Charity News from Monday, Jun. 7, 2004Land in Oneonta, NY To Be Protected Forever As a Wildlife SanctuaryThe Humane Society of the United States | Irwin Gooen has donated a conservation easement on 87 acres in Oneonta to The Humane Society of the United States' Wildlife Land Trust for permanent protection as a wildlife sanctuary. Supreme Court Allows Old Mexican Trucks to Pollute U.S. Communities Natural Resources Defense Council | The Court's decision will increase deadly particulate pollution and smog by allowing tens of thousands of dirty diesel trucks from Mexico to travel into communities in the U.S. already plagued by poor air quality. Underwater Mountains Threatened by Fishing Natural Resources Defense Council | A new report says unsustainable fishing practices threaten some of the planet's most diverse biological hotspots, underwater mountains called seamounts. Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center Receives Grant The Nature Conservancy | "The Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center has received a grant of $25,000 from the Dorr Foundation to support the development of a science based curriculum" Michael Venuti, Discovery Center Director announced today. The Marine Mammal Center Hires Jim Oswald to Manage Communications and Public Relations The Marine Mammal Center | The Marine Mammal Center is proud to announce it has hired veteran public relations executive and former broadcast journalist, Jim Oswald, to head up and develop its public relations and communications program. "Safe" levels of lead, cadmium may raise risk of peripheral artery disease American Heart Association | Blood levels of two metals – lead and cadmium – may increase the risk of peripheral artery disease, even at levels currently considered safe, according to research published in today's rapid access issue of Circulation. New guidelines announced for recreational physical activity for young people with genetic heart disease American Heart Association | A new American Heart Association scientific statement suggests that children, teens and young adults with a spectrum of genetic cardiovascular diseases can exercise recreationally but should be guided by their physicians. Some heart attack patients may be resistant to blood thinner American Heart Association | A substantial proportion of heart attack patients may be resistant to the blood thinner clopidogrel – and face an increased risk of recurrent blockages, researchers report today. JDRF Sadly Recognizes the Passing of Former President Ronald Reagan, Sends Sympathy to Mrs. Nancy Reagan and Family Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation notes with sadness the passing of President Ronald Reagan, and expresses sympathy to Mrs. Reagan and the President's family. Chemotherapy Drug Taxotere Extends Life of Prostate Cancer Patients Columbia University Health Sciences | Men with androgen-independent (hormone-refractory) metastatic prostate cancer treated with Taxotere® (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate in combination with estramustine survived 20 percent longer than similar patients receiving the standard therapy. Duke School of Medicine Changes Curriculum to Meet Future Health-Care Challenges Duke University Medical Center | In the coming year, Duke University School of Medicine will institute significant curriculum changes to better prepare its graduates to cope with the rapid advance of medical science and to address such major issues as emerging diseases. Common Worm Provides Insights Into Salmonella Virulence Duke University Medical Center | Using a common worm as a model, researchers from Duke University Medical Center have identified specific genes within Salmonella that give the bacteria its ability to infect host cells. Synthetic Hormone Used In Contraceptives & HRT Produces Negative Effects In Monkey Studies Emory University | Medroxyprogesterone acetate, a synthetic form of the naturally occurring steroid hormone progesterone widely used in contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy, increases aggression and anxiety and reduces sexual activity in female monkeys. Docetaxel Extends Life In Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients Johns Hopkins Medicine | Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center clinicians were among those at leading institutions that have completed a three-year international study showing that docetaxel, a drug made from yew tree needles, decreases the chance of dying by 24 percent. Patient Safety Lapses In Children's Care Are Prevalent, Drive Up National Health Care Costs Johns Hopkins Medicine | Patient safety problems for hospitalized children occur frequently and with substantial impact on the children, as well as on the health care industry, according to a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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