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Heart Transplants May Up Skin Cancer Risk OfficialWire Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:41 AM PST Many heart transplant patients develop multiple skin cancers, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., found. Dr. Jerry D. Brewer and colleagues reviewed the records of 312 patients -- average age 47.4 -- who had received heart transplants from 1988-2006. Troy tops Notre Dame to get into Championship game The Daily & Sunday Review Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:30 AM PST Chris Stroup scored 31 points to power Troy into the Josh Palmer Fund Coaches vs. Cancer Basketball Tournament Saturday. The Trojans topped Notre Dame 75-61 in boys' basketball action. Both teams were tied at 19 after the first quarter. In the second, T Irish finance minister diagnosed with cancer AsiaOne Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:17 AM PST DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan , 50, has been diagnosed with cancer, Irish media reported on Saturday. Citing a number of sources, the Irish edition of the London-based Sunday Times newspaper said Lenihan received the diagnosis after tests this month, adding that Prime Minister Brian Cowen had asked him to remain in office while receiving treatment. Maupin remembered as teacher who touched thousands with music Grand Island Independent Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:12 AM PST Long-time strings and orchestra teacher Larry Maupin, who died Tuesday morning following a long illness with pancreatic cancer, was remembered by colleagues as someone who literally has touched thousands of lives. Cancer one of the ten causes of death: Barnala New Kerala Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:11 AM PST Chennai, Dec 27 : Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala today said cancer was one of the ten leading causes of death in India. Brain cancer can't weaken father's spirit Contra Costa Times Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:07 AM PST Brain cancer doesn't daunt father of the bride Stomach cancer cases rise rapidly in China AsiaOne Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST One person dies from stomach cancer every two to three minutes in China as the country witnesses the prevalence of the disease rising sharply, experts warned. CMS sets breast cancer session The Springfield News-Leader Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:54 AM PST Citizens Memorial Healthcare in Bolivar will hold a breast cancer support group meeting for survivors and family members on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Fred A. Whiting, Balto. County schools worker Baltimore Sun Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:49 AM PST Fred A. Whiting, a former Baltimore County public schools maintenance worker and sports fan, died Dec. 20 of cancer at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center. He was 72. Sex advice Detroit Free Press Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:45 AM PST Dear Isadora: I need to correct something in a recent column. You stated that cancer is not sexually transmitted and that there is no issue having unprotected sex with a man who'd had penile cancer. Actually cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal and penile cancers are all linked to human papillomavirus, which is indeed sexually transmitted. Condoms may not protect against it.

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