Charity News from Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2003Veterans Win Budget BattleDisabled American Veterans (DAV) | Leaders of the nation's three largest veterans organizations today praised members of Congress who fought alongside them to keep veterans' health care, pensions and disability compensation off the chopping block. Coping With the Stress of War in the Workplace National Mental Health Association | The onset of war with Iraq and ongoing threat of terrorist attacks, have made focusing on "business as usual" extremely difficult. The National Mental Health Association offers tips for employers and employees on coping with the stress of war. NMHA Offers Tips for College Students on Coping With War National Mental Health Association | The war with Iraq and the domestic threat of terrorism has many college students feeling anxious and uncertain about their future. The National Mental Health Association offers tips for college students on how to deal with this difficult time. Fundraiser to Honor National Missing Children's Day National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | Beginning May 17th, 2003, retailers from across the country will join together to help raise money for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and its efforts to locate and recover missing and exploited children. Gene Transfer Reduces Levels of Key Alzheimer's Disease Protein Salk Institute for Biological Studies | A molecule that naturally degrades a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease appears to reduce the levels of that protein by nearly 50 percent when delivered by gene therapy, researchers at the Salk Institute and UC San Diego have found.
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