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• Alcohol Cancer Risks Linked to an Increasing Number of Deaths: Report

  May 27, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Despite overall cancer deaths in the U.S. dropping by 35% from 1990 to 2021, NBC News reports that a new study shows alcohol-related cancer deaths doubled during that same period.

• Jury Rejects Claim That Zantac Caused Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis of Illinois Woman

  August 6, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  An Illinois state court jury has ruled that GlaxoSmithKline is not liable for a woman's colorectal cancer diagnosis, which she said was caused by her use of recalled Zantac heartburn medications.

• Jury Rejects Claim That Zantac Caused Cancer Diagnosis in First Bellwether Trial

  May 24, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Chicago jury has turned in a defense verdict in the first Zantac cancer trial, which claimed the recalled heartburn drug caused a woman to develop colorectal cancer.

• Zantac Jury Trial Over Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Gets Underway in Illinois

  May 2, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Zantac lawsuit over a colorectal cancer diagnosis will be the first claim to make it before a jury since the heartburn drugs were recalled more than four years ago.

• Colonoscopies Often Unnecessary, Harmful for Elderly Patients: Study

  June 8, 2023

  Stephanie Yanovich

  A new study's findings suggest the risk of colonoscopy complications may outweigh the benefits of detecting colorectal cancer in elderly patients.

• Anti-Nausea Drug Bendectin Linked to Increased Colorectal Cancer Risks: Study

  April 4, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that Bendectin, an anti-nausea drug used in the 60s and 70s, may be contributing to increasing rates of colorectal cancer among certain age groups.

• Zantac Study Finds Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk Three Times Higher Among Users of Recalled Heartburn Drug

  December 29, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study links NDMA found in Zantac to a higher risk of gastrointestinal cancers than other heartburn drugs.

• Link Between Bariatric Surgery and Colorectal Cancer Risk Evaluated in New Study

  March 31, 2020

  Martha Garcia

  Bariatric surgery may decrease the risk of colorectal cancer, according to the findings of a new study.

• Zantac Colorectal Cancer Lawsuits Filed By Former Users of Recalled Heartburn Medication

  February 28, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  Zantac NDMA exposure led to a colorectal cancer diagnosis, a Kentucky woman's lawsuit claims.

• Zantac Side Effects Caused Colorectal Cancer Which Spread To Liver, Lawsuit Claims

  January 31, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A Zantac lawsuit filed by a Kentucky man says he developed colorectal cancer due to exposure to NDMA in Zantac tablets over nine years of use, which has now spread to his liver.