Why is it that we feel such a collective sense of loss when well-loved celebrities die?

Farrah Fawcett, age 62, actress and model, succumbed to cancer today in Los Angeles.

Mike Tyson, one-time boxing heavyweight champion, is grieving the loss of his 4-year-old daughter following an accidental strangulation in the boxerâ??s home.

An up-and-coming Brazilian model died this week after succumbing to a seemingly ordinary urinary tract infection. How did this happen? The twenty-year-old contracted an antibiotic resistant organism.

Just in time for Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the CDC has released a report which finds that the number of Americans who smoke has dropped below 20%

Following the death of a pregnant woman from swine flu, pregnant women are being urged to take Tamiflu at first sign of the flu

A new study finds that cancer patients who also experience depression have an increased chance of dying than those who are not depressed