Staff / TruthdigJul 2, 2016
Airport security guards violently arrested a disabled teenage cancer patient during a security screening at Memphis International Airport, the girl’s family has alleged in a lawsuit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Deirdre Fulton / Common DreamsJun 15, 2016
A first-of-its-kind analysis details "the astounding number of carcinogens we are exposed to in almost every part of life that are building up in our systems." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 5, 2016
In two court decisions in less than three months, Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay out $127 million. And it faces 1,200 similar lawsuits. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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By Heller McAlpinDec 4, 2015
When Dr Oliver Sacks was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wrote, "I have loved and been loved Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure". Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 26, 2015
A United Nations health body says bacon, sausage and ham rank right up there with cigarettes, alcohol and asbestos as top carcinogens. But not all experts are convinced. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 27, 2015
The drug company CEO who announced a 5,000 percent increase in the price of a lifesaving drug was forced to back down after Twitter users, the industry and others exploded in outrage. We have three words for these sometimes rude commenters: Good for you. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 3, 2015
Terminally ill cancer patients could be “effectively cured” by a new combination of drugs that scientists describe as a once-in-a-generation advance in treatment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 19, 2015
Cancer and end-of-life services relied on by some 3.8 million beneficiaries of the British National Health Service may be sold off to private U.S. health care companies that will be free to restructure the services along lines of profitability rather than quality of care. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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