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, August 04, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: WOAI San Antonio, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:15 AM PDT Waiting For A Miracle. Woman fights Cancer and foreclosure http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Waiting-For-A-Miracle-Woman-fights-Cancer-and/KnFAEu3_Eke5E0vthxoL_Q.cspx?rss=68 Woman with Cancer fights for her life and her home KAAL Austin, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:05 AM PDT Fillies Race for Hope set at Canterbury Park http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S2716271.shtml?cat=10728 Canterbury Park in Shakopee hosts the second annual Fillies Race for Hope Saturday. It's a day of horse racing and fundraising to benefit the Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation and the Pay It Forward Fund. WOAI San Antonio, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT Waiting For A Miracle. Woman with Cancer fights for her life and her home http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Waiting-For-A-Miracle-Woman-with-Cancer-fights/KnFAEu3_Eke5E0vthxoL_Q.cspx?rss=68 Woman with Cancer fights for her life and her home Hopkinton Crier, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:55 AM PDT Meet some of your local PMC riders http://www.wickedlocal.com/hopkinton/news/x1602167557/Meet-some-of-your-local-PMC-riders This weekend marks the 33 rd annual Pan Mass Challenge, when more than 5,000 people will bike anywhere from 25 miles to 190 miles â€" through 46 Massachusetts towns â€" over two days in an effort to fund cancer research. Riders attempting the full, 190-mile ride from Sturbridge to Provincetown must raise $4,300 by October 1, allowing PMC spokesmen to boast their ride as raising more money than any ... 9 News Denver, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:36 AM PDT Ousted CEO sues Tuesday Morning for discrimination http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=281214 NEW YORK (AP) - The ousted CEO of retailer Tuesday Morning Corp. has filed discrimination charges against the company, saying she was sent packing after the board learned she had breast cancer. HealthDay via Yahoo! News, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:18 AM PDT Could Compact Fluorescent Bulbs Pose Skin Cancer Risk? http://news.yahoo.com/could-compact-fluorescent-bulbs-pose-skin-cancer-risk-160412698.html FRIDAY, August 3 (HealthDay News) -- As the United States bakes under the summer sun, dermatologists often warn of cancer risks posed by ultraviolet (UV) sunlight. But research now points to a new and ubiquitous indoor source of these harmful rays: eco-friendly compact fluorescent light bulbs. HealthDay via Yahoo! News, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:18 AM PDT Breast Cancer Charity Overstates Value of Mammograms: Researchers http://news.yahoo.com/breast-cancer-charity-overstates-value-mammograms-researchers-231206782.html THURSDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The breast cancer charity that brought the world the pink ribbon exaggerates the benefits of mammography while minimizing its harms, researchers claim. HealthDay via Yahoo! News, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:18 AM PDT Zaltrap Approved for Advanced Colorectal Cancer http://news.yahoo.com/zaltrap-approved-advanced-colorectal-cancer-180410748.html FRIDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Zaltrap (ziv-afilbercept) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in combination with a FOLFIRI chemotherapy regimen for adults with advanced metastatic (spreading) colorectal cancer, the agency said Friday. Queensland Times, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:12 AM PDT LNP cuts breast cancer services http://www.qt.com.au/story/2012/08/05/lnp-cuts-breast-cancer-services/ BREASTSCREEN Queensland - the iconic statewide cancer service credited with saving thousands of lives - will be dismantled by the Newman Government. Pontiac Daily Leader, Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:10 AM PDT ‘Taking positive steps’ http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/x769535165/-Taking-positive-steps “The best way to attack cancer is by taking positive steps,” said Mick Peterson during the opening ceremony of this year’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Livingston County event Friday. 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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