Oklahoma cancer survivors to receive scholarships
The Oklahoman Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:00 PM PDT
Thirteen Oklahomans who survived childhood cancers have been chosen to receive scholarships from the American Cancer Society High Plains Division. They are among more than 200 regional cancer survivors â€" all under age 25 â€" who will receive $1,000 scholarships for the upcoming school year. For these students, life has not been easy. Few scholarships have been harder earned.Gage Coltrain, 18, ... |
Japan's tobacco habit runs into court challenge
MyMotherLode.com Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:56 PM PDT
One plaintiff is a cancer patient. Another is represented by his widow. The third, has emphysema and rolls into the courtroom on a wheelchair with tubes trailing out of his nose. |
Agency says tanning beds cause cancer
Stillwater NewsPress Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:35 PM PDT
It’s long been a no-no to bask in the sun to achieve that bronze look because studies show ultraviolet radiation from the sun causes cancer. |
Campaign lauds advantages of breastfeeding babies
Herald-Banner Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:33 PM PDT
It’s National Breastfeeding Awareness Month and nothing makes your children healthier and smarter, boosts babies’ immune systems, guards them against childhood obesity and diabetes, reduces women’s chances of breast and ovarian cancer, burns as much as 500 calories a day, is available day and night and may even protect infants from leukemia and asthma like breastfeeding. |
Mourners continue to troop to Aquino wake
ABS-CBNNEWS.com Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:31 PM PDT
MANILA â€" Mourners continued to flock La Salle Green Hills Sunday to pay their last respects to former president Corazon Aquino who passed away Saturday after more than a year of fighting colon cancer. |
Khaleej Times Online - Filipinos Mourn For ‘Mother Of The Nation’
Khaleej Times Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:31 PM PDT
ABU DHABI/DUBAI - Thousands of Filipino expatriates in UAE expressed grief over the death of former president Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, the woman who many considered ‘Mother of the Nation’ and a symbol of peaceful change in the Philippine political system. Aquino, better known as Cory, died of colon cancer on Saturday at age 76. |
Sylvia Hatchell blueberry patch
Asheville Citizen-Times Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:22 PM PDT
Anna Mae Black, 6, picks blueberries at Sylvia Hatchell's blueberry patch Friday morning in Fairview. Sylvia Hatchell, the UNC women's basketball coach, allows people to pick the berries on the honor system to raise money for the Lineberger Cancer Center. |
Niles woman fights cancer with her feet
Tribune Chronicle Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:22 PM PDT
WARREN - Katie Kish committed to the fundraising. She committed to the training. And she dedicated this weekend to the cause. For three days now, Kish, 29, woke near dawn, tied her tennis shoes and started walking - 20 miles a day - and with each step, raising awareness of breast cance. |
Sen. Dodd has prostate cancer
The World Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:20 PM PDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) â€" Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd said Friday that he has been diagnosed with an early stage of prostate cancer and will have surgery in early August, but the prognosis is good and the illness will not affect his plans to seek a sixth term next year. |
Golfers support Kanzius Foundation
Erie Times-News Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:16 PM PDT
About 90 golfers competed in a tournament July 13 at Lake View Country Club, raising $13,700 for the John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. |
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