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, May 24, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Pacific Daily News, Thu, 24 May 2012 10:21 AM PDT Help out: Join the fight against cancer by attending the Relay for Life http://www.guampdn.com/article/20120525/OPINION01/205250323/Help-out-Join-fight-against-cancer-by-attending-Relay-Life?odyssey=mod%7cnewswell%7ctext%7cFrontpage%7cp •The Relay for Life will begin at 7 p.m. today at the George Washington High School track in Mangilao. It will last through 7 a.m. tomorrow. •For more information on the Relay for Life, call the American Cancer Society Guam office at 477-9451/1. FOX 8 Cleveland, Thu, 24 May 2012 10:17 AM PDT Fox Family Health http://fox8.com/2012/05/24/fox-family-health-92/ The following topics are discussed in this edition of Fox Family Health: the likelihood of breast cancer reduced by weight... Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, Thu, 24 May 2012 10:16 AM PDT Blueprint adds Fidelity Biosciences to investor list http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2012/05/21/daily44-Blueprint-adds-Fidelity-Biosciences-to-investor-list.html Blueprint Medicines, a Cambridge-based personalized cancer medicine company, said Thursday that Fidelity Biosciences has joined existing founding investor Third Rock Ventures in its previously announced $40 million Series A financing. CTV.ca, Thu, 24 May 2012 10:15 AM PDT Old drug could have new use as cancer stem cell killer http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120524/thioridazine-cancer-drug-stem-cell-120524/ An old drug once used routinely as a treatment for schizophrenia appears to be able to successfully kill human cancer stem cells while leaving healthy cells intact, Canadian researchers have discovered. KHQ Spokane, Thu, 24 May 2012 10:14 AM PDT Wife’s Cancer Courage Spurs Man To Wear Tutu http://www.khq.com/story/18616107/wifes-cancer-courage-spurs-man-to-wear-tutu KHQ.COM  - The photos show a stout, middle-aged man dressed only in a pink tutu: poised on a diving board, hanging off a tree, wandering through a cow pasture, catching the breeze on a ferry deck - and lying in a bed alone. Broomfield Enterprise, Thu, 24 May 2012 10:13 AM PDT My Town: Coyote Ridge Elementary goes on the run to beat cancer http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/broomfield-schools/ci_20701398/my-town-coyote-ridge-elementary-goes-run-beat?source=rss Wednesday, a pack of 545 eager Coyotes stood in the gym of Coyote Ridge Elementary, ready to start the seventh annual 2k/4k Fun Run. MedCity News, Thu, 24 May 2012 10:13 AM PDT Cell cultures in 3-D â€" Kiyatec raises $2.8M for novel testing platform http://medcitynews.com/2012/05/cell-cultures-in-3-d-kiyatec-raises-2-8m-for-novel-testing-platform/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cell-cultures-in-3-d-kiyatec-raises-2-8m-for-novel-testing-platform Cell culture testing technology developed by Kiyatec aims to help drug developers find out in preclinical trials whether a drug candidate will work in humans. Now the Clemson University spinout is looking to advance its work with new tests for cancer efficacy and liver toxicity. Kiyatec has closed on a series A round of financing that [...] FOX 23 Maine, Thu, 24 May 2012 10:08 AM PDT Cancer docs often deal with own grief, doubts when patients die http://www.myfoxmaine.com/story/18603561/cancer-docs-often-deal-with-own-grief-doubts-when-patients-die Some cancer doctors may build up emotional walls -- distancing themselves from the patients they can't save -- to avoid grief, sadness and even despair, new research shows. Market Watch, Thu, 24 May 2012 10:07 AM PDT Genetic Technologies shares soar 51% http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/genetic-technologies-shares-soar-51/story.aspx?guid=%7BB4FD8AB9%2D8A6A%2D4701%2DB464%2D6F82B4574500%7D&siteid=rss BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Genetic Technologies Ltd. shares soared 51% to $5.36 on Thursday. Shares of the Australian biotech group have been on a roll since Tuesday, when the company released a positive business update for its BREVAGen genetic test for breast cancer. The product is used to test for certain genetic variations that are associated with an increased risk of developing the disease ... EurekAlert!, Thu, 24 May 2012 09:55 AM PDT Anti-psychotic drug pushes cancer stem cells over the edge http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/cp-adp051812.php ( Cell Press ) An anti-psychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia appears to get rid of cancer stem cells by helping them differentiate into less threatening cell types. The discovery reported in the Cell Press journal Cell on May 24 comes after researchers screened hundreds of compounds in search of those that would selectively inhibit human cancer stem cells, and it may lead rather swiftly to ... 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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