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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:43 AM PDT Cancer? What cancer? Chavez's health off radar as vote nears http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cancer-cancer-chavezs-health-off-radar-vote-nears-164341240.html CARACAS (Reuters) - Just months ago, it was the issue dominating Venezuela and its presidential campaign. Now Hugo Chavez's bout with cancer is barely mentioned as his October 7 re-election bid approaches. Once-frenetic rumors about Chavez's health have cooled to almost nothing while voters prepare to decide who will lead Venezuela - and control its vast oil reserves - for the next six years ... Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:41 AM PDT Cancers on the rise in pregnant women: study http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cancers-rise-pregnant-women-study-164120080.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of pregnant women diagnosed with cancer has increased over the past couple of decades, a new study from Australia suggests. In 2007, the most recent year studied, researchers found 192 out of every 100,000 pregnant and postpartum women received a cancer diagnosis - up from 112 per 100,000 women in 1994. Researchers couldn't determine what was behind that ... ANI via Yahoo! India News, Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:40 PM PDT Even light drinking may up risk of certain cancers http://in.news.yahoo.com/even-light-drinking-may-risk-certain-cancers-034020370.html Washington, September 19 (ANI): Many observational studies have shown that alcohol intake, especially heavy drinking, increases a number of upper-aero-digestive tract (UADT) and other cancers, and even moderate drinking is associated with a slight increase in the risk of breast cancer. Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News, Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:01 PM PDT Smoking, drinking tied to earlier pancreatic cancer: study http://my.news.yahoo.com/smoking-drinking-tied-earlier-pancreatic-cancer-study-010140298.html REUTERS - People who smoke or drink heavily may develop pancreatic cancer at an earlier age than those who avoid those habits, according to a U.S. study, but quitting both appears to help. It's long been known that smoking is a risk factor for developing pancreatic cancer, a disease that is rarely caught early and has a grim prognosis. Only about five of every 100 people diagnosed with the ... Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT Smoking, drinking tied to earlier pancreatic cancer http://ca.news.yahoo.com/smoking-drinking-tied-earlier-pancreatic-cancer-193004178.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who smoke or drink heavily may develop pancreatic cancer at an earlier age than folks who avoid those habits, a new study suggests. It's long been known that smoking is a risk factor for developing pancreatic cancer - a disease that is rarely caught early and has a grim prognosis. Only about five of every 100 people diagnosed with the cancer are still alive ... 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=kbVV.ZwuNLPJ_NIhaU3BC1oAJ7u_KfjvosA81XLFayN1bGrPx_PTFFYYcYnpTxQz1_1wBIX9NzCgP9RoU2IMtRFRHgI9NjF7gx_5 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.