Health News: [cancer]

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Click here to start today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, August 06, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Otago Daily Times, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:47 AM PDT Peer review confirms efficacy of test http://www.odt.co.nz/news/business/220453/peer-review-confirms-efficacy-test Publication of a peer-reviewed scientific research paper confirming the performance of Pacific Edge's Cxbladder was a significant milestone for the acceptance of the bladder cancer test globally, Pacific Edge chief executive David Darling said yesterday. read more Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT Cellceutix reports cancer compound now at Dana Farber http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2012/08/06/daily9-Cellceutix-reports-cancer-compound-now-at-Dana-Farber.html As Cellceutix Corp. (OTCBB: CTIX) of Beverly moves quickly toward Phase 1 trials for its anti-cancer drug candidate, Kevetrin, the company says the compound is now at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute where the study is set to begin. Warren Times-Gazette, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT Warren mom shaves head for cancer http://warrenri.com/news/2012/aug/06/warren-mom-shaves-head-cancer/ "I noticed a couple of people staring," said Mrs. Taylor-Post, who has a healthy eight-year-old, Jack. "So I would think, 'Why is that person staring at me?' But I'd forgotten I had no hair!" WHIZ News Zanesville, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT Lace Up For Kids http://www.whiznews.com/content/news/local/2012/08/06/z-ville-businessman-dies A well known Zanesville businessman has died. Dave Joseph Sr. who owned and operated the Union Bar in downtown Zanesville died Monday morning after a battle with cancer. Joseph never met a stranger in the many years he operated his business. EurekAlert!, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:44 AM PDT Northwestern researchers investigate treatment for tumor cells in spinal fluid http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/nmh-nri080612.php ( Northwestern Memorial Hospital ) In two to five percent of women with breast cancer, tumor cells migrate into the spinal fluid invading the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord. While a rare complication, the condition is challenging because there is no agreed-upon standard of treatment, leaving little hope for patients affected. Northwestern Medicine® researchers are currently ... New Kerala, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:43 AM PDT Vilasrao Deshmukh rushed to Chennai hospital http://www.newkerala.com/news/newsplus/worldnews-62873.html Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was rushed to a Chennai hospital Monday afternoon for treatment of suspected cancer, a Congress official said. The Coldwater Daily Reporter, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:42 AM PDT Demo car takes on Breast Cancer theme http://www.thedailyreporter.com/sports/x1437141723/Demo-car-takes-on-Breast-Cancer-theme Cars with a purpose. WSMV Nashville, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:28 AM PDT Vanderbilt researchers find way to new prostate cancer drug http://www.wsmv.com/story/19206048/vanderbilt-researchers-find-way-to-new-prostate-cancer-drug Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have found two proteins that regulate the same set of genes in prostate cancer. Mobile Press-Register, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:26 AM PDT New state poll: Risky delays in cancer testing reported among adults http://blog.al.com/live/2012/08/new_state_poll_risky_delays_in.html Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cancer killer in Alabama, but only 38 percent of older respondents to a new statewide poll said that they had been given a stool test in the last year or had a colonoscopy in the past 10 years. eWeek, Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:26 AM PDT Microsoft Lync Enables Remote Health Care Counseling for Cancer Patients http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Lync-Enables-Remote-Health-Care-Counseling-for-Cancer-Patients-755248/ St. Luke's Health System , a nonprofit network of seven hospitals and five cancer-specialty clinics around Idaho, has implemented a telehealth project using Microsoft Lync 2010, a a unified communications platform that allows users to participate in video conferences, instant messaging and Web conferencing. 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