“Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner’s breast cancer” is a comprehensive memoir-chronicle and guide to scientific research, meds and where to get help — and can aid female patients and caregivers even though it’s geared toward male caregivers.
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Oakland jury hits Monsanto with a $2 billion verdict because Roundup weedkiller caused lymphomaAlthough an Oakland jury awarded a couple more than $2 billion this week in their suit claiming a Monsanto weedkiller caused their cancer, the verdict is expected to be...
FDA declines to ban breast implant that's linked to cancer but intends to increase information about risksThe FDA has decided not to ban a type of breast implant linked to a rare cancer — at least for now.According to a story by Laurie McKinley in last week's editions...
Jury awards $21.4 million in two cancer deaths against oil company that merged with Chevron A San Francisco Bay Area jury has awarded $21.4 million in the cancer deaths of two brothers who'd handled a deadly chemical.The Contra Costa County Superior Court found...
Will Trump administration drop the restrictions on new type of blood cancer treatment? Stay tuned!Will insurance companies be able to block expanded Medicare coverage of cancer care?The answer is a positive maybe.According to a story last week by by Robert Pear in The...
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...
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 six-person...
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 weedkiller, was a...
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 a story by...
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...
Finding cancer-causing contaminants causes FDA to recall blood-pressure drugs Millions of bottles of generic blood-pressure meds have been recalled after a contaminant that causes cancer was found.According to a recent story on the Tech2.org website, the Federal...