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Women police officers investigating the murder of British student Meredith Kercher "had it in" for suspect Amanda Knox because of a sex toy, a court has heard, Sky News reported.

Recent ballot initiatives on medical marijuana lead a surge of support for legalizing the drug.

Scientists have zeroed in on one apparent key to long life: an inherited cellular repair mechanism that thwarts aging and perhaps helps prevent disease. Researches say the finding could lead to anti-aging drugs.

Andre Agassi used crystal meth in 1997, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday, citing a publicist for the company publishing the tennis star's autobiography.

Bernard Madoff's investment firm had a "diversion-filled office environment" featuring a culture of "sexual deviance" and drug use, says a lawsuit filed Tuesday against companies that dealt with the Ponzi-scheme mastermind.

If treating heroin addicts by giving them heroin seems counterintuitive, having the government fund that addiction to the tune of more than $22,000 per patient per year comes across as downright radical.

A common antidepressant combined with an intensive treadmill training program helped people with partial spinal cord injuries walk better and faster, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

Americans should avoid buying treatments for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, online, the Food and Drug Administration warned.

A study suggests that overdoses of what was then the relatively new “wonder drug” could have been deadly.

A combination of cholesterol and blood pressure medicine can cut the incidence of attacks by up to 60%, a report says.