Ben Gazzara, who worked with several generations of major Hollywood directors, died at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan at the age of 81.
The World Cancer Day is observed on Feb 4 in honor of the global fight against the non-communicable disease (NCD), which claimed more than 7.6 million lives in 2008 and the World Health Organization says the number is expected to rise above 11 million by 2030.
Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows, and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a New York hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81.
Director Zalman King, best known for the erotic film 9 1/2 Weeks and the television series Red Shoe Diaries, died on Friday at home in Santa Monica, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.
Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centered on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing team with a secret doping program.
Although the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation announced that they would continue to fund Planned Parenthood centers, there might be a different problem at hand. The Planned Parenthood resources make screening and tests more readily available, but the number of Americans being screened is below the national target, according to a new federal study.
Nanosensor technology could allow for Siri to one day answer this question because NASA has built a cancer detecting mobile phone sensor at the Ames Research facility in California. Ames scientific researcher Jing Li is working on a small chip the size of a nickel that includes 32 of the amazing nanosensors. They are all made of different kinds of materials, and that lets them interact with different chemicals in unique ways.
Susan G. Komen said Friday they wouldn't be cutting funds to Planned Parenthood after all, but supporters of the women's health organization are still giving generous donations.
As the Susan G. Komen foundation finds itself in the crosshairs of liberal, and now conservative, activists over its changing position on Planned Parenthood, a new documentary casts the organization and its pink ribbons in a harsh light.
A week after social media users expressed fury over the Susan B. Komen Foundation's move to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer advocacy group bowed down to public pressure and reversed their decision Friday.
Nancy Brinker, the founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, began the organization after making a promise to her dying sister.
Reversal came amid intense backlash
The American Heart Association is celebrating National Wear Red Day on Feb. 3 as a way to raise awareness of the health complications that heart disease can bring women.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure apologized on Friday for suspending its breast screening grant program with Planned Parenthood this week and announced it would revise a company policy that led to the decision, following an enormous public outcry and sharp criticism.
Discount Gun Sales is proud to team up with the Susan B. Koman Foundation to offer the Walther P-22 Hope Edition in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Tracy Morgan may be attracting more attention for his behavior lately than his comedy. In addition to accusations of neglecting his mother, Morgan made a memorable appearance on the Jimmy Fallon Show this week. I grew up with Tom Brady, Morgan said on the talk show last night in Indiana. We was both in special-ed school together. Tom Brady used to wear a crash helmet on the little bus, spit on the window.
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is to axe a further 7,300 jobs, it emerged Friday.The cuts, equivalent to 12 percent of the workforce, are expected to deliver $1.6 billion in annual benefits by the end of 2014, but will cost $2.1 billion to implement.
Outrage over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood has spurred talk about its abortion services--a politically controversial part of its program that only accounts for 3 percent of its patient care.
Despite earlier concerns, dieters who repeatedly lose weight and then gain it back aren't at higher risk of early death than people who don't yo-yo diet, according to a new report.
A Maine seafarer said he had found the wreck of a World War II merchant ship off the Massachusetts coast, sunk while carrying a cargo of the precious metal platinum valued today at nearly $3 billion, an unprecedented find that has raised some doubts.
The Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure has revoked Planned Parenthood's funding because the group is under federal investigation, but it has not revoked Penn State University's funding, even though Penn State is under federal investigation as well.
Sources with direct knowledge of the issue told The Atlantic the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation adopted new policies specifically to suspend its Planned Parenthood partnership.
