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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:01 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Calaveras Enterprise, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:56 AM PST Louise Maroney http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/news/obituaries/article_9bd235fe-0fb1-11e1-9265-001cc4c002e0.html Louise Ann Marone of Copperopolis died Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 74. International Business Times, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:55 AM PST Lindsey Miller, Cancer 'Liver,' Asks Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Date [VIDEO] http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/249921/20111115/lindsey-miller-cancer-liver-asks-joseph-gordon.htm The 26-year has the same rare cancer that Steve Jobs had Everett Herald, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:53 AM PST Health resources http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20111115/LIVING/711159958/1062/COMM0623 Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on “Support Services,” then, on the right side of the page, click on “Classes” or “Support Groups.” Montreal Gazette, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:52 AM PST Breast-cancer research teams awarded $8.1M http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Breast+cancer+research+teams+awarded/5713093/story.html The Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation announced Tuesday it has awarded a total of $8.1 million to Quebec-based research teams, encompassing 17 projects. Clarinda Herald-Journal, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:50 AM PST CRHC shedding light on diabetes’ impact on local community http://southwestiowanews.com/articles/2011/11/15/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. PR Newswire, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:49 AM PST Biocept and Academic Collaborators to Present Posters at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Circulating Tumor ... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/biocept-and-academic-collaborators-to-present-posters-at-san-antonio-breast-cancer-symposium-on-circulating-tumor-cells-ctcs-133888703.html SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Biocept, Inc. today reported that its scientists and academic collaborators will present three posters at the 34th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) taking place in San Antonio, TX December 6-10, 2011. The poster presentations... The Daily News, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:45 AM PST Seeing Pink: Race raises money for breast cancer research http://m.gobogalusa.com/articles/2011/11/14/news/doc4eb07ee7c7338297865662.txt Not deterred by 40-degree temperatures or an 8 a.m. start time, a large crowd of mostly pink- or costume-clad participants came to the Washington Parish Fairgrounds on Saturday morning to raise both money for breast cancer research and awareness of the disease by taking part in the Pink High Heel Fun Run/Walk sponsored by the Mt. Hermon Ladies Ruritan Club. Discover, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:44 AM PST The Brain: Maybe You Do Need a Hole in Your Headâ€"to Let the Medicine In | DISCOVER Magazine http://discovermagazine.com/2011/nov/10-the-brain-maybe-do-need-hole-head-let-medicine-in Neuroscientists these days regularly make spectacular discoveries about how the brain gets sick. They know much more today about brain cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and a host of other neurological disorders than they did just a few years ago. And from such discoveries come all sorts of encouraging possibilities for treating or even curing these diseases. If only we could ... ThirdAge, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:42 AM PST Breast Cancer Drug Causes Mysterious Joint Pain http://www.thirdage.com/news/breast-cancer-drug-causes-mysterious-joint-pain_11-15-2011 Some women who take a breast cancer drug develop serious joint pain, U.S. researchers say. Neither inflammatory arthritis nor autoimmune disease, however, is to blame. UPI.com quoted rheumatologist and lead author Victoria K Shanmugam of Georgetown University Medical Center saying in a statement, "It's not clear why joint symptoms occur with aromatase inhibitors use, but we wondered if it could ... Nanaimo News Bulletin, Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:41 AM PST Christmas lights sparkle on Jeneece Place http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/community/133888838.html The Grand Hotel and Applecross Home Hardware are kicking off the holiday season with a focus on helping children with cancer and their families. 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=F6IpT4wuNLOjMa.RGVQfHhWXzDPSnpOXKnx5WXrC5pioej9g9NmNMbkI3UoTGUTXLNHoiEcDsGmg4zNgkwUToohKaDzJ1QkWSnDs 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 . 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