Becky Mabry: Farewell to a storyteller
The Champaign News-Gazette Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:53 AM PST
HOMER â€" Becky Mabry, who loved Elvis, horses, Amish pie and everything else Amish, and especially her family, died Thursday after a courageous 12-year battle with cancer. Mrs. Mabry, 60, was a longtime News-Gazette reporter, editor and columnist, beginning in 1981. Even during her illness, she was the life of the newsroom, organizing parties and chili cookoffs and sing-alongs â€" and even getting ... |
Elmore woman receives support after diagnosis
Port Clinton News Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:46 AM PST
ELMORE -- Georgiana Huizenga's oral cancer stole from her a portion of her tongue, a summer of her life and the security that had come from a lifetime of good health. |
Hard Rock Legend Loses Cancer Fight
antiMUSIC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:37 AM PST
A top story from this week. Influential Australian hard rockers Rose Tattoo had sad news for fans on Tuesday |
Day Book, December 26, 2009
The Union-Recorder Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:09 AM PST
Noon to 4 p.m.: Harriet’s Closet, a free supply closet to help fill the needs of cancer patients, is open in Room 413 of Oconee Regional Medical Center. A free Mary Kay consultation is available for cancer patients during Closet hours by appointment only. Carol Griffin (478) 453-0295. |
Obituary: Thomas Campagna, 63
YourNabe.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:03 AM PST
Thomas Campagna, who was a member of the Queens Borough Hall staff for about 10 years, died Dec. 18 of lung cancer. He was 63. |
An unexpected gift on Christmas Eve
Lewisboro Ledger Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:46 AM PST
A few months before Christmas, my father and I had a bitter argument about my mother, who was dying of cancer and had Alzheimer’s. I got so angry I stopped calling and visiting him. |
Manchester resident running half marathon for cause
The Manchester Enterprise Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:36 AM PST
An estimated 139,860 people in the United States were diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma in 2009 alone. That amounts to roughly one person every four minutes being diagnosed with a blood cancer. |
2 genes responsible for causing aggressive brain cancer found
The Times of India Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:25 AM PST
The two genes -- C/EPB and Stat3 -- which were found by researchers from Columbia Initiative in Systems Biology can lead to diagnosis of the incurable tumours -- glioblastoma multiforme, journal Nature reported. |
Lost in the unknown: Dayton woman struggles with news she has cancer and battles to find help
Nevada Appeal Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:16 AM PST
DAYTON - A Dayton mother recently diagnosed with colon cancer found out last week that she needs chemotherapy. Wendy Robards also learned that finding a doctor to treat an uninsured cancer patient is next to impossible. "Right now I'm living in the unknown," said Robards, 39, a single mother of three, including a 17-year-old daughter with special needs. In mid-November, a colonoscopy revealed ... |
Regional News
Bluffton Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:12 AM PST
CHARLESTON â€" The leader of the S.C. Department of Transportation says he plans to stay on the job as he fights prostate cancer. State Transportation Secretary Buck Limehouse Jr. told The Post and Courier of Charleston earlier this week that the cancer doesn’t appear to be in an overly aggressive stage. |
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