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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, December 31, 2011 3:19 PM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Tallahassee Democrat, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:42 AM PST Joanna Francis begins 2012 with hope in the face of cancer http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20111231/NEWS03/111231002/1001/RSS Sharon Kant-Rauch Democrat Staff Writer -- Democrat Staff Writer Sharon Kant-Rauch offers the second story in a series of articles chronicling Joanna Francis' life with cancer. Francis, a 47-year-old Tallahassee mother of three boys, has metastasized breast cancer. By opening herself up to readers, Joanna will provide a glimpse of how life continues, despite a terminal illness. Daily Mail, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:39 AM PST Lansley orders review of risks facing British women who have had faulty breast implants from French company http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2080697/Lansley-orders-review-risks-facing-British-women-faulty-breast-implants-French-company.html?ITO=1490 Andrew Lansley is concerned that existing evidence about potential dangers - ruptures and the threat of cancer - was not reliable.. St. Tammany News, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:36 AM PST Community Briefs http://www.slidellsentry.com/articles/2011/12/30/northshore_life/community//doc4ef50e283fd7f171980415.txt Cancer screenings The Cancer Program of Mary Bird Perkins and St. Tammany Parish Hospital is partnering with Woman’s Hospital and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center to host a free breast cancer screening from 9-11 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m., Jan. 19 at Lowe’s, 1280 N. U.S. Highway 190, Covington. Contactmusic, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:24 AM PST Kelly Osbourne - Kelly Osbourne Praised By Giuliana Rancic http://www.contactmusic.com/news/kelly-osbourne-praised-by-giuliana-rancic_1280471 Kelly Osbourne has been praised for helping her close pal Giuliana Rancic through her cancer battle Giuliana - who stars on Fashion Police with Kelly - explained the 27-year-old star has bombarded her with twitter messages words of inspiration and... The New Zealand Herald, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:24 AM PST Tribute paid to mother http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10776138&ref=rss A moving tribute was paid last night to a mother who bravely battled cancer until the end.Natalie Murphy died on December 19 after her public battle with breast cancer captured hearts. The Mairangi Bay mother found a lump in her... Barrie Examiner, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:15 AM PST Smokers, crack a window http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3418965 What's the best way this holiday season to expose your child to nicotine and the cancer-causing compounds in tobacco smoke? A report in the British Medical Association Journal says it's very easy. Take your children for a car ride, keep the windows closed and smoke cigarettes.[...] The New Zealand Herald, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:09 AM PST Here comes the sunblock http://www.nzherald.co.nz/weather/news/article.cfm?c_id=10&objectid=10776135&ref=rss A gut feeling from her dermatologist uncle probably saved Florida native Mikki Kragelund from dying of skin cancer at the age of 24.Now Queenstown-based, Kragelund and her friend, Nina Oosterveer, will spend eight weeks cycling... The Sault Star, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:04 AM PST Farewell to lost celebs of 2011 http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3421861 Entertainment celebrities who died in 2011: JANUARY 2-- Actor Pete Postlethwaite, age 64, pancreatic cancer. 3--Actor Anne Francis, age 80, lung cancer. 4-- Singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty, age 63, after a long illness.[...] Outer Banks Sentinel, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:55 AM PST Cancer doctor will not be allowed back to hospital office http://obsentinel.womacknewspapers.com/articles/2011/12/31/top_stories/tops004.txt Dr. Jose Acostamadiedo, president of Outer Banks Hematology & Oncology and medical director of the UNC Lineberger Center's Cancer Outreach Program in Dare County, has been notified by Outer Banks Hospital and University Health Systems attorney Nancy Aycock that no new contract will be entered into allowing Acostamadiedo to resume his practice in the first-floor office he had been renting at the ... Somerville Journal, Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:53 AM PST Letter: Thanks from Kitty Connection for Somerville music event http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x1980205899/Letter-Thanks-from-Kitty-Connection-for-Somerville-music-event Kitty Connection, PMW Creative Arts, and local musicians Sugar Snow, I. Pistol and Cancer Killing Gemini would like to thank our friends and supporters for making Black & White Animal Night such a success. All of the money earned will be put toward KC’s animal rescue efforts. 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=5umVbKUuNLOSDrgyFMpxX785y4u97gqD5SCeezebasPAZe65nu5ZsKp_LqxFxdNal8tXWqHXApTWxfu_mfcqLbRs_1Zet3slydYg to unsubscribe from this alert. 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