Charity News from Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003Heart attacks rose at Brooklyn hospital after terrorist attackAmerican Heart Association | The number of heart attack cases surged at a Brooklyn, New York, hospital in the two months after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, suggesting that psychological stress can trigger serious heart problems. Tissue-engineered valves give diseased hearts new life American Heart Association | Heart valves engineered from patients' own tissue may offer a new treatment for valvular heart disease, researchers reported today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2003. Heart Failure Consumes Significant Health Care Resources Duke University Medical Center | Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that elderly patients with the debilitating heart disorder have health care expenditures up to three times higher than similar patients without heart failure. Women Treated More Aggressively For Hypertension, Yet Results Similar To Men Duke University Medical Center | Duke University researchers have found a paradox about gender differences in heart disease – women have a greater burden of hypertension than men and they receive more aggressive treatment for it, yet they obtain no better blood pressure control. Holiday Shoppers Beware: European Union Refusing to Ban Dog and Cat Fur Trade The Humane Society of the United States | With the holiday season quickly approaching, The Humane Society of the United States, is warning European consumers to be on the look out and avoid purchasing items that could well turn out to be something they would not usually dream of buying. San Joaquin River Parkway Grows Trust For Public Land | The Trust for Public Land, the San Joaquin River Conservancy, and the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust announce the Conservancy's purchase and permanent protection of 528 acres at the heart of the San Joaquin River Parkway. Two Years After Taliban's Fall, CARE Says Costs of Insecurity Are Rising CARE | On the eve of the second anniversary of the Taliban's fall, the international humanitarian agency CARE says the costs of insecurity for Afghanistan's reconstruction are rising, threatening the country's future as a stable state. Cardiac MRI Detects Thinned Heart Muscle Previously Deemed Unsalvageable Duke University Medical Center | Duke University Medical Center researchers have used cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to demonstrate that heart muscle that had been "thinned" by a heart attack could indeed be "saved" by restoring blood flow to the affected region. One in Four Patients at Risk if Surgery Delayed After Failed Angioplasty Duke University Medical Center | Duke Clinical Research Institute and Canadian cardiologists have estimated that 25% of patients who unexpectedly require emergency heart surgery after a failed angioplasty are at risk of harm or death if any delays to the surgery are encountered. BirdLife International Launches Blueprint To Halt Asia's Bird Extinction Crisis Conservation International | A groundbreaking guide has been launched for governments and civil society to prevent the extinction of Asia's birds, one in eight of which is under threat. The blueprint, Saving Asia's Threatened Birds, was unveiled at a ceremony today in Tokyo. 35 Million Americans Don't Know Where Their Next Meal is Coming From America's Second Harvest | As the holiday season approaches, America's Second Harvest food banks and food-rescue programs are seeing last year's donors and volunteers becoming this year's clients. New government data shows that 35 million Americans are 'food insecure'. Too Many Americans are Thankful For Food America's Second Harvest | While most people celebrate this shopping season, new government data shows that 35 million Americans are 'food insecure', up from 33 million the year before. Two million more Americans are wondering if they will be able to afford groceries. Men’s College Basketball Teams Hit the Hardwoods in 2003 Coaches vs. Cancer Basketball Classic American Cancer Society | New York City once again will roll out the red carpet for the start of the 2003-04 NCAA Division I men's basketball regular season. On November 13 and 14, 2003, Madison Square Garden will host the eighth annual Coaches vs. Cancer Classic®. Antiplatelet Drug Found to Reduce Risk of Recurrent Heart Attacks and Stroke Is Extremely Cost-Effective Emory University | The antiplatelet medicine clopidogrel is not only effective in reducing the risk of recurrent heart attack and stroke, it is also extremely cost-effective, according to data presented today by researchers from Emory University. Emory Crawford Long Hyperbaric Specialist Shares Safety Tips to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Homes Emory University | Carbon Monoxide is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that claims about 200 lives in the United States each year, and injures 5,000. Without warning, a home can become a deadly hazard, killing within minutes. Emory Eye Center Physician Echoes PBA's Warning That Diabetes is the Leading Cause of New Cases of Blindness in American Adults Emory University | Many are unaware that diabetes can lead to vision loss when untreated. Ophthalmologists at the Emory Eye Center routinely treat patients who have the particular complications of diabetes that affect their vision. NCI, FDA Announce Two New Initiatives As Part of Strategic Partnership National Cancer Institute | At a Friends of Cancer Research meeting, the National Cancer Institute director and a Food and Drug Administration commissioner announced two new collaborative initiatives to facilitate the development and use of better cancer treatments. Molecular first steps to adult diabetes found Salk Institute for Biological Studies | The study, published in the Nov. 13 issue of Nature, for the first time identifies the molecular switches that decide whether the liver stores or burns fat. Knowledge of these switches may provide a new avenue for treating adult-onset diabetes. New pathway discovered at Stanford provides insight into heart disease Stanford University School of Medicine | A new signaling pathway appears to play a critical role in the development of heart disease, according to researchers. Now that this marker of cardiac dysfunction has been identified, it could lead to better diagnosis of heart problems. Atrial fibrillation procedure shown to cure majority of patients with abnormal heart rhythm University of Michigan Health System | An innovative procedure completely cures the overwhelming majority of patients with the most common form of irregular heartbeat, by stopping haywire electrical signals in areas of heart muscle and some of the veins that connect to it. Statement from the American Red Cross Regarding Changes at Holland Lab American Red Cross | American Red Cross Biomedical Services continues to evaluate the ways in which we allocate resources. After careful review and consideration, we have determined that we must refocus on our core mission of providing a safe and available blood supply.
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