Saturday, October 1, 2011

Health News: [cancer]


Yard sale for Faith
KTVL Medford Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:58 PM PDT
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. - Although 8-year-old Faith Fulmer lost her battle to cancer a few weeks ago, her memory still lives on. On Saturday and Sunday in the parking lot of Albertson’s in Central Point there will be a yard sale in Faith’s honor....

Gwen Yearwood, mother and book-writing partner of country singer Trisha Yearwood, dies at 73
Brandon Sun Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:55 PM PDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gwen Yearwood, the mother and sometimes writing partner of country music performer Trisha Yearwood, has died at age 73. Yearwood died Saturday morning in Tifton, Ga., after a long battle with cancer.

Race for the Cure sends message of hope
Houston Chronicle Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:53 PM PDT
share: digg facebook twitter While the participates were upbeat as they raised nearly $3 million for cancer research, most were there for personal reasons.

Special event in Fontana will focus on breast cancer awareness
Fontana Herald News Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:50 PM PDT
A special event focusing on breast cancer awareness will be held at the Fontana Community Senior Center. Local residents are invited to attend a special event which focuses on breast cancer awareness at the Fontana Community Senior Center.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure raises funds for breast cancer research
St. Petersburg Times Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:45 PM PDT
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Saturday, October 1, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG â€" Wendy Phillips always knew she might get breast cancer one day. Her mother had it. So did her grandmother. Still, the 36-year-old New Port Richey woman was caught off guard when she found a lump in her breast early this year. The diagnosis came on March 3. A few weeks later, Phillips, who does office work at Publix ...

Young breast cancer patient faces future with support
The Augusta Chronicle Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:43 PM PDT
Megan Smith thought it was a strain when she woke with pain in her arm. A lump she had found seemed unrelated, but a coworker at Doctors Hospital told her to call her doctor immediately.

38,000 cheer on Komen Race for the Cure
Houston Chronicle Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:39 PM PDT
share: digg facebook twitter "Mom is the main reason why we're here," the 32-year-old Spring resident said about her mother Christine Babcock, a 10-year survivor of breast cancer. An estimated 230,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2011 and nearly 40,000 women will die from the disease this year, according to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. With signs reading ...

Mom's push for pediatric drug development results in Creating Hope Act
Houston Chronicle Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:38 PM PDT
share: digg facebook twitter A national organization, it aims to create a pediatric brain cancer tissue bank for researchers as well as a specific pediatric cancer subsection of the National Cancer Institute to provide funding for pediatric cancer research and incentives to pharmaceutical companies to create more drugs. "[...] we change the culture of drug companies to find a cure, we're never ...

Your breast friend
The Star Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:37 PM PDT
Today, a breast cancer diagnosis does not mean losing one or both of your breasts.

Tournament promotes breast cancer awareness, raises funds for cure
The Monitor Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:35 PM PDT
HARLINGEN - Sports often are thought of as diversionary activities used to get people's minds off their problems and worries.On Saturday, however, the Harlingen National Bronco Baseball/Softball League used sports to help promote breast cancer awareness and raise money to help fight the...




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