Federal health officials are scrutinizing a mineral—added to some makeup, medications, and foods—that many people have never thought twice about: talc. The JAMA article added that talc remains common, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a major lawsuit over claims that it knowingly sold baby powder contaminated with ...

More than 1,300 Victorians have joined a class action against Johnson & Johnson alleging its talcum powder products left them with ovarian cancer, mesothelioma (cancer affecting the lungs) and other ...

Johnson & Johnson is willing to pay almost $9 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talcum powder caused cancers, the company announced Apr. 4. The proposal is the latest chapter ...

This is about the use of talcum powder and the risk for ovarian cancer. If there is in fact a link between the two, since it's regularly used on babies, wouldn't there be an increased number of ...