Health News: [cancer]

Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, November 07, 2011 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Everett Herald, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:53 AM PST Stealth coach diagnosed with throat cancer http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20111105/SPORTS/111109913/1122/news01 EVERETT â€" Washington Stealth head coach Chris Hall has been diagnosed with throat cancer the team announced Saturday morning. Hall found out about the diagnosis early last week and informed the players of his condition via conference call on Saturday. Independent, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:52 AM PST Andy Williams has bladder cancer http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/andy-williams-has-bladder-cancer-6258559.html Andy Williams has been diagnosed with bladder cancer AP via Yahoo! News, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:52 AM PST Hit reset on cancer screening: 'Tests not perfect' http://news.yahoo.com/hit-reset-cancer-screening-tests-not-perfect-175238304.html It turns out that catching cancer early isn't always as important as we thought. EurekAlert!, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:47 AM PST Scott & White Cancer Research Institute receives $3.5 million grant http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/swh-sw110711.php ( Scott & White Healthcare ) A grant in excess of $3.5 million has been awarded to the Scott & White Healthcare Cancer Research Institute to facilitate the production of new and investigational drugs for the prevention and treatment of cancer. Fontana Herald News, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:42 AM PST Fontana youth soccer teams play well, raise awareness for breast cancer awareness http://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/articles/2011/11/07/sports/doc4eb2cbfd8cbdf954776628.txt Three youth soccer teams based in Fontana have been very successful, winning various titles in the past four years. The Spokesman-Review, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:41 AM PST NW today: PNNL improves breast cancer tests - Mon, 07 Nov 2011 PST http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/nov/07/nw-today-pnnl-improves-breast-cancer-tests/ Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory may lead to more accurate early detection of breast cancer. CBS New York, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:38 AM PST Keidel: The Smoke of Smokin’ Joe Frazier http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/07/keidel-the-smoke-of-smokin%e2%80%99-joe-frazier/ Joe Frazier was blue collar to the bone, who worked as hard as any American ever has for what he has. And when boxing was an essential sport, Frazier was an essential boxer. Now he faces a faceless opponent: cancer. Canada.com, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:38 AM PST Canadians less likely to have reconstructive breast surgery http://www.canada.com/health/Canadians+less+likely+have+reconstructive+breast+surgery/5669370/story.html Fewer Canadian breast-cancer patients are undergoing reconstructive surgery after mastectomy than those in other high-income countries, new research revealed on Monday. Idaho State Journal, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:38 AM PST Idaho state Rep. Pat Takasugi dies at 62 http://www.journalnet.com/news/state/article_fcb1ebcb-fb4f-56e5-9d0f-941edc929c53.html State Rep. Patrick Takasugi, a two-term state lawmaker from Wilder, has died at a Boise hospital after a three-year battle with appendix cancer. He was 62. EurekAlert!, Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:33 AM PST JCI online early table of contents: Nov. 7, 2011 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/joci-joe110311.php ( Journal of Clinical Investigation ) This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, Nov. 7, 2011, in the JCI: "Connexins: providing protection to cells destroyed in type 1 diabetes"; "Stopping breast cancer spread"; "Signaling pathways cooperate to promote pancreatic cancer"; "The apparent mechanism behind a ... See more health stories that match your keyword at: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?fr=yalerts-health&c=&p=cancer+%2bcat%3ahealth&ei=utf-8 Visit Yahoo! Health: http://health.yahoo.com/ You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use http://us.rd.yahoo.com/alerts/b/email/unsubscribe/*http://alerts.yahoo.com/unsubscribe.php?id=_YSNvtguNLN6aisfN10sgMXlKscTGkhhSdm7tmR7So62QCDJye0O35dZCASDmjmgV1JiaEXbijLNzy5Zz5AQPT0O6KuoewtdJ48g to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences: http://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.done=http://subscribe.yahoo.com/showaccount . To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, please read our privacy policy at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/ . Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.