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http://news.yahoo.com/cancer/ Get the latest cancer news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking cancer news, including analysis and opinion on top cancer stories.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedSun, 28 Jul 2013 06:18:45 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/cancer/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifMOSCOW (Reuters) - The co-founder and chief technology officer of Russia's market-leading internet search engine company Yandex has died after treatment for cancer, the Nasdaq-listed company said on Sunday. Ilya Segalovich, aged 48, founded Yandex in 1997 with Arkady Volozh, the company's chief executive officer. He passed away on Saturday after falling into a coma and being taken off of life support by doctors, Volozh said in a statement on the company's blog. ...http://news.yahoo.com/russian-search-firm-yandexs-co-founder-dies-101845074.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 06:18:45 -0400Reutersrussian-search-firm-yandexs-co-founder-dies-101845074<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/parenthood-monica-potter-peter-krause-talk-breast-cancer-005848264.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QSotbga8olqpVmqOh8rEiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ca/News/AccessHollywood/191821.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Monica Potter speaks onstage during the &#039;Parenthood&#039; panel discussion at the NBC portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association tour - Day 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 27, 2013 in Beverly Hills -- Getty Images" align="left" title="Monica Potter speaks onstage during the &#039;Parenthood&#039; panel discussion at the NBC portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association tour - Day 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 27, 2013 in Beverly Hills -- Getty Images" border="0" /></a>&quot;Parenthood&quot; star Monica Potter gave one of the most moving performances in the 2012-2013 primetime season playing Kristina Braverman, a mom battling breast cancer in Season 4 of her NBC show and she opened up about how she approached that storyline on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/parenthood-monica-potter-peter-krause-talk-breast-cancer-005848264.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 20:58:48 -0400Access Hollywoodparenthood-monica-potter-peter-krause-talk-breast-cancer-005848264<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/parenthood-monica-potter-peter-krause-talk-breast-cancer-005848264.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QSotbga8olqpVmqOh8rEiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ca/News/AccessHollywood/191821.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Monica Potter speaks onstage during the &#039;Parenthood&#039; panel discussion at the NBC portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association tour - Day 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 27, 2013 in Beverly Hills -- Getty Images" align="left" title="Monica Potter speaks onstage during the &#039;Parenthood&#039; panel discussion at the NBC portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association tour - Day 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 27, 2013 in Beverly Hills -- Getty Images" border="0" /></a>&quot;Parenthood&quot; star Monica Potter gave one of the most moving performances in the 2012-2013 primetime season playing Kristina Braverman, a mom battling breast cancer in Season 4 of her NBC show and she opened up about how she approached that storyline on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/terminally-ill-simpsons-co-creator-pledges-fortune-to-charity-171204677.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FBYsCBHKBX.x.QgbB_VwmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-26/71aba149-f0cc-4ec7-96c8-7bccf0821006_107533808.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sam Simon" align="left" title="Sam Simon" border="0" /></a>Recently diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, &quot;Simpsons&quot; co-creator Sam Simon has vowed to leave his entire fortune to charity.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/terminally-ill-simpsons-co-creator-pledges-fortune-to-charity-171204677.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 13:12:04 -0400terminally-ill-simpsons-co-creator-pledges-fortune-to-charity-171204677<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/terminally-ill-simpsons-co-creator-pledges-fortune-to-charity-171204677.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FBYsCBHKBX.x.QgbB_VwmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-26/71aba149-f0cc-4ec7-96c8-7bccf0821006_107533808.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sam Simon" align="left" title="Sam Simon" border="0" /></a>Recently diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, &quot;Simpsons&quot; co-creator Sam Simon has vowed to leave his entire fortune to charity.</p><br clear="all"/>Pfizer Inc. will update analysts on progress on its experimental drugs, particularly its growing cancer medicine franchise, and discuss sales of key drugs as it tries to rebound from a revenue drop caused ...http://news.yahoo.com/earnings-preview-pfizer-report-drugs-164614702.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 12:46:14 -0400Associated Pressearnings-preview-pfizer-report-drugs-164614702<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/strangers-rally-to-give-woman-diagnosed-with-terminal-cancer--wedding-of-her-dreams--142738869.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wie5UaDUElF9gC5di0Eqkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-26/049e4328-e6e2-4f8d-8863-ee60e63e14af_proposal-lg.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lang proposes" align="left" title="Lang proposes" border="0" /></a>A 35-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer is getting the wedding of her dreams ? thanks, in part, to the generosity of some strangers.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/strangers-rally-to-give-woman-diagnosed-with-terminal-cancer--wedding-of-her-dreams--142738869.