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Does Monsanto’s Roundup Weed Killer Cause Cancer?

Summary: A landmark case against Monsanto will go to trial on June 18.  DeWayne Johnson, 46, was told by doctors…

Drug Company Faked Cancer Patients to Increase Sales

Summary: A pain drug producer of an opioid drug used to alleviate acute pain from cancer was making up information…

Lawsuit: TSA Attacked Disabled Cancer Patient at Security Checkpoint

Summary: A family is suing the TSA and Memphis International Airport for allegedly taking down their teenager daughter, a cancer…

Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $55 Million in Talc Powder Case

Summary: For the second time this year, Johnson & Johnson is ordered to pay damages for causing ovarian cancer. Baby…

Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $72 Million in Cancer-Causing Baby Powder Case

Summary: On Monday, a jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay the family of a woman who died from ovarian…

Farid Fata Receives 45 Years for Fraudulent Cancer Diagnoses

Summary: A doctor who treated hundreds of patients for cancer they did not have will spend the next 45 years…

Medical Marijuana Now Legal in Minnesota

Summary: Minnesota has joined the list of states that allow marijuana use for medical reason, although their criteria are one…

Four Cancer Charities Are a Scam

Summary: Four charities that allegedly donated all of its proceeds to helping cancer patients actually kept nearly all of the…

Cancer Victim’s Sense of Humor Lives on in Obituary

Summary: Aaron Joseph Purmort, dying of cancer, sat down with his wife Nora to draft his obituary. Purmort decided to…

Brenda Schmitz’s Christmas Wish

Brenda Schmitz was 46 when she passed away in September 2011. Two years after her death from ovarian cancer. The…

Character Actor Ed Lauter Dies

After five decades of character acting, Ed Lauter has finally bid adieu. He died Wednesday at the age of 74…

UC Berkeley Law School Dean on Medical Leave

UC Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher Edley is moving on from his term as dean. He will remain a faculty…