world and into the outdoors.
Texas affiliates of Planned Parenthood are suing the state over a law barring the women's health organization from receiving funding.
Men who had a couple of drinks performed better on a series of brain teasers, suggesting to researchers that a few drinks gets the creative juices flowing.
Venezuelan politics has almost willingly let President Hugo Chavez's terminal illness hijack the ongoing presidential election campaign, which would have otherwise been its best chance to reassess his 13-year-long governance and revolutionary brand of socialism.
Many nail polishes that claim to be free of harmful chemicals actually contain them in dangerous quantities, according to a report by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Children who receive frequent dental X-rays are at a higher risk of developing brain tumors, according to a new study.
A new study suggests people who had certain kinds of dental X-rays in the past may be at an increased risk for meningioma, the most commonly diagnosed brain tumor in the U.S.
Conventional wisdom holds that Manson won't and shouldn't be paroled, but the convict retains a small but noisy fringe of followers determined to get him freed, or at least improve the conditions of his confinement.
Healthcare costs related to obesity total more than $190 billion is spent annually - - more than double previous estimates, according to a new study.
