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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, November 16, 2011 10:11 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: The Pilot News, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:55 AM PST Cancer Association of Marshall County holds annual meeting http://www.thepilotnews.com/content/cancer-association-marshall-county-holds-annual-meeting The Cancer Association of Marshall County held their annual board meeting Oct. 25. The group began assisting cancer patients within the county in 1962. Funding began with monies from the estates of Welcome R. Ebersole, Grace Moslander, and Roy Hawk. The Zeta Zeta Chapter of Delta Theta Tau implemented the program by providing transportation to cancer patients and providing financial assistance ... The News Journal, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:55 AM PST FDA approves blood cancer drug from Del.'s Incyte Corp. http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20111116/NEWS/111116033/1008/rss0903 More than two weeks ahead of a planned decision date, federal drug regulators have approved Alapocas-based Incyte Corp.'s drug to treat myelofibrosis, a life-threatening blood cancer. LAist, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:53 AM PST LA Woman With Cancer Asks Out Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt on YouTube http://laist.com/2011/11/16/la_woman_with_cancer_makes_video_to.php Lindsey Miller, 26, is among the millions of us living in Los Angeles who never seems to run into celebrities--especially the one she has a crush on. Miller, a cancer patient, says on her blog that she recently saw the film 50/50 , and has a message for its star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt: She wants to go on a date with him. [ more › ] Pensacola News Journal, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:51 AM PST (No heading) http://www.pnj.com/article/20111116/NEWS01/111116010/1006/news01 The longtime tennis player died of breast cancer. - 11:24 am The bills would prohibit protesters from gathering within 500 feet of any property where a funeral... Scientific American, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:51 AM PST New Heart Disease Test Brings Higher Costs and More Procedures http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=new-heart-disease-test-brings-higher-costs-and-more-procedures In the prevailing more-is-better culture, patients often jump at or at least surrender to the latest and greatest medical test . New imaging technology is gaining crispness with each passing year, and advances in the past several years has enabled doctors to peer inside the body to detect tiny tumors or the beginning of a blocked artery all without slicing the skin. As cancer scans gain closer ... Leesburg Today, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:50 AM PST Peter David Hollenbeck http://www.leesburg2day.com/obituaries/article_6d6a1fa0-107a-11e1-bd43-001cc4c03286.html Peter David Hollenbeck, 69, died of prostate cancer Nov. 10 at his home in Haymarket. Denison Bulletin & Review, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:49 AM PST Join the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 17 http://www.southwestiowanews.com/articles/2011/11/16/denison/news/doc4ec2d28b9c124161066484.txt The American Cancer Society is marking the 36th Great American Smokeout on November 17 by encouraging smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day. Newswise, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:47 AM PST Tamoxifen Causes Significant Side Effects in Male Breast Cancer Patients http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/583010/?sc=rsmn About half of male breast cancer patients who take the drug tamoxifen to prevent their disease from returning report side effects such as weight gain and sexual dysfunction, which prompts more than 20 percent of them to discontinue treatment, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Bossip, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:45 AM PST World’s Most Expensive Tea Prevents Cancer But It Has A Secret Ingredient … Panda Poop! http://bossip.com/498519/worlds-most-expensive-tea-fights-cancer-but-the-secret-ingredient-is-panda-poop30346/ If you were concerned about getting cancer and had access to the funds to buy the world’s most expensive tea that helps prevent getting the disease, would you let a little fecal fertilizer stop you from drinking it? The world’s The Helena Daily World, Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:45 AM PST Digital mammography comes to Helena Regional Medical Center http://www.helena-arkansas.com/homepage/x2146634931/Digital-mammography-comes-to-Helena-Regional-Medical-Center   Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the U.S. It takes a back seat only to skin cancer.   Deaths caused by breast cancer have declined over the past 20 years and many experts believe this is, in part, a result of improved screening and treatment techniques. 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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