Charity News from Friday, Dec. 15, 2000Experts Spot Hottest Food Trend of 2001: Growing National Focus on Vegetables, FruitsAmerican Institute for Cancer Research | 1. Heart experts joined cancer experts in placing consumption of fruits and vegetables first on lists of dietary guidelines for prevention. 2. The USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans were revised to lend added emphasis to vegetable and fruit ... World Concern Brings Micro-business Opportunities to Bolivian Women World Concern | World Concern, an international non-profit relief and development organization based in Seattle, WA, is bringing hope to these women through their Women's Solidarity and Food Security Project. As World Concern develops micro-credit programs ... Smart Money Magazine Names Samaritan's Purse, Headed By Franklin Graham, As Top Religious Charity Samaritan's Purse | This month's issue of Smart Money magazine asks its readers to "Put your money where our math is." Their math calculated the international Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse to be the most efficient religious charity. Animal Study Shows That Heat-Sensitive Liposome Improves Chemotherapy Delivery to Tumors Duke University Medical Center | A tiny fat-based spherical structure called a liposome, modified at Duke to be sensitive to mild heating, can triple the amount of an anti-cancer drug delivered to tumors in mice compared to other liposome-based drug-delivery methods. Sustained Use of Anti-Depressants Increases Cell Growth And Protects Cells in the Brain Yale School of Medicine | Continued use of anti-depressants leads to new cell growth in an area of the brain known to suffer cell death and atrophy as a result of depression and stress, a study by Yale researchers shows. Shorter Hospital Stays for Older Patients with Pneumonia Lead to More Frequent Hospital Re-Admissions Yale School of Medicine | Older patients hospitalized with pneumonia for an increasingly shorter length of time are more likely to be re-admitted or discharged to a nursing home, a study by a Yale researcher and collaborators shows.
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