CANCER

Her fame was extended by the fact that Morrissey, lead singer of the 1980s UK super-group The Smiths, was a great admirer of her work.

Eva Longoria has put to rest rumors that she is dating Matt Barnes as she was spotted with Eduardo Cruz aboard a private yacht in Miami.

Teddy Forstmann, the 71-year-old beau of Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, died of brain cancer on Sunday.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Global Education & Technology Group, Pharmasset, BSD Medical, LoopNet, and Celldex Therapeutics. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Netlist, Gilead Sciences, Melco Crown Entertainment, Central European Distribution and Infosys.

Theodore J. Forstmann, better known as Ted Forstmann, the co-founder of private equity firm Forstmann Little & Company and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Management Group (IMG) died on Sunday, of brain cancer. The 71-year-old private equity investor and philanthropist had been battling the illness for six months.

The technology community last week mourned the suicide of Ilya Zhitomirskiy, a brilliant young mathematician who co-founded Diaspora, a social network site devoted to privacy.

Wall Street legend Ted Forstmann, who died of brain cancer on Nov. 20, helped launch the private equity industry. The colorful financier was as known for his Republican leanings, charity work, and relationships with Princess Diana, Elizabeth Hurley and Padma Lakshmi as for his late-in-life warnings about Wall Street excesses.

The folks over at Funny or Die want to make sure that Herman Cain's name is not sullied by the liberal media.

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb, 61, is said to be battling liver cancer. The family hasn't made an official statement on Sunday's report.

Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney is reportedly up for a possible role depicting the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in an upcoming biographical film.

Several recent polls have shown that Americans are slowly warming up to the idea of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes for serious medical conditions.

The Pennsylvania charity, Second Mile, founded by former Penn State defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, has decided to fold, following the Penn State sex scandal.

Former Pennsylvania State University football coach Joe Paterno has lung cancer, his son said in a statement. Scott Paterno told The Associated Press in a statement that his father has a treatable form of the pulmonary disease and that he is currently being treated.

Dance therapy, a field expected to grow 15 percent by 2018, uses the body's movement as a door to mental and physical health.

The FDA announced on Friday it has revoked approval of the cancer drug Avastin for breast cancer patients, citing multiple studies that concluded it does not prolong the life of women suffering from metastatic breast cancer.

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The drum beat to limit medical care for the elderly grows louder. President Barack Obama's health law reduces future funding for Medicare by over $500 billion in the next decade and shifts most of those resources to fund a vast expansion of Medicaid. It's like robbing grandma to spread the wealth. To bamboozle the public, advocates for limiting health care spending on the elderly are distorting science to make their case.

President Barack Obama scolded tobacco companies for trying to block health warning labels on cigarettes, a product the world leader himself only recently quit using.

The GAVI international immunizations group has agreed to fund the roll-out of vaccines against cervical cancer in developing countries, offering protection against a disease that kills one woman every two minutes.

George Harrison inadvertently became the greatest promoter of Indian culture and Hinduism to the Western world during the 20th century.

Lindsey Miller, a 26-year old suffering from pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer, asked Joseph Gordon-Levitt out on a date by posting a video on her blog.