Bonney Lake mayor fights cancer, runs city from hospital bed
KING5 Seattle Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:53 PM PDT
At the University of Washington Medical Center, Neil Johnson is entering the unknown. Johnson, 46, the mayor of Bonney Lake, was diagnosed in February. He is now recovering from a stem cell transplant -- but you'd never know it. |
Cancer, diabetes, hypertension largest cause of death
The Times of India Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:50 PM PDT
Lifestyle-related diseases are now killing more Indians than the infectious ones. India's disease pattern has undergone a major shift over the past decade, says the World Health Organisation. |
Health Resources
Everett Herald Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:45 PM PDT
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership: 1717 13th St., Everett. Call 425-297-5500 or see www.cancerpartnership.org for more information: Click on "Support Services," then, on the right side of the page, click on "Classes" or "Support Groups." |
Relay for Life seeks teams in Marin
Ross Valley Reporter Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:44 PM PDT
The American Cancer Society fundraiser Relay for Life of San Rafael is looking for teams in southern Marin for its event on Aug. 27-28, beginning at 10 a.m., on the sports field of College of Marin. |
Norma Rubel Pettersen
Gridley Herald Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:32 PM PDT
Gridley, Calif. â€" Norma Rubel Pettersen, 55, of Clovis, California, passed away August 17, 2011, in Aptos, California, after a battle with cancer. |
Huggins at cancer fundraiser in Hamlin, W.Va.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:32 PM PDT
HAMLIN, W.Va. â€" A meet and greet fundraiser with West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins is scheduled Saturday at Lincoln County Opportunity Company, 360 Main St., Hamlin. |
Countdown to Fox Run
Cornwall Standard Freeholder Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:22 PM PDT
CORNWALL â€" To date, more than $275,000 has been raised in Cornwall towards cancer research through the annual Terry Fox Run. This year, the run is in its 31st year. "I've been blown away, every year," says Josée Sauvé, Cornwall's Terry Fox Run organizer.[...] |
Daffodil Day a chance to bloom
Griffith Area News Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:20 PM PDT
SOME will see a daffodil and hardly give it a second thought, but when Meryl Parker spots the yellow bloom she sees a brighter future. The 72-year-old, who has been touched with breast cancer twice, credits Daffodil Day, which falls on Friday, for her current good health. |
Prostate Cancer Drug Alpharadin Approved For Bone Metastasis
ThirdAge Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:16 PM PDT
A new drug for metastatic prostate cancer has been granted Fast Track designation by the Food and Drug Administration to treat prostate cancer, Bayer Health Care announced Tuesday. Alpharadin (radium-223 chloride) will treat castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) that has spread to the bone (bone metastasis). The drug mimics many behaviors of the bone, containing an alpha-particle emitting ... |
Man With Breast Cancer Will Get Treatment After All
ThirdAge Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:15 PM PDT
A man with breast cancer who was denied Medicaid coverage to treat his condition because of his gender will receive treatment after all, South Carolina Health and Human Services Director Tony Keck announced Monday. Raymond Johnson, 26, a South Carolina tile layer making $9 an hour, discovered he had Stage II breast cancer after visiting an emergency room. He cannot afford private insurance.... |
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