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Reminder: Top Physician-Scientists Discuss State of Cancer Research at Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Symposium (Popularity:  )
http://www.damonrunyon.org
Internationally renowned physician-scientists will discuss the rapidly changing cancer research landscape in the US, plus important recent discoveries in translational cancer research, during the first Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Investigator Symposium.The April 27th event, to be held in partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences, includes a panel discussion on the evolving partnership between academia and industry in research and drug development.Highlights: * Robert A. Weinberg, PhD, ...
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International Nonprofit to Release New Report Showing That Unregulated Money in Politics Is Greatest Corruption Threat Globally (Popularity: )
http://www.globalintegrity.org
The following was issued today by Global Integrity:WHAT: Teleconference -- Global Integrity, an award-winning international nonprofit organization that tracks governance and corruption trends globally, will release a new report that finds the unregulated flow of money into the political process to be the #1 corruption threat facinga
majority of countries, regardless of income levels. The Global IntegrityReport: 2008 also features a new Grand Corruption Watch List, whichincludes Iraq and Somalia among ...
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Lung Cancer Alliance Praises VFW Call for Lung Cancer Screening and Research (Popularity: )
http://www.lungcanceralliance.org
Today Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA), the only national organization providing patient support and advocacy exclusive to those living with or at risk for lung cancer, hailed the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) for calling for a lung cancer screening program and more lung cancer research funding for military personnel and veterans. The resolution, unanimously adopted at the VFW annual convention, also calls upon Congress and the Department of Defense (DOD) ...
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International Rescue Committee Releases Names of Victims of Ambush in Afghanistan (Popularity: )
The International Rescue Committee has released the names of its four staff members who were tragically killed in an ambush Wednesday morning in Logar Province Afghanistan. They are: Mohammad Aimal, 25, of Kabul, Afghanistan. He had worked as a driver for the International Rescue Committee since 2002. Shirley Case, 30, of Williams Lake, British Columbia. She joined the IRC on June 8 in Afghanistan to manage education programs designed to ...
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Alternative Extends Partnership With Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Popularity: )
http://www.alternativeapparel.com
Alternative (http://www.alternativeapparel.com), premium fashion statements inspired by and created for free-thinking individuals everywhere, today announced its support of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation for the second year in a row, beginning with the organization's trademark events: "A Time for Heroes" presented by Disney in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 8th, and "Kids For Kids" family carnival in New York on Saturday, September 20th. Alternative has signed on to be ...
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Clean Hands Leading to Safer Health Care for Half the World's Population (Popularity: )
http://www.who.int
Half the people in the world can look forward to cleaner and safer care and a lowered risk of becoming ill with an infection as a result of their health care. That is because they live in countries whose governments have pledged to become part of a worldwide movement to address health-care associated infections under the Global Patient Safety Challenge: Clean Care is Safer Care. A total of 22 countries ...
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National Minority Health Month Foundation Calls for Routine HIV Testing (Popularity: )
http://www.testforlife.org
In observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Gary Puckrein, PhD, executive director of the National Minority Health Month Foundation, today released the following statement: "As we recognize National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, it is my hope that all members of the African American community will support and encourage routine HIV testing. Routine HIV testing is the only way we will be able to bring the HIV/AIDS epidemic under control, ...
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Teachers' Insurance Plan of NJ Joins Statewide Safety Initiative Sponsoring Keep Kids Alive Drive 25(R) Efforts (Popularity: )
http://www.keepkidsalivedrive25.org
Teachers' Insurance Plan of NJ has joined a yearlong statewide safety initiative supporting organizations that promote the priority of safety in New Jersey. Originally launched in June 2008 by its parent High Point Auto Insurance, Teachers' first safety campaign initiative includes the sponsorship and coordination of a Keep Kids Alive Drive 25(R) (KKAD25) tour in New Jersey communities from October 28th through November 1st. The tour celebrates KKAD25(R)'s 10th anniversary ...
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Following a 50-Year Low, Law Enforcement Fatalities Surge 43 Percent During the First Half of 2010 (Popularity: )
http://www.nleomf.org/
After reaching a 50-year low in 2009, the number of U.S. law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty surged nearly 43 percent during the first six months of 2010, according to preliminary data released today by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). If the mid-year trend continues, 2010 could end up being one of the deadliest years for U.S. law enforcement in two decades.Preliminary NLEOMF statistics ...
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Virgin Mobile USA Debuts Homeless Youth TV, Online 'Reality' Network (Popularity: )
http://www.virginmobileusa.com
Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. (NYSE: VM) is today announcing the launch of HYTV, the Homeless Youth TV Network, a new online campaign featuring such programs as "Meal or No Meal," "American Idle," "My Street 16," and "Project Runaway." Focused on raising awareness of the plight of more than one million youth living on the streets, HYTV delivers a new type of reality designed to raise awareness in November for National ...
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