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Myth: All Fried Foods Are Bad for the Heart

Eating foods fried in olive or sunflower oil will does not increase the risk of heart disease or premature death, according to a study of 40,757 adults over an eleven-year period.

Komen Cuts Planned Parenthood Grants Months After Hiring Anti-Abortion VP

Karen Handel became the vice president of Susan G. Komen for the Cure only months after running for governor of Georgia on a fervently pro-life, anti-Planned Parenthood platform.

Diabetes Drug Metformin Cuts Women's Pancreatic Cancer Risk: Top Ways to Lower Your's Drug-Free

Metformin, a diabetes drug was found to decrease the risk of pancreatic cancer in women. The Swiss-American study discovered that long-term use of the diabetes drug, metformin lowered the risk of pancreatic cancer in women, while long-term use of this medicine, as well as other diabetes drugs, is linked to pancreatic cancer risk in men. While diabetes may be an important factor in pancreatic cancer risk, there are ways to reduce your risk along with the short-term use of metformin, sulfonylureas...

The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No.4 reactor building is seen in Fukushima prefecture, in this handout picture Jan. 14, 2012. on January 14, 2012.

No Big Fukushima Health Impact Seen: U.N. Body Chairman

The health impact of last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan appears relatively small thanks partly to prompt evacuations, the chairman of a U.N. scientific body investigating the effects of radiation said on Tuesday.

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Post-Market NASDAQ Gainers (KTCC, MDVN, AZPN, FTNT, MYGN, STX, SSYS, ZAGG )

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Tuesday were: Key Tronic Corp, Medivation, Aspen Technology, Fortinet, Myriad Genetics, Seagate Technology, Stratasys and ZAGG Inc.

Jerry Sandusky to Know Sex Accusers' Names by Friday

Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing young boys, will learn the names of his 10 accusers by Friday.

PETA Complaint: CU-Denver Labs Charged with Animal Cruelty, Joins 5 Other Universities Group Has Targeted

The University of Colorado-Denver (CU) laboratories were accused of neglect and incompetence by PETA in a 2007 investigation. The animal rights organization has once again filed formal complaints with the federal government against the CU laboratories.

View of Belgian headquarters of US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in Brussels

Generics Take Toll on Pfizer, Lilly Profits

Competition from low-cost generic drugs squeezed quarterly profits at Pfizer Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. but the drugmakers were able to somewhat weather those declines with help from other medicines.

Basal cell carcinoma is generally a slow-growing and painless form of skin cancer that starts in the top layer of the skin and develops on areas that are regularly exposed to sunlight or other ultraviolet radiation.

Roche Skin Cancer Drug Approved by FDA

U.S. health regulators on Monday approved Roche's pill to treat an advanced form of the most common form of skin cancer, known as basal cell carcinoma.

FDA Approves Skin Cancer Drug for 'Major Advances in Treatment'

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave a green light to a basal cell skin cancer drug made by Roche Holding AG and Curis Inc. The drug will be marketed by Roche's San Francisco-based Genetech arm under the brand name Erivedge.

The main source of vitamin D in the body is sunshine.

Sunlight ‘Can Boost Fertility’

Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, is vital in rebalancing female sex hormones and can also improve sperm count in men, a report in the Daily Mail, quoting a Medical University of Graz (Austria) study, noted.

Fran Drescher: A Survivor of Tragedies

It took Drescher many years to recover from the ordeal of rape.

Four of the five surviving members of Monty Python, the old British sketch comedy group, are signed onto the film "Absolutely Anything." Eric Idle still has yet to confirm.

Why Monty Python Will Reunite For Absolutely Anything

Influential British sketch comedy group Monty Python will reunite for their first film since 1983, called Absolutely Anything.

Joe Paterno Memorial: 12,000 Crowd Attend Service [PHOTOS]

Joe Paterno Memorial: 12,000 Crowd Attend Funeral Service [PHOTOS]

It was an emotional day for Joe Paterno fans. A crowd of 12,000 people gathered at the Penn State basketball arena on Thursday paying tribute to the life of the legendary football coach, who died on Sunday from lung cancer. He was 85.

Novartis CEO Joe Jimenez attends an interview with Reuters at the company's headquarters in Basel September 1, 2011.

Rivals See No Need to Match Roche's Big Gene Bet

Roche Holding AG's rivals Sanofi SA and Novartis AG see no need to match the Swiss drug maker in buying a gene-decoding business like Illumina Inc and reckon they can do partnerships instead.

Computer waste is left along a river bank at Yaocuowei village near Guiyu in China. This image is taken from 2002.

Cadmium Spill in China Threatens Drinking Water for Millions

A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned some 3.7 million people of Liuzhou in the Guangxi region to avoid drinking water from the river, state media reported on Friday.

Newt Gingrich (L) and His Wife, Callista

GOP Candidates' Wives: Mitt Romney Mentions Ann's MS, Cancer

The 2012 Florida Republican Debate took a very personal turn when Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul waxed poetic about their wives, making the case for why their better-halves would make the best First Lady.

U.S. Appeals Court Explains Chevron-Ecuador Case Decision

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday explained why a New York judge did not have the authority to order an injunction last year prohibiting Ecuadorean plaintiffs from collecting on a ruling against Chevron Corp.

Wall Street Falls on Weak Housing Data

Stocks fell on Thursday, interrupting a recent rally, as investors booked profits after weaker-than-expected housing data.

Joe Paterno Memorial Live Stream Available [VIDEO]

The public memorial service for Penn State's former head football coach, the legendary Joe Paterno, will begin in two hours and broadcast live from the campus' Bryce Jordan Center.

Cynthia Nixon Goes Bald: 9 Bald But Beautiful Actresses & Stars

Click through the gallery to see nine other woman who have shaved their locks for a role, to fight cancer, or just because they felt like it.

Joe Paterno Memorial: Where to Watch Live Stream Thursday

A memorial service to honor Penn State's late former football coach Joe Paterno is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, at the Bryce Jordan Center. You can watch live stream of the memorial service on several Web sites and listen the coverage on radio. Find out where here.

Hearing on Sick 9/11 Responder Medical Care Postponed

The hearing to decide exactly what ailments of September 11th, 2001, responders will be covered by the federal government has been postponed today.

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Rob Lowe Tweets End to Manning's Career: How Social Media Shapes Sports Stories

Twitter has greatly affected the way news stories evolve.

Joe Paterno Dead: Private Funeral, Burial Service and Second Viewing Wednesday

Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will be laid to rest on Wednesday, during a private funeral and burial service. The funeral will follow a visitation held between 8 a.m. and noon that day at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the Penn State University Campus.

Roche offers to buy Illumina for about $5.7 billion

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG offered about $5.7 billion in cash to buy U.S. gene sequencing device maker Illumina Inc , in a potentially hostile takeover bid to boost its position in life sciences and diagnostics.