Charity News from Wednesday, May. 12, 2004Cancer Chemoprevention Holds PromiseAmerican Cancer Society | Statistics that show one in two men and one in three women will get cancer in their lifetimes might lead some to think cancer is nearly inevitable. But a new review points out carcinogenesis is a long, multistep process which can be interrupted. Obese and Morbidly Obese Women More Likely to Have Pregnancy Complications and C-Sections Columbia University Health Sciences | Obese and morbidly obese women are more likely to have pregnancy complications and caesarean sections than women of average weight, according to a new study. Columbia Researchers To Study Link Between Diabetes, Memory Loss Columbia University Health Sciences | Understanding the link between diabetes and early dementia – as well as how diabetes relates to other causes of memory loss – is the focus of a new study at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and approximately 40 other medical institutions. Clinical Trial to Study Treatment Options for Patients with Acute Renal Failure Emory University | Emory University Hospital is one of a handful of sites across the country currently participating in a clinical trial to study a new treatment for acute renal failure (ARF). Ovarian Cancer Survivors Share Their Experiences With Medical Students Emory University | When third year medical students at the Emory University School of Medicine go to class in the Glenn Building at Grady Hospital on May 19th, their professor will step aside and let the voice of experience take over. Graphic Images Of Violence Alter Children's Attitudes Toward Aggression Johns Hopkins Medicine | A Johns Hopkins team has found that exposing at-risk children and teenagers to grisly videos and photos of these patients' wounds can significantly change the youths' beliefs about the value and consequences of aggression.
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