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, April 20, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Baltimore Sun, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:51 AM PDT Philathia Yvonne Reese-Calhoun, outreach director http://baltimore.feedsportal.com/c/34255/f/623024/s/1e951a4b/l/0L0Sbaltimoresun0N0Cnews0Cobituaries0Cbs0Emd0Eob0Ephilathia0Ereese0Ecalhoun0E20A120A420A0H0A0H22880A30Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm She had served in the Governor's Office of Services and Volunteerism Philathia Yvonne Reese-Calhoun, former director of community outreach at Maryland New Directions, died Monday of cancer at Northwest Hospital. She was 63. Fall River Herald News, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:50 AM PDT COMMUNITY VOICES: Careless smoking sparks too many fires http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1364614517/COMMUNITY-VOICES-Careless-smoking-sparks-too-many-fires By now, everyone knows that smoking causes many health risks, cancer of the lungs, mouth and tongue, emphysema, COPD and many other physical ailments. But one of the fatal side effects of smoking, that people often forget, is the risk of fire. Every year, almost 1,000 smokers and non-smokers are killed in home fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials.   Ludington Daily News, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:49 AM PDT Benefits to help woman with local ties http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news/64981-benefits-to-help-woman-with-local-ties?newsgroup_id= Lori Ezdebski McBride, age 29, has gone through a bilateral mastectomy, and now is getting chemotherapy treatments for her stage two breast cancer. MPNnow.com Manchester, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:49 AM PDT Manchester country crooner takes center stage http://www.mpnnow.com/towns/manchester/x1780483803/Manchester-country-crooner-takes-center-stage A Hopewell restaurant is hosting a benefit for Jerry Mincer, a well-known performer in the area who is suffering from cancer The Gilmer Mirror, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:42 AM PDT ETMC Cancer Institute receives national award http://www.gilmermirror.com/pages/full_story/push?article-+-ETMC+Cancer+Institute+receives+national+award%20&id=18306300&instance=lead_story_left_column The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons has granted its Outstanding Achievement Award to East Texas Medical Center Cancer Institute along with a small select group of accredited cancer programs that were surveyed in 2011. Bloomberg, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:38 AM PDT Pfizer Ordered to Pay $4 Million in Damages in Prempro Case http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-20/pfizer-ordered-to-pay-4-million-in-damages-in-prempro-case-1-.html Pfizer Inc. (PFE) must pay at least $4 million in damages to a woman who developed breast cancer after taking the company’s Prempro menopause drug, a jury in Connecticut ruled. MinnPost, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:35 AM PDT Jenny Engh, lobbyist and state official, remembered http://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2012/04/jenny-engh-lobbyist-and-state-official-remembered Jenny Engh, government affairs director at Cargill and a former state official who was respected and much-liked, has died of cancer. She was 52. Rick Kupchella, former reporter and now head of Bring Me the News, said of her:  "She was the kind of government person you meet and go 'Wow … I’m so glad there are people like this working for the people of this state today.' "She was razor sharp ... Main Line Suburban Life, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:35 AM PDT Chesco woman awarded frozen pre-embryos after cancer, divorce http://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2012/04/20/main_line_suburban_life/news/doc4f886363ebce0714809645.txt PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€" A Pennsylvania woman has been awarded 13 frozen pre-embryos so she can try to have a child, despite objections from her ex-husband. Fort Bend Sun, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:32 AM PDT Fort Bend County to hold blood drives in Rosenberg, Katy http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/fort_bend/news/fort-bend-county-to-hold-blood-drives-in-rosenberg-katy/article_b36ac47f-6d22-553d-9e5a-9b58c9885706.html More than 1000 blood donations are needed every day for patients in our region, including surgery patients, cancer patients, individuals with anemia, premature babies and more. The Blood Center asks d The Daily Fairfield, Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:24 AM PDT Thomas Haugh, 80, Former Fairfield Teacher http://www.thedailyfairfield.com/neighbors/thomas-haugh-80-teacher-formerly-norwalk NORWALK, Conn. â€" Thomas B. Haugh, a former Norwalk resident, died April 17 after a long battle with cancer.  He was 80. Born in Norwalk on July 17, 1931, he was the son of John Denis Haugh, DDS and Anne Burke Haugh. He graduated from Fairfield Preparatory School in 1949 and went ... 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=fHHg3sUuNLPjaIawIMilr.R2kuQscQXsAgz1BFpxtoiPW7xxtr00.B2pyar1z2CPXcZoQr4vR5_lypt3SPB_nPYwoTw9cC1XIdZP to unsubscribe from this alert. 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