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 10:27:38 -0400Yahoo! Newsstrangers-rally-to-give-woman-diagnosed-with-terminal-cancer--wedding-of-her-dreams--142738869<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/strangers-rally-to-give-woman-diagnosed-with-terminal-cancer--wedding-of-her-dreams--142738869.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wie5UaDUElF9gC5di0Eqkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-26/049e4328-e6e2-4f8d-8863-ee60e63e14af_proposal-lg.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lang proposes" align="left" title="Lang proposes" border="0" /></a>A 35-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer is getting the wedding of her dreams ? thanks, in part, to the generosity of some strangers.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-teen-hpv-vaccination-rate-still-lagging-161125088.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/y3M1NxgoILG7FG8eYii64Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f6b1f498e17e9c18380f6a7067003467.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - A nurse holds up a vial and box for the HPV vaccine, brand name Gardasil, at a clinic in Kinston, N.C. on Monday March 5, 2012. In 2012, only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a the cervical cancer vaccine - a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Charles Buchanan)" align="left" title="FILE - A nurse holds up a vial and box for the HPV vaccine, brand name Gardasil, at a clinic in Kinston, N.C. on Monday March 5, 2012. In 2012, only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a the cervical cancer vaccine - a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Charles Buchanan)" border="0" /></a>ATLANTA (AP) ? Only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a controversial cervical cancer vaccine ? a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/report-teen-hpv-vaccination-rate-still-lagging-161125088.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 19:55:12 -0400Associated Pressreport-teen-hpv-vaccination-rate-still-lagging-161125088<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-teen-hpv-vaccination-rate-still-lagging-161125088.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/y3M1NxgoILG7FG8eYii64Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f6b1f498e17e9c18380f6a7067003467.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - A nurse holds up a vial and box for the HPV vaccine, brand name Gardasil, at a clinic in Kinston, N.C. on Monday March 5, 2012. In 2012, only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a the cervical cancer vaccine - a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Charles Buchanan)" align="left" title="FILE - A nurse holds up a vial and box for the HPV vaccine, brand name Gardasil, at a clinic in Kinston, N.C. on Monday March 5, 2012. In 2012, only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a the cervical cancer vaccine - a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Charles Buchanan)" border="0" /></a>ATLANTA (AP) ? Only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a controversial cervical cancer vaccine ? a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mormon-missionary-survives-spain-train-wreck-234209879.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_sL94CXPfKwXkydilkPf4w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5dcafb7be1f99e18380f6a70670078a4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Thursday, July 25, 2013 photo provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shows young Mormon missionary from Utah, Stephen Ward, 18, hospitalized. Ward was among the survivors of the Spain train crash that left 80 dead. (AP Photo/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Scott Jackson)" align="left" title="This Thursday, July 25, 2013 photo provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shows young Mormon missionary from Utah, Stephen Ward, 18, hospitalized. Ward was among the survivors of the Spain train crash that left 80 dead. (AP Photo/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Scott Jackson)" border="0" /></a>SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ? A young Mormon missionary and cancer survivor from Utah who lived through the Spain train crash that left 80 dead said Thursday he remembers the train lifting off the tracks &quot;like a roller coaster&quot; before he blacked out and awoke to a &quot;gruesome&quot; scene.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mormon-missionary-survives-spain-train-wreck-234209879.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 19:41:53 -0400Associated Pressmormon-missionary-survives-spain-train-wreck-234209879<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mormon-missionary-survives-spain-train-wreck-234209879.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_sL94CXPfKwXkydilkPf4w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5dcafb7be1f99e18380f6a70670078a4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Thursday, July 25, 2013 photo provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shows young Mormon missionary from Utah, Stephen Ward, 18, hospitalized. Ward was among the survivors of the Spain train crash that left 80 dead. (AP Photo/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Scott Jackson)" align="left" title="This Thursday, July 25, 2013 photo provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shows young Mormon missionary from Utah, Stephen Ward, 18, hospitalized. Ward was among the survivors of the Spain train crash that left 80 dead. (AP Photo/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Scott Jackson)" border="0" /></a>SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ? A young Mormon missionary and cancer survivor from Utah who lived through the Spain train crash that left 80 dead said Thursday he remembers the train lifting off the tracks &quot;like a roller coaster&quot; before he blacked out and awoke to a &quot;gruesome&quot; scene.</p><br clear="all"/>By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. law requires certain research results to be posted online within a year of a study's end date, but a new analysis found that only about half of cancer drug research results are made public after three years. Researchers who looked at 646 studies examining the safety and effectiveness of cancer drugs found that 55 percent were published online or in a medical journal three years after the studies' end dates. "That has great potential to bias what we know about these drugs and devices," said Dr. ...http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-trial-results-slow-see-light-day-study-202525940.