http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970?src=rss Copyright 2009 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:15:51 -0800 http://www.brightcove.com/?v=1.0 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid50063450001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d8/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_50078392001_asset-1258092376593.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>Lance Armstong's LIVESTRONG Army has started invading Alaska, slowly turning Anchorage a little more yellow. It is all thanks to the hard work of an Anchorage woman. Rachelle Alger is using the LIVESTRONG platform to fight Alaska's number one killer. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid50063450001?src=rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:06:21 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid44569404001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d4/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_44570350001_asset-1255375535958.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>Bear Baker is an Alaskan man who, like his wife, survived breast cancer. And he's not alone. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid44569404001?src=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:53:49 -0800 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid33590591001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d5/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_33595051001_asset-1250119015072.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>8/11 - Every year, for six years now, some forty-bike riders have made their way here to Anchorage from Austin, Texas. The 4,500-mile ride serves as a metaphor in the battle against cancer. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid33590591001?src=rss Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:03:08 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid31256981001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d5/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_31260562001_asset-1248983825238.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>7/29 - There is a new study that says tanning beds are a lot more dangerous than previously thought. This is a story the CBS 11 cancer connection progressively reporting on for the past two years. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid31256981001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:39:22 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid29334565001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d5/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_4884151001_asset-1229392084891.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>7/11 - It is one of the most deadly forms of skin cancer. In the last thirty years the number of young women diagnosed with melanoma has doubled. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid29334565001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:39:22 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid26554658001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_26641201001_asset-1245265503123.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>6/16 - Doctors this day are experimenting with a new type of treatment for prostate cancer that eliminates surgery and its serious side effects. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid26554658001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid26215601001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_26218851001_asset-1244841817606.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>6/11 - Craig Harpel was a member of a family of longtime Alaskan radio and television broadcast pioneers. But Craig's true love was always community service. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid26215601001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid24696961001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_24701656001_asset-1243631601643.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>5/28 - It's estimated about 16,000 Americans are diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus every year. But now doctors have a way to stop the disease before it begins. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid24696961001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid24696957001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_24701514001_asset-1243630839524.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>5/28 - Some Dimond High students are making a difference. Members of Dimond's American Cancer Society Club presented a $2,000 check to Golden Corral to help pay for the Relay for Life Survivor's Dinner. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid24696957001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid24295838001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_24304738001_asset-1243371145904.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>5/25 - Researchers are finding that a spice found in many kitchens, ginger, can make a difference when it comes to battling nausea. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid24295838001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid23084883001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_23087596001_asset-1242270106672.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>A new vaccine for the treatment of brain cancer has experts and patients alike hopeful. Take a look into what the future for cancer treatment holds. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid23084883001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid22950079001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d5/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_4884151001_asset-1229392084891.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>Join Matthew Simon as he shows us a recap of the last two years of Cancer Connection and just how many lives it has impacted. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid22950079001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid22083750001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_22188031001_asset-1241543395823.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>5/4 - It is a very exciting night for us here at CBS 11 News as we continue our ongoing commitment to make fighting cancer every Alaskan’s priority. CBS 11's Cancer Connection is launching an online dating auction on KTVA.com. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid22083750001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid19411861001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_19415820001_asset-1239653715032.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>Colon cleansing started as a quick Hollywood weight loss product. Now the trend has grown into an everyday fad. Products claim to clean all of your colon's toxins, which cleansing companies suggest can lead to future heath problems. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid19411861001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid15708550001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_16396392001_asset-1236885872763.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>Many of us know that old saying, "you are what you eat." Even if you're making a conscious effort to eat healthy, you could actually be eating processed foods and adding to your cancer risk. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid15708550001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid14470610001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_14499364001_asset-1235987074937.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>New experimental treatment for liver cancer is showing so much promise, they are hoping to begin testing the treatment of other forms of cancer soon. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid14470610001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid12792149001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d7/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_12823856001_asset-1234766503616.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>Very few people in the community actually know Gov. Palin's Press Secretary Bill McAllister started battling lymphoma only five weeks after he received that job. For the first time McAllister speaks publicly about living with lymphoma. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid12792149001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid7053777001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d5/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_5899950001_asset-1230439900575.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>The most current numbers for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that out of the nearly 10,000 US women diagnosed with cervical cancer every year, 30 to 45 are Alaskans. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid7053777001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid4666682001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d5/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_5221129001_asset-1229626314104.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>Tanning and other options to help reduce the risk of contracting Alaska's number one killer - Cancer. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid4666682001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid3920655001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d5/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_3922433001_team3-copy-TB.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>12/3 - Nearly two-dozen Alaskans are spending hours in the dark and in the cold this winter for a lifesaving cause. It's all for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's (LLS) sports training program: Team In Training. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid3920655001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid3921021001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_1830083920_Cancer.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>12/3 - There is a new study that is underlying the importance of fast and complete radiation treatment when it comes to breast cancer. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid3921021001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid2660353001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d5/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_2669139001_mattingley-copy-TB.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>11/18 - Anchorage Bucs founder and General Manager, Dennis Mattingly, is in the middle of trying to raise money for a life-saving stem cell transplant. Using Mattlingy's good name, a con artist is trying to scam donors out of money. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid2660353001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid2239118001?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d5/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_2247133001_Relay-for-life2-copy-TB.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>11/14 – On Thursday evening the American Cancer Society kicked off this year's Relay for Life. It's a monumental year for the organization, as their biggest fundraiser celebrates it's 25th anniversary. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid2239118001?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid1917486491?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_1653781212_BrightcovePic.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>11/11 - Cancer can rob a woman of her energy, appetite and strength, but it does not have to take away her self-confidence. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid1917486491?src=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:42:27 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid1912371040?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_1913292444_cancer1-copy-TB.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>11/7 - In CBS Eleven's cancer connection mission to bring viewers the latest information, a new major finding appears to now help when battling the disease. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid1912371040?src=rss Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:46:35 -0700 http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid1906919286?src=rss <img src="http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/d6/unsecured/media/1612833750/1612833750_1653781212_BrightcovePic.jpg?pubId=1612833750"/>11/6 - Every year cancer kills more Alaska Natives then any other group in the state. Today the American Cancer Society recognized this with a huge financial commitment. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1659850970/bclid1768641329/bctid1906919286?src=rss Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:46:35 -0700