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, August 03, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Science Daily, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:54 AM PDT People with Allergies May Have Lower Risk of Brain Tumors http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120803094429.htm New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that there's a link between allergies and reduced risk of a serious type of cancer that starts in the brain. OK! Magazine, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:48 AM PDT Actor Ben Richards splits from wife http://uk.ok.feedsportal.com/c/33339/f/586182/s/2206949c/l/0L0Sok0O0Ccelebrity0Enews0Cview0C523560CActor0EBen0ERichards0Esplits0Efrom0Ewife0C/story01.htm Actor BEN RICHARDS has split from his wife just months after revealing his cancer diagnosis. WECT 6 Wilmington, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT Nick Valvano steps down as V Foundation CEO http://www.wect.com/story/19189501/nick-valvano-steps-down-as-v-foundation-ceo Nick Valvano is stepping down after 13 years as CEO of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, and the group has selected Susan Braun as his replacement. Miami Gardens News, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:40 AM PDT 2011 Frist Humanitarian Award Physician recipient from Aventura Hospital and Medical Center http://www.communitynewspapers.com/aventura/2011-frist-humanitarian-award-physician-recipient-from-aventura-hospital-and-medical-center/ Aventura Hospital & Medical Center today announced that Dr. Frank Cirisano, a specialist in gynecologic cancer at Aventura Hospital, was named the physician recipient of HCA’s 2011 Frist Humanitarian Awards. MedCity News, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:36 AM PDT Two professors say Komen ads overstate benefits of mammograms http://medcitynews.com/2012/08/two-professors-say-komen-ads-overstate-benefits-of-mammograms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-professors-say-komen-ads-overstate-benefits-of-mammograms Two Dartmouth health policy experts criticize the national breast cancer charity for using misleading statistics to promote breast cancer screening. Medpage Today: BMJ OpEd Says Komen Ads False The world's largest breast cancer charity used misleading ... WKRG News 5 Mobile, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT You Can Help Fight Cancer http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/aug/02/3/you-can-help-fight-cancer-ar-4262056/ The American Cancer Society is recruiting people who have never had cancer, to participate in a new study. Curry County Reporter, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT ‘You have to take charge!' http://www.currycountyreporter.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=8813 (Publisher's note: This is the final installment of a three-part Curry County Reporter series detailing three different Gold Beach area residents who when diagnosed with cancer fought to get better. Environmental News Network, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:22 AM PDT Cancer Fuel http://www.enn.com/health/article/44759 Cancers are primarily an environmental disease with 90-95% of cases attributed to environmental factors and 5-10% due to genetics. Researchers at Oxford University are interested in understanding how changes in cells' metabolism â€" the chemical processes through which cells get the energy they need â€" could also prime them to become cancerous. They have just started collaborating with a lab at ... The Advocate, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:22 AM PDT Death of a salesman in America's decline Save http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/168978/death-of-a-salesman-in-americas-decline/?cs=37 Aug. 4, 2012, 3 a.m. DAVE Eggers burst onto the literary scene in 2000 with his memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius , the true story of his parents dying of cancer. The title was not false advertising. Bellevue Reporter, Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT Bellevue mom working to fight children’s cancer http://www.bellevuereporter.com/news/164897126.html Two years ago, Tina Green’s daughter, Aurora, experienced severe abdominal pain that doctors later diagnosed as a stage three Wilms tumor â€" a type of kidney cancer that can occur in children. “It was the worst year of my life,” Green said. “I was in complete and utter fear.” 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=3sr2VTYuNLOtnYUd7jI_75g.MC2GdNpfoKIWgBldmsrDEeEvTui7TtkGGZbbmS0yANbU30WZf7ueWshZb0rjVYBz9QfvHqBEq4d9 to unsubscribe from this alert. 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