Charity News from Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2001New Report Says World Hunger Can Be Cut In Half By 2015, U.S. Foreign Aid CatalystBread for the World | That is the conclusion of Foreign Aid to End Hunger, a report issued today by Bread for the World Institute. Foreign Aid to End Hunger is Bread for the World Institute's 11th annual report on the state of world and U.S. hunger. Risk of Dying of Ovarian Cancer Found to be Increased by Estrogen Therapy: American Cancer Society Study Says Effect Persists up to 29 Years after Cessation American Cancer Society | Women who use estrogen after menopause for 10 years or more have a substantially increased risk of death from ovarian cancer, report scientists from the American Cancer Society in today's Journal of the American Medical Association. Women who ... Franklin Graham To Bring Message Of Hope, High-Energy Music To Tallahassee At The North Florida Festival 2001 Samaritan's Purse | Springtime Tallahassee will take on new meaning this year as Franklin Graham, son of Rev. Billy Graham, leads the North Florida Festival 2001, bringing with him a fresh and relevant message of hope to match the changing seasons. Obese Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization Have Worse Survival Partly Due to Less Aggressive Treatment Duke University Medical Center | Despite being younger and having less severe coronary artery disease, morbidly obese patients undergoing cardiac catheterization have worse adjusted survival rates than patients who are not obese, according to Duke researchers. Diabetes Doubles Heart Disease Death Risk; Diabetes Control Approach May Effect Outcomes Duke University Medical Center | After analysis of data collected from two large multi-center clinical trials, Duke researchers have found that patients with diabetes have an almost twofold increase in dying or suffering severe outcomes from heart disease compared to non-diabetics. Duke Study Shows Trained and Supervised Physician Assistants Can Successfully Perform Cardiac Catheterizations Duke University Medical Center | A study by Duke University Medical Center researchers has shown that physician assistants, with proper training and supervision of an experienced cardiologist, can successfully perform cardiac catheterizations. First Nitric Oxide Regulating Enzyme Found that is Conserved from Bacteria to Humans Duke University Medical Center | The first known mammalian enzyme that regulates cellular levels of nitric oxide, a molecule as important to life as oxygen, has been found in organisms from bacteria to humans, Duke University researchers reported Wednesday. Chronic Depression Hastens Disease Progression and Mortality Among Women with HIV Yale School of Medicine | Women who are HIV-positive and depressed are twice as likely to die as women who are HIV-positive but experiencing limited or no depressive symptoms, a study by a Yale researcher shows.
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