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 16:25:25 -0400Reuterscancer-trial-results-slow-see-light-day-study-202525940By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new regulatory pathway could shave years off the traditional drug approval process in the United States, according to some companies whose drugs have been given "breakthrough therapy" designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Speaking at a briefing in Washington to raise awareness of the drug review process, Dr. Jay Siegel, head of global regulatory affairs at Johnson & Johnson, said he expects two years to be knocked off the time it would typically take the FDA to review ibrutinib, the company's experimental cancer drug. ...http://news.yahoo.com/drugmakers-cheer-speed-lane-breakthrough-therapies-173049177.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 15:38:47 -0400Reutersdrugmakers-cheer-speed-lane-breakthrough-therapies-173049177<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/womens-cancer-risk-increases-height-173933409.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TLBsXbBH0fLORrXZBl6hzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/doctor-female-patient.jpg1370385860" width="130" height="86" alt="Women&#039;s Cancer Risk Increases with Height" align="left" title="Women&#039;s Cancer Risk Increases with Height" border="0" /></a>Postmenopausal women who are taller may be at greater risk for developing cancer, new research reveals.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/womens-cancer-risk-increases-height-173933409.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 13:39:33 -0400LiveScience.comwomens-cancer-risk-increases-height-173933409<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/womens-cancer-risk-increases-height-173933409.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TLBsXbBH0fLORrXZBl6hzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/doctor-female-patient.jpg1370385860" width="130" height="86" alt="Women&#039;s Cancer Risk Increases with Height" align="left" title="Women&#039;s Cancer Risk Increases with Height" border="0" /></a>Postmenopausal women who are taller may be at greater risk for developing cancer, new research reveals.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roche-blockbuster-sales-boost-first-094257671.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pItLp2FUO2fVgaDLhrbb1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/1f2257a9df7b9218380f6a7067006e36_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Roche blockbuster sales boost first-half profits" align="left" title="Roche blockbuster sales boost first-half profits" border="0" /></a>Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG posted an 11 percent rise in first-half profit Thursday boosted by strong sales of its blockbuster cancer drugs and some new additions to the line-up. The Basel, Switzerland-based ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/roche-blockbuster-sales-boost-first-094257671.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 13:19:57 -0400Associated Pressroche-blockbuster-sales-boost-first-094257671<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roche-blockbuster-sales-boost-first-094257671.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pItLp2FUO2fVgaDLhrbb1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/1f2257a9df7b9218380f6a7067006e36_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Roche blockbuster sales boost first-half profits" align="left" title="Roche blockbuster sales boost first-half profits" border="0" /></a>Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG posted an 11 percent rise in first-half profit Thursday boosted by strong sales of its blockbuster cancer drugs and some new additions to the line-up. The Basel, Switzerland-based ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - Women's chances of developing cancer after menopause increase with their height, according to a new study. Among nearly 145,000 women between the ages of 50 and 79, researchers found that height was more strongly associated with cancer than such established risk factors as obesity. The association held true for everything from thyroid cancer to melanoma, researchers reported in the latest issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. It's not height itself that's the risk factor, though. ...http://news.yahoo.com/study-finds-between-womens-height-cancer-risk-170100132.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 13:01:00 -0400Reutersstudy-finds-between-womens-height-cancer-risk-170100132<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-yandex-lifts-revenue-guidance-again-111855109.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IlV5dHxFIxS_XUn9.U7xhQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T162758Z_1_CBRE96O0VFQ00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA-YANDEX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The company logo is seen on the headquarters building of Yandex company, in Moscow" align="left" title="The company logo is seen on the headquarters building of Yandex company, in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - The co-founder and chief technology officer of Russia&#039;s market-leading internet search engine company Yandex has fallen into a coma after treatment for cancer, the Nasdaq-listed company said on Thursday. Ilya Segalovich, aged 48, founded Yandex in 1997 with Arkady Volozh, the company&#039;s chief executive officer. &quot;He built up an inspired and incredible team of talented engineers who are the backbone of the company now,&quot; Volozh told reporters on a conference call after the company had earlier published its latest results. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russias-yandex-lifts-revenue-guidance-again-111855109.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 12:27:58 -0400Reutersrussias-yandex-lifts-revenue-guidance-again-111855109<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-yandex-lifts-revenue-guidance-again-111855109.