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Myanmar Cyclone a Children's Catastrophe - UNICEF (Popularity:  )
http://www.unicefusa.org
As the death toll from Cyclone Nargis climbs steeply, UNICEF is gravely concerned that the lack of shelter and safe drinking water, coupled with poor sanitary conditions, could significantly increase the death toll among children and other vulnerable populations, leading to a second wave of deaths. With the death toll climbing well past 50,000, there is concern that disease could spread quickly, aided by warm weather and standing polluted water. ...
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First Student Donates $5,000 to The Help Group for Autism Awareness Month (Popularity: )
http://www.firststudentinc.com
First Student, the nation's leader in student transportation, donated $5,000 to The Help Group of Sherman Oaks, California. A special reception was held April 9, 2008, in recognition of National Autism Awareness Month. The reception was hosted by The Help Group and honored individuals and organizations that have shown a commitment to the children and families of California who are living with autism spectrum disorders. Bill Young, First Student region ...
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Highlights of Economic and Business Growth in the Tampa Bay Region (Popularity: )
http://www.tampabay.org
News briefs concerning the economic and business growth in the Tampa Bay Region from the Tampa Bay Partnership: Tampa Bay Ranks #2 Nationwide For Lowest Business Costs The Tampa Bay region ranked number two for having the lowest overall business costs among the top 25 major U.S. cities, according to the 2008 KPMG Competitive Alternatives Business Cost Index. Tampa Bay tied with Dallas-Fort Worth in the ranking with a score ...
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DemandTec Announces Creation of DemandTec Foundation (Popularity: )
http://www.siliconvalleycf.org
DemandTec, Inc. (Nasdaq: DMAN), a leading provider of on-demand merchandising and marketing software services for retailers and consumer products companies, today announced the creation of The DemandTec Foundation, designed to enrich and enhance the communities in which DemandTec employees live and work. The DemandTec Foundation will focus primarily on math and science education as well as youth development. The DemandTec Foundation is a corporate advised fund administered through Silicon Valley ...
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Reduced Lung Capacity Accelerates With Diabetes (Popularity: )
http://www.diabetes.org
People who have diabetes encounter a faster loss of lung capacity than those who do not have diabetes, a finding that may have implications for the potential use of inhaled insulin, according to a study appearing in the April issue of Diabetes Care. The April issue also contains a consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation emphasizing the need for more aggressive goals in ...
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Children's Burn Foundation's Benefit Raises More Than $875,000 for Burn Survivors and Prevention (Popularity: )
http://www.childburn.org
The Children's Burn Foundation, which provides the expertise and programs to prevent pediatric burns and to heal severely burned children, celebrated its 13th annual Giving New Hope Benefit at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 21. The event was attended by more than 700 guests and raised more than $875,000 to help children and families in Los Angeles and around the world. "We are privileged to have raised these funds ...
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Celebrity Cook Paula Deen and Sons Jamie and Bobby Bring Smithfield Foods' Helping Hungry Homes(TM) Tour to Kansas City (Popularity: )
Harvesters: The Community Food Network today received more than 25,000 pounds of meat to help feed local families, thanks to Smithfield Foods' 10-city Helping Hungry Homes(TM) Across America tour, a hunger relief initiative led by celebrity cook Paula Deen. The tour's goal is to provide one million servings of meat to the nation's hungry families, including those in the metropolitan Kansas City area, where 43 percent of people receiving emergency ...
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Team Depression Treatment Cuts Total Senior Medical Costs (Popularity: )
https://www.kaiserpermanente.org
A team approach to depression treatment, already shown to improve health, can also cut total health-care costs, according to a study co-authored by Kaiser Permanente and published in the February issue of the American Journal of Managed Care. The results examine the effects of the multi-center IMPACT (Improving Mood -- Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment for late life depression) care model on the long-term healthcare costs of 551 study participants ...
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Easter Seals Launches Nationwide Program for U.S. Service Members and Veterans Deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan with Traumatic Brain Injury (Popularity: )
http://www.easterseals.com
Easter Seals, with funding from the Ludy Family Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is launching a new nationwide program to help returning veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) through Posit Science(R) Brain Fitness Program -- an in-home, computer-based cognitive training program -- and by providing participants and their families with other essential Easter Seals services and supports. Signature Wound, Significant Needs Traumatic Brain Injury has become the signature wound of ...
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WHO statement by the Director-General on the health situation in Gaza (Popularity: )
http://www.who.int
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the health situation in and around Gaza and the suffering this has caused for civilian populations in the area. In Gaza, the lack of electrical power, arising from a fuel shortage, and restrictions on the movement of people and goods, including medicines, jeopardize the continuity of basic health care and curtail access to specialist care outside Gaza. Frequent electricity cuts and the ...
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