Cannabis legislation is pending in six states, potentially joining the 19 others that have already passed such laws. With the tide turning, the cannabis industry looks to the future.
Swedish artist Johan Andersson's portrait of the actress-director was inspired by reflections on his own mother's battle with breast cancer.
The ArcView Group, led by Steve DeAngelo, brought cannabis to Wall Street as entrepreneurs and investors discussed the burgeoning industry.
The freshwater Japanese eel known as unagi contains the first fluorescent protein identified in a vertebrate, researchers report in Cell.
The Myriad ruling might result in lower-cost breast cancer risk screening, but it could stymie biotech investment in other tests.
Daily antiviral drugs use may help intravenous drug users reduce their chances of HIV infection, according to a new study in The Lancet.
The city of Chicago has released a provocative new ad campaign featuring pregnant boys which it hopes will decrease their rate of teen pregnancy
A newly discovered layer of the human eye will require ophthalmology textbooks to be rewritten, says University of Nottingham professor Harminder Dua.
Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper was spotted wearing a knee brace after a visit to Dr. James Andrews, who examined his left knee injury.
Three people died on two separate occasions in Room 225 at the Best Western in Boone, N.C. The reason: carbon monoxide.
The CDC says an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to a frozen berry mix sold at Costco made 87 people sick in eight states.
Bill Hogenson, of Ludington, Mich., saved choking infant, 5-month-old Nessa Shoup, with a turkey baster to clear her airway.
Prosecutors have charged a Houston oncologist with spiking her lover and coworker's coffee with a sweet-tasting chemical used in antifreeze and medical research.
A pregnant mother of two and her unborn child were killed during a routine operation after untrained surgeons removed the 32-year-old's ovary instead of her appendix.
India's economic growth has not translated into feeding the nation, as statistics show calorie consumption has dramatically decreased.
An eagerly anticipated ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court case AMP v. Myriad Genetics is expected sometime this month.
Vermont has passed a new law decriminalizing possession of as much as an ounce of marijuana.
Virginia teen John Paul Boldrick, 19, suffered from a coma after drinking an entire quart of soy sauce on a dare.
A home with ties to the crack cocaine video scandal involving the mayor of Toronto has been identified.
The latest weight loss procedure, the tongue patch diet, is gaining criticism after reports surfaced that it causes pain and constricts patients to a strictly liquid diet.
Minnesota resident Trish Staine, who has been training for a half-marathon, didn't know she was pregnant.
Andrea Sanderlin, 45, from Scarsdale, N.Y., was arrested for allegedly running a $3 million pot-growing operation out of a Queens warehouse.