by Research Team | Aug 12, 2015 | Health News
Williams, who was battling illness and dealt with substance abuse issues and depression in the past, committed suicide at his home in Marin County’s Paradise Cay. The “Dead Poet’s Society” actor was 63. According to The Hollywood Reporter,...
by Research Team | Aug 11, 2015 | Health News
Seven-year cancer survivor Wallace Walker, left, of Pacific Grove writes his name and the amount of time he’s been cancer-free on the “Hands of Hope” canvas as volunteer Alex Taurke looks on during the annual Cancer Survivors Day celebration at Monterey...
by Research Team | Aug 11, 2015 | Health News
Kevin Blanco got a life-saving kidney transplant 15 years ago, but the chronic shortages gripping crisis-hit Venezuela have put his life at risk again. Faced with the disappearance of prednisone and CellCept, the drugs he needs to take every day to keep his immune...
by Research Team | Aug 11, 2015 | Health News
A more dangerous strain of influenza could hit WA harder over the next two months, a top flu expert has warned. WA’s influenza season began earlier than usual this year, which usually means a more severe flu season overall as winter prolongs the number and...
by Research Team | Aug 11, 2015 | Health News
In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 file photo, actor John Hurt waves as he arrives for the opening of the film festival and the screening of the film The Grand Budapest Hotel during the International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin. Veteran British actor John Hurt said...
by Research Team | Aug 11, 2015 | Health News
The furor on Capitol Hill over Planned Parenthood has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for decades to develop vaccines and seek treatments for a host of ailments, from...