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A NOSH-aspirin a day may just help keep cancer away gizmag Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:01 PM PDT What began as an effort to make aspirin safer for regular use may have resulted in a powerful new weapon in the fight against cancer. Scientists from The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed a new aspirin compound that is safer than the classic medicine cabinet staple, but also exhibits greatly enhanced anticancer properties. .. Continue Reading A NOSH-aspirin a day may just help keep ... New study says diesel emissions can increase risk of cancer threefold San Bernardino Sun Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:55 PM PDT A landmark government health study released last week provides evidence that the diesel engine exhaust that pervades California highways could be causing cancer at a greater rate than previously known. Antioch/Lakes area teams organizing for July event Lake County News-Sun Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:54 PM PDT Deborah Basche of Lindenhurst wants to find a cure for cancer.That’s why she is part of Team E-Lemonade-Ors for the Cure in the 2012 Antioch/Lakes area’s Relay for Life.Basche, who lost her husband to cancer in 2009, teamed up with Kim Robinson of Lake Villa to support the American Cancer Society ’s fund-raising program.Basche said she did the Relay for Life event last year.“I want to do it ... EGF Women Battles Cancer for 2nd Time While Training for Marathon WDAZ 8 Grand Forks Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:50 PM PDT GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - For some of us, it's hard to even make it to the gym, but for 39-year-old Denae Grove, dedication is an understatement. The East Grand Forks runner is training for the Fargo marathon while battling breast cancer second time.  Talk about this topic Local students shave their heads in support of young cancer patient WQOW Eau Claire Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:34 PM PDT Some local students and teachers are raising awareness for cancer, and supporting a young patient along the way. Fake Avastin shows very little protects drug supply Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:32 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - As drug counterfeiters step up their sales of bogus medicines, global health regulators have few protections in place to prevent them from reaching patients, and new laws aimed at addressing the problem could be years away. Scrutiny of the supply chain has grown since fake versions of Roche's multibillion-dollar cancer drug Avastin turned up at U.S. oncology practices late ... Shaved heads are badge of honor among Vernon Hills cops Lake County News-Sun Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:26 PM PDT An outpouring of support for the Vernon Hills Police Department’s head-shaving fund-raiser on Saturday enabled the group to more than double its goal, prompting organizers to decide to repeat it next year.More than $12,000 was raised for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a childhood-cancer charity that funds the promising research, according to Patrolman Jim Koch, the drive’s prime mover.The ... Relationship advice for cancer sufferers Redditch Standard Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:24 PM PDT A NEW service has been created in Worcestershire to offer specialist relationship advice to people affected by cancer. Macmillan Cancer Support and Relate Worcestershire have joined forces to create the new counselling service which is free to access and is available to family and carers as well. City dad joins trial to beat pancreatic cancer Coventry Observer Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:18 PM PDT A CITY dad battling cancer is taking part in revolutionary trials to try to rid himself of the disease. Richard Griffiths has been on the trial, developed by Cancer Research, since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May 2011. Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Remembering Bill Rushton, Pittsburg servant The Joplin Globe Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:08 PM PDT We journalists are never supposed to be biased, but I could acknowledge to Bill Rushton in 2011, knowing that I wouldn’t be writing about him as an officeholder again, that I had long looked at him with admiration: He always, always spoke his mind. Even when it wasn’t popular. Bill, 62, died last Monday after a battle with cancer.

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