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Alpine resident and others volunteer at psychiatric center The Record Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT ALPINE â€" After teaching elementary school for 40 years and losing her husband, Lou, to prostate cancer in 2005, Evelyn Passante was not sure where to turn next. Brookview hosts successful health fair Gaffney Ledger Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:49 AM PDT Brookview HealthCare sponsored a health fair last week with many local vendors on hand to provide free screenings and offer information. The Bearden- Josey Center for Breast Health of Spartanburg had its mobile mammography unit present to provide breast cancer screenings for Cherokee County women. read more Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap The Bay Bulletin Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:47 AM PDT After a Democratic operative declared that Mitt Romney’s wife Ann had “never worked a day in her life,” the Republican presidential hopeful’s wife responded that raising five sons is hard work and that while she never has worried about finances, she has faced the ordeals of cancer and multiple sclerosis.” Carol Trojan appointed executive director of Bayonne-based cancer prevention foundation El Nuevo Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:46 AM PDT The board of directors of the Bayonne-based Madeline Fiadini LoRe Foundation for the Prevention of Cancer has named Carol Trojan as executive director, The Jersey Journal reports. MT dad launches foundation after losing kids to cancer KTVQ Billings Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:46 AM PDT HAMILTON- Memories of happier times surround Mike Peterson in his Hamilton home. Photos and autographed sports memorabilia are stacked and arranged neatly in a front room beneath animal wall mounts. Spring Cleaning: End Your Kitchen Chemical Romance GOOD Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:46 AM PDT   This challenge is in partnership with Levi's ® Monsters may be lurking under your kitchen sink rather than your bed. The  Environmental Working Group found that some home cleaning products are made with chemicals linked to asthma, cancer and reproductive toxicity, among other serious health issues. Here are some ideas to keep your home clean, green, and chemical-free. For the time you spend ... Fundraising cancer mum loses fight for life Rochdale Observer Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:46 AM PDT A courageous mum who raised thousands of pounds for charity while battling cancer has died aged 48. Jane Butterworth spent more than 13 years fighting the disease and underwent 12 operations and several bouts of chemotherapy. But during that time the fitness fan, of Bamford, dedicated herself to charity work, raising £10,000 through gala nights at Bamford Cricket Club and sponsored runs. Baking soda and breast cancer link Post South Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:30 AM PDT Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered how exposure to arsenic can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Inorganic arsenic, which affects the drinking water of millions of people worldwide, has been previously shown to be a human carcinogen. It's finally official: Aaron Broussard's fraud trial delayed until October New Orleans Times-Picayune Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:24 AM PDT Trial moved from May 14 to Oct. 1 as Broussard undergoes treatment for prostate cancer. Media Advisory: Army Reservist March to Fight Cancer Marketwire Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:19 AM PDT OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 13, 2012) - Approximately 20 soldiers from The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment will form The Green Train March in memory of James Birrell, marching 13km through Peterborough to raise money and awareness for The James Fund For Neuroblastoma Research.

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