Panel sees link between cancer and 9/11, despite uncertainties
Gay City News Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:52 PM PST
Former Verizon worker Richard Dambakly toiled atop the pile at Ground Zero 12-to-16 hours a day for six months straight following the 9/11 attacks. The following year, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and underwent five months of intensive chemotherapy that sent his cancer into remission. |
Runners "Got the Rears in Gear" for cancer
WTOC 11 Savannah Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:50 PM PST
They pounded the pavement for Savannah's first "Get Your Rear in Gear" 5k run and walk to  benefit the Colon Cancer Coalition. |
Free colonoscopy vouchers given away at cancer run
KFDA-TV Amarillo Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:47 PM PST
Amarillo, TX - An expensive, but vital, procedure for catching colon cancer was given away for free to several people in Amarillo today.   The first-annual Mary Elizabeth Archer Colon Cancer Challenge |
March is ‘Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month’
Register-Star Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:41 PM PST
At the February meeting of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors, Patrick Grattan, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, proclaimed March 2012 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This proclamation supports the 12th annual nationwide effort to educate the public that colorectal cancer is preventable, treatable and beatable through regular screenings, a healthy lifestyle and expert clinical ... |
Expert: cancer pills not dangerous
WPRI Providence Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:35 PM PST
A pharmaceutical expert says any child who may have taken breast cancer treatment medication mistakenly distributed by a New Jersey pharmacy instead of prescribed fluoride pills likely won't suffer any health problems. |
Expert: Kids likely not harmed in CVS pill mix-up
The Sandusky Register Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:28 PM PST
TRENTON, N.J. â€" Children who may have taken breast cancer treatment medication mistakenly distributed by a New Jersey pharmacy instead of prescribed fluoride pills likely won't suffer any health problems, a pharmaceutical expert said Saturday. read more By date (default) |
Mikel Daron, 60
The Holland Sentinel Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:23 PM PST
Mikel J. Daron, 60, of Dowagiac, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital in Dowagiac after a courageous sixteen month battle with Stage IV cancer. |
NJ CVS gives cancer meds to kids, not fluoride
The Washington Times Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:18 PM PST
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - CVS officials say only a few children ingested pills for breast cancer treatment that they mistakenly received from a New Jersey pharmacy instead of the fluoride pills that were prescribed. No injuries related to the mixup had been reported as of Saturday afternoon. The two pills are ... |
Expert: Kids unlikely harmed by pharmacy mix-up
WAFB Baton Rouge Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:14 PM PST
Children who may have taken breast cancer treatment medication mistakenly distributed by a New Jersey pharmacy instead of prescribed fluoride pills likely won't suffer any health problems, a pharmaceutical expert said... |
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