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IlV5dHxFIxS_XUn9.U7xhQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T162758Z_1_CBRE96O0VFQ00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA-YANDEX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The company logo is seen on the headquarters building of Yandex company, in Moscow" align="left" title="The company logo is seen on the headquarters building of Yandex company, in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - The co-founder and chief technology officer of Russia&#039;s market-leading internet search engine company Yandex has fallen into a coma after treatment for cancer, the Nasdaq-listed company said on Thursday. Ilya Segalovich, aged 48, founded Yandex in 1997 with Arkady Volozh, the company&#039;s chief executive officer. &quot;He built up an inspired and incredible team of talented engineers who are the backbone of the company now,&quot; Volozh told reporters on a conference call after the company had earlier published its latest results. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Celgene Corp. said Thursday its net income jumped 30 percent in the second quarter as sales of its cancer drug Revlimid improved after it got new marketing approvals. Celgene said it now expects greater ...http://news.yahoo.com/celgene-raises-outlook-stronger-revlimid-141504317.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 10:15:04 -0400Associated Presscelgene-raises-outlook-stronger-revlimid-141504317MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ilya Segalovich, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Russian internet group Yandex, is in a coma, suffering with complications from cancer, the company's chief executive said on Thursday. The company earlier announced the death of Segalovich, aged 48, who had been diagnosed with a treatable form of cancer. "We want to clarify an earlier statement that the company put out. We have since learnt that Ilya is in coma and on life support although not showing any brain function. Our thoughts are with him at this time," Arkady Volozh said on a conference call. ...http://news.yahoo.com/yandex-co-founder-chief-technology-officer-dies-084834474.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 09:00:26 -0400Reutersyandex-co-founder-chief-technology-officer-dies-084834474(Reuters) - Biotechnology firm Celgene Corp raised its full-year earnings forecast for the second time in three months after it reported a quarterly profit above analysts' estimates, as its cancer drugs, Revlimid and Abraxane, continued to post strong sales growth. Celgene shares rose 4 percent to $142 in trading before the bell on Thursday. The company said it now expects 2013 adjusted earnings of $5.80 to $5.90 per share, up from its prior view of $5.55 to $5.65 per share. It expects sales of $6.2 billion, up from $6.0 billion forecast earlier. Second-quarter net income rose to $478. ...http://news.yahoo.com/celgene-raises-full-outlook-strong-cancer-drug-sales-122723813.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 08:27:23 -0400Reuterscelgene-raises-full-outlook-strong-cancer-drug-sales-122723813<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roche-tops-forecast-cancer-drugs-gain-momentum-121318819.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v5bCX.ILgI1y7iVNrk9QtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T121318Z_1_CBRE96O0XYE00_RTROPTP_2_ALEXION-ROCHE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File of the logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf" align="left" title="File of the logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf" border="0" /></a>By Caroline Copley BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swiss pharmaceuticals firm Roche beat first-half profit forecasts as strong sales of its mainstay cancer drugs and some new treatments supported its view that it can withstand competition from cheap, copycat drugmakers. The results also stoked speculation the group might hike its dividend, buy back shares and make more acquisitions as it looks to diversify from its core expertise in cancer. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/roche-tops-forecast-cancer-drugs-gain-momentum-121318819.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 08:13:18 -0400Reutersroche-tops-forecast-cancer-drugs-gain-momentum-121318819<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roche-tops-forecast-cancer-drugs-gain-momentum-121318819.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v5bCX.ILgI1y7iVNrk9QtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T121318Z_1_CBRE96O0XYE00_RTROPTP_2_ALEXION-ROCHE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File of the logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf" align="left" title="File of the logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf" border="0" /></a>By Caroline Copley BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swiss pharmaceuticals firm Roche beat first-half profit forecasts as strong sales of its mainstay cancer drugs and some new treatments supported its view that it can withstand competition from cheap, copycat drugmakers. The results also stoked speculation the group might hike its dividend, buy back shares and make more acquisitions as it looks to diversify from its core expertise in cancer. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Bacterial infections may play a role in triggering pancreatic cancer, according to recent research.http://news.yahoo.com/pancreatic-cancer-bacteria-may-play-role-103531367.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 06:35:31 -0400LiveScience.compancreatic-cancer-bacteria-may-play-role-103531367Strong sales helped Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG to a 41 percent rise in first-half net income for shareholders from a year ago. The world's biggest manufacturer of cancer drugs, which reports earnings ...http://news.yahoo.com/roche-posts-41-percent-rise-062407305.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 02:24:07 -0400Associated Pressroche-posts-41-percent-rise-062407305By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Health systems could be "overwhelmed" by the costs of coping with mental illnesses such as dementia, depression and addiction if nothing is done now to boost investment in research, leading neuroscientists said on Thursday. Publishing a study that put the estimated costs of brain disorders in Britain alone at more than 112 billion pounds ($172 billion) a year, they said mental illness research needed to attract the same funding levels as illnesses such as cancer and heart diseases to be able to reduce the burden. ...http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-warn-overwhelming-costs-mental-illness-230203265.