Health News: [cancer]

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Click here to start today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, January 13, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Del Rio News-Herald, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:52 AM PST Maverick Co. hospital out to help women http://delrionewsherald.com/news/article_23297410-3e0e-11e1-983a-001871e3ce6c.html Women in Val Verde County who cannot afford breast and cervical cancer screenings and treatment may soon have greater access to them, thanks to a program being offered by the Maverick County Hospital Wellness, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:37 AM PST Cancer Patient Receives a Man-Made Windpipe http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/13/cancer-patient-receives-a-man-made-windpipe/ A Baltimore man became only the second patient to receive a completely synthetic trachea, to replace one ravaged by cancer. Swedish surgeons, led by Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, director of the Advanced Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine at the Karolinska Institute, performed the transplant after removing Christopher Lyles’ trachea, which connects the nose and mouth to [...] Fox News, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:37 AM PST The hidden risk of processed meats http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/01/13/hidden-risk-processed-meats/ A study finds that eating two slices of baconâ€"or one sausageâ€"a day can increase a person’s risk of developing pancreatic cancer. In my opinion, the analysis proves all of these processed, cured and smoked meats, when used very frequently in our diets, can be quite toxic. Illawarra Mercury, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST Community gift to cancer victim sparks new tradition http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/community-gift-to-cancer-victim-sparks-new-tradition/2419640.aspx?src=rss The Wollongong community raised $100,000 in 2007 so one-year-old Lewis Sargent-Wilson could receive the gift of life: his two-year-old brother Billy's bone marrow donation. Science Daily, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:26 AM PST First major genetic mutation associated with hereditary prostate cancer risk http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120111223742.htm After a 20-year quest to find a genetic driver for prostate cancer that strikes men at younger ages and runs in families, researchers have identified a rare, inherited mutation linked to a significantly higher risk of the disease. Science Daily, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:26 AM PST First major gene mutation associated with hereditary prostate cancer risk http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120111223346.htm After a 20-year quest to find a genetic driver for prostate cancer that strikes men at younger ages and runs in families, researchers have identified a rare, inherited mutation linked to a significantly higher risk of the disease. Belleville News-Democrat, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST Fundraiser set to help Belleville mother, daughter with cancer http://www.bnd.com/2012/01/13/2014876/fundraiser-set-to-help-belleville.html Union School employees will hold a fundraiser Feb. 4 for a co-worker and her daughter who have both recently been stricken with cancer. The Shelby Star, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST Cancer Center celebrates life; churches host programs and events http://www.shelbystar.com/articles/center-61273-cancer-hosts.html Cancer Center hosts service to honor past patients Cleveland Regional Medical Center’s Cancer Center will host the second annual Celebration of Life Service at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15, at Bethel Baptist Church, 606 S. Dekalb St., Shelby. This... Pacific Daily News, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:20 AM PST Drug shortages loom for patients http://www.guampdn.com/article/20120114/LIFESTYLE/201140318/Drug-shortages-loom-patients?odyssey=mod%7cnewswell%7ctext%7cFrontpage%7cs Um, how did I not hear about a shortage of ADHD medications? Even though my son's medication, Vyvanse, isn't on the shortage list, it still should have come across my radar before now. You'd think a shortage of cancer treatment drugs or basic antibiotics like tetracycline would be bigger news? Quincy Herald-Whig, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:17 AM PST Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, SportsSchuckman: Pugh sees every day as a good day http://www.whig.com/story/16514923/schuckman-pugh-sees-every-day-as-a-good-day Hannibal boys basketball coach Matt Pugh talks to his team during a game earlier this season. Pugh has been cancer free for nearly two years now after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. 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=Vs9JrYIuNLMYCGLX4BS6zH1yOQc0yEzAQZoD9_NbO19wx31kFCI_CP6gbENbgIb3WEL0UwUI5KqB2x8RvQNPA3QiuAv6URkATtSa to unsubscribe from this alert. 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