Charity News from Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2001Earth Day 2001 Goal: One Million TreesAmerican Forests | American Forests (americanforests.org), the country's oldest nonprofit conservation organization, has launched a campaign to plant one million trees for Earth Day. Every dollar donated online, or through the Global ReLeaf hotline at 1-800-545-... VegFest 2001 Animal Protection Institute | In observance of "The Great American Meatout," the Animal Protection Institute (API) is hosting VegFest 2001 on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 at Cesar Chavez Plaza (9th and J Streets) in Sacramento from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. The largest Meatout event of... American Cancer Society Response to Pending Liggett Group Lawsuit Settlement American Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) are pleased to announce that LWW has been selected to publish CA - A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed oncology journal of the American Cancer Society, for a ... Enzyme Therapy Provides Hope of First Effective Treatment for Pompe Disease Duke University Medical Center | An enzyme therapy developed by Duke University researchers has been shown to improve heart and muscular functions and therefore prolong and enhance quality of life in infants born with Pompe disease, a rare, inherited muscular disorder. Two Duke Studies Find Doctors Still not Using Drugs Shown to be Beneficial in Clinical Trials Duke University Medical Center | Two different studies have shown that while multi-center clinical trials involving thousands of patients have clearly demonstrated that certain drugs can improve the outcomes for heart patients and save lives, the message isn't being uniformly heard. Men with Chronic Schizophrenia Lose Brain Volume Faster Yale School of Medicine | Men with chronic schizophrenia lose brain volume at a faster rate than the normal aging changes seen in men without the mental illness, a study by a researcher at Yale shows.
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