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 26, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: The Florida Times-Union, Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:15 AM PDT Breast Cancer Awareness Month calendar of events http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/calendar/2012-09-26/story/breast-cancer-awareness-month-calendar-events Events for October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Florida Times-Union, Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:30 AM PDT Doctors on Call: What you need to know about thyroid cancer http://jacksonville.com/news/health-and-fitness/2012-09-26/story/doctors-call-what-you-need-know-about-thyroid-cancer The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland at the front of your neck just below the Adam's apple. A healthy thyroid is a little larger than a quarter and usually can't be felt through the skin. It might be small, but it's important. ANI via Yahoo! India News, Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:08 PM PDT Hookah as harmful as cigarettes http://in.news.yahoo.com/hookah-harmful-cigarettes-050812383.html Washington, September 26 (ANI): A new study by Virginia Commonwealth University has found that people who smoke both cigarettes and waterpipes - dual users - lack sufficient knowledge about the risks of tobacco smoking and are at considerable risk for dependence and tobacco-related diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and stroke later in life. U-T San Diego, Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:17 PM PDT La Jolla couple donates $25 million to Scripps Health http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2012/sep/25/la-jolla-couple-donates-25-million-scripps-health/ Eileen and John “Jack” R. Anderson IV have donated $25 million to Scripps Health for construction of a medical building and outpatient clinic in memory of their adult son, who died of cancer in 2004. The John R. Anderson V Medical Pavilion will be built on the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus. AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News, Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:41 PM PDT Research funding slump alarms head of US cancer institutes http://uk.news.yahoo.com/research-funding-slump-alarms-head-us-cancer-institutes-214130119.html The head of the US National Cancer Institute warned Tuesday that the United States could lose its global leadership in research into the disease because of lower spending. Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:13 PM PDT FDA to expedite review of Sucampo and Takeda's constipation drug http://ca.news.yahoo.com/fda-expedite-review-sucampo-takedas-constipation-drug-211320836--finance.html (Reuters) - Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc said U.S. health regulators will review the company's application for wider use of its constipation drug Amitiza sooner than usual, pushing its shares up as much as 10 percent in after-market trade. The companies are trying to gain U.S. approval for the drug to treat constipation caused by opioids in patients with chronic, non-cancer pain. The "priority ... Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:48 PM PDT Pre-op MRI may not help breast cancer patients http://ca.news.yahoo.com/pre-op-mri-may-not-help-breast-cancer-194834736.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having an MRI scan before breast cancer surgery may not cut a woman's risk of needing a second operation to go after additional tumor tissue - and may even raise her chance of getting an unnecessary mastectomy, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among more than 300 women who underwent breast cancer surgery, those who had an MRI beforehand were no less likely ... 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=f5Eo0a4uNLNLybkFBlRjn6zRvRKB4trpyHt7Uzzme9CG.GKe34oCGyrMgTjugnQetpMLcrVTx27RmP4s6xXy4sqN7XmYtmsEEkPL 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.