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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, February 04, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Times Leader, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:48 AM PST New inner-city health center opens in Boston http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182641&44=138709454&32=3991&7=186441&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fbusiness%2FNew_inner-city_health_center_opens_in_Boston_02-04-2012.html (AP) Bob Thompson learned he had prostate cancer after routine screening at the Whittier Street Health Center, a community-based facility that has long served serving thousands of residents of the inner-city Roxbury neighborhood. The Atlantic, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:44 AM PST What Breast Cancer Advocates Owe to the Abortion Rights Fight http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=595df357add66dfa35b1e5ed303858f6 The Komen foundation got served a reminder that all the women's health causes are a legacy of the feminist fights of the 1970s. UPI, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:43 AM PST Clinical breast trial balances Somers http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2012/02/04/Clinical-breast-trial-balances-Somers/UPI-39711328374869/ LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Suzanne Somers says she underwent a cutting-edge stem cell procedure to rebuild a breast that had been damaged during cancer treatment. Athens Daily Review, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:41 AM PST JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL: TVCC to ‘Play 4 Kay’ on Wednesday http://www.athensreview.com/sports/x584478552/JUNIOR-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL-TVCC-to-Play-4-Kay-on-Wednesday Trinity Valley Community College is again teaming up with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer. Highland Community News, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:41 AM PST Relay for Life Kicks Off http://www.highlandnews.net/articles/2012/02/04/sports/doc4f2adce271ee5672625571.txt Since 1985, Relay for Life participants have raised over $4 billion in the fight against cancer. If you are interested in starting a team, joining a team, or in joining the planning committee for the 2012 Relay for Life, mark your calendar for the Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Highland Hampton Inn. Litchfield County Times, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:36 AM PST Connecticut Susan G. Komen Foundation Will Not Pull Planned Parenthood Funding http://www.countytimes.com/articles/2012/02/04/news/doc4f2bf725456f9595040171.txt NEW HAVEN â€" As public outcry over the Susan G. Komen for a Cure Foundation’s decision to cut off breast cancer funding to Planned Parenthood escalates, the Connecticut branch of Komen vowed not to pull its funding. The Buffalo News Blogs, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST WBB Live Blog: George Washington at St. Bonaventure http://blogs.buffalonews.com/campus/2012/02/wbb-live-blog-george-washington-at-st-bonaventure.html OLEAN -- The Reilly Center is decorated in pink as the St. Bonaventure women's basketball team celebrates Play 4 Kay, the annual breast cancer awareness game in conjunctio with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and named for legendary NC State women's coach Kay Yow. WTOP Radio Washington, DC, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST Could Komen have avoided the firestorm? http://www.wtop.com/?sid=2734696&nid=267 An expert on the non-profit industry says it's hard to tell if breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure could have avoided the backlash this week when it announced it would pull grants for breast cancer from Planned Parenthood, and later reversed that decision. New Kerala, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST Early diagnosis needed to reduce mounting cancer deaths: UN http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-154550.html New York, Feb 4 : Early diagnosis is the key to reducing the nearly eight million deaths caused by cancer across the globe annually, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, stressing the importance of screening programmes for healthy people to detect the disease promptly for easier treatment. CTV Toronto, Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:29 AM PST Cost of cancer drug in Canada drops after court ruling http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120204/thalidomide-health-cancer-20120204/20120204?hub=TorontoNewHome A U.S. company that sells a thalidomide-based drug into Canada has agreed to lower the price of the medication. 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=F9l8k9wuNLOM_7wko9GXYyewzaM2CdezuR2EnRHJn_srr7I1vwG0guRu_tFEhgJiDKxsrw2UHEeZDgNAky17Llo0lIDzuVbf9GkC to unsubscribe from this alert. 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