Charity News from Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2002Easy Wasy To Boost Those Veggie Servings: Spreads, Dips and Sauces Smooth The WayAmerican Institute for Cancer Research | WASHINGTON, DC - Cooked vegetables are usually served as side dishes, but the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) suggests that there are other more novel and interesting ways to incorporate vegetables into a meal. The Institute offers ... The American Cancer Society and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launch 'Center for Tobacco Cessation Policy American Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health organization, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced today the launch of the "Center for Tobacco Cessation" (CTC). Activities of the CTC will include providing ... AmeriCares sends emergency supplies to Congo/Rwanda AmeriCares Foundation | AmeriCares has delivered 15,000 pounds of emergency supplies for refugees left by a volcanic eruption last January at Goma in the Congo. As part of its work in 137 countries, AmeriCares established field hospitals in Rwanda in 1994 and airlifted a... Preventing sudden death with implantable defibrillators American Heart Association | The study, called MADIT-II (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial), included 1,232 patients who had suffered a heart attack and had an ejection fraction of 30 percent or less. "Should patients with these characteristics - prior ... Myocarditis plus pulmonary hypertension means transplant sooner American Heart Association | Pulmonary hypertension can predict death for people with myocarditis and suggests the need for a heart transplant or other aggressive therapy sooner, according to a report in today's rapid access Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ... Arrival of Spring Signals Return of Beeping Hens Ducks Unlimited Studies Nesting Ducks Ducks Unlimited | The study, launched in March, 2001, represents the most comprehensive effort yet to study mallard ducks in the Great Lakes states. Tina Yerkes, a DU research scientist, is overseeing the initiative and comparing the results to a parallel study ... Focus on the Family Gives the Facts on Gay Adoption Focus on the Family | Last month an eight-member executive committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) endorsed same-sex parenting, claiming that children raised by homosexuals fare just as well as children whose parents are heterosexual. They found no basis...
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