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Nonprofit Alliance for Investor Education Elects New Officers (Popularity:  )
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Dallas Salisbury is the new president of the Alliance for Investor Education (AIE), a nonprofit consortium of 19 leading U.S. organizations involved in investor education. The other newly elected AIE officers are: Joy Howell, vice president; John Gannon, secretary; and Gloria Talamas, treasurer. Salisbury, who also serves as the president and CEO of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and chairman of the American Savings Education Council (ASEC), replaces Michael ...
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Reduced Lung Capacity Accelerates With Diabetes (Popularity: )
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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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American Red Cross Pledges Initial $1 Million to Haiti Relief (Popularity: )
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The American Red Cross is sending money, supplies and staff to Haiti to support relief efforts there after yesterday's earthquake, which caused catastrophic damage and loss of life.According to reports, as many as three million people may have been affected by the quake, which collapsed government buildings and caused major damage to hospitals in the area. The Red Cross is contributing an initial $1 million from the International Response Fund ...
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Reply.com Contributes More Than $60,000 to Haitian Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction Efforts (Popularity: )
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Following donations of more than $100,000 to fund schools in Haiti in 2009, Reply.com and its employees have contributed more than $60,000 to Haitian relief and reconstruction efforts to aid schools and earthquake victims of this month's devastating earthquake, the company announced today.Immediately following the earthquake, Reply! made a $10,000 donation to the Red Cross International Response Fund to provide aid to earthquake victims in Haiti. Reply! also canceled its ...
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Microsoft Makes Donation to Benefit Spanish-Speaking and Low-Income Families (Popularity: )
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The new Xbox 360 console and more than 200 educational games and entertainment programs in English and Spanish are being released nationwide, and to mark the occasion, Microsoft Corp. is making a donation for the benefit of Spanish-speaking and low-income families. Every community service center on Skid Row in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California operated by the nonprofit organization Para Los Ninos is being equipped with two Xbox 360 ...
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More Than 430,000 Free Energy-Saving Light Bulbs to be Given to Consumers Starting on Earth Day (Popularity: )
To celebrate Earth Day -- while providing relief from recent electric rate hikes -- a partnership of local governments and a consumer group Saturday will give away more than 430,000 energy-saving light bulbs, representing enough electricity to illuminate the Sears Tower for a full-year -- to Chicago-area consumers. Under the program, which is sponsored by the Northern Illinois Energy Project (NIEP), a nonprofit partnership of the Citizens Utility Board, the ...
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Federal Government Receives Failing Grades on Tobacco Control in Annual American Lung Association Report (Popularity: )
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The American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control 2007 report, an annual report card on federal and state tobacco control legislation and policies, assigns only Ds and Fs to the federal government, but says 2008 presents an historic opportunity for Congress to make a dramatic impact on tobacco control across America by authorizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco products. Strong, bipartisan legislation is pending in ...
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Senate Health Committee Votes to Repeal Written Informed Consent in HIV Testing Bill (AB 682), Notes AHF (Popularity: )
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US' largest provider of HIV/AIDS healthcare, prevention and education, and operator of the largest non-government HIV testing program in California which conducts more than 15,000 HIV tests annually, today lauded the California State Senate Health Committee for its vote today in favor of Assembly Bill 682, California's Routine HIV Screening Bill, which will now move on to the Senate Appropriations Committee. AHF and other public ...
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Bringing Hope To Angolan Children: Mass Health Campaign Begins To Help 3.5 Million (Popularity: )
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The government of Angola, and its partners in the Measles Initiative, the Global Fund on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative are launching a major health campaign to provide life-saving interventions for Angolan children. The integrated campaign is targeting more than 3.5 million children with measles and polio vaccinations, vitamin A, de-worming medication, and, in seven provinces, long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLIN’s). The campaign begins on ...
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Hundreds Across the South Still Seek Safety in Red Cross Shelters (Popularity: )
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More than 1,100 Red Cross workers are helping those whose lives were turned upside down after this week's flooding and tornadoes in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.Clean-up efforts are underway and Red Cross teams from 37 different states are providing food, a safe place to stay, clean-up items, toiletries, blankets, shovels, rakes, gloves, trash bags and other necessities. Damage is widespread with people needing everything from immediate emergency assistance ...
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