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Research: Oral Sex Puts Men at Risk for Oral Cancer

Rates of oral cancer are on the rise among men, and researchers say the culprit isn't the devil you might think. The rising rates of oral cancer aren't being caused by tobacco, experts say, but by HPV, the same sexually transmitted virus responsible for the vast majority of cases of cervical cancer in women. Millions of...

Mass. Mom Who Withheld Son's Meds Gets 8-10 Years

LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A Massachusetts woman convicted of attempted murder for withholding cancer medications from her autistic son was been sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison. Kristen LaBrie wept and expressed remorse before a judge announced her punishment Friday in Lawrence Superior Court. She said she misses her son...

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End to Japan Nuclear Crisis Is Years, a Fortune Away

TOKYO -- Once Japan's leaky nuclear complex stops spewing radiation and its reactors cool down, making the site safe and removing the ruined equipment is going to be a messy ordeal that could take decades and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Radiation has covered the area around the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant and...

Michigan Man Killed in Car Crash the Day After His Wife Died of Cancer

The day after his wife died, Steven Tice knew he couldn't be alone in the house they had shared. So the Michigan man got in his pickup truck and headed to his daughter's house not far away. But he never made it. Tice, 64, died after crashing his pickup truck Sunday, only a day after Lana, his wife of nearly four decades,...

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Undo Damage to the Komen Reputation: Support Stem Cell Research

The resignation of Karen Handel, formerly Vice President for Public Policy of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, is cause for applause for all who support breast cancer research and treatment, and want it unhindered by politics.

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Susan G. Komen Controversy Prompts Stirring Response From Breast Cancer Survivor Linda Burger (VIDEO)

Linda Burger, a 56-year-old breast cancer survivor from Las Vegas, Nevada, filmed an emotionally charged message earlier this month, expressing her personal disgust with the recent decision by cancer charity group Susan G. Komen for the Cure to cut grants for women's health group Planned Parenthood.

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02/10/12 12 boys to tackle mountain for cancer charity that... Source: Telegraph & Argus - Bradford - West Yorkshire - UK They call themselves 'The Thackley Boys' and range in age from five to 12.
02/10/12 New 3D computer model to understand cancer development Source: News-Medical.Net Observing that certain cancer cells may exhibit greater flexibility than normal cells, some scientists believe that this capability promotes rapid tumor growth.
02/10/12 Erin is star of her own charity catwalk show Source: Irvine Herald - Irvine - Ayrshire - UK A FASHION show organised by an Irvine schoolgirl has raised over Â£2000 for a children's cancer ward.
02/10/12 Children exposed to chemo in the womb 'develop... Source: WebMD The children of women exposed to chemotherapy while pregnant develop as well as children in the general population, according to a new study.
02/10/12 Talent show beneficiary has renewed hope Source: Peninsula Daily News - Port Angeles WA Frazier, who was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in five years, thinks she is winning.