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Jefferson County Coroner Loses Battle With Cancer WTOV 9 Steubenville Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:00 PM PST Jefferson County Coroner Dr. Jim Mills died early Monday after a battle with cancer. Mills took office in 2009, but spend eight years as a deputy coroner. He spent several years as a doctor in local emergency rooms. Saltville official dies Smyth County News & Messenger Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:59 PM PST Assistant Saltville Town Manager Edward T. “Eddie” Asbury Jr. died Monday after a short battle with cancer. Asbury came to the administrative post in September, 2008, said Steve Johnson, who was then town manager before moving to the clerk-treasurer position last year. Scripps Health, SDSU Partner To Fight Cancer KGTV San Diego Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:55 PM PST Scripps Health is partnering with San Diego State University's basketball coaches for the rest of the current season to raise awareness about cancer through a multimedia campaign, it was announced tuesday Cancer awareness can save lives Curry Coastal Pilot Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:51 PM PST Breast health resources available February Fundraiser Launches Cohen Esophageal Cancer Initiative (CECI) PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:42 PM PST Cohen Esophageal Cancer Initiative, a non profit organization, will host its first charity fundraiser at Jonathan in New York City on Thursday, February 25. Â The event will launch a much needed organization whose sole purpose is to heighten the awareness of a relatively unknown and deadly disease and to administer compassionate patient counseling. Heart Healthy Tips PhysOrg Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:41 PM PST (PhysOrg.com) -- Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death and disability in the United States. Each year, heart disease kills more Americans than cancer. Help a local family in need KVII 7 Amarillo Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:41 PM PST Tonight you could help a local family who just found out their 6 week old daughter has cancer. Portrait Photographer's Work Featured on ABC's Hit Show, 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:33 PM PST Inspirational and tender images photographed by renowned portrait artist Tamara Lackey for the January 31, 2010 airing of ABC's Emmy award-winning show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" captured the depth of love, spirit, and hope evidenced by a Lexington, North Carolina's family in the midst of their financial struggles, decaying home, and the mother's stage 4 cancer. SDSU Coaches Raise Cancer Awareness San Diego 6 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:30 PM PST Men's and women's basketball coaches help fight prostate and breast cancer. A Statement From Johns Hopkins Medicine About Hela Cells And Their Use Medical News Today Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:30 PM PST In a new book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Crown Books), Rebecca Skloot tells of the origin of the first "immortal" human cell culture line. So-called HeLa cells -taken from a cervical cancer patient, Mrs. Henrietta Lacks, at Johns Hopkins 60 years ago -- were grown in a laboratory at Johns Hopkins and distributed widely and freely for scientific research purposes thereafter. The novel ...

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