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Couch potatoes die sooner iTWire Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:00 PM PDT A study of over 120,000 U.S. adults by the American Cancer Society has shown that the more you sit around, the shorter your average life span. So, you better get up and do something. Waitresses go topless for breast cancer cure Vancouver Province Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:59 PM PDT Servers for a Cure are once again exposing themselves to help raise money to fight breast cancer. Remembering Robert Cunningham WBKO Bowling Green Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:58 PM PDT More than five-thousand children travel to Memphis each year to be treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital." While the work at St. Jude is some of the best in the world, there are times when medicine can't do enough. The staff here at WBKO lost a friend to cancer just last night. Dennis Hopper’s Home Available for $6.25 Million ThirdAge Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:46 PM PDT Dennis Hopper, aged 74, passed away from cancer at home on May 29. His vast home is now on the market and is selling at the price of $6.245 million. The 15,500 square foot property, located in Venice, California, includes a main home and three loft-style, two-story condominiums. One caregiver's rite of passage Hartford Courant Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:38 PM PDT Gail Sheehy's new book explores the challenges and rewards of caring for a loved one who is seriously ill Gail Sheehy spent 17 years as a caregiver, shepherding her husband, Clay Felker, through four bouts of cancer. When Felker, founder of New York magazine, died two years ago, Sheehy traveled the country, interviewing caregivers. She weaves their stories and hers in a new book, "Passages in ... MabCure's test detects ovarian tumors in blood Reuters Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental test that uses antibodies to detect ovarian tumor cells in the blood correctly identified 16 of 17 women who had the cancer, a Belgian company said on Tuesday. Breast Cancer Mission to Israel Deadline Nears The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:34 PM PDT Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest breast cancer organization, is heading to Jerusalem with Hadassah and its other Israel Breast Cancer Collaborative partners in October. But the Aug. 5 deadline to register for the mission is fast approaching. 'Financial help inadequate' for cancer sufferers Griffith Area News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:31 PM PDT BATTLING cancer is hard enough. But local experts say Griffith's cancer sufferers are being unfairly disadvantaged by inadequate financial assistance. Shooters club turns pink in name of charity Griffith Area News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:31 PM PDT THE range at the Griffith Sporting Shooters Club was a mass of pink as the club held a successful charity shoot for the McGrath Foundation and breast cancer awareness last weekend. Cancer victim's family asks volunteers to test for bone marrow matches ABC 4 Salt Lake City Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:13 PM PDT DRAPER, Utah (ABC4 News) - A family is begging for help and praying for a miracle. “This is your chance to save a life.”

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