Health News: [cancer]

Basket Ball gala benefits Coaches vs. Cancer YNN Syracuse Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:03 AM PDT Hundreds of guests joined Jim and Juli Boeheim to raise money in the fight against cancer. The annual Basket Ball gala was held at Turning Stone Resort and Casino Saturday night. MANCHESTER: Grass Lake Sanctuary awarded grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure The Manchester Enterprise Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:41 AM PDT The Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Mid-Michigan Affiliate, recently awarded a grant of $75,130 to Grass Lake Sanctuary in Manchester, and the grant will provide women breast cancer survivors a three-day stay at a 145-acre retreat center and nature preserve. LSU blogger Dandy Don passes away KSLA-TV Shreveport Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:20 AM PDT "Dandy" Don Long of LSU Sports Blog fame has passed away after a long battle with colon cancer.  He was 76 years old. Yard sale benefits Melrose's 'Think Pink' scholarships Melrose Free Press Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:15 AM PDT The 7th Annual Think Pink yard sale will be on Saturday, May 5 at 202 Beech Ave, Melrose, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Melrose Think Pink Scholarship Fund. The Melrose Think Pink Team will give scholarships to graduating Melrose High School and Malden High School seniors whose families have been affected by breast cancer. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Avon Walk ... Former local nurse encourages proactive approach to cancer awareness The Daily Jeffersonian Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:04 AM PDT NEWCOMERSTOWN -- The statistics of lung cancer are increasing at an alarming rate each year. Athlete loses cancer battle The Toledo Blade Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:58 AM PDT Kerry Keller, a popular Rossford High School student athlete battling cancer, died this morning, his former football coach Todd Drusback said. Archives > Obituaries Plano Courier Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:53 AM PDT After a heroic battle against cancer, Charles David Jones III passed away surrounded by his beloved family on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Former Dearborn fire chief, councilman has advanced prostate cancer Dearborn Press & Guide Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:26 AM PDT In a report from a TV news station in Indiana, The Press & Guide has learned that former Dearborn Fire Chief, City Councilman and State Rep. Gino Polidori has advanced prostate cancer and is taking an experimental drug that has had beneficial effects. Popular student fighting leukemia Traverse City Record-Eagle Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:24 AM PDT Doctors detected the cancer as Maris fought through a bout of strep throat and was to be tested for mononucleosis. Dearborn Heights Relay for Life event has raise more than $7,000 so far Dearborn Press & Guide Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:21 AM PDT DEARBORN HEIGHTS â€" The competition to raise significant money for charity isn’t limited to the current season of the “Celebrity Apprentice.” To date, volunteers across Dearborn Heights have collected spare change and checks totaling more than $7,000 for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life event in May.

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