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Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner revealed that he was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer this year.Turner and Theresa Nist announced their plan to divorce in April.Turner said his diagnosis affected his decisions, but Nist said it wasn’t a factor in their breakup.Months after announcing their divorce, “The Golden Bachelor” exes Gerry…
On a Monday in December 2022, I was driving to a consultation meeting with another psychotherapist. At the red light, I texted my friend a picture of festive leggings, “I think you need these.”I mentioned that I had an off-site meeting, then a callback mammogram at the hospital, and later,…
Late YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki wrote a blog post weeks before her death about her cancer diagnosis.She wrote that the most important lesson she learned from the disease was to “enjoy the present.”Wojcicki was part of the 20% of lung cancer patients with no smoking history.The late YouTube CEO Susan…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -Bayer must pay $78 million to a Pennsylvania man who said he got cancer from using the company’s Roundup weedkiller, a state court jury in Philadelphia found on Thursday. The verdict follows previous consecutive victories for Bayer (OTC:) in that court. The company had won 14…
Wendy Jones, 71, has been her husband Roy’s caregiver for the last three decades — even after her brain tumor diagnosis. But the Palm Beach County couple are running low on cash and are worried about how they’ll put food on the table.Jones, who worked as a paralegal for decades,…
When I turned 66 in May, I was relieved to receive Medicare and had a long list of routine appointments I wanted to plow through. When a yearly mammogram showed something suspicious and turned out to be breast cancer, my world was instantly changed.I heard the news over the phone…
In a recent earnings call, Curis Inc. (NASDAQ:), a biotechnology company specializing in cancer treatments, provided a business update for the second quarter of 2024. President and CEO Jim Dentzer outlined significant progress in the company’s TakeAim Lymphoma and TakeAim Leukemia studies, focusing on the development of their drug emavusertib.…
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test as a primary screening tool for colorectal cancer, opening the door for more people to get tested without paying hundreds of dollars out of pocket.Known as Shield, the blood test is produced by the biotech company Guardant Health. Although the…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A Delaware judge rebuffed a request by GSK and other drugmakers to appeal a ruling allowing more than 70,000 lawsuits claiming that the heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer to go forward. The ruling by Judge Vivian Medinilla of the Delaware Superior Court means that the…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by a group of cancer victims to block Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) from pursuing a proposed bankruptcy settlement of tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s baby powder and other talc products contain cancer-causing asbestos. The…
