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, September 15, 2012 11:02 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News, Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:40 AM PDT Warren Buffett says cancer radiation treatment completed http://sg.news.yahoo.com/warren-buffett-says-cancer-radiation-treatment-completed-154000824--sector.html (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chief Executive Warren Buffett has said he has completed final radiation treatment for prostate cancer, the Omaha World-Herald newspaper reported on Saturday. Buffett, the world's third-richest person, told executives from newspapers he has acquired in recent months on Friday: "It's a great day for me. Today I had my 44th and last day of radiation." Buffett, 82 ... Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News, Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:53 PM PDT No early link between all-metal hip implants and cancer - study http://my.news.yahoo.com/no-early-between-metal-hip-implants-cancer-study-215310973--sector.html REUTERS - All-metal hip implants, which have been shown to have high failure rates and cause a host of other health problems, were not linked to cancer seven years after implantation, new data show. Concerns have grown in the medical community that the so-called metal-on-metal hip implants shed metal particles through wear on their ball-and-socket structure. Many patients who have received the ... Reuters via Yahoo! Canada Finance, Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:08 PM PDT Canada to stop opposing listing asbestos as hazardous http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-stop-opposing-listing-asbestos-hazardous-195509235.html OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada dropped its longtime opposition on Friday to the international listing of asbestos as a hazardous material, a designation intended to curb the use abroad of the fire-resistant substance, which can cause cancer and other illnesses. Canada had been the main opponent of such a listing, which would require exporters to warn importing countries of the hazards of asbestos ... Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT Quality-of-life program may help cancer patients http://ca.news.yahoo.com/quality-life-program-may-help-cancer-patients-182826870.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A therapy program focused on improving quality of life can help people being treated for advanced cancer, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, have found. Patients who attended the sessions - a combination of physical and talk therapy, along with relaxation techniques and spiritual discussions - reported a stable quality of life during treatment ... The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News, Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:25 AM PDT Health Canada releases lot of bladder cancer drug ImmuCyst, says no contamination http://ca.news.yahoo.com/health-canada-releases-lot-bladder-cancer-drug-immucyst-182528676.html OTTAWA - Health Canada has cleared for release one lot of the bladder cancer treatment ImmuCyst, a product that was being held from the market due to problems at the drug's production plant. 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=aaCOymQuNLONJGRdKGdblTYobSFHzZvR62E8EvmYwhbtI.82yzAVmZ2cWqYbbBBrGmCa.NhGSvHrCUGe9gLhf0CuUCNvBfHFZaox 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.