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A new camera setup devised by UCLA engineers can pick out one breast cancer cell among a million blood cells.

A consumer group said Pfizer partly based its claims that Centrum products promote breast and colon health on the presence of vitamin D in the products, despite inconsistent or inconclusive evidence of vitamin D's protective role against breast and colon cancer.

Good news beachgoers! A sunscreen pill made from coral could one day render suntan lotion nearly obsolete, which would mean no more slathering on the sunblock every time you hit the beach.

On Tuesday, doctors described the removal process of a 51-pound cancerous tumor in the stomach of a New Jersey woman who delayed getting treated because she didn't have health insurance.

Steve Nash might have a post-playing career in the movie business, and that may have swayed his decision to play in Los Angeles.

The dazzling lights of the big city have a dark side: they're interfering with astronomers' work, confusing migratory birds and possibly disrupting your sleep cycle.

From city hospitals to tiny rural clinics, India's public doctors will soon be able to prescribe free generic drugs to all comers, vastly expanding access to medicine in a country where public spending on health was just $4.50 per person last year.

Did you know that a Scientologist played matchmaker to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes? Shelly Miscavige, the wife of Scientology chairman David Miscavige, reportedly went on a hunt to find love for Cruise after his second divorce from Nicole Kidman. The result of Shelly Miscavige's matchmaking? The 2006 wedding of Tom Cruise to Katie Holmes.

Who stole the pot-laced cookies from the cookie jar? A three-year-old Southern California boy was rushed to the hospital when his family realized he had gotten into a family member's secret stash of chocolate-chip pot-laced cookies a day earlier.

After a judge blocked the state from defunding the family planning provider, lawmakers found a loophole in the decision.

Apple has released the film Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, which features nearly 70 minutes of unedited, never-before-seen footage of a conversation between the iconic Apple founder and technology expert Robert X. Cringely, is now available on the iTunes Music Store for $3.99.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Monday were: Asset Acceptance Capital Corp, Rosetta Resources Inc, Nanosphere Inc, Diodes Incorporated and Cree Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were: Hot Topic Inc, Crosstex Energy LP, Sabra Healthcare REIT Inc, Sourcefire Inc and E TRADE Financial Corporation.

Did you miss the fourth episode of HBO's True Blood? Don't shed those tears, we have a recap you can sink your fangs into.

A new study is the first to suggest that urinary incontinence may be a long-term problem for men many years after their prostate surgery, according to the researchers.

Summer is upon us, with dreams of ice cream, vacation, and lounging in the sun. But all of these activities have an element of danger to them.

Military investigators said Thursday that wreckage found on an Alaskan glacier is from an Air Force cargo plane that crashed almost 60 years ago, killing all 52 people aboard.

Michael Jackson's 13-year-old Bengal tiger, Thriller, died following a battle with lung cancer, according to actress Tippi Hedren, who runs a wildlife preserve where the tiger has been housed after Jackson's death.

Don Grady, the actor remembered as one of Mickey Mouse's original Mouseketeers, and as Robbie Douglas, from My Three Sons, died on June 27 in Los Angeles. He was 68. Ginny Grady, the actor's wife, confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the California native died after a four-year battle with cancer.

LiveDeal, Orexigen Therapeutics, Lincare Holdings, Synta Pharmaceuticals, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.

After two years of partisan arguments surrounding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court will finally make its call on Thursday.

The condition that claimed When Harry Met Sally screenwriter Nora Ephron's life occurs when a person's bone marrow malfunctions and does not produce enough normal blood cells.