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Murphy raises money for good cause Wallaceburg Courier Press Tue, 31 May 2011 14:02 PM PDT Brooke Murphy, 12, had 14 inches of hair cut off by Ashley Oughtred of Intrigue Hair Lounge on Saturday. This was the first major haircut she has received in her life. Murphy is donating the hair to the charity Angel Hair for Kids, an organization that makes wigs for young cancer patients.[...] Report: Gary Carter's tumors inoperable WKYC Cleveland Tue, 31 May 2011 14:01 PM PDT Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, who won a World Series with the New York Mets, reportedly has Stage 4 brain cancer and his tumors are inoperable. Lead, Carbon Black, Cell Phones: Things that Increase Cancer Risk? EHS Today Tue, 31 May 2011 14:00 PM PDT The World Health Organization (WHO)/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, such as those created by cell phones, as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless phone use. Relay for Life planned in Shawnee County The Topeka Capital-Journal Tue, 31 May 2011 14:00 PM PDT The Capital-Journal The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Shawnee County will celebrate its 20th year as walkers and runners take to the Hayden High School track at 7 p.m. Friday for an overnight relay against cancer. Relay for Life is a family-oriented team event where participants can walk relay-style around the track and take part in activities off the track. Teams can include co ... MannKind to Present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Healthcare Conference Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 31 May 2011 14:00 PM PDT MannKind Corporation , focused on discovering, developing and commercializing treatments for diabetes and cancer, announced today that it will present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 4:00 PM in New York. Fatty Liver Disease [Lab Reports] Journal of the American Medical Association Tue, 31 May 2011 13:59 PM PDT Deficient levels of a protein called transducin βâ€"like 1 (TBL1) may play a role in fatty liver disease, reports a team led by investigators at the University Hospital Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, in Germany (Kulozik P et al. State Smoke-Free Laws for Worksites, Restaurants, and Bars--United States, 2000-2010 [From the Centers for Disease ... Journal of the American Medical Association Tue, 31 May 2011 13:59 PM PDT Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure causes lung cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in nonsmoking adults and children, resulting in an estimated 46,000 heart disease deaths and 3,400 lung cancer deaths among U.S. nonsmoking adults each year. Breast Cancer Survivors Support Hartford's Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure FOX CT Hartford Tue, 31 May 2011 13:57 PM PDT Imagine being diagnosed with breast cancer twice by age 27; or undergoing your last day of chemotherapy and getting a call that your mother, too, has breast cancer; or having a premonition that you'll get it, and learning that foreboding fear has come true. BRCA Genes and Breast Cancer [JAMA Patient Page] Journal of the American Medical Association Tue, 31 May 2011 13:57 PM PDT Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text. Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) to Honor Firefighters at Tri-State 5K Walk/Run to Raise Funds for Cancer ... Business Wire Tue, 31 May 2011 13:54 PM PDT NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) will honor Randy Wiebicke, a former firefighter who recently lost his battle with multiple myeloma at the 8th Annual MMRF Race for Research: Tri-State 5K Walk/Run, which is scheduled to be held Sunday, June 12, 2011, at New Canaan High School in New Canaan, CT. Multiple myeloma is an incurable blood cancer, which ...

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