Charity News from Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2001New Study Shows Alzheimer's Cost to Medicare to Jump by 54%, Jeopardize Healthcare SystemAlzheimer's Association | The National Institutes of Health is now spending about $515 million on Alzheimer research. The share of Medicare spending devoted to beneficiaries with Alzheimer's rises to 15.7 percent in 2010, when total Medicare spending is estimated to be $... Cancer Pain Can be Treated: New Patient Guidelines Help Patients and Physicians Discuss Options American Cancer Society | The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced the availability of their first supportive care patient guideline, Cancer Pain Treatment Guidelines for Patients. "The NCCN/ACS Cancer Pain Treatment... Use Your PC to Combat Cancer National Foundation for Cancer Research | The National Foundation for Cancer Research announced today that it has teamed with technology companies Intel, United Devices and Oxford University in an effort to turn personal computers worldwide into a virtual supercomputer to fight cancer. Screensaver Lifesaver - Anyone With Access To a Computer Could Find a Cure For Cancer National Foundation for Cancer Research | Anyone, anywhere with access to a PC, could help find a cure for cancer by giving 'screensaver time' from their computers to the world's largest ever computational project, which will screen 250 million molecules for cancer-fighting potential. Intel and Scientific Community Announce Cancer Research Program National Foundation for Cancer Research | Intel Corporation and leaders of the scientific research community today announced a new philanthropic effort to help combat life-threatening diseases by linking millions of PCs to create the world's largest and most powerful computing resource. America's Second Harvest Urges U.S. Congress to Raise TEFAP Commodity Levels and Offset Distribution Costs of Surplus Models America's Second Harvest | In quantifiable benefits, TEFAP commodities – fruits and vegetables, grains and beans, meat, poultry and fish – helped America's Second Harvest Network provide nearly 200 million meals to low-income people last year.
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