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North West Evening Mail North-West Evening Mail Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:02 AM PDT A LEGAL firm which has represented former shipyard workers from Furness has welcomed new research which reconfirmed all commercial asbestos fibres cause lung cancer and mesothelioma. Obituary update Daily Journal Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:55 AM PDT Drew Steven Carpenter, 22, born November 7, 1986, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009, after enduring a trying battle with cancer. Painful Bone Lengthening Procedure Can Make You Taller Gothamist Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:49 AM PDT A 5'1" Long Island man is in the midst of a four month long medical procedure which, come May, will leave him four inches tallerâ€"and his insurance company is paying for it! 20-year-old cancer survivor Lenny Roth is getting the limb-lengthening procedure performed on his legs by orthopedist Dr. Robert Rozbruch, who made cuts midway in each of his thigh bones in February and anchored two rods to ... Gene Testing for Melanoma Risk Reduces Anxiety and Depression Newswise Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:47 AM PDT People with a family history of the skin cancer melanoma show reductions in anxiety and depression after getting tested for a high-risk gene mutation, reports a study in the May issue of Genetics in Medicine. Hospital President, CEO Greene Dies at 59 San Fernando Valley Business Journal Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:47 AM PDT Valley Presbyterian Hospital President and CEO Albert Greene, who helped make the hospital one of the fastest growing in the area, died April 16 from pancreatic cancer. He was 59. Imaging can predict brain tumor mortality UPI Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:44 AM PDT ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 20 (UPI) -- U.S. cancer scientists say they have created an imaging technique that predicts brain tumor mortality by analyzing changes in a tumor's blood flow. Health Buzz: Urine Test Shows Smokers' Cancer Risk and Other Health News US News & World Report Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:40 AM PDT In milk, debatable benefits for women; why some workers laid off from small companies can't get COBRA. Shar's Spa holding "Cookout for Cancer" fundraiser this weekend The Amherstburg Echo Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:38 AM PDT AMHERSTBURG - With respect to Cancer Awareness Month, Shar's Spa is holding its second annual fundraising barbecue "Cookout for Cancer".[...] Didi de Courville Glick, Marina resident and owner of artist recruitment agency, dies at 58 The Argonaut Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:35 AM PDT Longtime Marina del Rey resident Didi de Courville Glick passed away peacefully at her home March 24th after a long battle with cancer. She was 58. New research from U of M pinpoints lung cancer risks Pioneer Press Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:24 AM PDT A nicotine compound called NNAL appears to be a bellwether for smokers of their risks of lung cancer, according to new University of Minnesota research results.

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