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, December 20, 2011 10:03 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: The Capital, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:54 AM PST Ron Smith dies at 70 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2011/12_20-48/REG BALTIMORE (AP) - WBAL-AM's Ron Smith, the long-time talk-show host known as "The Voice of Reason," has died. He was 70. The Baltimore radio station says Smith died last night at his home in Shrewsbury, Pa., surrounded by his wife and family. Smith told listeners in October that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He announced on Nov. 28 that he was retiring from his on-air duties ... Everett Herald, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:53 AM PST Lake Stevens cancer patient needs another round of help http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20111220/NEWS01/712209886/1061/COMM0622 Help is needed again for Barbara Hawkins of Lake Stevens. I wrote about Hawkins and her daughter, Sarah Lien, on Aug. 16, 2010, in a column titled "Mother, daughter battling cancer." Nasdaq, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:50 AM PST CORRECT: ImmunoGen To Collaborate With Lilly On Cancer Drugs http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201112201238dowjonesdjonline000399&title=correctimmunogen-to-collaborate-with-lilly-on-cancer-drugs CORRECT: ImmunoGen To Collaborate With Lilly On Cancer Drugs International Business Times, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:49 AM PST Eva Ekvall, Former Miss Venezuela Dies, of Breast Cancer at 28 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/270222/20111220/eva-ekvall-miss-venezuela-dies-breast-cancer.htm Eva Ekvall, the former Miss Venezuela in 2000, died of breast cancer Saturday. She was 28-years-old. The Shelby County Reporter, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:47 AM PST Newspapers, Schools, Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Alabama, Pelham, Alabaster, Calera, Hoover, Birmingham http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2011/12/20/chelsea-works-to-fight-breast-cancer/ In the month of October, Chelsea Fire and Rescue joined the efforts of other Fire Departments across Alabama to support a good cause, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama. The Huffington Post, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:46 AM PST Cancer Survivors Face Higher Melanoma Risk, Study Shows http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/20/cancer-survivors-melanoma-risk_n_1160603.html Doctors have long known that people who survive one melanoma have a markedly higher risk of developing another of these aggressive skin cancers. Now, for the first time, a study has found that survivors of non-skin cancers also may have an increased risk of melanoma. The World, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:45 AM PST Free breast scans offered Jan. 28 http://theworldlink.com/news/local/free-breast-scans-offered-jan/article_abeac86c-282e-11e1-8d6a-001871e3ce6c.html COOS BAY â€" The Ford Motor Company Fund, along with Hope International and mobile health-screening provider Healthfair, will offer free breast cancer ultrasound testing Jan. 28 at Coos Bay Fire and Res Western Advocate, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:43 AM PST Call for second cancer machine http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/call-for-second-cancer-machine/2399465.aspx?src=rss PATIENTS are waiting four to six weeks for radiotherapy treatment at the Orange Health Service and the situation will become more critical in the new year if the government does not fund a second linear accelerator. The Capital, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:41 AM PST SPORTSBRIEFS http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2011/12_20-38/SPO Joe Paterno has been released from the hospital and has shown improvement after being treated for lung cancer, a person close to the former Penn State coach's family said. ESPN, citing an anonymous source, first reported Paterno's release. Paterno's tumor was showing substantial reduction following radiation and chemotherapy, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity yesterday ... Wellness, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:36 AM PST Study: Fake Tans Help Keep Women Out of the Sun http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/20/study-fake-tans-help-keep-women-out-of-the-sun/ Women who get their tans from a bottle tend to do less real sunbathing and cut back on tanning bed use, according to a new study. The findings suggest that encouraging tanners to use sunless products may help reduce their UV exposure, a known skin cancer risk. 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