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Stay healthy with a check up, ladies The Randolph Reporter Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:50 PM PST RANDOLPH TWP. - Female cancer screenings will be held from 5 â€" 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at St. Clare’s Dover Community Health Center, 400 W. Blackwell St. with Dr. Patricia Renz and the township’s Health Department Team. All Randolph Township adult female residents are invited to attend. Terminally-ill reality TV star Jade Goody marries CNN Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:49 PM PST British reality TV star Jade Goody married Sunday after being told by doctors last week that her cancer is terminal, U.K. media have reported. Obituaries received today The Oshkosh Northwestern Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:49 PM PST James Joseph Buck, 61, passed away Friday, February 20, 2009 in Oshkosh, Wi following a 3 1/2 year battle with cancer. Jim was born June 16, 1947 in Marysville, Kansas to Harold and Margaret (Hogan) Buck. He was raised in Hanover, Kansas and attended St. Johns Catholic Elementary School and Hanover High School where he graduated in 1965. A memorial service will be held March 4, 2009 in Oshkosh, ... Delphi salaried retirees fight benefit cuts AP via Yahoo! Finance Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:47 PM PST Nancy Shade's father and grandparents had enjoyed the security of General Motors' benefits before they helped draw her to a job there, too. Now, the five-year breast cancer survivor is wondering how she'll afford her own health coverage if GM's spun-off parts maker, Delphi, terminates medical and life insurance benefits for salaried retirees. Fighting back against cancer Pembroke Daily Observer Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:46 PM PST The Renfrew County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society has begun rallying its troops to battle against cancer this June. Saturday night at the Pembroke [...] Cancer Research UK launches first super cancer centre in Birmingham News-Medical-Net Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:42 PM PST Birmingham will become the first link in a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres to be launched round the country. ‘Bachelor Auction’ to benefit children’s cancer programs The Bernardsville News Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:33 PM PST BERNARDS TWP. â€" Wanted: A few bachelors who are willing to donate an evening of their time for a good cause. Cancer death rates fall among African Americans - survival rates still low News-Medical-Net Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:27 PM PST While death rates from cancer continue to drop among African Americans, the group continues to be diagnosed at more advanced stages and have lower survival rates at each stage of diagnosis compared to whites for most cancer sites. Some of your body's cells have a 'license to kill' PhysOrg Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:22 PM PST Millions of "natural killer cells" -- nature's first line of defense against cancer, viruses and other infectious microbes --- are on constant patrol inside your body. What's Feeding Cancer Cells? Science Daily Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:12 PM PST Cancer cells need a lot of nutrients to multiply and survive. While much is understood about how cancer cells use blood sugar to make energy, not much is known about how they get other nutrients. Now, researchers have discovered how the Myc cancer-promoting gene uses microRNAs to control the use of glutamine, a major energy source.

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