Business May 4, 2016

Johnson & Johnson must pay $55 million for woman's talc-linked ovarian cancer

Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $55 million to a woman who claims its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer, the second such judgment against the manufacturer in three months. The ruling in St. Louis late Monday comes amid ongoing debate about the ...

National / Science & Health Sep 24, 2015

Japan far from confronting hereditary breast cancer, but Jolie effect is helping

by Tomoko Otake

For years, Makiko Dazai had nagging questions about her sister's death from ovarian cancer in 2008. Dazai, a 46-year-old housewife from Kiyose, western Tokyo, said her sister had been taking great care of herself, eating healthily and undergoing regular health checkups. She was diagnosed with ...