CANCER

The Motown hitmaker and legendary songwriter Nick Ashford died on Monday at age 70, a friend and former publicist said.

U.S. songwriter Nickolas Ashford, who penned such rhythm and blues hits as Ain't No Mountain High Enough and I'm Every Woman with his wife Valerie Simpson, died on Monday at age 70.

Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown song production duo Ashford and Simpson, died on Monday, his former publicist told Associated Press.

A lawyer representing the Kentucky man who testified against Dr. John Patterson in the Shelby County Circuit Court, the doctor who amputated Seaton's penis without asking his permission, told jurors on Monday his client doesn't feel like a man.

A new study adds to evidence that bone drugs may play a role in suppressing cancer development, although there is still no proof that taking the medications would stave off malignancies.

Canadian opposition leader Jack Layton died early Monday morning after battling cancer. He was 61 years old.

A German study found that dogs can reliably sniff out lung cancer on an affected patient's breath.

Scientists have found that a modified form of the drug might be able to treat cancer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Wednesday approved the Roche-manufactured drug Zelboraf, for the first-line treatment of both metastatic and unresectable types of melanoma, reportedly the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

U.S. Government officials and Congressional lawmakers, along with drug industry and doctors' groups, are scrambling to find remedies for critical shortages in a number of drugs that treat life-threatening illnesses, including bacterial infection and several forms of cancer.

Presidential candidate Rick Perry underwent a controversial stem-cell treatment this past month, prompting some doctors to fear the high-profile event would send the wrong signal to desperate patients.

Scientists from the University of Birmingham found that a modified form of Ecstasy (MDMA) could be used in treating myeloma, lymphoma, and leukemia, after scientists modified the drug to increase its tumour-killing properties.

Adcetris is an antibody-drug that targets a type of lymphoma cell called CD30. It is the first treatment approved by the FDA for fighting Hodgkin lymphoma since 1977, and also the first made to specifically treat anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

Adcetris is the first treatment for fighting Hodgkin lymphoma approved by the FDA since 1977, and the first specifically made to treat anaplastic large cell lymphoma. The drug is marketed by Seattle Genetics of Bothell, Wash.

Medicinal Genomics successfully sequenced the marijuana genome in order to understand the plant's medicinal properties.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered that a modified version of Ecstasy (MDMA) may have great cancer-busting potential, fighting off myeloma, lymphoma, and leukemia.

Susanne Eman consumes 22,000 calories a day in order to reach her goal weight of 1,600 pounds.

Sniffer dogs can detect lung cancer, a disease which does not reveal any symptoms and early detections are a matter of chance, according to a new research published in the European Respiratory Journal.

The U.S. healthcare sector is being challenged by a surge in gray market drug deals and illegal online pharmacies.

Sniffer dogs could be the secret weapon for reliably detecting lung cancer, according to German researchers. The report published in the European Respiratory Journal states that dogs can be trained to detect lung cancer by sniffing human breath. The researchers found that trained dogs could detect a tumor in 71 percent of patients.

The number of adults and children getting CT scans to diagnose appendicitis has shot up since the 1990s, a new study finds -- raising questions about whether the high-tech X-rays are being overused.