Charity News from Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2002AJC Delivers Firm Messages to MubarakAmerican Jewish Committee | AJC President Harold Tanner urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to return Egypt's ambassador to Israel, to take concrete steps to eliminate anti-Semitic articles and cartoons in the Egyptian government-controlled media, and to end Egypt's ... Stopping statins may cause rebound that triples risk of death American Heart Association | "Withdrawal of statin therapy shortly after the onset of symptoms completely eliminated the protective effect of statins in coronary heart disease patients hospitalized with severe chest pain." The study compared the effectiveness of two blood-... Health and fitness facilities need defibrillators American Heart Association | The joint position statement, "Automated External Defibrillators in Health/Fitness Facilities," advises larger facilities and those with special seniors programs to be equipped with the devices and to provide training. "Many more Americans are ... Light-weight heparin has heavy-weight results in heart attack treatment American Heart Association | Enoxaparin previously has been shown to be superior to unfractionated heparin (another blood thinner) for patients with milder heart attacks (non-ST segment elevation). Major bleeding events occurred in 2.4 percent of UFH-TNK patients and 1.9 ... Lung Association Says New Soot-Lung Cancer Study Confirms Need for EPA To Act NOW American Lung Association | The American Lung Association© today said that a new study indicting fine particle or soot air pollution as a cause of lung cancer among people living in many large U.S. cities adds urgency to the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ... Catholic Charities USA Urges Congress to Give States the Flexibility to Restore Immigrant Eligibility for Temporary Assistance Programs Catholic Charities USA | Catholic Charities USA is calling on Congress and the Administration to give states the flexibility they need to serve legal immigrants in their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs, and to allow legal immigrants to access ... Catholic Charities USA Allocates More Than $21 Million to 19 Local Agencies for September 11 Recovery Efforts Catholic Charities USA | The grants—which come from more than $28 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 after ... Environmental Defense Applauds Smith's Army Corps Reform Bill Environmental Defense | Environmental Defense today applauded Senators Bob Smith (R-NH), John McCain (R-AZ) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) for introducing landmark legislation to reform the scandal-plagued U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Since then, questionable Corps projects ... Fund for Peace calls for arms embargo on Zimbabwe Fund for Peace | In a letter to the U.N. Security Council today, The Fund for Peace called for U.N. smart sanctions on Zimbabwe, including an arms embargo and financial sanctions to be enacted immediately. International financial sanctions may deter government ... Gifts In Kind International's TechLearn Event Will Distribute $175,000 in Technology To Chicago Area Nonprofits Gifts in Kind International | According to Gifts In Kind International's "2000 Technology Tracking Study of the Nonprofit Sector," computer technology and training continues to be the nonprofit sectors most critical product need. Gifts In Kind International (...
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