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 19:02:03 -0400Reutersscientists-warn-overwhelming-costs-mental-illness-230203265By Soyoung Kim and Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amgen Inc, the world's largest biotechnology company, has lined up Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Barclays Plc to finance a potential deal for Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc, according to three people familiar with the matter. Thousand Oaks, California-based Amgen, whose preliminary $120 per-share offer for Onyx was rejected by the company's board last month, is still keen to buy the cancer drugmaker and waiting to see if a higher competing offer will materialize, the people said on Wednesday. ...http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-amgen-lines-bofa-jpm-barclays-finance-onyx-220518965.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 18:05:18 -0400Reutersexclusive-amgen-lines-bofa-jpm-barclays-finance-onyx-220518965<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/george-bush-shaves-head-in-solidarity-with-cancer-stricken-child-210022098.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LVF23DEfcLkzwHwHxYqd3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-24/bb91c5d5-5f9c-4ecd-8499-5661ac29b4e9_BigHWShave.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former President George H. W. Bush Shaved His Head" align="left" title="Former President George H. W. Bush Shaved His Head" border="0" /></a>Former president George Bush shaves his head for a good cause.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/george-bush-shaves-head-in-solidarity-with-cancer-stricken-child-210022098.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 17:00:21 -0400george-bush-shaves-head-in-solidarity-with-cancer-stricken-child-210022098<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/george-bush-shaves-head-in-solidarity-with-cancer-stricken-child-210022098.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LVF23DEfcLkzwHwHxYqd3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-24/bb91c5d5-5f9c-4ecd-8499-5661ac29b4e9_BigHWShave.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former President George H. W. Bush Shaved His Head" align="left" title="Former President George H. W. Bush Shaved His Head" border="0" /></a>Former president George Bush shaves his head for a good cause.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/actor-dennis-farina-suffering-cancer-death-194534189.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7vc6XUMq7FODgauNn3MP6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T195010Z_3_CBRE96L1D0Z00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-PEOPLE-FARINA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Dennis Farina arrives at the Hollywood premiere of the HBO series &quot;Luck&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Actor Dennis Farina arrives at the Hollywood premiere of the HBO series &quot;Luck&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dennis Farina, the actor best known for his role as a tough-talking detective in the NBC television crime drama &quot;Law &amp; Order,&quot; was being treated for lung cancer when he died earlier this week, his doctor said on Wednesday. The former Chicago cop who turned to acting and found fame playing mobsters and policemen in films and on TV died from a blood clot in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Monday at the age of 69. His cardiologist, Dr. Marc A. Kates, said the actor had suffered a recurrence of a cancer that had been diagnosed 13 years ago. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/actor-dennis-farina-suffering-cancer-death-194534189.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 15:50:10 -0400Reutersactor-dennis-farina-suffering-cancer-death-194534189<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/actor-dennis-farina-suffering-cancer-death-194534189.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7vc6XUMq7FODgauNn3MP6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T195010Z_3_CBRE96L1D0Z00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-PEOPLE-FARINA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Dennis Farina arrives at the Hollywood premiere of the HBO series &quot;Luck&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Actor Dennis Farina arrives at the Hollywood premiere of the HBO series &quot;Luck&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dennis Farina, the actor best known for his role as a tough-talking detective in the NBC television crime drama &quot;Law &amp; Order,&quot; was being treated for lung cancer when he died earlier this week, his doctor said on Wednesday. The former Chicago cop who turned to acting and found fame playing mobsters and policemen in films and on TV died from a blood clot in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Monday at the age of 69. His cardiologist, Dr. Marc A. Kates, said the actor had suffered a recurrence of a cancer that had been diagnosed 13 years ago. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pet-pig-nemos-lymphoma-treatment-makes-research-history-182857612.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/19svCrL6JgtsaVkcRosIwQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T211258Z_1_CBRE96N1MXP00_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTH-PIG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="CUHA handout photo shows Nemo, a 730-pound (331-kg) Hampshire pig, at the university hospital for animals" align="left" title="CUHA handout photo shows Nemo, a 730-pound (331-kg) Hampshire pig, at the university hospital for animals" border="0" /></a>By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When George Goldner went to feed his six pet pigs earlier this year, his 730-pound (331-kg) companion Nemo was acting strangely. Nemo had suddenly stopped eating and laid in the mud. So Goldner loaded Nemo into a trailer and drove more than two hours to Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA) in Ithaca, New York. There he learned his four-year-old Hampshire pig had what doctors believed was the blood cancer B-cell lymphoma. The hospital&#039;s researchers told Goldner they had never seen a pig treated for cancer. