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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, April 23, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: BruDirect.com, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:22 AM PDT Gibb Back From Coma http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/Celebrity/gibb-back-from-coma.html Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has recovered consciousness after falling into a coma earlier this month. The singer has been fighting for his life in a London hospital for days after developing pneumonia, just weeks after announcing his colon and liver cancer had gone into remission. Zap2It, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:22 AM PDT Bee Gee Robin Gibb battling colorectal cancer http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/04/bee-gee-robin-gibb-battling-colorectal-cancer.html Despite waking from a coma on Sunday (April 22) and showing signs of recovery, doctors for Beee Gees star Robin Gibb confirmed the diagnosis that Gibb is battling colorectal cancer. Pacific Daily News, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:16 AM PDT Trash-a-thon to help charity http://www.guampdn.com/article/20120424/NEWS01/204240314/Trash-thon-help-charity?odyssey=mod%7cnewswell%7ctext%7cFrontpage%7cs Health Services of the Pacific and Guam Regional Medical City are teaming up to raise money for the fight against cancer. Swissinfo, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:04 AM PDT Skin cancer is on the rise http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/video/Skin_cancer_is_on_the_rise.html?cid=32534770&rss=true Switzerland has the highest rate of skin cancer in Europe, with some 2,000 cases being diagnosed every year. Cache Valley Daily, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:03 AM PDT Cancer foes generate hope doing laps all night for Relay For Life http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/Cancer-foes-generate-hope-doing-laps-all-night-for-Relay-For-Life-148537905.html LOGANâ€"The lights went out in the Nelson Field House at 10 p.m., but the place was still busy as a quiet calm settled in and people walked the track in near silence, lit by the flicker of candles. ThirdAge, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:03 AM PDT Doctor: Bee Gee Robin Gibb Has Colorectal Cancer http://www.thirdage.com/news/doctor-bee-gee-robin-gibb-has-colorectal-cancer_04-23-2012   Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has advanced colorectal cancer and remains in intensive care after waking from a coma, his doctor said Sunday. The statement confirmed the exact nature of the illness afflicting the artist. Dr. Andrew Thillainayagam said Gibb had recently caught pneumonia because he was weakened from chemotherapy and two operations.... Courier-Post, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:01 AM PDT Triton coach Butch McLean dies http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20120423/VARSITY/120423005/1020/varsity Butch McLean never shied away from a challenge, a fighter to the bitter end. McLean, the boys' basketball coach at Triton High School, died early this morning after a lengthy bout with cancer. He was 60. Fox News, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:57 AM PDT Aspirin tied to lower lung cancer risk in women http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/04/23/aspirin-tied-to-lower-lung-cancer-risk-in-women/ In a new study of more than 1,200 women, those who took aspirin at least a couple of times a week had a much lower risk of developing lung cancer -- whether or not they had ever smoked The Daily Post-Athenian, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:56 AM PDT Dancing for a Cure http://www.dailypostathenian.com/dynamic/News/Story/182959 Dancing for a Cure, an event to raise money for the American Cancer Society, was held on Saturday. KVUE-TV Austin, Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:52 AM PDT Contest helps children with blood cancer http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Competition-for-leukemia-lymphoma-society-helps-children-148527465.html Every four minutes someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer like leukemia or lymphoma. These blood cancers kill more children each year than any other type of cancer. Right now 14 local men and women are competing to see who can raise the most money to help fight these cancers. Every dollar raised is a vote and the winner is crowned as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Man or Woman of the Year ... 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. 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