Thursday, April 12, 2012

Health News: [cancer]


Cancer sets survivor on career path
The Columbian Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:02 AM PDT
Christina Jensen admits to being stubborn.

Huntington's Disease Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk in Study
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:02 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) -- People who have Huntington's disease are much less likely to develop cancer than people without the inherited disorder, according to a new study that suggests the diseases share a common genetic mechanism.

UT begins Austin campus-wide tobacco ban
KIII Corpus Christi Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:02 AM PDT
The University of Texas in Austin has gone tobacco-free in a healthy move that could add up to more cancer research money.

Four-year-old Sunderland lad's cancer run bravery
icNewcastle - Evening Chronicle Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:59 AM PDT
LITTLE Leighton Cook is battling a cancer that attacks his nervous system â€" yet will take on a five-mile run to raise cash for research.

Shon Coleman's battle with cancer, return to football an inspiration to Auburn teammates
Birmingham News Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:58 AM PDT
AUBURN, Alabama -- Shon Coleman surely felt as if he belonged Wednesday, and surely knew he had finally arrived about the time his position coach began yelling at him during practice.

Kyle Pagel Benefit This Sunday: In Your Neighborhood
WSAW Wausau Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:55 AM PDT
You may recognize his name, Kyle Pagel. He's a young boy in your neighborhood who was diagnosed with a rare form of pediactric cancer back in 2010.

Northwest Bio Partners With King's College Hospital and King's College London for Programs in Europe
PR Newswire Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:50 AM PDT
BETHESDA, Md., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTC Bulletin Board: NWBO) (NW Bio)  announced today that it is partnering with King's Health Partners to both manufacture and deliver a new treatment for patients with brain cancer as part of its ongoing...

Kathleen Ferrier - remembering one true voice
Guardian Unlimited Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:49 AM PDT
Just a single phrase of Kathleen Ferrier's singing reveals a voice of extraordinary power and expression. She's still an inspiration, nearly 60 years after her tragically early death "The greatest thing in music in my life has been to know Kathleen Ferrier and Gustav Mahler â€" in that order." That's what the conductor Bruno Walter wrote after Ferrier's death from breast cancer in 1953, at the age ...

Study: Nail polish contains dangerous chemicals
Gates-Chili Post Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:43 AM PDT
According to the California Department of Toxic Substances, long-term exposure to these chemicals could cause cancer and birth defects.

Varian Medical Systems to Exhibit Technology for Treating Cancer with Radiotherapy at ITEM ...
ThomasNet Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:38 AM PDT
Varian to also sponsor a luncheon seminar at the event, on real-time 4-D radiotherapy for targeting tumors that move during treatment due to breathing YOKOHAMA, Japan - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), the leading manufacturer of medical devices for treating cancer, will exhibit the company's advanced technologies for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery at the International ...




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