Health News: [cancer]: HAVE A CATCH FOR BARB: Newtown resident honors memory of his wife with new foundation for families battling cancer

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Health News : cancer - News from Yahoo !   Immunotherapy is not just for melanoma anymore Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:49 PM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen and Deena Beasley CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer over a year ago, Gabe Tartaglia was loath to undergo the kind of harsh chemotherapy that had devastated his sister before her death three years earlier from pancreatic cancer. He decided to... Continue reading

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Health News : cancer - News from other sources.   HAVE A CATCH FOR BARB: Newtown resident honors memory of his wife with new foundation for families battling cancer Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:56 PM PDT NEWTOWN - It's a simple concept, really. Eric Shipon wants to honor the memory of his wife, a woman who kept her life priorities simple and straight: family, friends and fun. Continue reading Cancer Research Finds Immune System Link Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:55 PM PDT Dr Connie Jackaman, Early Career Development Fellow at the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), is leading a study focussed on the capacity of the immune system in older people to deal with cancers. The research tracked particular cells within the immune system of young and geriatric mi... Continue reading Daddy Yankee, Victor Manuelle to join cancer walkathon Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:44 PM PDT San Juan, May 31 : Prominent Puerto Rican entertainers such as Daddy Yankee, Victor Manuelle and Tito Nieves will take part in this year's charity walkathon to benefit cancer patients at San Juan's Hospital Oncologico. Continue reading Mike Dodge's Dying Wish Comes True, Horse Rescue and Sanctuary is Saved Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:39 PM PDT Earlier this week we reported the owner of the Horse Rescue and Sanctuary in Pavilion died. You first met Mike Dodge when doctors gave him 30 days to live after a cancer diagnosis. That was a year and a half ago. Only on Eight.. we show what's happened to all those abandoned horses he helped save. Continue reading LAWRENCE: Teams support cancer fight Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:36 PM PDT Sitting on a blanket on the grass near the Lawrence High School football stadium as a young child squirmed nearby, Erica Walker said she knows many people who have battled cancer friends as well as family. Continue reading NSW minister under fire over cancer cuts Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:35 PM PDT HEALTH Minister Jillian Skinner says a delay in some cancer surgeries until next financial year is indicative of the tough decisions that have to be made. Continue reading Survey suggests cancer ignorance Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:35 PM PDT More than a quarter of women believe there is nothing they can do to reduce their risk of breast cancer, a survey suggests. An "alarming" number of women in Scotland are unaware that lifestyle changes can help protect against the disease, a YouGov poll for Breakthrough Breast Cancer found. Continue reading Paw designer dead Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:34 PM PDT CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — The man who designed Clemson's tiger paw logo has died. The university said 83- year-old John Antonio died Thursday in Greenville after a long battle with cancer. Antonio was with an advertising firm in 1970 when he was asked to design a new logo for the Clemson Tigers. Continue reading Woodrow Wilson Middle School, hockey players raise money for student with cancer npc-news.northjersey.com Thu, 30 May, 2013 10:33 PM PDT CLIFTON — In a continued effort to raise money, teachers and parents from a City middle school will bring former professional hockey champs to a fundraiser next month which will benefit for a student recently diagnosed with cancer. Continue reading

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