Charity News from Thursday, Jun. 14, 2001Vale Wood Farms Second Dairy to Qualify for American Humane Association Free Farmed LabelAmerican Humane Association | The American Humane Association (AHA) and Farm Animal Services (FAS) today announced that Vale Wood Farms of Loretto, Pennsylvania is the second dairy in the nation to qualify for the Free Farmed label. "Consumers now have even more opportunity to... Thanks to Scandinavia Now An Institute of American Jewish Committee American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee's efforts to further memory of the Holocaust and to remember those who rescued Jews has been given a boost with the full incorporation of Thanks To Scandinavia as an institute of the AJC. At the time TTS moved its ... Latest Research Findings May Yield New Approach for Developing Effective Therapeutics for Huntington's Disease Huntington's Disease Society of America | HD is caused by the presence of an abnormal mutant huntingtin protein in striatal nerve cells, which causes them to die. Mutant huntingtin protein causes striatal neurons to die, although the precise way that this happens is not yet known, ... Study Led By Salk Scientists Answers Long-Sought Question: Where Do Flowers Come From? Salk Institute for Biological Studies | Though a rose, carnation or tulip each has its own distinguishing feel, look and smell, they all share one common trait: the flower's petals adorn its perimeter while the reproductive organs sit in the flower's center. Poor Quality Medical Care Key Factor in High Death Rate Among Mentally Ill Heart Attack Patients Yale School of Medicine | Poor medical care may be key to explaining a substantial part of the high death rate among patients with mental disorders after myocardial infarction or heart attack, Yale researchers have found. Antibiotic Treatment of Tick Bites Prevents Only 20 Percent of Lyme Disease Cases Yale School of Medicine | Even if every patient who noticed they had a tick bite received prompt antibiotic treatment and if it were 100 percent effective in preventing Lyme disease, it would only prevent 20 percent of the total Lyme disease cases, a Yale researcher said.
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