Charity News from Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003Race Affects Older Americans' Likelihood of Getting Flu ShotDuke University Medical Center | As America battles the first wave of influenza this season, a new study reveals a major gap in vaccination rates between older African-Americans and whites of the same age. Though vaccination rates in older Americans are rising, they remain low. Mayo Clinic Receives $10 Million from Philanthropists to Accelerate Alzheimer's Disease Research Mayo Clinic | Two generous families have donated a total of $10 million to Mayo Clinic to advance the progress of medical research in Alzheimer's disease. One family includes Edward and Leslye Phillips of Minneapolis, the son and daughter-in-law of "Dear Abby". Salk Institute Receives $7 Million Gift to Establish Neuroscience Center Salk Institute for Biological Studies | The goal of the center will be to help Salk scientists organize the wealth of information that is now available about the genes and proteins that regulate nerve cell activity as well as the networks of nerve cells that regulate brain function. Drug company payments to FDA haven’t sped approvals any more than federal funding increases did, study finds University of Michigan Health System | For the past ten years, drug companies have paid the FDA fees to review each new drug they want approved. But a new study shows that this program hasn't made the approval process any quicker, its main goal, than increased federal funding for the FDA. Cancers' Love-Hate Relationship with Proteins Offers New Treatment Window Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis | Scientists have found that the absence of two proteins cells use to cope with heat stress can make it easier for the cells to become cancerous, but that same absence also makes it harder for cancerous cells to survive exposure to heat and radiation. House Fires Lead American Red Cross List of 2003’s Highest Impact Disasters American Red Cross | In a year of headlines filled with raging wildfires, devastating tornadoes, damaging hurricanes and relentless floods, the American Red Cross provided relief for more than 805,000 families in a year that called for 243 large-scale disaster responses.
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