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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, August 28, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: The Express-Times, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:31 AM PDT Arlen Specter again fighting cancer http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2012/08/arlen_specter_again_fighting_c.html Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania says he is fighting cancer again. The 82-year-old Specter said in a brief statement sent today by his Philadelphia office that he is battling the disease again. PR Newswire, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:26 AM PDT Global Experts Outline Key Steps to Help Deliver the UN Commitment for a 25% Reduction in Premature Deaths Through ... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-experts-outline-key-steps-to-help-deliver-the-un-commitment-for-a-25-reduction-in-premature-deaths-through-ncds-by-2025-167707365.html MONTRÉAL, August 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Includes call for cancer target inclusion in revision of UN's Millennium Development Goals Cancer control and government experts at the 2012 World Cancer Congress today outlined the priority actions needed to achieve the first United... Scientific American, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:25 AM PDT Deadly Cancer About to Meet Its Map http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=deadly-cancer-about-to-2012-08-28 More than 11,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed in Australia every year. Australian researchers are studying the gene mutations that cause the deadly skin cancer in an effort to find more effective treatments. SFist, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:22 AM PDT Goodnight, Sweet Goober: S.F. Zoo's Tapir Dies http://sfist.com/2012/08/28/goodnight_sweet_goober_sf_zoos_tapi.php Goober, the San Francisco Zoo's Baird's Tapir passed away Sunday morning after a two-year battle with oral cancer. Goober, who looks to have been aptly named, given that goofy grin of his, spent most of his 18 years in San Francisco. He loved corn and would do anything just to get a scratch from his keepers. As the Zoo eulogized Goober in a Facebook status update : [ more › ] Romford Recorder, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:17 AM PDT Local Weather http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/hornchurch_policeman_to_run_ultra_marathon_for_children_s_charity_1_1496878 A Hornchurch police officer will push himself to the limit to help raise funds for children suffering from an aggressive childhood cancer. Oklahoma's NewsChannel 4, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:15 AM PDT Prostate Cancer Awareness http://kfor.com/2012/08/28/prostate-cancer-awareness/ INTEGRIS Cancer Institute of Oklahoma along with Procure presents: “Making sense of prostate cancer treatments” Tuesday, Sept. 11 5:30-6:30 p.m.... PharmiWeb, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:15 AM PDT Press Release http://www.pharmiweb.com/PressReleases/pressrel.asp?ROW_ID=63059 Anova Cancer Care has been chosen to participate in a landmark national prostate cancer study. The goal of the two-year study is to determine the best treatments for prostate cancer. The study will look specifically at prostate cancer radiosurgery (CyberKnife®). MSNBC: Field Notes, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:14 AM PDT Arlen Specter: I'm fighting cancer for a third time http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/28/13528401-arlen-specter-im-fighting-cancer-for-a-third-time Former United States Sen. Arlen Specter confirmed Tuesday that he is battling cancer for the third time. Business Wire, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:12 AM PDT New group critical illness and cancer plan from Colonial Life provides financial protection from serious illness http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120828006249/en/group-critical-illness-cancer-plan-Colonial-Life COLUMBIA, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colonial Life introduces a new group critical illness insurance and cancer plan that helps protect working Americans from the financial exposure that can result from a serious illness. Everett Herald, Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:12 AM PDT Health Resources http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120828/LIVING/708289971/1038/COMM0601 Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups." 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