Health News: [cancer]

Bonnie and Ken Shockey encourage cancer patients to research Low Dose Naltrexone The Waynesboro Record Herald Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:03 AM PDT Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) was not originally intended to be a cancer treatment but one local couple encourages everyone with cancer to do their research on this drug. Bonnie and Ken Shockey both use LDN, but for very different reasons. Bonnie takes the drug to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), but Ken began taking it when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Scanner improves odds in fight against cancer, other diseases Windsor Star Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:47 AM PDT WINDSOR, Ont. -- Annie Bison had her death sentence â€" a stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis â€" proved incorrect by a PET scan, so she was the perfect cheerleader as Windsor’s first PET/CT unit was unveiled Friday. Darlene Gant: Dying Woman’s YouTube Plea May Extend Her Life [Video] The Inquisitr Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:46 AM PDT Terminally ill Darlene Gant of Tampa, Florida, might live longer thanks to a heartbreaking YouTube video in which the woman pleas for Genentech to give her a promising new cancer drug called pertuzumab before it is released by the FDA on June 8, 2012. Gant’s friends, relatives, and doctors have sent letters to Genentech, the [...] Darlene Gant: Dying Woman’s YouTube Plea May Extend Her Life ... Passages: Ronald "Stix" Ballatore, 71 Swimming World Magazine Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT GAINESVILLE, Florida, April 27. FORMER UCLA men's swimming coach Ron "Stix" Ballatore passed away earlier today from complications due to his battle with throat and bone cancer, various sources have c... Skate for the Cause again, Apr. 29 Highland Community News Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:54 AM PDT Even as the tax deadline was closing in, lots of local folks took the time to come to Ontario Center Ice Arena on April 15, for Skate for the Cause’s first event to raise money for breast cancer research. Moose Skowron, former Yankee and Austin resident, dies at 81 Post-Bulletin Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:48 AM PDT Bill “Moose” Skowron, who played for Austin in the old Southern Minny League, died on Friday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 81. Skowron played for Austin during the 1950 season when the Southern UNCUT: Race Day Coverage Part 2 KNWA Fayetteville Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:32 AM PDT Click the video to see our Part 2 of our Team Neile Race Day Coverage, including: Click HERE for more breast cancer and Komen stories. Small steps make big difference at Relay for Life The Valdosta Daily Times Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:13 AM PDT All the small steps taken Friday evening and Saturday morning added up to one giant leap for cancer research at the 2012 Lowndes County Relay for Life. May 5 Derby Day open house at Westlake's Ironwood Cafe aids Friends from the Start The Sun Post-Herald Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:02 AM PDT A May 5 Derby Day open house at Ironwood Cafe, 688 Dover Center Road in Westlake, will launch fundraising for a new nonprofit organization, Friends from the Start, which helps support newly diagnosed cancer patients by helping with everyday activities. LSU blogger Dandy Don passes away WAFB Baton Rouge Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:56 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.

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