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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, September 17, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:53 AM PDT People with shingles show no higher cancer risk http://ca.news.yahoo.com/people-shingles-show-no-higher-cancer-risk-165323301.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who come down with shingles seem to have no higher-than-normal risk of developing cancer later on, a study published Monday confirms. Researchers found that for nearly 36,000 Taiwanese adults with shingles, the chances of developing cancer over the next several years were on par with national statistics. Shingles - formally known as herpes zoster - is a painful ... Associated Press via Yahoo! News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:44 AM PDT For US Hispanics, cancer top killer, not heart http://news.yahoo.com/us-hispanics-cancer-top-killer-not-heart-140622780.html Cancer is now the leading killer of Hispanics in the U.S. â€" the latest sign it's beginning to displace heart disease as the nation's top cause of death. The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:05 AM PDT Cancer now No. 1 killer of US Hispanics, overtaking heart disease, signalling broader trend http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cancer-now-no-1-killer-us-hispanics-overtaking-140519834.html NEW YORK, N.Y. - Cancer is now the leading killer of Hispanics in the U.S. â€" the latest sign it's beginning to displace heart disease as the nation's top cause of death. Good Morning America via Yahoo! News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:53 AM PDT 8-Year-Old Girl Battles Ovarian Cancer http://gma.yahoo.com/8-old-girl-battles-ovarian-cancer-214942402--abc-news-health.html Ovarian Cancer Rare in Young Girls, but Treatable, Experts Say Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:43 AM PDT Threshold Pharma cancer drug fails to meet study secondary goal http://ca.news.yahoo.com/threshold-pharma-cancer-drug-fails-meet-study-secondary-134353240--finance.html (Reuters) - An experimental pancreatic cancer treatment from Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc failed to statistically improve the overall survival of patients, sending the company's shares down nearly 33 percent in early trading. The drugmaker said new findings from the mid-stage study showed that the drug, called TH-302, did not meet the secondary goal of the study. The company said in February ... Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:36 AM PDT Bayer's plea for stay on Nexavar generic in India dismissed http://ca.news.yahoo.com/bayers-plea-stay-nexavar-generic-india-dismissed-123637172--finance.html (Reuters) - An Indian patents appeals board on Friday dismissed Bayer AG's petition seeking a stay on the "compulsory license" issued to India's Natco Pharma for selling generic copies of cancer drug Nexavar in India, a spokesman for the board said. The decision is a setback to the German drugmaker, which had sought to block the entry of Natco's generic version of Nexavar, which the Indian firm ... 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=ZoKT.2kuNLOJsqM5W.wBIZ47gwsgTBsQSqVx0ls7Gih9cRtsidZzp18RtdANrSci3AmLFw489YgGkQ.U8OhVBCznDf_kEb9VYKV9 to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences: http://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.done=http://subscribe.yahoo.com/showaccount . To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, please read our privacy policy at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/ . Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.