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Health News : cancer - News from other sources. | | | | | | Lillian Kawasaki dies at 62; L.A.'s first environmental affairs chief Sat, 20 Jul, 2013 10:34 AM PDT Lillian Kawasaki spearheaded major initiatives to protect the city's air and water in the '90s. She later led the Community Development Department and the DWP's Green L.A. program. Lillian Kawasaki, a veteran Los Angeles city administrator who spearheaded major initiatives to protect air and water quality as ... Continue reading | | Around 2,000 Fukushima Workers At Risk of Thyroid Cancer Sat, 20 Jul, 2013 10:32 AM PDT mdsolar writes "Around 2,000 people who have worked at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant face a heightened risk of thyroid cancer, its operator said Friday. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said 1,973 people — around 10 percent of those employed in emergency crews involved in the clean-up since the m... Continue reading | | | | Attention Pelotonia riders Sat, 20 Jul, 2013 10:25 AM PDT Are you involved with or planning to ride in this year's Pelotonia, the bicycle tour that annually raises money for the James Cancer Research Hospital in Columbus? If so, the Pataskala Standard is interested in talking to you for local coverage of this ye Continue reading | | | Ovarian cancer, the silent killer Sat, 20 Jul, 2013 10:12 AM PDT PIERCE Brosnan's daughter is the third generation of women in her family to die from ovarian cancer, shining a light on the disease which often defies early diagnosis. Continue reading | | | | | |