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 12, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: The Buffalo News, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST Ex-Okla. St. football coach Jim Stanley dies at 77 http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/college-football-wire/article706774.ece STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Former Oklahoma State football coach Jim Stanley has died at age 77. OSU spokesman Kevin Klintworth says Stanley died from cancer Thursday in Arizona. Discover, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:48 AM PST Inside Darwin’s Tumor | The Loom http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/12/inside-darwins-tumor/ Cancer evolves. Those two words may sound strange together. Sure, birds evolve. Bacteria evolve. But cancer? The trouble arises from the fact that cancers, unlike birds and bacteria, are not free-living organisms. They start out as cells inside a person’s body and stay there, until they’re either wiped out or the person dies. * Yet the same forces that drive the evolution of free-living ... Topanga Messenger, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:46 AM PST Topanga Film Institute Partners with St. John’s Health Center http://www.topangamessenger.com/story_detail.php?ArticleID=4927 The Topanga Film Institute (TFI), a division of the Topanga Film Festival, is collaborating with St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica and the John Wayne Cancer Institute (JWCI) on “Neuro-Cinema and Beyond,” a three-part film series focused on the brain. EurekAlert!, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:46 AM PST Research team discovers genes and disease mechanisms behind a common form of muscular dystrophy http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-01/fhcr-rtd011212.php Continuing a series of groundbreaking discoveries begun in 2010 about the genetic causes of the third most common form of inherited muscular dystrophy, an international team of researchers led by a scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has identified the genes and proteins that damage muscle cells, as well as the mechanisms that can cause the disease. Philly.com, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:44 AM PST Does deodorant ingredient affect breast cancer risk? http://www.philly.com/philly/health/HealthDay660647_20120112_Does_Deodorant_Ingredient_Affect_Breast_Cancer_Risk_.html Small study finds suspect chemical even in women who never used the product, further muddying the debate CBC British Columbia, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:43 AM PST YouTube celebrity sea otter dies from cancer http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/01/12/bc-sea-otter-vancouver-aquarium.html?cmp=rss A sea otter at the Vancouver Aquarium that rose to fame four years ago on YouTube has been died after undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma. PhysOrg, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:43 AM PST Cabazitaxel with radiation and hormone therapy may improve prostate cancer survival http://www.physorg.com/news245592039.html Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center has started a Phase I clinical trial investigating the latest prostate cancer chemotherapy drug to extend survival, Cabazitaxel, in combination with radiation and hormone therapy. This first-of-its-kind multimodality approach could improve disease control and eventually survival for locally advanced prostate cancer patients. The Harlan Tribune, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:37 AM PST HCHS grad helps raise money for cancer patients http://www.harlanonline.com/articles/2012/01/12/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. MTV, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:34 AM PST Pauly D Speaks In Defense Of Tanning [Video] http://remotecontrol.mtv.com/2012/01/12/pauly-d-chelsea-lately-tanning/ Sure, habitual tanning along the "Jersey Shore" might increase someone's risk of cancer by leaps and bounds, but it's also a solid source of Vitamin D, Pauly D pointed out to Chelsea Handler on the comedian's talk show last night. Plus, he said, the warm lights of the bed beat the spray alternative any day [...] Washington Post, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:34 AM PST Carolyn Hax: Anonymous tip about cheating spouse; a loved one’s cancer diagnosis http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/carolyn-hax-anonymous-tip-about-cheating-spouse-a-loved-ones-cancer-diagnosis/2011/11/16/gIQAik6nDO_story.html?wprss=linkset Adapted from a recent online discussion . Dear Carolyn: I just received an anonymous e-mail from one of my “friends” saying my husband is cheating and has been for a while. She saw him at an apartment building, and the front-desk person indicated he is the boyfriend of someone who lives there. I am summarizing, but the e-mail writer indicated that she used an anonymous e-mail account because she ... 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=cY3e35YuNLNS4zrejb3KsIvWRlqUV.fdqdJC2v0pM_xuSS3g5g.Nt0vxZCz4AGpUhHwZEFtVBX5aUHjcbWhcbsSxfbqjTVuPePud 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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