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pet-pig-nemos-lymphoma-treatment-makes-research-history-182857612.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 14:31:10 -0400Reuterspet-pig-nemos-lymphoma-treatment-makes-research-history-182857612<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pet-pig-nemos-lymphoma-treatment-makes-research-history-182857612.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/19svCrL6JgtsaVkcRosIwQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T211258Z_1_CBRE96N1MXP00_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTH-PIG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="CUHA handout photo shows Nemo, a 730-pound (331-kg) Hampshire pig, at the university hospital for animals" align="left" title="CUHA handout photo shows Nemo, a 730-pound (331-kg) Hampshire pig, at the university hospital for animals" border="0" /></a>By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When George Goldner went to feed his six pet pigs earlier this year, his 730-pound (331-kg) companion Nemo was acting strangely. Nemo had suddenly stopped eating and laid in the mud. So Goldner loaded Nemo into a trailer and drove more than two hours to Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA) in Ithaca, New York. There he learned his four-year-old Hampshire pig had what doctors believed was the blood cancer B-cell lymphoma. The hospital&#039;s researchers told Goldner they had never seen a pig treated for cancer. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer patients and survivors who felt tired or sluggish reported feeling noticeably better after taking ginseng supplements for two months, in a new study. "Nearly all patients with cancer can suffer from fatigue at some point; either at diagnosis, during treatment and even after treatment, and (fatigue) can linger for several years," said lead author Debra Barton, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. ...http://news.yahoo.com/ginseng-supplements-linked-less-cancer-fatigue-145821461.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 10:58:21 -0400Reutersginseng-supplements-linked-less-cancer-fatigue-145821461<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roches-leukaemia-drug-superior-rituxan-study-060710518.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CcS6gFQVIrIKFSyIS1a0bg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T060710Z_1_CBRE96N0H0900_RTROPTP_2_US-ROCHE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf near Bern, Switzerland in this November 17, 2010 file photo.REUTERS/Pascal Lauener" align="left" title="The logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf near Bern, Switzerland in this November 17, 2010 file photo.REUTERS/Pascal Lauener" border="0" /></a>ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche&#039;s experimental leukaemia drug known as GA101 delayed disease progression in people with one of the most common forms of blood cancer longer than its top-seller Rituxan, the Swiss drugmaker said on Wednesday. Roche is hoping GA101 will help fend off cheaper competition for Rituxan, which loses patent protection in Europe later this year, threatening a blockbuster product with nearly $7 billion in annual sales. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/roches-leukaemia-drug-superior-rituxan-study-060710518.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 02:45:01 -0400Reutersroches-leukaemia-drug-superior-rituxan-study-060710518<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roches-leukaemia-drug-superior-rituxan-study-060710518.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CcS6gFQVIrIKFSyIS1a0bg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T060710Z_1_CBRE96N0H0900_RTROPTP_2_US-ROCHE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf near Bern, Switzerland in this November 17, 2010 file photo.REUTERS/Pascal Lauener" align="left" title="The logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf near Bern, Switzerland in this November 17, 2010 file photo.REUTERS/Pascal Lauener" border="0" /></a>ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche&#039;s experimental leukaemia drug known as GA101 delayed disease progression in people with one of the most common forms of blood cancer longer than its top-seller Rituxan, the Swiss drugmaker said on Wednesday. Roche is hoping GA101 will help fend off cheaper competition for Rituxan, which loses patent protection in Europe later this year, threatening a blockbuster product with nearly $7 billion in annual sales. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lance-armstrongs-former-charity-livestrong-says-donations-down-003125327.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dISOAxPZvGzFWVWqUb8X4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T003125Z_1_CBRE96N01GW00_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-USA-ARMSTRONG-CHARITY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Armstrong, founder of the LIVESTRONG foundation, takes part in a special session regarding cancer in the developing world during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York" align="left" title="Armstrong, founder of the LIVESTRONG foundation, takes part in a special session regarding cancer in the developing world during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York" border="0" /></a>By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - Donations to the cancer charity founded by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong declined last year following charges of doping against the seven-time Tour de France champion, the charity said in its 2012 tax return released on Tuesday. Livestrong, the Austin, Texas-based charity Armstrong founded in 1997 after he survived testicular cancer, also said sales volume of its signature yellow bracelets had fallen 4.8 percent so far this year compared with a year ago. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lance-armstrongs-former-charity-livestrong-says-donations-down-003125327.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 20:31:25 -0400Reuterslance-armstrongs-former-charity-livestrong-says-donations-down-003125327<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lance-armstrongs-former-charity-livestrong-says-donations-down-003125327.