Charity News from Friday, Feb. 23, 2001From Mongolia To Minnesota: Three Infants Arrive Sunday For Life-Saving Heart SurgerySamaritan's Purse | Three infant children from Mongolia with serious heart defects are not old enough to know the magnitude of the gift they will soon receive. What their families know is that next month these children will return to their homeland with a second chance. National Surgical Oncology Group Comes to Duke Duke University Medical Center | The American College of Surgeons has decided to move its Oncology Group, which oversees the largest number of clinical trials investigating surgical approaches to treating cancer, from Chicago to the Duke University Medical Center. Cocaine Use Decreases Ability to Respond to Stimulation, Yale Researchers Find Yale School of Medicine | Using an innovative method called transcranial magnetic stimulation to measure brain responsiveness, Yale researchers have found that a cocaine addict's response to stimulation is decreased, indicating possible evidence of permanent brain damage.
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