cancer

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Vachon was still living by the beach in Southern California in 2016 when his wife, Nicole, whom he married less than a month after his trade to the Kings, died of brain cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

One of the species related to quinoa may even provide cancer fighting compounds, he said, but added that more research was needed.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

For cancer in women, the timing of weight gain did not seem to change the level of risk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Ingredients like BHA and propylparaben may be linked to endocrine disruption that may have reproductive effects and cause cancer.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

“He was diagnosed with cancer a couple years after we first met. He died on October 30, 2001; he was only fifty-three years old.”

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day