Study: People Who've Never Smoked Still Face Lung Cancer Risk
KARK Little Rock Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT
(New York, NY) -- If you live in a city with polluted air you're at high risk of developing lung cancer. Researchers have issued a report saying people living in areas with higher air pollution are about 20-percent more likely to develop lung cancer than those living where the air is cleaner. |
Allentown's Bob Wood, businessman, philanthropist, dies
The Morning Call Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT
Businessman was one of the city's strongest civic leaders Bob Wood, an influential Allentown businessman known for his civic involvement and philanthropy, died Saturday at 67 after a long battle with cancer. |
Air pollution, lung cancer linked
Press TV Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:57 AM PDT
Non-smokers who live in highly polluted areas are at a 20 percent higher risk of developing lung cancer than those living in clean environment. |
Lula da Silva to begin chemotherapy on Monday
Daily Telegraph Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:56 AM PDT
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former president of Brazil, will begin chemotherapy for throat cancer on Monday amid speculation that the disease could end any possibility of him seeking a return to power in 2014. |
Canadian imam beaten in Saudi Arabia, witnesses say
CTV.ca Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:49 AM PDT
A Canadian imam who studies cancer research at the University of Alberta was beaten and arrested by Saudi religious police while reciting prayers in Medina, according to witnesses. |
Ill. community helps local farmer with harvest
Washington Examiner Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:48 AM PDT
The Associated Press The Associated Press GENOA, Ill. A northern Illinois farming community has helped one of its own by harvesting a farmer's land in support of his wife who is battling breast cancer. Carol and Glenn Bolander of Genoa say they were surprised when dozens of residents offered to help them harvest their corn fields Saturday. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle ( http://bit.ly/uQTujC ... |
Rope for Hope this weekend in Cliff
Silver City Sun-News Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:47 AM PDT
For the third year in a row, Denise and Sherman Baird have organized Rope for Hope, a cancer-awareness event. All the money raised benefits local people who receive cancer treatment at Gila Regional Cancer Center. Concession stand on-site. Raffle for a handmade quilt, bling basket or handmade soaps. |
Cain defends ad with smoking campaign manager
The Washington Times Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:40 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain says the Internet ad featuring his campaign manager smoking conveys a message that he wants to let "people be people." Cain, a colon cancer survivor, says he doesn't smoke and that the ad wasn't intended to suggest that smoking was cool. The ad, which ... |
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