Warren Buffett has announced to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders that he got diagnosed with stage I prostate cancer, but that "my condition is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way."
This is troubling on so many levels. The maker of the Avastin cancer drug is currently warning doctors and hospitals that a fake version of the drug has been found, and it's really hard to tell if you might have the fraudulent version.
Discovered: The oldest painting ever, high cancer rates for 9/11 heroes, slang does not equal stupidity, spinning is like having a heart attack, the gender wage gap is getting better, faster.
A new congressional report out today found that tanning salons will say anything to get customers into their beds, but in order to get this valuable information congressional investigators even went so far as to pretending they were pale teenage girls.
Discovered: The deal with drinking and health, the cost of sperm, mom's love makes you smarter, tomatoes cure cancer, a sloshing galaxy.
Discovered: The writing diet, how blogging helps mental health, licorice that's good for your teeth, promising cancer and herpes treatments, and why parents treat their kids like dogs.
Ever since the first tort suit that claimed a link between phone radiation and brain was filed in 1993, research into the subject has fallen on all ends of the spectrum.
Sausage spokeswoman defends hotdogs against an "animal rights group"
Government officials report he'll run in 2012 election despite health concerns
Reveals he had a tumor the size of a baseball removed in June
The grace of Betty Ford, the good side of Rupert Murdoch, and more
Following his cancer treatment in Cuba, thousands of supporters celebrated in Caracas
Is that really their idea of settling the matter?
Why we're waiting for the peer reviews to come back
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