Charity News from Friday, May. 7, 2004Head-Cooling Device Prevents Brain Damage in Oxygen-Deprived InfantsColumbia University Health Sciences | A head-cooling device called CoolCap prevents brain damage in some oxygen-deprived newborn babies, providing the first evidence in humans that many birth-related neurological problems can be reversed. 'Global Challenge of Parasitic Diseases': Sell Lecture on May 17 Emory University | Dr. McKerrow is the Robert E. Smith professor of experimental pathology at UCSF, director of the Tropical Disease Research Unit and co-director of the UCSF Liver Center and Advanced Imaging Core. American Urological Association Awards Highest Honor To Urology Chairman At Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins Medicine | Patrick C. Walsh, M.D., professor of urology and director of the Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins, will receive the American Urological Association's highest honor, the Ramon Guiteras Award. Liver Health and Diet Linked in Film American Liver Foundation | The American Liver Foundation applauds the release of Morgan Spurlock's documentary Super Size Me for drawing national attention to the related problems of liver health and obesity. ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center Responds to Swiffer Wet Jet Rumor American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Veterinary toxicologists at the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center have reviewed the claim described in a widely distributed email alleging a relationship between the use of Swiffer Wet Jet and liver failure in a dog.
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