CANCER

On the day of Betty Ford's funeral, celebrities are among those reflecting on the help they received from treatment at the Betty Ford Center.The wife of the late President Gerald Ford and founder of the famed drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic bearing her name died on Friday at age 93.Betty Ford was the First Lady of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Her willingness to speak candidly about her personal battles with cancer and addiction helped to shatter longstand...

Everyday consumer products from canned food containers to baby bottles are full of a potentially lethal chemical known as bisphenol A (BPA) that can lead to numerous health defects, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. said in an op-ed column.

The winners of the inaugural Google science fair were all girls, asking an important question: Are girls smarter than boys?

Chronic cell phone users do not run an increased risk of developing brain tumors, according to a new study in Denmark.

One analyst says to "get ready for the return of Apple's wow factor." But the stock is already on the move, up $45 per share in the past month, after a rough time in June.

The 2011 ESPY Awards held at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles Wednesday night awarded the Dallas Mavericks with Best Team and attracted many celebrity guests, namely Justin Bieber.

A new book by a New York Times reporter casts doubt on Obama's anecdote about his mother's health insurance woes

Few American women would put veggies on the top of their 'can't-live-without' list. Likewise, eating healthy doesn't mean you have to deprive yourself or make life difficult: One glass of wine per day cuts your odds of dying by 20 percent, according to Health.com.

Men are more likely than women to be diagnosed and die of cancer, according to government research and analysis of 36 different types of tumors and blood cancers that affect both sexes.

A new study revealed that men have a higher chance of dying from certain types of cancer than women.

Michelle Obama, Maria Shriver and George W. Bush were among the dignitaries who paid tribute to Former First Lady Betty Ford at her funeral in Palm Desert today.The wife of the late President Gerald Ford and founder of the famed drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic bearing her name, died on Friday at age 93.Betty Ford was the First Lady of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Her willingness to speak candidly about her personal battles with cancer and addiction helped to...

More men die from cancer than women, according to a study published Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

A new study published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found men have a higher mortality rate for a vast majority of cancers than women do.

Former NFL star and current NFL commentator Michael Irvin says in Out magazine he will support any NFL player who comes out as homosexual 100 percent.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Radiant Systems, Clean Energy Fuels, Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Micromet, and Nasdaq OMX Group. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Microchip Technology, Novellus Systems, China Gerui Advanced Materials Group, KLA-Tencor, and Intersil.

What's in a foreskin? According to many experts in the field of sexually transmitted diseases, a lot.

In the unprecedented San Francisco circumcision ban campaign, much attention is being paid to the cartoon that the Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish groups are calling anti-Semitic. But what of the medical ramifications?

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Kandi Technologies, Micromet, SIRIUS XM Radio, Lam Research, and Camtek. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Aixtron, Geron, GT Solar International, Sina, and Vodafone Group.

In ruling against a petition filed nine years ago asking the DEA to reclassify marijuana for medical use, the federal government gave a weak response.

The report indicated that all U.S. state obesity rates were below 15% twenty years ago, suggesting that we are doing this to ourselves. Obesity rates have increased by greater than 90% in 10 states and have doubled in seven.

Betty and Gerald Ford were married for 58 years