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The FDA announced that the drug Avastin may impair fertility in some women. The drug's manufacturer has been battling the FDA for months to keep the agency from revoking its approval of Avastin's ability to treat breast cancer.

A local ordinance that requires warnings about cell phone safety risks should be blocked from taking effect, an industry group argued in a U.S. court filing on Tuesday.

The astounding discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for three astronomers whose observations of exploding stars transformed our view of the world, and of how it may end.

Study suggests that lighter-skinned people take vitamin D supplements.

Underwear Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab trial began today in Detroit as the terror suspect yelled al-Awlaki's name.

At Apple's product announcement Tuesday, company founder and former CEO Steve Jobs did not make an appearance. He resigned from Apple in August for medical reasons.

The astounding discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for three astronomers whose observations of exploding stars transformed our view of the world, and of how it may end.

Investigators from the Government Accountability Office report that thousands of Medicare beneficiaries are doctor shopping to receive huge bulks of prescription drugs.

A large ozone hole over the Arctic may have likely exposed people living in Russia, parts of Greenland and Norway to high ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

A breast cancer survivor said she was subjected to a humiliating public pat down at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport even though she offered to produce documentation on her medical implants.

Foster left the Colts' loss to the Buccaneers with a dislocated ankle.

There are unprecedented levels of depletion of the ozone layer, above the Arctic Circle, this spring, according to a NASA-led study. The research was conducted by a team of scientists from 19 institutions across nine countries, including Canada and the United States.

This will be the first time that Tim Cook, Apple's new CEO, will take center stage after Steve Jobs' resignation.

Canada-born Ralph M. Steinman, 68, who was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his groundbreaking work on the immune system, died of pancreatic cancer just days before he would have found out that he had been awarded the prize.

Since its launch in 1983, the Annual Alternative Hair Show has succeeded in raising money for better treatments and research into cures for leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and other related cancers of the blood.

A scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he could be told of the award.

Canada-born Ralph M. Steinman, of New York's Rockefeller University, who was honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his groundbreaking work on the immune system, died of cancer just days before he could be told of the award.

The 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, was awarded on Monday to Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann jointly for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity and the other half to Ralph Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.

The fate of Michael Ovitz at sports talent giant IMG remained in the balance with senior management having conferred with legal counsel over the weekend as to how to remove him from the board.

A scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he could be told of the award.

The 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, was awarded on Monday to Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann jointly for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity and the other half to Ralph Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.