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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, September 21, 2012 4:19 PM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:24 AM PDT Astex Pharma ends development of lung cancer drug http://ca.news.yahoo.com/astex-pharma-discontinue-development-lung-cancer-drug-110846919--finance.html (Reuters) - Cancer drugmaker Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc said it would discontinue the development of its experimental small-cell lung cancer drug, Amuvatinib, as the drug failed to achieve a high enough response rate in patients in a mid-stage study. Shares of the company were down about 10 percent at $3 in premarket trade. They closed at $3.32 on Thursday on the Nasdaq. The main goal of the ... ANI via Yahoo! India News, Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:10 AM PDT Not all obese people are unhealthy http://in.news.yahoo.com/not-obese-people-unhealthy-081012837.html Washington, September 21 (ANI): A person can be obese and metabolically healthy at the same time, which means that this person will have the same mortality risk for heart disease or cancer like people of normal weight. Associated Press via Yahoo! News, Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:40 PM PDT Texas hospital plans 'moonshot' against cancer http://news.yahoo.com/texas-hospital-plans-moonshot-against-cancer-040248599--finance.html The nation's largest cancer center is launching a massive "moonshot" effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago. The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News, Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:30 PM PDT Nation's largest cancer hospital, in Texas, plans 'moonshot' against 8 forms of the disease http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nations-largest-cancer-hospital-texas-plans-moonshot-against-043018009.html The nation's largest cancer centre is launching a massive "moonshot" effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago. Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:29 PM PDT Progenics cuts jobs, replaces CFO http://ca.news.yahoo.com/progenics-pharmaceuticals-reduce-26-percent-workforce-201912551--finance.html (Reuters) - Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc cut 26 percent of its workforce and replaced its chief financial officer to focus on its cancer programs after U.S. health regulators did not approve its constipation drug for use in a wider population. Chief Financial Officer Robert McKinney and Senior Vice President Benedict Osorio will step down on September 30. Treasurer Angelo Lovallo will become ... Good Morning America via Yahoo! News, Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:01 PM PDT MD Anderson Cancer Center Plans 'Moon Shot' for Cures http://gma.yahoo.com/md-anderson-cancer-center-plans-moon-shot-cures-210116966--abc-news-health.html New program aims to eliminate eight cancers within the next decade. 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=HI0Yz1YuNLPYmk1IKzonOJkP44erIT1iBxMKwzU_ohX9Kj2PeAB0IazQUT2ca4DcAQ_Jo8xvydL63rCONIO6DnbJCXW.QYuNuMls 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.