• Bruce Willis Diagnosed With Aphasia, Stepping Away From Acting, Says Family
  
  Actor Bruce Willis is stepping away from his career after he was diagnosed with aphasia, a language disorder caused by brain damage that affects a person's ability to communicate. His family issued a statement on social media announcing the actor's retirement."To Bruce's...
• Bob Saget's Tragic Death Explained
  
  Bob Saget died suddenly in January after accidentally falling in an Orlando hotel room and suffering a traumatic brain injury. The comedian and actor, most famous for his role in the sitcom Full House, was 65 when he died. According to MedPage Today, initial reports said...
• What You Can Learn From Chris Evert's Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis
  
  Tennis legend Chris Evert recently revealed that she is being treated for an early stage of ovarian cancer. The 67-year-old said she learned of the cancer last month after undergoing a preventive hysterectomy. Evert's beloved sister, Jeanne Evert Dubin, died from ovarian...
• Colin Powell's Blood Cancer Made COVID-19 Vaccine Less Effective
  
  Although he was fully vaccinated, former secretary of state Colin Powell succumbed to COVID-19 complications. The four-star general was 84 when he died Monday morning. Powell served in several Republican administrations and helped shape American foreign policy in the last...
• President Clinton's Sepsis a Reminder for Men to Treat UTI Immediately
  
  Sepsis is dangerous. Unfortunately, for former President Bill Clinton, he had to learn this the hard way. President Clinton was admitted to the intensive care unitl (ICU) at UCI Medical Center in Orange, Calif. for a urinary tract infection (UTI) that spread to his...
• Former President Clinton Hospitalized for Non-Covid Infection
  
  U.S. former President Bill Clinton is recovering after two days of treatment for an infection in a California hospital, his doctors said on Thursday. The 75-year-old was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday evening "for a non-COVID-19...
• What Kind of Surgery Did Pope Francis Have?
  
  Pope Francis has had surgery to remove part of his left colon in what the Vatican has described as a planned procedure. Doctors say the bowel problems that the 84-year-old pope was experiencing are very common in older people, although only about 10% to 20% of people with...
• Dr. Oz Helps Resuscitate Man at Newark Airport
  
  When a traveler became stricken at Newark Liberty International Airport, the police got an assist from a celebrity doctor: Mehmet Oz.The incident occurred late Monday night when Port Authority Officer Jeffrey Croissant saw the 60-year-old man fall to the floor near a...
• Country Singer Charley Pride Dead From Coronavirus at 86
  
  African-American country singer Charley Pride, whose No. 1 country hits included "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" and "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin,'" died on Saturday at age 86 of complications from COVID-19, according to his website. Pride, who died in Dallas, was not the...
• Singer Gloria Estefan Reveals She Had COVID-19
  
  Gloria Estefan took to Instagram to let her fans know she contracted the coronavirus. The 63-year-old South Florida resident said she had COVID-19 last month in an Instagram post Tuesday. After losing her sense of taste and smell, she decided to get tested and received a...
• Hugh Grant Shares Details of Coronavirus Battle
  
  Hugh Grant has revealed "strange" details of his battle with coronavirus. During a remote appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the 60-year-old actor shared that he and his wife, Anna Eberstein...
• Al Roker to Take Time Off Work to Battle Prostate Cancer
  
  Weatherman and morning TV co-host Al Roker has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed. "It's a good news-bad news kind of thing," Roker said Friday on NBC's "Today." "Good news is we caught it...
• Hollywood Legend Jeff Bridges Diagnosed with Lymphoma
  
  US film star Jeff Bridges announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma, a form of cancer that starts in the body's infection-fighting cells called lymphocytes.Bridges, 70, who is best known for his role as a tipsy slacker in the Coen brothers' cult classic "The...
• Death of 'Black Panther' Star Spotlights Early-Onset Colon Cancer
  
  Actor Chadwick Boseman's death from colon cancer at the age of 43 has highlighted the growing rate of this disease among younger adults, who are often diagnosed at later stages.According to Kimmie Ng, director of Dana-Farber's Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center in Boston,...
• 'Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dies of Cancer at 43
  
  Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43.Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with...
• Doctor Gambles on Clot-Busting Drug to Save Virus Patients
  
  The woman was dying. New York's Mount Sinai Hospital was about to call her husband and break the news that there was nothing left to try. Then Dr. Hooman Poor took a gamble.With high-stress, high-stakes decisions, doctors around the world are frantically trying to figure...
• Jane Seymour Loses Weight to Beat Diabetes
  
  Actress Jane Seymour recently celebrated her 69th birthday hosting a gala for her Open Hearts Foundation, which in its 10th year continues to "empower people to transform adversity into opportunity, serving other through philanthropy and volunteerism."
• Pence's Handling of 2015 HIV Outbreak Gets New Scrutiny
  
  President Donald Trump's choice of Vice President Mike Pence to oversee the nation's response to the new coronavirus threat is bringing renewed scrutiny to the former governor's handling of an HIV outbreak in southern Indiana when he was governor.Pence reluctantly agreed to...
• 'Good Times' Star Ja'Net DuBois Dies at 74; Co-wrote 'Jeffersons' Theme
  
  Ja'Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on "Good Times" and composed and sang the theme song for "The Jeffersons," has died. She was 74, said TMZ. DuBois' song "Movin' on Up" provided a joyous intro to "The Jeffersons" during the show's 10-season...
• Former Child Star Dies at 25
  
  Raphael Coleman, aka Iggy Fox, who starred alongside Colin Firth and Emma Thompson in "Nanny McPhee," has died at 25.
• Insurance Company Says Shannen Doherty Using Cancer Diagnosis for Sympathy
  
  An insurance company sued by actress Shannen Doherty over home damages said she is using her recent stage 4 cancer diagnosis for sympathy so that she can get a payout on a claim.
• Shannen Doherty Reveals She Has Stage 4 Cancer
  
  Actress Shannen Doherty has revealed that she has stage 4 breast cancer. She was first diagnosed with the disease in 2015 but went into remission three years ago.
• Robert Conrad, Star of TV's 'The Wild Wild West,' Dies at 84
  
  Actor Robert Conrad, the star of television series including "Hawaiian Eye," "The Wild Wild West" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" during an almost five-decade career that also included the occasional feature film, has died in Malibu, Calif. He was 84. Conrad toplined at least one...
• Actor-Comedian Orson Bean, 91, Hit and Killed by Car in LA
  
  Orson Bean was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles, authorities said. He was the father-in-law of conservative pundit Andrew Breitbart.
• Ozzy Osbourne Reveals He Has Parkinson's
  
  Ozzy Osbourne has revealed he has Parkinson's disease. The rock veteran opened up about the challenging time in an interview with "Good Morning America."

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