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Mar 28, 2013 11:19 AM ET // Sheila M. Eldred
A new study of African-American men strengthens the connection between early-onset balding and prostate cancer. ->
Mar 12, 2013 11:36 AM ET // Benjamin Radford
Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez died last week from cancer, though some suspect he may have been assassinated. ->
Mar 20, 2012 07:29 PM ET // Derek Markham
This one's just for the ladies (and the men who love them): Women can get dirty, have fun, and raise money for gynecological cancer research through a race series dubbed "Kiss Me Dirty". Kiss Me Dirty is a series of 5K long, female-only, mud obstacle course runs designed for all athletic abilities,...
Nov 3, 2011 06:03 PM ET // Derek Markham
You're gonna start seeing more furry upper lips on men right about now, and that may make you start wondering if somehow you missed something. Not to worry, it's just Movember, which means it's moustache season! During Movember, thousands of men's faces around the world start sprouting moustaches, ...
Nov 22, 2011 11:00 AM ET // Alice Truong
Depending on who you ask, cell phones may or may not increase your risk of cancer. For the cautious, it's unreasonable in today's day and age to forego mobile phones all together, but there are cell phone cases designed to decrease exposure to radiation. Pong's cases help protect users from unneces...
Oct 15, 2010 04:22 PM ET // Benjamin Radford
The new film 'Catfish' is a case study of the strange mental illness called factitious disorder.
Jul 9, 2012 03:47 PM ET // Benjamin Radford
A new comedy about a talking teddy bear, is the target of protests by people who believe the film makes fun of those who have Lou Gehrig's disease.
Oct 8, 2012 08:24 AM ET // Christina Reed
This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to John B. Gurdon of Britain and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent."
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