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French agency issues cancer-nutrition advice Food Navigator Europe Mon, 30 May 2011 21:59 PM PDT ANSES, the French Food Safety Agency, says no food supplement or singular dietary intervention can prevent the onset of a range of cancers, while concluding overall diet and lifestyle habits do matter. Korean study finds positive attitude toward end-of-life care for cancer patients News-Medical-Net Mon, 30 May 2011 21:59 PM PDT Attitudes toward end-of-life care for cancer patients vary, but most patients, family members, oncologists and members of the public are receptive to withdrawing futile life-sustaining treatments in people who are dying, found a Korean study in CMAJ. Drug shortages threaten patient lives Kennebec Journal Mon, 30 May 2011 21:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses -- from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest -- has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment. UC San Francisco's Western bash fights breast cancer The San Francisco Examiner Mon, 30 May 2011 21:34 PM PDT ‘Give Breast Cancer the Boot’: The Wild West was the theme of a May 24 concert benefit for UC San Francisco’s Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center and breast cancer programs. Held at the Great American Music Hall, the event, co-chaired by Jessica Galloway and Hilary Newsom, included music by Poor Man’s Whiskey and special guest Dr. Laura Esserman. A costumed crusade for SF Symphony Symphonix ... Drug can reverse overgrown hearts to help prevent heart failure, UT Southwestern researchers find EurekAlert! Mon, 30 May 2011 21:30 PM PDT ( UT Southwestern Medical Center ) A promising cancer treatment drug can restore function of a heart en route to failure from high blood pressure, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Relay record Sherwood Park News Mon, 30 May 2011 21:25 PM PDT Relay for Life, a Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser, was held at Broadmoor Lake Park last weekend. It has so far raised $152,000 â€" the most ever for the local event.[...] Vietnam veteran's name added to Rockford memorial Rockford Register Star Mon, 30 May 2011 21:19 PM PDT ROCKFORD â€" Ronnie Hecker’s doctors gave him some very bad news on a day filled with bad news. Hecker was diagnosed with lung cancer related to the Agent Orange exposure he experience while serving in the Vietnam War. He received the news Sept. 11, 2001. Lawsuit blames violence on stop-smoking medicine Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mon, 30 May 2011 21:15 PM PDT Sean M. Wain reportedly had a respectful relationship with his wife, Natalie, although a newspaper account noted "hints of unrest" in the marriage. It also claimed the 34-year-old construction contractor had cancer. Still, those factors don't explain the unexpected murder-suicide on May 17, 2009 in the front lawn of their Economy home in Beaver County. Medicine shortage worsens The Post and Courier Mon, 30 May 2011 21:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses -- from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest -- has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment. "It's just a matter of time now before we call for a drug ... Lowcountry Rep. Umphlett dies from cancer Florence Morning News Mon, 30 May 2011 21:07 PM PDT MONCKS CORNER - South Carolina Rep. David Umphletthas died. Russell Funeral Chapel said the Moncks Corner Republican diedSunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 69.Umphlett was first elected to the Statehouse in 2002 and retiredas vice president for government and consumer affairs at BerkeleyElectric Co-op two years later.

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