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Paediatrician Dr Dana Beasley believes a junk food advertising ban is a vital measure - saying obesity leads to an increased risk of diabetes, cancer, plus poorer educational outcomes.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Jimmy, 82, lost the love of his life to cancer in 2023.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Nieva emphasized that more research is needed to confirm any link between pesticide exposure and lung cancer in younger people, especially women.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

The study included 187 patients diagnosed with lung cancer before age 50.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

His silence on the slavery question was strategic, believing as he did that slavery was a cancer on the body politic of America that could not at present be removed without killing the patient.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis