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Health News : cancer - News from other sources. | | | | | | Sale to help people struggling with cancer Wed, 07 Aug, 2013 10:57 AM PDT Dr. Oliver Batson, an Everett oncologist, and his wife, Julie Batson, pick up a chair that will be on sale at Saturday's Rummage for Relief. The event will raise money for the Providence Cancer Patient Assistance Fund. Continue reading | | 2 teachers earn chance to work with top researchers Wed, 07 Aug, 2013 10:56 AM PDT Tami Caraballo, a Glacier Peak high school teacher, won the Partners in Science award. Carole Tanner, a Jackson High School teacher, is studying the genetic basis of repeated evolution in stickleback fish (below) with Dr. Katie Peichel at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Continue reading | | | | Nicholas Howen obituary Wed, 07 Aug, 2013 10:54 AM PDT Campaigning human rights lawyer with a worldwide reputation Nicholas Howen, who has died of cancer aged 49, was an internationally respected human rights lawyer, campaigner and diplomat. From 2004 until illness forced him to resign last December, he was secretary general of the International Commissio... Continue reading | | Barry Knott remembered as 'warm, giving guy' Wed, 07 Aug, 2013 10:54 AM PDT Barry Knott, an assistant wrestling coach at Arlington High, greets fans and coaches at the school's annual Coaches vs. Cancer basketball game earlier this year. Knott died May 31 of complications related pancreatic cancer. Continue reading | | | Hartson undergoes emergency surgery Wed, 07 Aug, 2013 10:51 AM PDT • Striker underwent brain operation this morning • Hospital confirms cancer has spread to Hartson's lungs The former Celtic, West Ham and Wales forward John Hartson has undergone emergency neurosurgery to relieve pressure on his brain at Morriston Hospital in Swansea. The 34-year-old, who retired from ... Continue reading | | | |