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Man with terminal illness gets dying wish WJXT Jacksonville Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:49 PM PST A man with terminal cancer got to spend some of his final moments doing what he lovedâ€"windsurfing. From far away, 47-year-old Vince Holton looked like an athleteâ€"healthy and strong, gliding across the water at Huguenot Park. But up close, he looked sick and frail, battling non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Boston lawsuit claims DES-breast cancer link PhysOrg Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:44 PM PST (AP) -- Arline MacCormack first heard about DES from her mother when she was 17. Three decades later, MacCormack believes that the drug her mother took to prevent miscarriages caused her to develop breast cancer at age 44. Doctor removes cancer by freezing 14 WFIE Evansville Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:31 PM PST A new procedure uses extreme cold to battle bone cancer. Mammograms go 3D 14 WFIE Evansville Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:31 PM PST Doctors are now able to spot breast cancer in women earlier, thanks to 3D mammograms. Longtime DeLaSalle High School President Dies KAAL Austin Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:29 PM PST Longtime President of DeLaSalle High School, Brother Michael Collins, passed away Sunday after a brief battle with cancer. Brother Michael is a 1955 alum of DeLaSalle and a prominent national figure in Catholic, secondary education for more than a half century. Tony Blankley, conservative commentator and former Gingrich press secretary, dies at 63 Washington Post Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:28 PM PST WASHINGTON â€" Tony Blankley, a conservative author and commentator who served as press secretary to Newt Gingrich during the 1990s, when Republicans took control of Congress, has died. He was 63. Blankley, who had been suffering from stomach cancer, died Saturday night at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, his wife, Lynda Davis, said Sunday. Read full article >> Beloved former LeTourneau professor dies KLTV 7 Tyler Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:27 PM PST The man who inspired countless engineering students over a 45 year career as a professor, and inspired east Texans when he continued to teach classes from his hospital bed, has lost his battle with cancer. Mass prostate cancer screening doesn't reduce deaths, study suggests Science Daily Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:27 PM PST There's new evidence that annual prostate cancer screening does not reduce deaths from the disease, even among men in their 50s and 60s and those with underlying health conditions, according to new research. Political operative and pundit Tony Blankley dies The San Francisco Examiner Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:12 PM PST The Associated Press The Associated Press WASHINGTON Tony Blankley, a conservative author and commentator who served as press secretary to Newt Gingrich during the Republican takeover of Congress in the 1990s, has died. He was 63. Blankley's wife, Lynda Davis, says he died Saturday night at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington. He had been suffering from stomach cancer. Blankley was an ... Chavez resumes program after cancer treatment Boston Globe Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:12 PM PST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez resumed his Sunday television and radio program after a hiatus of seven months due to his cancer treatment.

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