Charity News from Thursday, May. 10, 2001Bipartisan call for collaborative approaches to forest restoration and wildfire managementAmerican Forests | "Understanding Community-Based Forest Ecosystem Management," (edited by Gerald Gray of American Forests, Maia Enzer of Sustainable Northwest, and Jonathan Kusel, Forest Communication Research) outlines how new collaborative approaches are ... Avoiding The Health Hazards Of Grilling: Free Brochure Explains The Whys And Hows American Institute for Cancer Research | The brochure advises consumers on the potential health risks of grilling meat, poultry and fish - and provides advice on how to avoid or reduce those risks. Cancer researchers have found that grilling and broiling cause "muscle meats" (red meat, ... John Phillips Joins The Center For Marine Conservation The Ocean Conservancy | WASHINGTON, DC - The Center for Marine Conservation (CMC) is very proud to announce the hiring of John Phillips director of its New England Regional Office in South Portland, Maine. At CMC's New England office Phillips plans to focus his efforts ... Questions and Answers: Gleevec National Cancer Institute | Gleevec, also known as STI571, is a new drug that the Food and Drug Administration approved today for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a cancer of white blood cells. By blocking the abnormal protein, called BCR-ABL, Gleevec kills ... FDA Approves Important New Leukemia Drug Offers Further Proof of Principle for Molecular Targeting in Cancer Treatment National Cancer Institute | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today its approval of the drug Gleevec as an oral treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Other molecular-targeting drugs previously approved by the FDA interfere with proteins ... Bosnian Mothers Receive a Priceless Mother's Day Gift in Albany, New York Samaritan's Purse | For two Bosnian women, this Mother's Day will be one they'll never forget as they look forward to returning to Bosnia with their healthy children, Inel Delalic and Aida Ganic, who received life-saving heart surgery at Albany Medical Center. Letter Carriers to Collect Food Saturday in Over 10,000 Cities Across America America's Second Harvest | Letter carriers on Saturday will collect non-perishable food donations along their postal routes in over 10,000 cities and towns across America in the nation's largest one-day effort to feed the hungry. Racial Disparities Exist in Diagnostic Procedure for Heart Attack Patients, Regardless of Doctor's Race, Yale Researchers Report Yale School of Medicine | Yale researchers have demonstrated a marked racial difference in the rate of cardiac catheterization, a diagnostic procedure used to assess heart function after a myocardial infarction or heart attack.
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