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dISOAxPZvGzFWVWqUb8X4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-24T003125Z_1_CBRE96N01GW00_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-USA-ARMSTRONG-CHARITY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Armstrong, founder of the LIVESTRONG foundation, takes part in a special session regarding cancer in the developing world during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York" align="left" title="Armstrong, founder of the LIVESTRONG foundation, takes part in a special session regarding cancer in the developing world during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York" border="0" /></a>By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - Donations to the cancer charity founded by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong declined last year following charges of doping against the seven-time Tour de France champion, the charity said in its 2012 tax return released on Tuesday. Livestrong, the Austin, Texas-based charity Armstrong founded in 1997 after he survived testicular cancer, also said sales volume of its signature yellow bracelets had fallen 4.8 percent so far this year compared with a year ago. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-enlightened-star-laura-dern-joins-shailene-woodley-231956775.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UXI1DFDaTnREqesZSiMc7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T231956Z_1_CBRE96M1STB00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-US-LAURA-DERN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actress Laura Dern arrives for the screening of the film &quot;Nebraska&quot; in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival" align="left" title="Actress Laura Dern arrives for the screening of the film &quot;Nebraska&quot; in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - &quot;Enlightened&quot; star Laura Dern is set to play Shailene Woodley&#039;s mother in Fox&#039;s &quot;The Fault In Our Stars,&quot; TheWrap has learned. Josh Boone (&quot;Stuck In Love&quot;) is directing the adaptation of John Green&#039;s bestselling novel. Story follows two cancer-stricken teens who strike up a romantic relationship as they face an uncertain future. Ansel Elgort, who plays Woodley&#039;s brother in &quot;Divergent,&quot; co-stars as her love interest Augustus, while Nat Wolff has just closed a deal to play his best friend Isaac. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-enlightened-star-laura-dern-joins-shailene-woodley-231956775.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 19:19:56 -0400Reutersexclusive-enlightened-star-laura-dern-joins-shailene-woodley-231956775<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-enlightened-star-laura-dern-joins-shailene-woodley-231956775.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UXI1DFDaTnREqesZSiMc7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T231956Z_1_CBRE96M1STB00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-US-LAURA-DERN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actress Laura Dern arrives for the screening of the film &quot;Nebraska&quot; in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival" align="left" title="Actress Laura Dern arrives for the screening of the film &quot;Nebraska&quot; in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - &quot;Enlightened&quot; star Laura Dern is set to play Shailene Woodley&#039;s mother in Fox&#039;s &quot;The Fault In Our Stars,&quot; TheWrap has learned. Josh Boone (&quot;Stuck In Love&quot;) is directing the adaptation of John Green&#039;s bestselling novel. Story follows two cancer-stricken teens who strike up a romantic relationship as they face an uncertain future. Ansel Elgort, who plays Woodley&#039;s brother in &quot;Divergent,&quot; co-stars as her love interest Augustus, while Nat Wolff has just closed a deal to play his best friend Isaac. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Differences in the health and tumor characteristics of white and black women with breast cancer at the time of their diagnoses may be largely to blame for the disparity in survival between the two groups, a new study suggests. Disparities in treatment quality are not the main problem, the researchers conclude, after finding that if differences in the women's overall health and the degree to which the cancer had advanced at the time of diagnosis were eliminated, the survival gap would shrink dramatically. ...http://news.yahoo.com/health-diagnosis-may-drive-breast-cancer-survival-gap-210121058.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 17:01:21 -0400Reutershealth-diagnosis-may-drive-breast-cancer-survival-gap-210121058<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/doctor-dennis-farina-being-treated-cancer-175954204.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dAHNHU6Co7fepc5cHYsJGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b4ecf727843c5118380f6a7067002b1e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This 2004 file image released by NBC shows actor Dennis Farina in character as Police Detective Joe Fontana on NBC&#039;s &quot;Law &amp; Order.&quot; Farina died suddenly on Monday, July 22, 2013, in Scottsdale, AZriz., after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was 69. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This 2004 file image released by NBC shows actor Dennis Farina in character as Police Detective Joe Fontana on NBC&#039;s &quot;Law &amp; Order.&quot; Farina died suddenly on Monday, July 22, 2013, in Scottsdale, AZriz., after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was 69. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Dennis Farina&#039;s doctor says the actor died while being treated for lung cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/doctor-dennis-farina-being-treated-cancer-175954204.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 14:00:47 -0400Associated Pressdoctor-dennis-farina-being-treated-cancer-175954204<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/doctor-dennis-farina-being-treated-cancer-175954204.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dAHNHU6Co7fepc5cHYsJGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b4ecf727843c5118380f6a7067002b1e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This 2004 file image released by NBC shows actor Dennis Farina in character as Police Detective Joe Fontana on NBC&#039;s &quot;Law &amp; Order.