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Courteney Cox is a perfect 10—at any age! The Cougar Town star, who celebrated her 50th birthday on Sunday, June 15, looked better than ever in a bikini on a getaway with boyfriend Johnny McDaid earlier this month.

A research by the University of Adelaide shows that eating unhealthy food results into chronic diseases. Researchers conducted the study on 1,000 people in China who were followed for around five years. The analysis showed that proportion of people with at least one long-term health problem increased from 14 to 34 percent.

Researchers have arrived at an explanation as to the correlation between chronic stress and heart attack and stroke. The study co-authored by Matthias Nahrendorf of the Harvard Medical School in Boston explains that the pressure from stress leads to overproduction of white blood cells, which, in turn, get plastered inside the arteries, thus potentially blocking the blood flow.

Commercial medical marijuana operators in B.C. will not be allowed to claim farm tax status after the provincial government created a new business classification for the federally licensed facilities. Coralee Oakes, minister for community, sport and cultural development, said the province came up with the new classification for the facilities after hearing concerns from B.C. municipalities.

A grieving Arizona mother is claiming that energy drinks were a major factor in the shocking death of her 16-year-old daughter. Lanna Hamann was on vacation in Rocky Point, Mexico when her mother, Kris Hamann, received a call saying her daughter had died from a heart attack, according to KPHO-TV. Lanna was travelling with friends, who told Kris that the …

Never underestimate a dog’s loyalty — or a family’s loyalty to their dog. Two years after Murphy the golden retriever vanished during a camping trip in California’s Tahoe National Forest, he’s been found alive and well. The dog first went missing in October 2012. His owners, the Braun family, always held out hope they’d find Murphy again.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC was ordered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review its global manufacturing operations after its Canadian subsidiary was found to have violated quality requirements during the production of its flu vaccine FluLaval, according to a report by British newspaper The Guardian posted on its website on Wednesday.

A new study finds that adding three dimensional imaging to mammography testing increases the ability to detect cancer. Scientists used data collected from 13 medical centers that had replaced X-ray mammograms with 3D imaging, or tomosynthesis, which is similar to a CT scan.

Scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London have found common genes in people who smoke pot regularly and those with schizophrenia. Published in Molecular Psychiatry, the study monitored 2,082 people who smoke pot and their genetic profiles, particularly genes that are related to schizophrenia. People who had the schizophrenia genes were more likely to smoke pot—and more frequently—compared …

A 34-year-old Bear man was hospitalized after being struck by a car driven by his wife, whom he was teaching how to drive, state police said Monday. The incident occurred about 8:32 p.m. in the parking lot of the DMV off U.S. 13 near Delaware City, said Sgt. Paul Shavack.

A southern Saskatchewan adult is dead after contracting antavirus, the health ministry announced Tuesday. A rare, yet potentially fatal illness, the hantavirus is transmitted by breathing in contaminated airborne particles from the urine, saliva and droppings of infected deer mice.