Cancer

LOGAN -- Christian Orr waited, with neatly combed hair and a dapper outfit with a sweater vest, hoping someone would check him out.

OGDEN -- It is hard to travel around the Top of Utah without coming across evidence of the contributions made by the late Robert L. Marquardt.

Through his efforts, the area has seen the creation of institutions such as Job Corps centers, Beus Pond Nature Park, Ogden River Parkway, MTC Park and George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park.

OGDEN -- If this New Year finds you promising yourself, yet again, that you'll adopt a strenuous gym routine that will leave you as buff as a fitness model, you may need a resolution revamp to get it done.

Joan Thompson, an associate professor of Health Promotion and Human Performance at Weber State University, said following certain steps can help anyone enjoy a happier, fitter 2012.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- At first, getting shot by an assault rifle in an Orange Blossom Trail motel room seemed like a bad thing.

Cancer weakened, but did not soften Christopher Hitchens. He did not repent or forgive or ask for pity. As if granted diplomatic immunity, his mind's eye looked plainly upon the attack and counterattack of disease and treatments that robbed him of his hair, his stamina, his speaking voice and eventually his life.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah has a new plan to prevent and control cancer.

State officials announced their recommendations Tuesday when the Utah Department of Health's Cancer Control Program released its 2011-2015 Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control Plan, as well as its 2011 Utah Small Area Report.

"Just because we are a healthy state doesn't mean we don't have to worry about cancer," said Jodie Pond, a health program coordinator for the Utah Cancer Control Program. "There are some things we can do."

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials are set to release its first statewide cancer data report along with a comprehensive plan to reduce cancer morbidity and increase prevention efforts.