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 14, 2011 10:06 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: WTVY Dothan, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:54 AM PST Disgraced Former United Way CEO Dies at 84 http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/Disgraced_former_United_Way_CEO_dies_at_84_133816188.html McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- The man who led the United Way of America for decades before leaving in disgrace and serving a six-year sentence for fraud charges has died after a long battle with cancer. William Aramony was 84. Drayton Valley Western Review, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:52 AM PST Removing the stigma http://www.draytonvalleywesternreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3368802& When Linda Pfannmuller wants to show her support for those who are battling the cancer she survived she has to make her own ribbon. Clarinda Herald-Journal, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:49 AM PST CRHC shedding light on diabetes’ impact on local community http://southwestiowanews.com/articles/2011/11/14/clarinda/news/doc4ebaee0a102ad546618363.txt According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every 17 seconds, someone is diagnosed with diabetes. It is a disease that kills more people each year than breast cancer and AIDS, combined. Rancho Santa Fe Review, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:47 AM PST Rancho Santa Fe survivor dedicated to passing bill designed to help fight pancreatic cancer http://www.ranchosantafereview.com/2011/11/14/rancho-santa-fe-survivor-dedicated-to-passing-bill-designed-to-help-fight-pancreatic-cancer/ November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is promoting its campaign to “Know it. Fight it. End it.” Baltimore Sun, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:45 AM PST Robert A. Gibson, educator http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-robert-gibson-20111114,0,1294695.story?track=rss Robert A. Gibson, a retired educator and former superintendent of Cecil County public schools, died Nov. 4 of spinal cancer at his home in Port Herman. BikeRadar, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:45 AM PST The Pros Closet and pro riders support family’s cancer fight http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32260/f/437825/s/1a14b51f/l/0L0Sbikeradar0N0Cnews0Carticle0Cthe0Epros0Ecloset0Eand0Epro0Eriders0Esupport0Efamilys0Ecancer0Efight0E323710DCPN0FRSS0GSOURCE0FBRGENHOME/story01.htm Boulder, Colorado based Ebay cycling auction house, The Pros Closet , have teamed with a select group professional riders, and friends to help in one family’s fight against cancer. The Pros Closet will award 100 percent of the proceeds from multiple auctions of donated goods to the family, which will be used to pay related bills related to their son’s cancer fight not covered by insurance ... Daily Telegraph, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:42 AM PST Cervical cancer jab left girl, 13, in 'waking coma' http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/534871/s/1a14592b/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Chealth0Chealthnews0C88892570CCervical0Ecancer0Ejab0Eleft0Egirl0E130Ein0Ewaking0Ecoma0Bhtml/story01.htm The parents of a 13-year-old girl believe the cervical cancer jab has left their daughter in what they describe as a "waking coma". PhysOrg, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:37 AM PST Researchers find potential new leukemia treatment with old antibiotic drug http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-potential-leukemia-treatment-antibiotic-drug.html Clinician-scientists in the Princess Margaret Cancer Program have found a promising approach to treating leukemia, using an old drug in a new way. The Andover Townsman, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:37 AM PST Beard-free by turkey day? http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/x869149748/Beard-free-by-turkey-day Will Ryan Desrosiers be without his longtime winter beard this Thanksgiving? That depends on the holiday apple pie sales at Marland Place. Desrosiers, of Sandown, N.H., works in the maintenance department at Atria Marland Place on Stevens Street. When he read in the Oct. 27 Townsman about the Fitzgerald family's pair of cancer battles - mom, Keiza and toddler daughter, Saoirse, are battling the ... PhysOrg, Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:37 AM PST Glioblastoma multiforme in the Dock http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-glioblastoma-multiforme-dock.html Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common malignant brain cancer in humans. Patients with GBM have a poor prognosis because it is a highly aggressive form of cancer that is commonly resistant to current therapies. 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. 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