by Woody Weingarten | Apr 8, 2019 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Women challenge risks of breast cancer implants at FDA meeting, but no changes are expectedWomen linked to breast implants challenged plastic surgeons, regulators and implant-makers last week but apparently came away disappointed because no U.S. changes are in the...
by Woody Weingarten | Mar 30, 2019 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Monsanto loses second consecutive case that finds Roundup causes cancer, this time for $80 million A federal jury in San Francisco slapped an $80 million judgment against Monsanto this week for causing a Sonoma man’s cancer through Roundup.The...
by Woody Weingarten | Mar 22, 2019 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Unanimous U.S. court verdict labels Roundup as major factor in Sonoma man’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma In what might be a bellwether case, a six-person federal jury in San Francisco unanimously found this week that Roundup, Monsanto’s...
by Woody Weingarten | Mar 11, 2019 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Yale study finds daily diet soda might lower risk of colon cancer recurrence — and deathDrinking diet soda every day can be particularly beneficial for those who’ve beaten colon cancer.A new study by Yale University researchers, according to...
by Woody Weingarten | Mar 3, 2019 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Documents given to N.Y. Times describe federal failure to block restricted opioid prescriptionsWhen risky cancer pain drugs were prescribed for patients of other diseases who couldn’t tolerate them, the federal government did little or nothing to stop the...