&quot; Farina died suddenly on Monday, July 22, 2013, in Scottsdale, AZriz., after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was 69. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This 2004 file image released by NBC shows actor Dennis Farina in character as Police Detective Joe Fontana on NBC&#039;s &quot;Law &amp; Order.&quot; Farina died suddenly on Monday, July 22, 2013, in Scottsdale, AZriz., after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was 69. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Dennis Farina&#039;s doctor says the actor died while being treated for lung cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>Rachel Wolf wore white to her fake wedding and had no groom to actually marry. She?s not even engaged. But the pretend bride had a really good reason. Wolf?s dad is dying of pancreatic cancer, and won?t be around for the actual big events in his daughter?s life.http://news.yahoo.com/daughter-throws-fake-wedding-for-dying-dad-172011610.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 13:20:11 -0400daughter-throws-fake-wedding-for-dying-dad-172011610<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/czechs-seize-24-rhino-horns-charge-16-traffickers-142252717.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/llbeWsG1UZhGH_FYSU8sTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T142433Z_1_AJOE96M141300_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-CZECH-RHINOS-20130723.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police officers stand guard next to a part of a seized shipment of 24 rhino horns in Prague" align="left" title="Police officers stand guard next to a part of a seized shipment of 24 rhino horns in Prague" border="0" /></a>PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech authorities seized 24 white rhino horns and charged 16 suspected members of an international ring smuggling the prized material to Asia, the customs department said on Tuesday. The horns, believed in parts of Asia to heal illnesses including cancer and sold as an aphrodisiac, were worth $5 million, customs and police officials said. Demand has risen especially in Vietnam in the past years, leading to a rise in poaching of rhinos and smuggling of horns from Africa. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/czechs-seize-24-rhino-horns-charge-16-traffickers-142252717.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 10:22:52 -0400Reutersczechs-seize-24-rhino-horns-charge-16-traffickers-142252717<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/czechs-seize-24-rhino-horns-charge-16-traffickers-142252717.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/llbeWsG1UZhGH_FYSU8sTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T142433Z_1_AJOE96M141300_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-CZECH-RHINOS-20130723.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police officers stand guard next to a part of a seized shipment of 24 rhino horns in Prague" align="left" title="Police officers stand guard next to a part of a seized shipment of 24 rhino horns in Prague" border="0" /></a>PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech authorities seized 24 white rhino horns and charged 16 suspected members of an international ring smuggling the prized material to Asia, the customs department said on Tuesday. The horns, believed in parts of Asia to heal illnesses including cancer and sold as an aphrodisiac, were worth $5 million, customs and police officials said. Demand has risen especially in Vietnam in the past years, leading to a rise in poaching of rhinos and smuggling of horns from Africa. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/barca-refocus-football-under-martino-122328326.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JnVKVCpmpZicneYPwbJwXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T122328Z_1_AJOE96M0YF600_RTROPTP_2_OZASP-SOCCER-SPAIN-BARCELONA-20130723.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Iain Rogers MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona&#039;s swift decision to replace Tito Vilanova with Gerardo Martino is a bold move not without risk but should at least allow the players to refocus on football after the unwelcome distractions of recent months. The Spanish champions announced on Friday that Vilanova, 44, was unable to continue because of the demands of his cancer treatment and the club said on Tuesday they had hired 50-year-old Argentine Martino, a former Newell&#039;s Old Boys coach in his native Rosario, on a two-year contract. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/barca-refocus-football-under-martino-122328326.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 08:23:28 -0400Reutersbarca-refocus-football-under-martino-122328326<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/barca-refocus-football-under-martino-122328326.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JnVKVCpmpZicneYPwbJwXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T122328Z_1_AJOE96M0YF600_RTROPTP_2_OZASP-SOCCER-SPAIN-BARCELONA-20130723.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Iain Rogers MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona&#039;s swift decision to replace Tito Vilanova with Gerardo Martino is a bold move not without risk but should at least allow the players to refocus on football after the unwelcome distractions of recent months. The Spanish champions announced on Friday that Vilanova, 44, was unable to continue because of the demands of his cancer treatment and the club said on Tuesday they had hired 50-year-old Argentine Martino, a former Newell&#039;s Old Boys coach in his native Rosario, on a two-year contract. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Iain Rogers MADRID, July 23 (Reuters) - Barcelona's swift decision to replace Tito Vilanova with Gerardo Martino is a bold move not without risk but should at least allow the players to refocus on football after the unwelcome distractions of recent months. The Spanish champions announced on Friday that Vilanova, 44, was unable to continue because of the demands of his cancer treatment and the club said on Tuesday they had hired 50-year-old Argentine Martino, a former Newell's Old Boys coach in his native Rosario, on a two-year contract. ...http://news.yahoo.com/soccer-barca-refocus-football-under-

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