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, November 03, 2012 10:57 AM PDT Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News, Sat, 03 Nov 2012 05:10 AM PDT Germany's Merck halts supply of cancer drug to Greek hospitals http://ca.news.yahoo.com/germanys-merck-halts-supply-cancer-drug-greek-hospitals-121035696--finance.html FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German pharmaceuticals firm Merck KGaA is no longer delivering cancer drug Erbitux to Greek hospitals, a spokesman said on Saturday, the latest sign of how an economic and budget crisis is hurting frontline public services. Drugmakers raised concerns with EU leaders earlier this year over supplies to the euro zone's crisis-hit southern half and Germany's Biotest in June was ... Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News, Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:51 PM PDT U.S. jury awards troops $85 million over Iraq chemical exposure http://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-jury-awards-troops-85-million-over-iraq-005144779.html PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon jury awarded 12 Army National Guardsmen $85 million (53 million pounds) in damages from defence contractor KBR Inc. on Friday after finding that the company failed to protect them from exposure to cancer-causing chemicals when they served in Iraq. Each Guard soldier was awarded $850,000 in non-economic damages and another $6.25 million in punitive damages ... Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News, Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:49 PM PDT US jury awards troops $85 mln over Iraq chemical exposure http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/us-jury-awards-troops-85-mln-over-iraq-004959766--finance.html PORTLAND, Ore., Nov 2 (Reuters) - An Oregon jury awarded 12Army National Guardsmen $85 million in damages from defensecontractor KBR Inc. on Friday after finding that the companyfailed to protect them from exposure to cancer-causing chemicalswhen they served in Iraq. Each Guard soldier was awarded $850,000 in non-economicdamages and another $6.25 million in punitive damages for"reckless and ... 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=qrvy2x8uNLPA.vZqPzSoUMMkQ4qRmlU8bCFK1r2GpN4PK7bRLG8wH9mZfoXxWNY7U8_cnLKhw6J2LMU7YFM9nUMATPkzzujtuJF9 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.