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 18, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Business Insider, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST The Cancer Of Debt And Deficits http://www.businessinsider.com/the-cancer-of-debt-and-deficits-2012-2 We are coming to the point in the United States when even the US government will no longer be able to borrow at very low long-term rates. Miami Herald, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:36 AM PST Herald staffer chronicles her fight with breast cancer http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/18/2648404/herald-staffer-chronicles-her.html Andrea Torres was diagnosed with breast cancer and decided to start her fight with a new hairstyle. Springfield Press, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST Shining Down ‘Big Deal’ fundraiser at Springfield Country Club to benefit prostate cancer research http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/articles/2012/02/18/springfield_press/news/doc4f21cac8ca0a1265149364.txt The Shining Down “It’s Kind of a Big Deal” Jim Lafferty Memorial Foundation Fundraiser to benefit Prostate Cancer research will be held 7-11 pm Friday (March 30) at Springfield Country Club, Sproul Rd., Springfield. This is Oxfordshire, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:27 AM PST 'Euphoric' feeling after charity walk http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/9539117._Euphoric__feeling_after_charity_walk/r/?ref=rss WITH just a mile of the 2011 Pink Ribbonwalk to go, Pc Craig O’Leary felt an intense burst of sadness for his mum Gina, who had died almost exactly one year before, from cancer. BBC News, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:58 AM PST Author 'chuffed' by kids' award http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-17078604 A book about a boy and his terminally ill mother, conceived by a writer who herself died from cancer, wins a prize decided solely by young readers. CBS Philadelphia, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:57 AM PST West Chester University One Of Many Schools To Hold Play4Kay Games On Saturday http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/02/18/west-chester-university-one-of-many-schools-to-hold-play4kay-games-on-saturday/ Women's college basketball teams across the country have been raising money over the last couple of weeks for the fight against breast cancer by having Play4Kay games. WPXI Pittsburgh, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:53 AM PST Penn State dance marathon goes on without Joe Paterno http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/penn-state-dance-marathon-goes-without-joe-paterno/nJHF6/ STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A tradition at Penn State is going on for the first time without Joe Paterno. The Hall of Fame football coach came each year to rouse 700 students trying to make it through the annual charity dance marathon on campus. Paterno, who was 85, died last month, less than three months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. In lieu of flowers or gifts, his family requested ... News-Medical-Net, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:23 AM PST Arsenic found in baby formula containing organic brown rice syrup http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120218/Arsenic-found-in-baby-formula-containing-organic-brown-rice-syrup.aspx Rice is among the plants that are efficient in taking up arsenic from the soil, environmental chemist Brian Jackson of Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., and his co-authors said in Thursday's issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Long-term exposure to extremely high levels of inorganic arsenic can increase the risk of lung, liver and bladder cancer as well as miscarriage and ... WAAY-TV Huntsville, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:19 AM PST Black Sabbath cancels shows http://www.waaytv.com/entertainment/story/Black-Sabbath-cancels-shows/wvQvDaxcHkCy-NVYZ4A3Yw.cspx The reunited members of Black Sabbath have axed a number of upcoming shows as guitarist Tony Iommi battles cancer. Beloit Daily News, Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:11 AM PST Student with cancer honored with WWE tickets http://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/student-with-cancer-honored-with-wwe-tickets/article_a12ddc9a-59e6-11e1-9b6a-0019bb2963f4.html Gavan Robinson Elementary School third grader D'avahnt Murphy was honored as a student of the week before being surprised with tickets to WWE wrestling. D'avahnt has been fighting brain cancer and had a wish to see wrestling. He's in remission now but his family said he's still struggling. 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