Health News : cancer - News from other sources. | | | | | | From cancer, to a crash, to the top of Alaska Sat, 25 May, 2013 10:56 AM PDT Snapshots show her with two black eyes, a broken and scraped nose, swollen lips, other abrasions and 10 stitches. Ouch. What happened? A bicycle commuter, Dingledy was headed home May 6. After getting off the bus at the Ash Way Park-and-Ride , she was riding east on 164th Street SW in Lynnwood. Continue reading | | Kniss speaks out on battle with breast cancer Sat, 25 May, 2013 10:54 AM PDT by Sue Dremann For a year Palo Alto City Councilwoman Liz Kniss held a closely guarded secret shared only with her husband and with four friends. She had been diagnosed with cancer in both breasts just before her 2012 election kickoff campaign. Continue reading | | | | Making a sea change Sat, 25 May, 2013 10:22 AM PDT On World Cancer Day, Holland America Line announced its On Deck for a Cause campaign, a fund-raiser for cancer research. Continue reading | | Local Weather Sat, 25 May, 2013 10:16 AM PDT Four determined staff from Nando's in Hornchurch are taking on Cancer Research UK's Race for Life to support breast cancer research. Continue reading | | Fighting cancer with a body of knowledge Sat, 25 May, 2013 10:14 AM PDT May 26, 2013, 3 a.m. A woman lies on an operating table, her breasts exposed. A surgeon uses a scalpel to pierce her skin with a scalpel, removing a small, hard lump of tissue - a tumour - and places it in a sterile tray. Continue reading | | | | 'Laughter lowers depression, kills cancer cells' Sat, 25 May, 2013 09:44 AM PDT IT WAS an unusual morning workout session. Some 80 participants and their instructor with contorted faces let out boisterous "hahahas" and "hohohos," followed by prolonged laughter. The exercises were components of laughter yoga, a mixture of proper breathing techniques, facial exercises and "faking laughter"... Continue reading | | |