Health News: [cancer]

Yahoo! Health - My Alerts - Edit Alert

Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 01:03 PM EST

Gatton’s big heart for cancer stricken Cobie Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 09:15 AM PST AT ONLY 20 years old Cobie Taylor needs lifesaving surgery. Sales raise money for south-west cancer centre Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 09:11 AM PST AUCTIONING off farm machinery from a country hall was a good escape from Darwin’s wet season for Daryl McKenna. Skies filled with balloons in tribute for Corangamite cancer victims Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 09:10 AM PST IT was an emotional finish to the Corangamite Relay for Life as 300 balloons were released into the sky at Cobden’s Recreation Reserve yesterday morning. Teen battles cancer with positive attitude Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 08:57 AM PST As the elder resident on her floor in the cancer ward at Children’s Hospital, 15-year-old Maddie Collins of Southborough did a lot to pass the time. Pink Out raises funds for cancer research Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 08:45 AM PST HARLAN -- Students, faculty and community members turned out in large numbers Friday night, Feb. 8 for the annual Pink Out event at Harlan Community High School, to raise funds for breast cancer awareness and research. Above, a large group participated in the Pink Out dance during halftime of the HCHS/Red Oak boys basketball game. Nearly $11,000 was raised at the event. (Photo by Mike Oeffner) Pink Out fundraiser tonight Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 08:45 AM PST HARLAN â€" Harlan Community Schools’ National Honor Society and Health Occupations Students of America will host the annual Pink Out fundraiser for breast cancer awareness tonight, Friday, Feb. 8. Hair dye chemicals can cause cancer Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 08:18 AM PST Hair dyes used by millions of women contain chemicals linked to cancer, British scientists have warned. They say that both home hair-colouring kits and the dyes used at expensive salons pose a potential risk to health. Thousands participate in marathon organised to spread cancer awareness in Mumbai Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 08:16 AM PST In a bid to control the disease, the Central Government had launched a National Cancer Control Programme in 1975 and had revised its strategies in 1984-85. Multigene cancer tests giving doctors new hope Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 08:14 AM PST RARE but treatable genetic mutations are being found in most cancer patients in a cutting-edge program at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Obituary - Betty Beard Sun, 24 Feb, 2013 08:11 AM PST Betty Beard, 76, died Monday, Feb. 4 at home after a four-year battle with cancer. A native of Texas, Betty was a resident of Rialto for 48 years. She was a very caring and loving wife, mother and grandmother. Betty was a sales associate for Broadway and Macys for 29 years.

You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of persona l information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.