Charity News from Wednesday, May. 9, 2001International Affairs Budget Cut To The BoneBread for the World | FACT I: President Bush's initial FY 2002 budget proposal had already cut $200 million from current spending levels on international development, humanitarian programs and debt relief. Congress has now cut an additional $700 million for FY 2002 ... International Experts Reveal Advances In Colorectal Cancer Treatment in New York, NY Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation | NEW YORK, NY, June 11, 2001 - Join five of the world's leading experts in colorectal cancer for a discussion on new advances in colorectal cancer prevention and treatment. The American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF) was established in New York ... Cancer Prevention Comes of Age: Consensus Statement Launched by Medical and Patient Advocacy Community Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation | The general public may not understand the promise documented in medical research, as a recent Cancer Research Foundation of America (a CPWG member) survey of 1,000 U.S. households shows Americans hold conflicting views about cancer prevention. "... The National Institutes of Health and the Huntington's Disease Society of America Form Research Partnership Huntington's Disease Society of America | New York, NY, May 9, 2001- On Tuesday, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced a new partnership with the Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA)... NCI-Sponsored Trial Tests Shark Cartilage Extract in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer National Cancer Institute | The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has launched a large, randomized clinical trial to test the effects of shark cartilage in combination with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that cannot be removed... Robert H. Forney Named President and CEO of Chicago-Based America's Second Harvest America's Second Harvest | Headquartered in Chicago, America's Second Harvest is a national network of more than 200 regional affiliate food banks and food-rescue organizations that provide over $2.3 billion in food and grocery products to 50,000 local charitable agencies. Yale Researchers Create Topical Estrogen That Alleviates Sexual Dysfunction in Menopausal Women and Eliminates Side Effects of Conventional Estrogen Yale School of Medicine | To alleviate vaginal dyspareunia or dryness, a painful symptom of menopause that causes sexual dysfunction, Yale researchers have created a topical estrogen that eliminates side effects of conventional estrogen. Smoking Cigarettes, Cigars, Pipes or Using Snuff or Chewing Tobacco Does Not Cause Brain Cancer, Yale Study Shows Yale School of Medicine | Although cigarette smoking and use of other tobacco products are considered to be the greatest single source of human exposure to certain carcinogens, they do not appear to cause brain cancer, a Yale investigation has found.
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