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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, January 05, 2012 1:27 PM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Stanford Report, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:56 AM PST The unexpected: Cancer during pregnancy http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2011fall/article4.html Battling cancer is risky for anyone, but when the patient is also a mom-to-be, doctors face a host of unanswered questions. KAKE Wichita, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:55 AM PST KWCH Anchor Kim Setty Dies After Battle With Breast Cancer http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/KWCH_Anchor_Kim_Setty_Dies_After_136746918.html Kim Setty, longtime anchor and reporter of KWCH, died Wednesday night after a six year battle with breast cancer. Monticello Times, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:35 AM PST Celebrating healing and the faith that helps them fight illnesses http://www.monticellotimes.com/articles/2012/01/05/news/religion/01-church.txt When a teen-aged parishioner came to Pastor Jedidiah Scharmer of Resurrection Lutheran Church early this year requesting the chance to thank the congregation for its prayers and support as she successfully fought off cancer, Scharmer said he realized there was a shortage of opportunities on the church calendar for such occasions. The Sun, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:26 AM PST Faulty implants also used in men http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4041602/Faulty-implants-also-used-in-men.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News IMPLANTS from French firm PIP used in cancer reconstruction surgery and to pad out pecs Straight Furrow, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:22 AM PST Disease's days could soon be numbered http://straightfurrow.farmonline.co.nz/news/lifestyle/style/wellbeing/diseases-days-could-soon-be-numbered/2227385.aspx Cancer should be concerned for its future. There are so many passionate, clever researchers looking at ways to contain, destroy and prevent it that its capacity for wreaking havoc on human lives looks less promising with each passing year. The Harlan Tribune, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST HCHS grad helps raise money for cancer patients http://www.harlanonline.com/articles/2012/01/05/news//doc4efa05e89e189986336192.txt IOWA CITY -- A former Harlan Community High School student now at the University of Iowa is helping to plan a major fund-raising event at the university, and is hoping residents from her hometown will get behind the event and open up their pocketbooks with donations. Science Daily, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST Researcher's photoacoustic device finds cancer cells before they become tumors, study suggests http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120105112054.htm Researchers are one step closer to melanoma cancer detection at the cellular level, long before tumors have a chance to form. Commercial production of a device that measures melanoma using photoacoustics, or laser-induced ultrasound, will soon be available to scientists and academia for cancer studies. The commercial device also will be tested in clinical trials to provide the data required to ... The Cabinet, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:20 AM PST Cyclists raise $50k for cancer research http://www.cabinet.com/cabinetcabinetnews/945445-308/cyclists-raise-50k-for-cancer-research.html AMHERST â€" Seven Amherst bicyclists, including a father-son team, pedaled their way to more than $50,000 worth of cancer research in this year’s Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, according to recently released totals compiled in the weeks after the 32nd annual version of the popular two-day August fundraiser. The Standard, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:19 AM PST Report: south-west cancer centre viable in 2016 http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/news/general/report-southwest-cancer-centre-viable-in-2016/2411488.aspx?src=rss A SOUTH-WEST cancer centre will be viable within four years according to a major investigation, although where it will be built remains up for debate. 13 WMAZ Macon, Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:12 AM PST Central Georgians Asked to Help With Cancer Study http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local_story.aspx?storyid=160147 The American Cancer Society is asking for your help to volunteer for a new nationwide cancer study. 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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