Monday, January 23, 2012

Health News: [cancer]


Paterno funeral scheduled for Wednesday
The San Francisco Examiner Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:59 AM PST
The Associated Press The Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno will be buried Wednesday, and his family has scheduled three days of public memorial events this week. Paterno died Sunday at age 85, less than three months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. In a schedule released by a family spokesman, the first public viewing will be held Tuesday, a 10-hour ...

Korean research, a first step toward Dr. Smartphone?
Reuters Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:58 AM PST
SEOUL (Reuters) - Tired of long waits at the hospital for medical tests? If Korean researchers have their way, your smartphone could one day eliminate that -- and perhaps even tell you that you have cancer.

Sunscreen Not Used in Young Teens, Study Says
ThirdAge Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:58 AM PST
Most young teenagers and pre-adolescents don’t use sunscreen regularly, a new study from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has found. According to ABC News, previous experience with sunburns wasn’t enough to persuade 10- to 13-year olds to protect themselves from the risk of developing melanoma later in life....

Many Keep Smoking After Cancer Diagnosis
KHQ Spokane Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:54 AM PST
KHQ.COM - It took asthma, COPD, emphysema and finally, lung cancer to get Toni Manes, a retired cosmetologist, to try to quit smoking.

T.O. admits to GQ: 'I'm in hell'
MSN Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:52 AM PST
SPORTS BLOGGERS! Terrell Owens was despised by almost every fan of every team on which he did not play and by many on the teams on which he did. He was seen as selfish, self-centered, a Prima Donna. In San Francisco and Dallas, he was ultimately perceived as a team cancer.

Hope for ovarian cancer diagnosis
Sky News Australia Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST
Australian scientists are one step closer to improving the diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

Jeff Pearlman: News of Gary Carter's brian cancer hits especially hard
Sports Illustrated Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:50 AM PST
Imagine a lineup of the 36 men who played for the 1986 New York Mets.

Longtime Penn State coach Joe Paterno dies at 85
Newton Daily News Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:48 AM PST
(MCT) â€" Former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, his body ravaged by chemotherapy and radiation treatments for lung cancer, died early Sunday morning at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pa.

Ground-Breaking Research to Be Presented at Head and Neck Cancer Meeting
Newswise Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST
The Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM, will host two news briefings on top head and neck cancer research from its meeting January 26-28, 2012, in Phoenix.

Webster cosmetology students plan fundraiser for young mother battling cancer
Brighton-Pittsford Post Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST
Webster, N.Y. â€" Webster high school seniors Elise Bennett and Rachel Witzel invite the community to support their senior project: To help raise funds for Sarah Molnar, a 30-year-old mother of three who is battling small cell cervical cancer, a rare and aggressive cancer.




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