Charity News from Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002American Cancer Society Names New Vice President for National Research EndeavorsAmerican Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health agency, today announced the appointment of Jerome W. Yates, MD, MPH, to lead its nationwide scientific research initiatives. Dr. Yates will serve as National Vice President of ... Rep. Moran, Responding to American Jewish Committee, Returns Contribution from Terrorism Supporter American Jewish Committee | An American Jewish Committee initiative has led a Congressman to return political contributions from a Muslim leader known to be an avid supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah, two organizations listed by the U.S. government as terrorist groups. "Rep. ... Hugh Parmer, Former U.S. Humanitarian Aid Official, Named American Refugee Committee President American Refugee Committee | Hugh Q. Parmer, a former top official of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has been named president of the American Refugee Committee. ARC is an international humanitarian aid organization that was founded in 1978 to help ... CRP provides another reason to lose weight and gain heart health American Heart Association | "Based on these previous studies, we hypothesized that a reduction in fat tissue mass would lower plasma CRP levels in obese women." "During the weight-loss protocol, total body fat loss was a better predictor of plasma CRP changes than abdominal ... Low-dose combo no better than aspirin alone in secondary prevention American Heart Association | Giving heart attack patients a combined low dose of the anticoagulant drug warfarin with low-dose aspirin does not prevent second heart attacks or strokes better than aspirin alone, researchers report in today's Circulation: Journal of the ... Catholic Charities USA Allocates More Than $20 Million to 16 Local Agencies for September 11 Recovery Efforts Catholic Charities USA | The latest grants—which come from more than $27 million donated to Catholic Charities USA for September 11 disaster assistance—will help local Catholic Charities agencies deal with economic and emotional needs of families that are surfacing months... MSF Issues Top Ten List of the Year's Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories Doctors Without Borders USA | The international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M‚decins Sans FrontiŠres (MSF) today issued its fourth annual list of what it considers to be the most underreported humanitarian stories of the year. The current war has yielded... Waterfowl and Researchers Agree: Ducks Unlimited's Restored Wetlands Are As Good As Natural Ducks Unlimited | In a study recently published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, researchers found that waterfowl and grassland birds use wetlands restored by Ducks Unlimited as much, if not more, than natural wetlands. "The primary reason for conducting this... Student Advocacy Groups Unite to Create Nation's Largest Youth-Based Action Alert Network Environmental Defense | A new coalition of student environmental and social justice groups have joined forces to form the nation's largest youth-based online activism partnership, called the Student Action Network (SAN). Organizations participating in the Student Action...
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