Health News: [cancer]

Prayer and protons Concord Monitor Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:57 PM PST Penacook 13-year-old Ambar takes up the cancer fight again Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map):  Ambar Disla Ambar Disla A cot is folded in the corner of Ambar Disla's hospital room at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, but her mother never uses it. Instead, Fior Perez, 35, usually crawls in bed and holds Ambar, a 13-year-old eighth grader at Merrimack Valley Middle School ... Women in Texas Losing Options for Health Care in Abortion Fight Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:50 PM PST Leticia Parra, a mother of five scraping by on income from her husband's sporadic construction jobs, relied on the Planned Parenthood clinic in San Carlos, an impoverished town in South Texas, for breast cancer screenings, free birth control pills and pap smears for cervical cancer.  Gazette.Net: Friends organize Saturday benefit dance in Bowie for woman with cancer Landover Gazette Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:48 PM PST Friends of Kathy Pinkham, who graduated from Northwestern High School in Hyattsville in 1971 and lives in Edgewater, are holding a benefit dance from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday in Bowie. A super statue for a super Mario Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:47 PM PST Count Mario Lemieux among those who wonder what kind of statistics he might have compiled if his Penguins career hadn't been pocked by back, hip and knee injuries and cancer. Breast Fest set for this weekend The Pine Island Eagle Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:43 PM PST The annual Breast Fest, which is put on by From Our Hearts, will be held this weekend as an opportunity for the community to gather and honor breast cancer survivors, along with those who lost their battle against the disease while raising money. Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure North Fort Myers Neighbor Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:40 PM PST WHO: Coconut Point and Susan G. Komen for the Cure Southwest Florida WHAT: The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, a 5K run/walk to help raise funds for breast cancer research. Researchers make significant strides in the study of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma News-Medical-Net Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:40 PM PST Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center's James P. Wilmot Cancer Center have made significant strides in the study of a primary cancer of the liver- Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC), also called biliary tract cancer. Well Blog: Shark Cartilage May Contain Toxin New York Times Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:31 PM PST Shark cartilage, hyped as a cancer preventive and joint-health supplement, may contain a neurotoxin that has been linked with Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease, a new study suggests. Gazette.Net: Watkins Mill Elementary School students collect Pennies for Patients Frederick Gazette Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:30 PM PST Students at Watkins Mill Elementary School in Gaithersburg got a lesson in blood systems and cancer treatment from members of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at an assembly to start off the school’s Pennies for Patients fundraising drive Feb. 3. Estrogen After Hysterectomy Lowers Cancer Risk? MedicineNet.com Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:25 PM PST Title: Estrogen After Hysterectomy Lowers Cancer Risk? Category: Health News Created: 3/7/2012 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/7/2012

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