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Australian journalist and AC/DC biographer Jesse Fink says he’s “not expecting” to see Malcolm Young return to the group. The author of the new book The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC would not comment on the longtime guitarist’s condition, but said that his current illness will be keeping him sidelined.

Health officials have announced that a new gene is being linked to a major risk in breast cancer. The study was released in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine and it highlights the PALB2 gene and how it makes breast cancer nine times more likely to develop. During the study, scientists looked at about 362 women in families that …

A Calgary hospital has decided to allow families to be present during resuscitation attempts, amid growing evidence that relatives benefit by being allowed to witness what may be the last moments of their loved one’s life — and concerns of the conflicts that could inevitably rise.

To better understand problems during pregnancies at present, we should consider experiences of our ancestors, a new research has suggested. The study involving four generations of rats, showed that inherited epigenetic effects of stress could affect pregnancies for generations.

Bret Michaels covers Lionel Richie’s 1981 US chart-topper with Diana Ross, “Endless Love”, in new viral video to promote Nissan that has been billed as “Tough Love”.

The death of Dundee woman Jennifer Huston has been ruled a suicide. The search for Huston, a married mother of two young boys who was last seen July 24, garnered attention across the country.

A Canadian mom’s embarrassing day at the beach has turned into a growing movement. Tanis Jex-Blake says she was recently taunted at the beach for wearing a bikini that showed stretch marks on her stomach. Jex-Blake posted online about how it hurt her self-esteem. Days later, dozens of moms put on their own bikinis to prove a point.

Older adults with too little vitamin D in their blood may have twice the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease as seniors with sufficient levels of the “sunshine vitamin,” a new study finds.

Screening for prostate cancer could reduce deaths from the disease by about a fifth, according to the long-term results of a major European study involving over 162 000 men published in The Lancet.

Guo Meimei, the 23-year-old woman who landed the Red Cross in China in a credibility crisis, has been investigated for being deeply involved with illegal gambling and the sex trade, and for spreading rumors, Xinhua News Agency reported on August 4.

A 12 year-old boy is being charged as an adult with open murder in the deadly stabbing of a 9-year-old boy at a playground.