| Health News : cancer - News from other sources. | | | | | | Family runs July 4th dash in memory of Snohomish man Fri, 05 Jul, 2013 10:56 AM PDT Nelson Cobb, wearing an age-group winner medal, gets a hug from Gael Thomson, health and well-being director for YMCA of Snohomish County, after the Yankee Doodle Dash on July 4, 2010. Cobb, 74, died June 25 after a long battle with cancer. Continue reading | | | | Delays Hamper State's Doctor Discipline Process Fri, 05 Jul, 2013 10:36 AM PDT When Said Nedlouf's wife, Mary, was terminally ill with metastatic breast cancer in late 2006, Nedlouf was willing to do anything to save her. He found Dr. Jarir Nakouzi in Bridgeport, a homeopathic doctor who said he could cure Mary's cancer. Continue reading | | National Cancer Institute Fri, 05 Jul, 2013 10:32 AM PDT Scientists have tracked down and quantified the diverse origins of cells that drive fibrosis, the incurable, runaway wound-healing that scars and ultimately destroys organs such as the lungs, liver and kidneys. Continue reading | | Chicago's Field Museum reorganizes amid money woes Fri, 05 Jul, 2013 10:30 AM PDT Chicago • Matt von Konrat is animated as he talks about a plant specimen pulled from the vast botanical collection at the Field Museum of Natural History. Documentation shows it was collected in 1996 in a Colombian rainforest and tested for compounds that might be used to treat HIV, AIDS or cancer. "Im... Continue reading | | Jamaican Olympian Hid Breast Cancer and Won Bronze Medal Fri, 05 Jul, 2013 10:29 AM PDT *The Olympics is the height of an athlete's career. Some will not pass up the opportunity to participate in the Olympics no matter what their physical condition might be…look at Lance Armstrong. Olympic runner Novlene Williams-Mills was diagnosed with breast cancer, but unbeknownst to any of her runnin... Continue reading | | | Cancer survivor helps others npc-news.ocala.com Fri, 05 Jul, 2013 10:16 AM PDT When she was 5 years old, liver cancer survivor Logan Barth was treated to a family cruise through the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida. Continue reading | | | | |
