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Farrah Fawcett laid to rest today

Farrah Fawcett laid to rest today

Jun. 30 | Television star and international icon Farrah Fawcett lost her three year fight with anal cancer on Thursday June 25, 2009 at the age of 62. A private funeral Mass will be held this afternoon for actress The funeral is being held at the Cathedral of Our...

Low sperm count? Have sex every day

Low sperm count? Have sex every day

Jun. 30 | Good news fellas,  for those of you with a low sperm count, some doctors are prescribing a very standard way to have a baby.  Simply, have sex every day! Couples who are attempting to have a baby are frequently told to have sex every other day, so that...

Why are teens expecting to die young?

Why are teens expecting to die young?

Jun. 30 | According to a new research 15% of US teens think they will die young. The new research disputes the widely held notion that teens underestimate the dangers affiliated with dangerous behaviors since they think they are invincible. The study published...

FDA confirms Nestle’s Toll House cookie dough E. coli contamination

FDA confirms Nestle’s Toll House cookie dough E. coli contamination

Jun. 30 | The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that a sample of raw cookie dough collected from the Nestle’s plant in Danville, that E. coli has been found in a sample of Nestle Toll House cookie dough collected on June 25th. David Acheson, FDA’s...

Sanofi-Aventis denies claims that their insulin causes cancer

Sanofi-Aventis denies claims that their insulin causes cancer

Jun. 29 | According to two new European studies, Lantus, a top selling diabetes drug made by Sanofi-Aventis, may dramatically increase the chance of developing various cancers. Shares in the French company have collapsed on concerns regarding Lantus’s safety...

Billy Mays did not die from head trauma

Billy Mays did not die from head trauma

Jun. 29 | The Tampa Bay medical examiner who did the autopsy on the infomercial pitchman Billy Mays, says that there was evidence of heart disease, which explains the star’s sudden passing. Mays, 50, who gained fame as an spirited TV “pitchman” advertising...

Farrah Fawcett: Funeral arrangements made

Farrah Fawcett: Funeral arrangements made

Jun. 29 | A private funeral service for close family and friends will be held Tuesday for Farrah Fawcett at the Cathedral of Our lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. According to church officials the services are set to begin at 4:00 p.m. (PST) Redmond O’Neal,...

Study says prostate cancer screening not very helpful

Study says prostate cancer screening not very helpful

Jun. 29 | Two recently conducted large randomized trials suggest widespread prostate cancer screening substantially increases diagnosis without much evidence for a survival benefit. The new studies indicates that the prostate cancer screening test, prostate specific...

Infomercial guru Billy Mays found dead: Autopsy today

Infomercial guru Billy Mays found dead: Autopsy today

Jun. 29 | Infomercial guru,  Billy Mays who was the pitchman for some of TV’s top selling products, was found dead Sunday in his Florida home. Police stated Mays told his wife he did not feel well when he went to bed Saturday night. Earlier in the day, it...

Red meat and dairy products linked to pancreatic cancer

Red meat and dairy products linked to pancreatic cancer

Jun. 29 | Higher consumption of red meat as well as dairy products is linked to a elevated risk of suffering from pancreatic cancer, according to a new study conducted by researchers of the National Cancer Institute in the United States. The findings of the study,...