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Attend 'Ragapalooza' for a good cause Farmington Press Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:59 AM PST It was mid-October when Farmington High School teacher Randy Ragsdale learned he cancer. Since then students past and present, along with friends and family, have joined together to give him a tremendous amount of support. Neobladder Procedure Helps Patients with Bladder Cancer WDEF Chattanooga Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:49 AM PST Imagine being diagnosed with bladder cancer as a young woman, and also being told that after surgery you might end up having to use an outside bag to collect urine. It would change your life and make some activities difficult. Doctors at Mayo Clinic are constructing new bladders so people can live normal lives. read more Local Amputee Inspires Others By Finishing Triathlon Local 12 Cincinnati Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48 AM PST Donna Crawford battles stigma, cancer to rise to challenge 36 per cent of health workers 'think coffee causes cancer' Morning Star Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:45 AM PST Health workers are not clued up about the causes of cancer and in some cases know less than the public, a charity has claimed. Statins don't curb colorectal cancer risk Reuters Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:41 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking a cholesterol-lowering statin will lower your cholesterol but it won't cut your risk of developing colorectal cancer, according to study of more than 400,000 Canadians. Acupuncture reduces hot flashes, improves sex drive for breast cancer patients Science Daily Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:41 AM PST Not only is acupuncture as effective as drug therapy at reducing hot flashes in breast cancer patients, it has the added benefit of potentially increasing a woman's sex drive and improving her sense of well-being, according to a new study. New research could advance research field critical to personalized medicine Science Daily Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:40 AM PST It's the ultimate goal in the treatment of cancer: tailoring a person's therapy based on his or her genetic makeup. While a lofty goal, scientists are steadily moving forward, rapidly exploiting new technologies. Researchers report a significant advance in this field of research using a new chip that looks for hundreds of mutations in dozen of genes. We Love Science! Cancer Edition East Bay Express Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:35 AM PST Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory researcher Mina Bissell got the royal treatment from New York Times science writer (and sister of Judy Bari) Gina Kolata yesterday morning. Bissell is among a handful of cancer researchers who have spent decades quietly developing a provocative thesis: cancer isn't just a matter of genes going kablooie, but somehow arises from the interaction between the cancerous ... Update: Ring in the New Year at the Medical Development Group’s January 2010 Forum, Women’s Health: New Markets ... Providence Business News Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:35 AM PST Will your happy & healthy New Year’s wish ring true for the women you love? Your wife, mother, daughter, granddaughter or fiancée may be one of the 186,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer this coming year†. Family Doctor: Melanoma is a serious form of skin cancer The Canton Repository Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:27 AM PST By Peter Gott, M.D. Q: A 38-year-old female relative was recently diagnosed with an internal melanoma. She had a persistent cough, which led to a chest X-ray and then an upper-body scan. Something showed on the lungs, and then a mass was found on the liver.

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