Charity News from Tuesday, Jun. 11, 2002Beta-blockers after heart surgery show double benefitsAmerican Heart Association | Beta-blockers should be used as a first-line medication to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation, a common complication of heart surgery, researchers report in today's rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ... American Heart Association weighs in on fat substitutes American Heart Association | The jury is still out on whether fat substitutes provide a health benefit, because individuals who use them seldom lose weight, according to a new American Heart Association statement published today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ... AJC Long-time Legal Director, Samuel Rabinove, Is Dead at 79 American Jewish Committee | Samuel Rabinove, the American Jewish Committee's Legal Director for more than three decades, has passed away. Mr. Rabinove was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pride and Excellence Award from Project Equality (1995), The Religious ... Disabled American Veterans Recognized Nationally for Strategic PR Initiative Disabled American Veterans (DAV) | The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) has been awarded the Public Relations Society of America's 2002 Bronze Anvil Award of Commendation, which recognizes the very best use of creative tactics in a public relations campaign. DAV received the ... Thousands of Angolans Left to Starve Doctors Without Borders USA | The Angolan government and the United Nations, particularly the World Food Program (WFP) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), have been unacceptably slow to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of at least half a... Environmental Defense Decries Administration Action on CA Offshore Drilling Environmental Defense | Environmental Defense today criticized the Bush administration for announcing that it will not buy back unused drilling leases off the coast of California. A letter sent Friday from Interior Secretary Gale Norton to California Governor Gray Davis... Staying the Course in Car 34 Focus on the Family | Focus on the Family enters the 20th anniversary of the Great Race in Car 34, a vintage Cadillac convertible. Focus on the Family will be one of nearly 100 participants in The Great Race 2002, the largest vintage car rally-race in the world.
|
|
