Charity News from Friday, Aug. 1, 2003The HSUS Offers Reward for Information in Puppy Killings at Arkansas Animal ShelterThe Humane Society of the United States | The HSUS is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the killings of two puppies at the Humane Society of the Ouachitas in Mena, Arkansas in July. American Cancer Society Announces 2003 Luther L. Terry Award Winners American Cancer Society | Malaysia's Mary Assunta Kolandai and Australia's Simon Chapman, Ph.D., will be among those honored by the American Cancer Society for their exemplary leadership in the world's tobacco control movement. Report Reiterates Tobacco Industry Efforts to Target Women in Developing Countries American Cancer Society | A new report on tobacco use and control lends further support to evidence that the tobacco industry is increasingly targeting women in developing nations, the largest remaining untapped market for cigarettes. Bevacizumab (Avastin™) for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Treatment Referral Center Protocol National Cancer Institute | The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has opened a Treatment Referral Center Protocol that will evaluate bevacizumab in patients who are no longer benefiting from standard treatments for locally advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer. The Pampered Chef Helps Fight Hunger Year Round America's Second Harvest | In America, an estimated 33 million people do not know where their next meal will come from according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And, according to America's Second Harvest, 70.6% of households are reported as food insecure. Tooth loss may be early warning sign of cardiovascular disease American Heart Association | Tooth loss caused by gum disease may be a marker of cardiovascular disease before symptoms appear, researchers report in today's rapid access issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. US Must Lead Liberia Peacekeeping Force Oxfam-America | International agency Oxfam today urged the United States to put its troops on the ground in Liberia immediately, to give the strong leadership needed to stop continuing bloodshed and provide access for desperately needed humanitarian aid.
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