Debate grows over colorectal cancer screenings
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:59 AM PDT
A colonoscopy, a dreaded medical procedure for people 50 and older, is the best, one-shot way to screen and detect colon cancer for now, most health professionals agree. But an increasing number of experts are beginning... |
Gazette.Net: New Micromet owner shakes up management
Gazette.net Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:45 AM PDT
Amgen’s $1.16 billion acquisition of Micromet was consummated this week, and with the deal came major changes in top management at the Rockville biotech that’s developing cancer treatments. |
Harriet’s Closet is open Monday
The Union-Recorder Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:13 AM PDT
Harriet’s Closet, a free supply closet to help fill the needs of cancer patients, is open from noon to 4 p.m. Monday. |
St. Baldrick's charity seeks Fairfield 'shavees'
The Fairfield Citizen Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:57 AM PDT
Teddy Gerber lost a nine-month battle against a rare form of cancer in 2010. In his memory, Team Teddy raises money for pediatric-canvcr research with an annual St. Baldrick's shearing at Osborn Hill School. This year's is Friday evening, March 23. |
Community rallies around coach as he wrestles cancer
The Armada Times Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:36 AM PDT
How do you react when your life changes in one night? That is a question that Bill Witgen had to deal with in January and he has been coping with it ever since. |
Beloved Edsel Ford teacher dies
Dearborn Press & Guide Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:32 AM PDT
DEARBORN â€" An online fundraising page was started Sunday for popular Edsel Ford teacher Michael Grenfell, who reportedly succumed to cancer on Saturday. |
Bee Gee ‘cancer payback’
New York Post Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:04 AM PDT
Bee Gee Robin Gibb believes that his cancer ordeal could be a form of payback for the global success of his smash-hit group. “I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had... |
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