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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, January 20, 2012 10:31 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: The Oregonian, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:50 AM PST Etta James, legendary singer best known for 'At Last,' dies of cancer at 73 http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2012/01/etta_james_legendary_singer_be.html The singer, who led a very colorful, sometimes-troubled life, succumbs to leukemia at 73. Al Jazeera, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:46 AM PST Soul singer Etta James dies in California http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/01/2012120171540819309.html US singer known for hits such as "At Last" and "Tell Mama" dies in hospital after suffering from leukaemia, aged 73. Etta James, a pioneering US blues and soul singer who became a music legend with hits like "At Last" and "Tell Mama", has died at the age of 73 from cancer. New Kerala, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST Cancer-stricken Robin Gibb refuses to give up charity work http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-147432.html London, Jan 20: Robin Gibb, who has just undergone an intensive eight-week course of chemotherapy to battle his liver cancer, has refused to give up his charity work. PhysOrg, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:43 AM PST Three is the magic number: A chain reaction required to prevent tumor formation http://www.physorg.com/news246285425.html Protein p53 is known for controlling the life and death of a cell and has a key role in cancer research. P53 is known to be inactive in 50 percent of cancer patients. If researchers succeed in re-establishing the presence of p53 in patients, they may hold the key to a promising avenue of research. However, p53 does not act alone. Boston Herald, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:38 AM PST Judge orders talks in DES-breast cancer case http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1397443&srvc=rss BOSTON -- A federal judge in Boston has ordered 14 drug companies into talks that could lead to settlements with... Vermillion Plain Talk, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:34 AM PST Between the Lines: A final, lasting lesson from Janklow http://www.plaintalk.net/news/story-422426.html I wrote a column about Gov. Bill Janklow not that long ago … shortly after he announced that his life would be ending soon because of brain cancer. Janklow, the consummate fighter for what he believed was right for South Dakota, finally encountered something he couldn’t defeat. The Atlantic, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:34 AM PST What Cost Cancer Treatment? http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=954c0be352eac82f14390a0d0dfcde65 There has been a lot of excitement about Zelboraf, a new drug to treat metastatic melanoma. Since… International Business Times, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:32 AM PST Etta James Dead: ‘At Last’ Singer Dies from Cancer, Best Songs Before Death [VIDEOS] http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285227/20120120/etta-james-dead-last-dies-death-songs.htm Etta James, legendary blues singer with classics like "At Last," "Something's Got a Hold on Me" and "The Wallflower," is dead at age 73 after a battle with terminal cancer leading up to her death. New Kerala, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:29 AM PST Statins may help beat breast cancer http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-147403.html Washington, Jan 20 : A new research has provided clues as to how cholesterol-reducing statins might help keep breast cancer at bay. North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:25 AM PST Giving back: Local firefighters donate nearly $1,500 to help cancer-stricken families http://www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20120120/NEWS/120129996/1001&parentprofile=1050 Clayton Repp, 4, and his parents pose with local firefighters at the Incline Village fire station on Tanager Street. 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=NYeoDPwuNLMHAjNWhAXtl6zayROaSewo7BzSnbQd.0xc39HDbM9tPuo7pa5EAekT8u8wabMM92F4c6KUGVukzvESusAOqNBvpi_p 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 . To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, please read our privacy policy at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/ . Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.