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, April 28, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: The Japan Times, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:54 AM PDT Lions to retire Inao's No. 24 jersey http://www.japantimes.co.jp/rss/sb20120429j2.html The Seibu Lions will retire former Nishitetsu Lions ace Kazuhisa Inao's No. 24, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday. It will be the first retired number since Seibu began to own the Lions in 1979. Inao died of cancer in November 2007 at age 70. The Michigan City News-Dispatch, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:43 AM PDT Comedy show helps fund wishes for young cancer patients http://thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2012/04/28/news/local/doc4f94ac39e0bf0547338619.txt MICHIGAN CITY â€" A dinner and comedy show at Blue Chip Casino on Saturday will help wishes come true for children with cancer. TMZ, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT Kris Humphries -- Date with 16-Year-Old Fan Makes Her Dream Come True http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/28/kris-humphries-date-kaely-kwitek/ Kris Humphries' date with 16-year-old cancer patient Kaely Kwitek has the NBA star smitten ... so much so that he's in it for the long haul. As TMZ previously reported ... Kaely -- who is battling stage 4 anaplastic large-cell lymphoma --  was… KBTX 3 Bryan - College Station, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:14 AM PDT Benefit Fundraiser for Ricky Bordeau All Day Saturday http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Benefit_Fundraiser_for_Ricky_Bordeau_All_Day_Saturday_149361075.html Come out to the BBQ Fundraiser to help an Edge Family as their only son battles Stage II Lymphoma Cancer. Contra Costa Times, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:11 AM PDT Got heartburn? Don't ignore it http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_20488472/got-heartburn-dont-ignore-it?source=rss Scary, but true: Acid reflux can cause a precancerous condition that can lead to esophageal cancer, which is the fastest growing cancer diagnosis in the United States. That's why health advocates are urging patients, especially white males over 50 with persistent heartburn, to get checked out. UPI, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:06 AM PDT Artist Weiss of Fischli/Weiss dead at 66 http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2012/04/28/Artist-Weiss-of-FischliWeiss-dead-at-66/UPI-73601335630445/ NEW YORK, April 28 (UPI) -- Swiss artist David Weiss, one half of creative team Fischli/Weiss, has died of cancer, his gallery said. He was 66. The Waynesboro Record Herald, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:03 AM PDT Bonnie and Ken Shockey encourage cancer patients to research Low Dose Naltrexone http://www.therecordherald.com/news/x1942562819/Bonnie-and-Ken-Shockey-encourage-cancer-patients-to-research-Low-Dose-Naltrexone Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) was not originally intended to be a cancer treatment but one local couple encourages everyone with cancer to do their research on this drug. Bonnie and Ken Shockey both use LDN, but for very different reasons. Bonnie takes the drug to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), but Ken began taking it when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Windsor Star, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:47 AM PDT Scanner improves odds in fight against cancer, other diseases http://www.windsorstar.com/health/Scanner+improves+odds+fight+against+cancer+other+diseases/6532787/story.html WINDSOR, Ont. -- Annie Bison had her death sentence â€" a stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis â€" proved incorrect by a PET scan, so she was the perfect cheerleader as Windsor’s first PET/CT unit was unveiled Friday. The Inquisitr, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:46 AM PDT Darlene Gant: Dying Woman’s YouTube Plea May Extend Her Life [Video] http://www.inquisitr.com/226655/darlene-gant-dying-womans-youtube-plea-may-extend-her-life-video/ Terminally ill Darlene Gant of Tampa, Florida, might live longer thanks to a heartbreaking YouTube video in which the woman pleas for Genentech to give her a promising new cancer drug called pertuzumab before it is released by the FDA on June 8, 2012. Gant’s friends, relatives, and doctors have sent letters to Genentech, the [...] Darlene Gant: Dying Woman’s YouTube Plea May Extend Her Life ... Swimming World Magazine, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT Passages: Ronald "Stix" Ballatore, 71 http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/College/30402.asp?q=Passages:-Ronald-Stix-Ballatore,-71 GAINESVILLE, Florida, April 27. FORMER UCLA men's swimming coach Ron "Stix" Ballatore passed away earlier today from complications due to his battle with throat and bone cancer, various sources have c... 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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