Venezuela's ailing socialist leader, Hugo Chavez, will fly to Cuba on Friday for an unknown period to undergo new cancer surgery that has shaken the South American nation before an October presidential election.
Joseph Lazzaro
Feb 23, 2012
The Girl Scouts are supposedly a sexualized organization, while both The Muppets and Dr. Seuss are attempting to indoctrinate the nation's children with anti-capitalist beliefs.
Ashley Portero
Feb 23, 2012
Experimental obesity drug Qnexa won the backing of U.S. health advisors on Wednesday, raising hopes for approval of the first prescription weight-loss pill in 13 years.
Trevor Stokes
Feb 23, 2012
Experimental obesity drug Qnexa won the backing of U.S. health advisors on Wednesday, raising hopes for approval of the first prescription weight-loss pill in 13 years.
Dave Smith
Feb 23, 2012
Frank Carson, a Northern Irish comedian and actor, best known for his catchphrases It's a cracker! and It's the way I tell 'em!” has died Wednesday, aged 85, after a long battle with stomach cancer.
Ankita Mehta
Feb 23, 2012
A new study has provided, for the first time, direct evidence showing that the medical procedure colonoscopy lowers the rate of cancer death by half.
Monami Thakur
Feb 23, 2012
Counterfeit drugs pose a significant threat to public health, but sales of fake drugs grows steadily.
Amir Khan
Feb 22, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will resolve a potentially life-threatening shortage of two leading cancer drugs by allowing one of them to be imported from abroad and rushing approval for a new manufacturer to make the second.
Dave Smith
Feb 22, 2012
Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive William Weldon will step down from his post in April after a series of recalls called into question the quality of the healthcare giant's products, from artificial hips to infant Tylenol.
Dave Smith
Feb 22, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs. The move was to ease the shortage of the drugs.
Swaty Sharma
Feb 22, 2012
President Hugo Chavez told Venezuelans Tuesday that a cancerous tumor has probably repapered and that he was doubtful if he still had the energy to run a successful re-election race, dropping hints for the first time that his reign at the front row of Latin American politics might be near its end.
Jijo Jacob
Feb 22, 2012
Inhibiting mitochondria fission reduced tumor size dramatically and may lead to a new cancer treatment in the future.
Amir Khan
Feb 21, 2012
The FDA announced it will import drugs used to fight ovarian cancer and childhood leukemia to supplement the nation's growing shortage of those critical medications.
Ashley Portero
Feb 21, 2012
It would be nice if Linsanity was accompanied by Knick victories, but it’s not really even necessary.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 21, 2012
Hepatitis C now kills more Americans each year than HIV and many people don't even know they have it.
Amir Khan
Feb 21, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration plans to address a potentially life-threatening shortage of two leading cancer drugs by allowing one of them to be imported from abroad and rushing approval for a new manufacturer to make the second.
Joseph Lazzaro
Feb 21, 2012
Mugabe, who turned 88 on Tuesday, shrugged off international criticism of his economic and human rights record, telling state television, At this age I can still go some distance, can't I.
Oliver Tree
Feb 21, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration is addressing the shortage of critical cancer medications by importing one drug from abroad and rushing the approval of another.
Trevor Stokes
Feb 21, 2012
Researchers at Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute carried out an experiment on mice, in which a chemotherapy drug called gemcitabine was combined with an experimental drug called MRK003 resulting in a chain of events that ultimately killed the cancer cells.
Swaty Sharma
Feb 21, 2012
Japan's Emperor Akihito underwent on Saturday a successful heart bypass operation and doctors said they hoped he would be able to resume the normal lifestyle he wished for.
Raymond Ronamai
Feb 18, 2012
Scientists have mapped the genome of Australia's endangered Tasmanian devil for the first time and found that deadly facial tumors decimating the species evolve very slowly, making it possible help might be found before the animals vanish forever.
keep for now
Feb 17, 2012
Though many are familiar with Bob Marley's music, few details of his personal life are known. Yet a new film, 'Marley', which just made its debut at the Berlin Film Festival, has managed to capture Marley's world beyond music.
Justine Ashley Costanza
Feb 17, 2012
