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Acupuncture Stops Hot Flashes After Cancer WJXT Jacksonville Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00 AM PST A study from the Henry Ford Hospital says that acupuncture works as well as drugs at reducing hot flashes in breast cancer patients and also may increase a woman's sex drive. Steeleye Span star dead at 61 Jam! Showbiz Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:59 AM PST MADRID (AP) -- Tim Hart, a founding member of the British folk-rock group Steeleye Span, has died of lung cancer, his daughter said Wednesday. Statins do not curb colon cancer risk Press TV Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:57 AM PST While taking cholesterol-lowering statins can protect individuals against various health conditions, they are ineffective in lowering the risk of developing colorectal cancer. New York Review caricaturist dies Toronto Sun Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:48 AM PST NEW YORK â€" David Levine, an artist whose witty caricatures illustrated The New York Review of Books for more than 40 years, has died. He was 83. Levine died Tuesday at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan of prostate cancer and complications from other ailments. Runner honors friend, raises money for cancer society The Sentinel Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:42 AM PST Wracked with stage four cancer, Les Cline’s goals are mostly short term in nature. Doctors tell him he’s living on borrowed time. Aggressive Brain Cancer Driven By Two Collaborating Genes, Study Medical News Today Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:38 AM PST US researchers have discovered two genes that appear to work together as master switches to turn on hundreds of other genes that drive the most aggressive forms of brain cancer: they hope their findings will help develop completely new approaches to treat these incurable tumors... Firefighter denied ‘Line-of-Duty’ burial Queens Courier Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:33 AM PST “He was one of my best friends,” said a somber Keith Palumbo of fellow firefighter James Ryan, who lost his three-year battle against cancer on Christmas day, but, say his colleagues, was denied the proper Line-of-Duty burial that he â€" and thousands of other first responders â€" rightfully deserve. Tioga County 2010 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Clinics FOX 40 Binghamton Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:30 AM PST Children and adolescents with certain medical conditions are at higher risk of having complications from flu viruses. These medical conditions include Asthma, Neurological and Neurodevelopment disorders, Lung disease, Blood disorders, Diabetes, Kidney disease, Liver disease and Immune compromised systems such as Cancer or HIV. All children under the age of 2 are also at a higher risk for flu ... December 30, 2009 Idaho State Journal Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:25 AM PST Tim Hart, a founding member of the British folk-rock group Steeleye Span, has died of lung cancer, his daughter said Wednesday. Hart, 61, died Dec. 24 in La Gomera in Spain's Canary Islands, where the Briton had lived since retiring from the music scene, Sally Hart told The Associated Press. Bark For Life update news The Community Connection Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:14 AM PST Many thanks to those who came out to get their furry best friend’s pictures taken with Santa at the American Cancer Society Bark For Life Santa Paws 2009! Absolutely awesome pictures were taken by photographer, Michael Basile, with the help of Stacy Sulima!

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