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, March 29, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: The Japan Times, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:39 AM PDT State held liable for asbestos exposure http://www.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nn20120330a6.html A court ruled Wednesday that the government is responsible for failing to take sufficient measures to protect asbestos workers in Osaka from contracting asbestosis and lung cancer. In a damages suit brought by 55 people that included former factory employees and their families, the Osaka District Court ordered the state to pay Â¥180 million in damages to 50 of them. Animation World Network, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:37 AM PDT TV Animator Jim Duffy Dies at 75 http://www.awn.com/news/cartoons/tv-animator-jim-duffy-dies-75 Television animator Jim Duffy, who worked at Hanna Barbera and spent most of the last two decades supervising Nickelodeon's animated slate at Klasky Csupo, died Friday, March 23, after a long battle with cancer, according to a report by Daily Variety . He was 75. Kingston Daily Freeman, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:37 AM PDT CBS expands ’Face the Nation’ to an hour on Sunday http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2012/03/29/entertainment/doc4f749d776a976373138116.txt NEW YORK â€" Five years ago, just off a bout from cancer, Bob Schieffer was set to retire from CBS’s “Face the Nation.” That never stuck, and now he’s doubling his workload. Newswise, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:36 AM PDT A New Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/587562/?sc=rssn Mutations in a gene called XRCC2 cause increased breast cancer risk, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The study looked at families that have a history of the disease but do not have mutations in the currently known breast cancer susceptibility genes. Newswise, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:36 AM PDT Newly Identified Stem Cells May Hold Clues to Colon Cancer http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/587549/?sc=rssn Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have identified a new population of intestinal stem cells that may hold clues to the origin of colorectal cancer. This new stem cell population, reported March 30 in the journal Cell, appears to be relatively quiescent (inactive) - in contrast to the recent discovery of intestinal stem cells that multiply rapidly - and is marked by a protein, Lrig1 ... The Woonsocket Call, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:26 AM PDT Alice Stifter http://www.woonsocketcall.com/node/2762 CHATHAM, MA- Alice (Lemoine) Stifter, a loving Catholic devoted to faith, family and friends, died June 19 peacefully and surrounded by family in her home after a short struggle with cancer. She was 79. The Huffington Post, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:24 AM PDT Wade A. Davis, II: Black, Gay, and Suspicious? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wade-a-davis-ii/black-gay-and-suspicious_b_1385248.html I'm tired. Like, really, I'm tired: tired of trying to fit in, blend in, conform, and exist in a society where I'm feared. The fear is too deep-rooted, and the perception has spread like malignant cancer through every thread of our society, so what do I do? Medical News Today, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:24 AM PDT Aggressive Prostate Cancer Tumors Controlled By Botanical Formula http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/243540.php A study by researchers at Indiana University, Methodist Research Institute that is published in The International Journal of Oncology reveals that a non-toxic, botanical orally administered formula controls aggressive human prostate tumors in mice. The peer-reviewed pre-clinical in vivo study demonstrated that the prostate formula substantially suppresses tumor growth in aggressive, hormone ... Medical News Today, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:23 AM PDT Light Drinking Can Raise Breast Cancer Likelihood http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/243543.php The journal Alcohol and Alcoholism has published a new review of studies that have researched the association between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. The findings revealed that the risk of breast cancer rises by 5% for low level or moderate drinkers, i.e. women who have one drink per day, whilst the risk for those who consume three or more drinks daily (heavy consumption) is 40-50% higher ... Medical News Today, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:23 AM PDT Metastatic Breast Cancer - Percutaneous Cryoablation May Be Treatment Alternative http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/243526.php A study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 37th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco, Calif. shows that percutaneous cryoablation may be provide another treatment alternative for people suffering from metastatic breast cancer, in whom the disease has progressed to other areas of the body. According to the researchers, percutaneous cryoablation therapy could be the last ... 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! 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