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Teams sign up to tackle cancers | Sport Queensland Times Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:00 PM PDT QUEENSLAND sporting clubs and teams can sign up now to tackle men's cancers this season, for Cancer Council Queensland's Call To Arms campaign. Regional fundraising manager for Cancer Council Queensland, Vicki James, said Call To Arms would raise funds and awareness to fight men's cancers. Entertainment Calendar, June 2, 2009 The Muskegon Chronicle Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:54 PM PDT We Are Here For You-Childhood Cancer Awareness Campaign Kick-off Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Louis A. McMurray Conference Center, 2624 Sixth. Guest speaker, Colleen Thompson, program coordinator of the Oncology Resource Team at the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, and other supporters. Prizes offered for blogs, tweets about cervical cancer prevention Deseret News Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:48 PM PDT State health officials are encouraging young adults to communicate with friends and family about the human papillomavirus... Breast cancer affects patient, but also entire family KING5 Seattle Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:46 PM PDT Breast cancer not only affects the patient, but the entire family. One Bellevue couple's lives were changed in ways they never expected. Go East, young man: Film workers flee Calif. as other states tempt Hollywood with tax breaks WHO-TV 13 Des Moines Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:46 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" A 25-year veteran of the film industry, William Gilpin lived in Los Angeles his entire life until he moved to New Mexico at the end of 2007. The construction coordinator works on cable network AMC's hit series "Breaking Bad," about a chemistry teacher who turns to a life of drug-dealing after being diagnosed with cancer. Diverseness of Lorenzo Walker students shown at graduation Naples Daily News Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:40 PM PDT When Audrey Johnson’s mother was dying of breast cancer, she watched the nurses take care of her. She decided it was something she wanted to do. Tuesday evening, Johnson graduated from the practical nursing program at the Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology. “It’s wonderful. ...It’s the best decision I have ever made,” she said. The graduates represented the diverseness of the Lorenzo Walker ... SPJ Executive Director Terry Harper dies FOX 19 Cincinnati Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:39 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Terry Harper, executive director of the Society of Professional Journalists, has died. The Indianapolis-based SPJ says on its Web site that Harper died Tuesday following a 2-year battle with brain cancer. Close shaves at OPG Timmins Daily Press Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:36 PM PDT Marcel Pelchat and Sean Harris of Ontario Power Generation each had a full head of hair before Paul Cousineau entered the room with a razor. The pair volunteered to have their heads shaved for the Cops for Cancer fundraiser yesterday, to go with the $1,500 donation raised by OPG employees.[...] Radiation treatment staffing fears at hospital Irish Examiner Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:26 PM PDT CANCER patients at a Dublin hospital could face long delays for radiation treatment because almost a third of the treatment staff may not have their contracts renewed when they end in June. 'Hope Lodge' Offers A Helping Hand To Cancer Patients In Need KPLR 11 St. Louis Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:26 PM PDT The diagnosis of cancer is devastating enough but add to that the financial stress. The American Cancer Society is easing some of the burden by providing a home away from home for patients who have to travel to St. Louis for treatment.

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