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Teens who volunteered reduced their heart disease risk, study says

2013-02-25 17:38:00

People who volunteer are often known to say they get more out of the experience than those who are being helped. A study in Canada concurs that that may be true: Researchers say that high school students who volunteered improved their own health. The...

Charles Rosen dies at 85; pianist wrote 'The Classical Style'

2012-12-11 00:00:00

Charles Rosen, the renowned pianist and prolific writer whose award-winning book "The Classical Style" has been read by music students around the world, has died. He was 85. The New York-born musician had been suffering from cancer and died Sunday...

Kobe Bryant's wrist injury: An orthopedic surgeon offers background

2011-12-22 16:35:18

Paul Motian dies at 80; jazz drummer and composer

2011-11-24 00:00:00

Paul Motian, an influential and much-admired jazz drummer who first gained renown in the late 1950s as part of the Bill Evans Trio and later became a composer and the leader of his own groups, has died. He was 80. Motian died Tuesday at Mount Sinai...

David Rayfiel dies at 87; screenwriter collaborated with Sydney Pollack

2011-06-24 00:00:00

David Rayfiel, a screenwriter and master script doctor who made his mark — often uncredited — on films by director Sydney Pollack that frequently featured Robert Redford, including "Three Days of the Condor," "The Way We Were" and "Out of...

Finally, hope for those with borderline personality disorder

2009-09-07 00:00:00

They have the thinnest skin, the shortest fuses and take the hardest knocks. In psychiatrists' offices, they have long been viewed as among the most challenging patients to treat. They are the kind of people who drive a friend away for interfering and...

A new knee or hip could mean pounds lost as well

2010-07-27 14:30:00

Hip and knee replacement surgery is supposed to alleviate pain and allow people to move better and lead a more active lifestyle. A new study published recently in the journal Orthopedics shows that could be the case, because weight loss may be one side...

Duck DNA might shield farm chickens from flu

2010-04-03 00:00:00

Influenza has for years ravaged domesticated chickens. Now scientists suggest that a small piece of duck DNA might protect the farm birds against the virus -- saving commercial flocks and lessening the possibility that humans could be exposed to dangerous...

Edwin D. Kilbourne dies at 90; virologist developed flu vaccine

2011-03-04 00:00:00

Dr. Edwin D. Kilbourne, a virologist who figured out how to manufacture a new influenza vaccine each year and was a principal advisor to the U.S. government on flu, died Feb. 21 in Branford, Conn. He was 90. No cause of death was released. Kilbourne...

Decline on autopsies may obscure understanding of disease

2011-05-17 18:05:00

Television crime shows have helped popularize autopsies, but in reality these postmortem exams are becoming rarer every year. Today, hospitals perform autopsies on only about 5 percent of patients who die, down from roughly 50 percent in the 1960s. That's...

Joseph Stein dies at 98; adapted Yiddish short story into 'Fiddler on the Roof'

2010-10-27 00:00:00

Playwright Joseph Stein, who turned a Yiddish short story into the classic Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof" and later wrote the screenplay for its successful movie adaptation, has died. He was 98. His wife, Elisa Stein, said he died at Mount...

Organic: What it means on different products

2010-03-29 00:00:00

Some consumers are more than willing to pay higher prices for organically grown food and other products. But is the extra dollar worth it? The answer may depend upon personal priorities. By definition, organically grown foods are produced without most...

Dr. Edward Sherman has joined DuPage Medical Group as an infectious disease specialist. His clinical interests include general infectious disease as well as chronic fatigue, HIV, orthopaedic infections and travel medicine.

2012-09-17 12:45:00

At the 1993 Emmys The "60 Minutes" team poses for photographers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Nov. 10,1993, as they celebrated the show's 25th anniversary.

2006-11-09 09:51:37

Interviewing Clinton Former President Clinton takes a break while being interviewed by the CBS news show "60 Minutes" on Dec. 8, 1995, at the White House. Standing from left are; Ed Bradley, Morley Safer, and Steve Kroft. Seated are Leslie Stahl and Mike Wallace. Bradley died of leukemia on Nov.

2006-11-09 09:46:54