Health News: [cancer]

Berkley Board of Selectmen help cover permit fees for boy with cancer The Taunton Gazette Sun, 29 May 2011 22:00 PM PDT Over the past several weeks, the selectmen have been confronted by the town’s $41,000 budget deficit. Despite their fiscal frustration, the latch on the Board’s community chest swung open with a request from an in-need parent. Public servant has died: S.C. Rep. Umphlett served House Dist. 100 since 2003; worked to save open space The Post and Courier Sun, 29 May 2011 21:57 PM PDT COLUMBIA â€" Moncks Corner Rep. C. David Umphlett Jr, retired vice president for government and consumer affairs for Berkeley Electric Cooperative, died early Sunday at age 69. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December. Relay for Life of the Highlands brought in nearly six figures The Record Sun, 29 May 2011 21:45 PM PDT Last weekend’s Relay for Life of the Highlands raised nearly $100,000 for the American Cancer Society ’s fight to eliminate one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Mammography plays key role The Toledo Blade Sun, 29 May 2011 21:45 PM PDT This is one of a series of columns about health issues written by staff members of ProMedica, Mercy Health Partners, Toledo Clinic, and the University of Toledo Medical Center, the former Medical College of Ohio. Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer in women in the United States following skin cancer.It accounts for one of every three cancers diagnosed. A woman’s chance of ... ‘Stigmatized disease’ The Toledo Blade Sun, 29 May 2011 21:15 PM PDT Josie Langsdorf is a wife and mother who never gave much thought to lung cancer. Why should she? She never smoked and her parents didn’t smoke. “But the fact of the matter is, that if you have lungs, you can get lung cancer,” she said.At 38 years old, Ms. Langsdorf isn’t relaying what anybody told her or what she read. Her story is personal. Last October, after more than two years of chest pain ... Cancer Survivor Puts on Her Walking Shoes The Daily Darien Sun, 29 May 2011 21:07 PM PDT Shannon Dunleavy will step out of her Darien home June 5 and head to Stamford to do something she couldn't do last year. Dunleavy will walk in the Hope in Motion fundraiser to benefit the Bennett... Sandy's Shootout KXII Sherman Sun, 29 May 2011 21:01 PM PDT Hundreds of people in Marietta attended a rodeo fundraiser Saturday, to support one local woman's fight against cancer. Ottawa Watch First Perspective Sun, 29 May 2011 20:55 PM PDT Two Simon Fraser University researchers are helping to bring new hope to those with a devastating and deadly form of cancer, thanks to their participation in a new multi-site pan-Canadian surgical study of oral cancer. New breast cancer guidelines 'unsafe': women ABS-CBNNEWS.com Sun, 29 May 2011 20:48 PM PDT NEW YORK, United States - More than 8 out of 10 women say new guidelines recommending against routine breast cancer screening of women under 50 are "unsafe," according to a small survey. Record crowd gathers for Rankin Cancer Run St. Catharines Standard Sun, 29 May 2011 20:20 PM PDT Every team name told a story. Bonnie's Battle. Laura's Team Tumour-nators. Kyrie's Legacy. Many of the record 8,200 people who crammed the grounds of the Grantham Lions Club Saturday morning were participating in the sixth annual Rankin Cancer Run for someone struggling with the disease.[...]

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