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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Sierra Sun, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:49 AM PST Obituary: Hans ‘Hank' Herman Stueven http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20120106/NEWS/120109946/1001&parentprofile=1004 He died at home peacefully from cancer. “Hammerin' Hank” was a builder, building custom homes at Lake Tahoe. Our dad told us he was a loner. “I came to be tough that way,” he said. He first saw Lake Tahoe while on a family vacation in 1944. Business Wire, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:35 AM PST Tumor-Freezing Treatment Gives Ovarian Cancer Patients Extra Time: Presented at ISET 2012 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120115005038/en/Tumor-Freezing-Treatment-Ovarian-Cancer-Patients-Extra-Time MIAMI BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Killing tumors by freezing them through cryoablation can extend the lives of women with ovarian cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and is cost-effective, according to research being presented at the 4th annual Symposium on Clinical Interventional Oncology (CIO), in collaboration with the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET ... CBS Philadelphia, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:29 AM PST Documentary About Local Man’s Battle With 2 Cancers To Be Shown Next Month http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/01/15/documentary-about-a-local-mans-battle-with-2-cancers-to-be-shown-next-month/ A 52-year-old Wilmington native turned his cancer diagnoses and treatment into an award winning film. MSNBC, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:50 AM PST Rare tumor robs young woman's voice http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45985930/ns/health-cancer/ Kristin Flick thought she had a sore throat. Turns out it was cancer; doctors removed a tumor called synovial sarcoma, which had wrapped around her voice box. Otago Daily Times, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:46 AM PST Breast screening failure data released http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/194511/breast-screening-failure-data-released Five of the 241 women affected by a breakdown in communication over BreastScreen Aotearoa (BSA) mammogram appointments were found to have cancer when they finally had mammograms, it has been revealed. read more Washington Post, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:34 AM PST Joe Paterno interview: Ex-Penn State coach draws sympathy for cancer fight, not comments http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/joe-paterno-interview-ex-penn-state-coach-draws-sympathy-for-cancer-fight-not-comments/2012/01/15/gIQAR6Ny0P_blog.html?wprss= Finally, Joe Paterno has spoken. In an interview with the Washington Post’s Sally Jenkins, the former Penn State coach discussed the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal. Reaction has been sympathetic to the plight of an old man fighting lung cancer who says “I wish I had done more” to prevent the scandal, but otherwise Paterno’s comments appear to have done little to change people’s minds ... 660 News, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:13 AM PST Three initiatives launched for National Non-Smoking Week http://www.660news.com/news/local/article/319954--three-initiatives-launched-for-national-non-smoking-week Canadian Cancer Society targets youth in its annual campaign. Stuff, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:06 AM PST New Zealander of the Year finalists announced http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6261501/New-Zealander-of-the-Year-finalists-announced The founder of Wellington's World Of WearableArt, a Hutt Hospital-trained plastic surgeon who specialises in helping those with skin cancer and Weta Workshop's Sir Richard Taylor have all been named finalists in the annual New Zealander of the Year awards. Timaru Herald, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:02 AM PST Three worthy Kiwis to vie for top honour http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/6261522/Three-worthy-Kiwis-to-vie-for-top-honour The founder of Wellington's World Of WearableArt, a Hutt Hospital-trained plastic surgeon who specialises in helping those with skin cancer and Weta Workshop's Sir Richard Taylor have all been named finalists in the annual New Zealander of the Year awards. Los Angeles Daily News, Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:51 AM PST Editorial: Pot policy -- Court has given cities notice that they can no longer regulate medical marijuana sales, so it ... http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_19744204?source=rss When California voters approved Proposition 215 in 1996, their intent was to provide compassionate care to patients by legalizing the use of marijuana to ease pain from illnesses such as cancer. 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