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 19, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Wayland Town Crier, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:55 AM PST Wayland High counselor always put students first http://www.wickedlocal.com/wayland/news/x873522733/Wayland-High-counselor-always-put-students-first His door was always open â€" and so was his heart. Such are the memories of Wayland High School guidance counselor Jim Griffin, who died Sunday of pancreatic cancer. He was 47 and had been working at the school for 11 years. Newswise, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:53 AM PST Gender Differences in Liver Cancer Risk Explained by Small Changes http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/584746/?sc=rsmn Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer compared to women, a difference attributed to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen. Although this gender difference has been known for a long time, the molecular mechanisms by which estrogens prevent -- and androgens promote -- liver cancer remain unclear. Now, new research at Penn, has found that the difference depends on which proteins ... Newswise, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:53 AM PST Metastasis of Pancreatic Cancer in Action http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/584745/?sc=rsmn Penn researchers have discovered that pancreatic cancer cells in an animal model begin to spread before clinically obvious tumor tissue is detected. What's more, they showed that inflammation enhances cancer progression in part by facilitating a cellular transformation that leads to entry of cancer cells into the circulation. Sky News Australia, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:53 AM PST Abbott wants bowel cancer screening http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=709219&vId= Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has called for a national bowel cancer screening program. Newton Daily News, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST Jasper County Relay for Life team meeting set for Jan. 26 http://www.newtondailynews.com/2012/01/18/jasper-county-relay-for-life-team-meeting-set-for-jan-26/alvip6k/ A team kickoff meeting for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life in Jasper County is planned for 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Pence-Reese Tribute Center in Newton. The Sandusky Register, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:50 AM PST David H. Fisher, Aug. 13, 1945-Jan. 19, 2012 http://www.sanduskyregister.com/norwalk/obituary/2012/jan/19/david-h-fisher-aug-13-1945-jan-19-2012 David H. Fisher, 65, of Norwalk, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in Stein Hospice Care Center after a one-year battle with cancer. He was born Aug. 13, 1946, in Elyria, son of the late Jack E. and Anna Mae (Blakeslee) Fisher. He owned Dave’s Food Mart in Norwalk since 1978, and opened Dave’s Park Avery Food Mart in Milan in 2002. read more Canada.com, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:50 AM PST Diabetes drug may prevent cancer http://www.canada.com/health/Diabetes+drug+prevent+cancer/6019325/story.html The most widely prescribed drug to treat Type 2 diabetes might also help prevent colon cancer in those who are considered at high risk, suggests new research carried out by a team of Montreal scientists. Mayo Clinic, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:48 AM PST New Test Offers Greater Accuracy in Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2012-rst/6670.html?rss-feedid=1 Results of two studies suggest that a new, investigational colorectal cancer screening test developed in a collaboration between Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Inc. of Madison, Wis., is highly accurate and significantly more sensitive than other noninvasive tests at detecting precancerous tumors (adenomas) and early-stage cancer. Manxnet, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:46 AM PST Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2012 - cancer of the cervix is preventable http://www.manx.net/isle-of-man-news/4298/cervical-cancer-prevention-week-2012-cancer-of-the-cervix-is-preventable- The Department of Health is supporting Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, a Europe wide initiative which runs from 22 nd to the 28 th January 2012. The Department is focussing on two specific aspects of cervical cancer prevention â€" immunisation and screening. North Shore News, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:46 AM PST Low-key 50/50 faces cancer head on http://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Sofia+Coppola+takes+insider+look+Hollywood+lister/3478559/faces+cancer+head/5481113/story.html?id=5481113 Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays his role of a young man dealing with cancer perfectly and Seth Rogen provides the comic relief in Jonathan Levine’s “passion project” 50/50. 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=6qElukouNLN9xot3IIJeJjOIwQJv8RmO8891jBDIDoacznd00zaLGz4fBOEBAXsoOAjwbXHBMCeXMs5CpXXWv6O2EggLPGqb.wrC to unsubscribe from this alert. 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