World Health Organization Places Processed Meat Alongside Smoking as Cause of Cancer

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 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 )

Truthdiggers of the Week: All Those Who Piled on Martin Shkreli

BLANK Sep 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 )

Trial of Cancer Drug Combination Yields ‘Spectacular’ Results

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 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 )

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U.S. Companies Are Leading Bidders in British Health Service Sell-Off

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 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 )

Facing Death, Oliver Sacks Says He Wants to Live ‘in the Richest, Deepest, Most Productive’ Way

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 20, 2015 On revealing that he has terminal cancer, the famed neurologist and author has displayed an admirably positive, and even courageous, attitude. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Oliver Takes Down Big Tobacco and Its Insane Ads

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Feb 17, 2015 The "Last Week Tonight" host explains that although government regulations have helped reduce smoking in the U.S., American tobacco companies are actually stronger than ever -- and brazen enough to run advertising he calls "a pile of horseshit." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lung Cancer Tops List of Cancers That Kill Women in Well-Off Countries

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Feb 5, 2015 Here's a sad bit of irony from the health news department: The type of cancer that's killing the majority of women in so-called developed nations can be quite preventable in some cases -- and it can come down to a matter of personal choice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bad Luck — Not Bad Genes — the Cause of Most Cancers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 2, 2015 Two-thirds of all cancers diagnosed in adults are caused by random mutation during the ordinary process of stem cell division, while the rest are down to genetic inheritance and lifestyle, researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Brittany Maynard: Choosing the Way a Life Ends

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Oct 18, 2014 There is no way to hear Brittany Maynard's voice without being deeply touched. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fracking for the Cure?

David Sirota / Truthdig Oct 18, 2014 One of the world's largest fossil fuel services firms is partnering with the Susan G. Komen Foundation on a breast cancer awareness campaign, despite possible links between fracking and cancer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Link Found Between Vasectomies and Deadly Prostate Cancer

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2014 Harvard scientists found that the sterilizing procedure increases the risk of "developing the most aggressive form of prostate cancer," but it doesn't mean vasectomies should be ruled out as a form of contraception. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )