A terminally ill California man won a milestone case against agricultural giant Monsanto after he claimed the company’s weed killer, Roundup, gave him cancer. Dewayne Johnson, 46, was awarded $289 million in damages on Friday after a jury ruled the company’s product was the reason he developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to the Associated Press. Monsanto … Continue reading "Terminally Ill Man Awarded $289 Million After Jury Rules Weed Killer Roundup Caused His Cancer"

Check the raw beef and deli meat in your refrigerators—they just might be subject to a recall. On Thursday, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in a press release that JBS Tolleson, Inc. has recalled 6,500,966 pounds of raw beef over salmonella concerns. Get push notifications with news, features and more. … Continue reading "89,000 Lbs. of Deli Ham Recalled After 1 Death and 3 Illnesses Reported from Possible Listeria"

Tim Conway‘s daughter Kelly was granted a temporary restraining order, preventing his wife Charlene from moving Conway to a new residence. “My brothers and I are extremely happy that the plan to move our dad by his wife has been temporarily stopped by a court order today,” Kelly revealed in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. … Continue reading "Tim Conway’s Daughter Granted Temporary Restraining Order Against Wife Over His Care"

Twins Roxana and Ana Lopez were just 17 years old when their mom died of breast cancer. It was 2007 — still six years before Angelina Jolie would reveal she had the BRCA1 gene, introducing the term into the general lexicon — and they hadn’t heard of genetic testing. “Because we were younger, our parents didn’t … Continue reading "Twin Sisters Put off BRCA1 Testing After Mom Died of Breast Cancer — Until One of Them Got It Too"

Kourtney Kardashian isn’t going to let people shame her for eating. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, 39, spoke out on Twitter after getting criticism and jokes about eating throughout Sunday’s episode. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You’ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser … Continue reading "Kourtney Kardashian Tries to ‘Stay Around 100 Lbs.’ Source Says After Star Is Shamed for Eating"

To drink or not to drink when it comes to your health really depends on a few important factors, including how much you imbibe and what health issues you’re concerned about. Alcohol in moderation can lower the risk of heart disease for some people, as well as reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and … Continue reading "Drinking Too Much Alcohol (And Too Little) Is Linked to Dementia"

Jeremy Roloff is opening up about his decision to try intermittent fasting — and the reason he feels “more free and in control” of his life as a result of it. Roloff, who announced his departure from Little People, Big World in July, revealed in an Instagram post Monday that he chose to begin his … Continue reading "Little People, Big World‘s Jeremy Roloff Reveals He’s Intermittent Fasting — Find Out What It Is"

A polio-like illness that causes paralysis has affected children in several states, including Pennsylvania, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota. According to the CDC, 38 confirmed cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) — an illness that resembles polio in that it targets the nervous system and spinal chord and causes limp weakness, paralysis and respiratory failure — have appeared in 16 states in 2018 as of … Continue reading "Polio-Like Illness That Causes Paralysis Has Affected Children in at Least 16 States"

When a Florida history teacher with stage III colon cancer needed 20 more days off for chemotherapy, he took to Facebook to ask for help and ended up receiving more support than he ever could have expected. Robert Goodman, 56, who has worked at the Palm Beach Gardens High School for 23 years, posted a … Continue reading "Florida Teachers Donate 75 Sick Days to Co-Worker with Cancer"

A bug bite is usually an itchy annoyance for a few days until it goes away. But for a 21-year-old man, a simple bite on his knee turned into a flesh-eating bacterial infection. The young man first went to the emergency room because his right knee was swollen and painful, making it difficult for him to … Continue reading "21-Year-Old Man’s Ordinary Bug Bite Threatens His Life After It Develops Flesh-Eating Bacteria"