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LONDON (AP) — A British doctor who works with terminally ill people has thanked David Bowie for helping open up a conversation about death. Bowie died of cancer Jan. 10 aged 69 and Dr. Mark Taubert says it helped him speak to one dying cancer patient about how to have "a good death...

Alan Rickman, the tremendously talented British actor behind such iconic roles as Hans Gruber in Die Hard and Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 69 following a bout with cancer.

The European Food Safety Authority says glyphosate, which is the active ingredient in Monsanto weed killer, likely doesn’t cause cancer in humans. But EFSA did propose some new controls on residues in food. The ruling may mean that products containing glyphosate will have an easier time staying on the European market...

California will label Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide as a product that is “known to cause cancer.” California environment officials issued a notice of intent to change the label last week, making the state the first to require such a label for Roundup...

During Monday night's Yakima Valley Pippins game in which the team wore special pink jerseys to acknowledge cancer awareness, a pink heart-shaped cloud formed over the ballpark during twilight. The photo was captured by Brandi Van De Brake, whose son Jace is off to a tremendous start to the season batting .371 with eight RBI in nine games. She captioned the photo on her Facebook page with: "I

He came for some wings and (maybe some breasts), but got a kidney, instead.

RENTON (AP) — Seattle Seahawks reserve defensive tackle Jesse Williams will undergo kidney surgery after being diagnosed with cancer.

This is about as moving as it gets.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Lauren Hill, a freshman at a Ohio university who fought an inoperable brain tumor to play college basketball, has died. She was 19. Brooke Desserich, co-founder of Hill's nonprofit foundation The Cure Starts Now, told The Associated Press that Hill died at a hospital on Friday...

Lauren Hill's first college basketball game will be streamed nationally and televised on regional sports networks.