Johnson & Johnson heiress and Los Angeles socialite Casey Johnson was already dead when an ambulance was called to her Los Angeles home, according to...
Actor Patrick Swayze’s very public battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer raised public awareness of this disease. Three other public figures died from cancer of...
Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, died today at age 79 of stomach cancer. Walt and his brother Roy O. Disney founded the Walt...
In 1983 at the age of 30, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease — the same cancer of the lymph system that...
Resveratrol is a naturally-occurring plant substance, available as a dietary supplement, that has been scientifically shown to extend the lifespans of several non-human animals including...
Patrick Swayze, loved for his roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, today lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 57. “Patrick Swayze...
Danny Pang was an Orange County fund manager who ran a firm called Private Equity Management Group. He was arrested last April by the FBI...
Last June, Mr. Jobs received a new liver from a young adult who died in a car accident. Today he stated that “I wouldn’t be...
Alex Gras started what later became Rite Aid in Scranton, PA in 1962 and it eventually became one of the largest drug store chains in...
It has been used by both Oprah and Dr. Phil to refer to cases in which celebrities become symbols for important social issues such as...