Category: Cancer

Sydney Towle, Who Chronicled Her Cancer on TikTok, Dies at 26

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
For an audience that grew to more than a million followers, she challenged assumptions of how people with serious illnesses should look and live.
Medical Journal Retracts Study Claiming Cancer Therapy Is More Effective When Given in the Morning

The New York Times – Business:
In a notice flagging a series of problems with a clinical trial, the journal Nature Medicine said its editors “no longer have confidence in the integrity of the results.”
Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Bayer Alleging Roundup Weedkiller Caused Cancer

The New York Times – Business:
The court’s decision is likely to determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against Bayer, which manufactures the weedkiller, over similar claims.
How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough

The New York Times – Business:
The new strategy also holds promise for lung and colon tumors. Here’s how scientists discovered it.
American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception.

The New York Times – Business:
A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year.
Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Roundup Weedkiller Case

The New York Times – Business:
The case could help determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against the maker of a popular herbicide over claims that it causes cancer.
Two Drugs Stir Hope for Treatment of Deadly Pancreatic Cancer

The New York Times – Business:
In separate small clinical trials, two treatments showed promise that they could help patients with one of the most dire diagnoses in oncology.
A Cancer Detection Test Fails in Major Study

The New York Times – Business:
A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in later stages of the disease.
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup

Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical.
Johnson & Johnson Sued in U.K. Over Baby Powder Cancer Claims

More than 3,000 people in Britain have joined a lawsuit accusing the company of knowing that its baby powder contained carcinogenic fibers, including asbestos.
Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $966 Million in Latest Talc Lawsuit

The case involves a California woman who died from mesothelioma, a rare cancer. Her family claimed Johnson and Johnson’s talc powder products were to blame.
Dress Rehearsal for a Wedding I’ll Never Attend

When I told my 15-year-old daughter I was dying, she asked me to take her wedding dress shopping before I go.