Pin Itemailprint Veteran actor Ben Gazzara died of pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital Center, according to his attorney Jay Julien. He died Friday in Manhattan and the age of 81. Originally from New York, Gazzara studied at the Actors Studio and starred in numerous Broadway productions including Tennessee Williams’ “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” [...]
Joe Paterno, the former Penn State coach who won more college football games than anyone else in the sport but was terminated amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation, died today. He was 85 years old. His family released a statement Sunday morning to announce his death: “His loss leaves a void [...]
There’s nothing like sausage and bacon for breakfast, but can they give you cancer? Researchers now say that eating a single serving of processed meat every day could increase your risk of pancreatic cancer. The risk is small, but cutting down on your processed meats is still probably not a bad idea. Based the findings [...]
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Popular Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez is said to be recovering well after having surgery for thyroid cancer today. She may even return to work later this month. Fernandez’s papillary carcinoma was found during a routine medical checkup just before the Christmas holiday and, so far, there’s no sign that the disease had spread, according to [...]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made some truly troubling remarks yesterday, speculating aloud that the U.S. might have come up with a way to give Latin American leaders cancer. His remarks come after Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez joined the ranks of presidents diagnosed with the life-threatening. Chavez himself underwent surgery this summer to remove a tumor from [...]
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Eva Ekvall, the former Miss Venezuela who finished third place in the Miss Universe 2001 pageant, has died of breast cancer the age of 28. Her family confirmed that the model died at a Houston hospital on Saturday. Ekvall rose to fame in 2000 after she was crowned Miss Venezuela at 17-years-old. One year [...]
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Legendary writer Christopher Hitchens died yesterday at the age of 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of last year, right after publication of his memoir “Hitch-22″. He began chemotherapy soon thereafter. His writings had appeared in Vanity Fair since 1992, when he was named contributing editor of the magazine. “Cancer victimhood [...]
What were you doing when you were 17 years old? Shopping at the mall? Playing football? I bet you weren’t working on a cutting edge cure for cancer. Angela Zhang, 17, has just been awarded the $100,000 Grand Prize in the Individual category of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. Her project was [...]
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Barbara Orbison, the widow and manager of music legend Roy Orbison, died yesterday in L.A. on what was the 23rd anniversary of her husband’s death. She was 60 years old. Barbara died from pancreatic cancer surrounded by her sons. In another ironic twist, she had been diagnosed in April, just days before what would have [...]
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Two months after revealing she’s been battling breast cancer, Giuliana Rancic of E! News returned to the TODAY show this morning to announce that she’s taking her treatment to the next level. Having initially opted for a double lumpectomy and radiation, that conservative treatment hasn’t worked out as well as she and husband Bill Rancic [...]
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Maggie Daley, the woman who dedicated herself to children’s issues during 22 years as Chicago‘s First Lady, died yesterday, more than nine years after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She was 68 years old. Daley died in her home, surrounded by family members at her home, according to Jacquelyn Heard, former mayor Richard Daley‘s spokeswoman. [...]
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There’s an interesting thing going on this month. Some call it “No Shave November.” Others call it “Movember.” No matter what you call it, guys are getting hairier throughout the month…and generating awareness for men’s health…specifically prostate cancer. So get more dazzling facts & figures about “Movember” below… Sortable The Hairy Truth About The Moustache. [...]
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