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A study of more than 3.5 million Americans finds that married people are less likely than singles, divorced or widowed folks to suffer any type of heart or blood vessel problem. That was true at any age, for women as well as for men, and regardless of other heart disease risk factors such as high cholesterol or diabetes.

One in 68 American children has Autism. That’s the sobering statistic in a new report out from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC). In recent years, the definition of Autism has expanded and this new study suggests Autism is on the rise.

A security guard trampled at a music festival in Miami has been hospitalized in critical condition. Crowds were trying to get into the Ultra Music Festival, billed as the world’s premiere electronic music festival, for free. Those crowds knocked down a female security guard. She suffered head trauma and a broken leg, according to Miami’s Department of Fire and Rescue.

The county medical examiner confirmed 21 fatalities. Six of those people were not yet identified. The Department of Emergency Management said the list of missing was reduced to 30. The previous number was 90. Four additional victims were found in the debris field. Searchers are collecting photos and personal items at the debris site so they can be returned to …

The five-year long research conducted by the Canadian medical researchers, led by Dr Joel Ray has concluded that being underweight is even riskier than being overweight or obese.

Ageless actress Cameron Diaz confronted her lesbian tendencies head-on this week by frankly admitting that she’s been attracted to women in the past. The 41-year-old actress was speaking to UK’s Glamour magazine to promote her new film The Other Woman when she touched upon her views on sexuality.

Kim Kardashian is hoping to get pregnant again before the end of the year. The reality TV star is set to marry Kanye West in France this spring and then they are rumoured to be trying for a brother or sister for nine-month-old North.

Joanne Milne, a 40-year-old woman from England, suffers from the rare condition known as Ushers Syndrome. Joanne was born deaf and registered blind. She was recently fitted with bilateral cochlear implants as seen in the above video, which allow her to hear.

A 5.1 earthquake hit the Los Angeles area Friday night, overturning cars, sparking rockslides and cracking water mains. The quake, initially measured at 5.3 magnitude then raised to 5.4 before being revised downward, hit at 9:09 p.m. (12:09 a.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It was centered between the cities of La Habra and Brea in Orange County, about …

Those who take cholesterol-lowering statins to keep their heart health in shape can further chill as statins have now been linked with a significant improvement in erectile function. “For men with erectile dysfunction who need statins to control cholesterol, this may be an extra benefit,” said John B. Kostis from the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at the Rutgers …

During a speech Friday at American University, former Vice President Dick Cheney dismissed accusations that he is a war criminal and said if given the opportunity to waterboard again, he’d do it.