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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, was found dead in her Mount Kisco, N.Y., home on in an apparent suicide by hanging, ABC News reported. The 52-year-old's body was found on Wednesday afternoon. RadarOnline.com reported that Mary Kennedy was depressed and despondent before her death.

Meow, the infamous 39-pound fat cat up for adoption at a Santa Fe animal shelter who was thrust into the spotlight for his weight, died over the weekend. He was two-years-old.

Garlic is more effective than antibiotics at killing and preventing food poisoning, according to a new study.

Air pollution may be declining, but over 40 percent of the U.S. population lives in areas where pollution makes breathing dangerous, according to a report by the American Lung Association

Drug trials tend to ignore child patients who account for a larger proportion of overall disease burden and instead focus on adults, according to new research presented Saturday.

While the U.S. oil and natural gas industries are reaping astronomical profits now, they could increase them even more if companies weren't so wasteful, the Natural Resources Defense Council said.

The rosy pink hue in your Starbucks Strawberry Frappuccino comes from a 'natural' dye that consists of crushed cochineal bugs, not delicious pieces of blended fruit.

Researchers found a potential cause for baldness that could lead to an effective drug in five years, according to a new study.

A new ad campaign by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention includes videos of former smokers who have suffered lasting damage from their habit: Brandon, a 31-year-old double-amputee from North Dakota; Roosevelt, a 51-year-old Virginia smoker who shows his scars after heart surgery from the heart attack he suffered when he was 45. There's also 28-year-old Jessica. Although she's not a smoker, her 7-year-old son's asthma led to an emergency room visit because of an attack brought...

Here's a rundown of the top 5 freakiest My Strange Addiction videos, from the girl who sniffs a doll head wherever she goes to the man who has a romantic obsession with his car.

Wild lettuce extract, also known as lettuce opium became popularized Friday after Dr. Oz recommended the extract to help people sleep.

Far fewer doctors-in-training are prescribing themselves medication than in the past, suggests a new study.

In a new study, researchers observed for the first time that a universal vaccine could allow for a more wide-scale prevention of flu by restraining the ability of the influenza virus to spread and mutate. According to experts, the new study is a first attempt to understand the population consequences of the next generation of vaccines as regards the epidemiology and evolutionary impact on the virus.

Allergy sufferers - hope you enjoyed the mild winter, because experts anticipate the spring allergy season will hit earlier than usual.

Two Western journalists were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when shells hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said.

Anthony Shadid has been posthumously honored wih the Polk Award for his long career of valorous and wholly excellent reporting in the Middle East.

The New York Times lost one of its leading Middle East correspondents, Anthony Shadid, Tuesday when he suffered a fatal asthma attack while on assignment in Syria.

Shadid, 43, was on a reporting assignment in eastern Syria when he died, according to an obituary posted on the Times web site. It said Shadid was carried across the border into Turkey by Times photographer Tyler Hicks.

Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner reporting for the New York Times, died Thursday in Syria. The American reporter, of Lebanese origin, leaves behind a wife and two children.

U.S. currency apparently costs more to produce than it is actually worth. Now, President Obama is asking Congress to lower the cost of minting coins.

An e-cigarette exploded in a man's mouth on Monday, severely injuring him and raising the question once again: are e-cigarettes a safe alternative to smoking real cigs?