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Middle-aged to older women who suffer from depression and are taking antidepressants were found to be associated with a 29 percent higher risk of having a stroke, according to Harvard researchers.

Women who suffer from depression and use antidepressants have an increased risk of stroke, say Harvard researchers.

For around $2 a day some Afghan children as young as 10 work long hours in the country's coal mines with no safety gear and, until now, no government mining policy to protect them.

Gloria Steinem may no longer be making the kind of national headlines she drew in the 1970s during the heady days of the women's rights movement.

The famous research hospital is helping mall-goes leave the shopping center feeling better.

A new treatment for leukemia has shown promising results, says a study from the University of Pennsylvania published in the New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational Medicine.

Women who smoke are 25% more likely to develop heart disease than men who smoke.

It took three stressful trips to the motor vehicle department before newlywed Danielle Tate finally succeeded in changing her name. Her frustration unleashed a new business that has saved thousands of brides from the same headache.

Resounding success in the early stages of an experimental technique to treat leukemia has researchers talking about a breakthrough in combatting cancer not with radiation or drugs, but with cells drawn from patients' immune systems.

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have made strides in treating leukemia patients with a new technique that engineers blood cells to attack the cancer, according to studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational Medicine.

Russia?s ?tough? man stumbled upon two ancient artifacts while scuba diving at Taman Bay off the Greek Black Sea in southern Russia on August 10, 2011.

Scientists for the first time have used gene therapy to successfully destroy cancer tumors in patients with advanced disease -- a goal that has taken 20 years to achieve.

Music therapy can improve mood and quality of life among cancer patients.

Scientists used gene therapy to successfully destroy cancer tumors in patients with advanced disease. University of Pennsylvania researchers engineered patient's own T-cells in order to target a molecule on the surface of leukemia cells.

A rise in the number of studies published in scientific journals has been accompanied by a surge in retraction notices, casting into doubt scientific findings that influence everything from government grants to prescriptions written for patients, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.

Apple topped Exxon Mobil as the world's most valuable company on Wednesday, but can the company be able to keep up the momentum if the country's economy continues to slip?

Echelon Corporation said, Tuesday, that Malin Ken Oshman has passed away at the age of 71 after a long battle with lung cancer.

Jennifer Grey, who starred as Baby in the 1987 hit film' Dirty Dancing ,' told fans that she is "so excited" that the iconic film will be remade. "I'm so excited about this news and I think there's nobody better than my beloved Kenny Ortega who is as responsible as anyone for the success of the first one. I can't wait to see what he's going to do with it," Grey told the Wall Street Journal through her publicist.

The battle for the world's most valuable company has heated up between Apple and Exxon Mobile, as Apple took over the crown during Wednesday trading.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Wet Seal, Adolor, Limelight Networks, Cree, and Central European Media Enterprises. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Motricity, Amtech Systems, Partner Communications Company, Finisar, and ASML Holding.

U.S. regulators are moving quickly with Roche's (ROG.VX) application for targeted melanoma drug vemurafenib, which could receive approval as early as this week, according to a source familiar with the situation.