Charity News from Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2001Top Basketball Teams Help Lead the Fight Against CancerAmerican Cancer Society | The Coaches vs. Cancer program teams up the American Cancer Society, the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The groups leverage the celebrity of our nation's basketball coaches to reduce ... ASPCA's Animal Poison Control Center Provides Anthrax Information For Pet Owners American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | With the recent news about anthrax exposures in people, some pet owners are concerned about the potential hazard of anthrax to their pets. Pet owners should be reassured to know that dogs and cats (as well as most other carnivores, birds and ... Fred's Team to Raise Money Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | The final stretch of the New York City Marathon will have extra meaning for over 300 runners as they pass Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. There they will see some of the pediatric cancer patients who will benefit from their special efforts. Scientists Identify Cells Necessary for Tumor Angiogenesis Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | The biology of tumor growth has been a mystery. While it has been known that tumors recruit cells to form new blood vessels, and that growth factors are necessary to promote this, the origin of the cells has been poorly understood. Prayer, Noetic Studies Feasible; Results Indicate Benefit to Heart Patients Duke University Medical Center | Cardiac patients who received intercessory prayer in addition to coronary stenting appeared to have better clinical outcomes than those treated with standard stenting therapy alone, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. ABC and CBS Television Networks to Air ASPCA Public Service Announcement American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Beginning the first week of November, a thirty-second public service announcement produced by The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) will air nationwide on both the ABC and CBS television networks.
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