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Study Finds No Cancer Link to Sweetener
New York Times - A new study on the artificial sweetener aspartame may make diet soda lovers breathe a little easier. A large federally financed study done by government researchers at the National Cancer Institute found no link between the consumption of aspartame

13-year-old on the watch for breast-cancer lump
Vindicator - YOUNGSTOWN "Very frightened" is how 13-year-old Tawni McClendon said she felt when she found a lump in her breast during a routine monthly self-examination. "Very relieved," is how she felt when the laboratory biopsy report came back negative and

Fowler folks get clipped to fight cancer
Lansing State Journal - FOWLER Fowler students, teachers and staff put their heads together for a greater good, as piles of hair fell to the floor to raise money to help fund the battle against childhood cancer. Symbolic of the baldness that is so often associated with

Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan - Statistics about a rare childhood cancer, recently released to The Southern Illinoisan by the Illinois Department of Public Health after an eight-plus-year court battle, show no "clusters" of cases, but rather a scattering of seven cases in several

Relay for Life needs more teams for benefit
Augusta Chronicle - "We have 32 (teams) confirmed, and if (any team) wants to sign up, they can up to the day of the event," said Janice Mathis, the chairwoman for the event, which will be from 6 p.m. Friday, April 28, through 6 a.m. Saturday, April 29, at the new

One Percent Reduction In Cancer Mortality Would Be Worth Nearly $500
Medical News Today - Even a modest one percent reduction in mortality from cancer would be worth nearly $500 billion in social value, according to a new study by economists Kevin Murphy and Robert Topel of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Finding a

State cancer control plan released
Montana Standard - HELENA The Montana Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan was released Friday to help groups work together to decrease the burden of the disease that kills 1,800 Montanans annually. Montana joins 63 other states, territories and tribal governments in

Komen Foundation Holds Annual Event In Towson
WJZ - (WJZ) TOWSON Breast cancer survivors from Maryland gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Towson on Saturday for the 12th annual educational symposium held by the Komen Foundation. This year's event, "Living Well With Breast Cancer: A Day of Education and

Help us sock it to cancer
Moultrie Observer - It is once again time to turn our attention to the Colquitt County Relay for Life! The Steering Committee for 2006 has been hard at work planning for several months and has wonderful ideas to help insure the success of the 2006 Relay. As chairman of