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Plan launches international appeal to support its emergency operations in Haiti’s affected areas

Aid workers from children's charity Plan International are in a race to help survivors of the devastating Haiti earthquake cope with the aftermath.

18 Jan 2010

New search and data mining tools used to find information held by UKPMC launched

The British Library has showcased a range of new search and data mining tools which can be used to find information held by UK PubMed Central (UKPMC).

13 Jan 2010

Ricoh Americas to host Ricoh Healthcare InfoBriefs for healthcare professionals

Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced it will host Ricoh Healthcare InfoBriefs, seminars for healthcare professionals seeking to streamline paper-intensive medical processes.

9 Jan 2010

Cancer Research UK scientists named on New Year's Honours list

Several of Cancer Research UK's scientists have been named on this year's New Year's Honours list, as has the government's National Cancer Director and a long-term supporter of the charity.

9 Jan 2010

Today's opinions and editorials

Californians need to ask themselves why, when other states and the federal government are making children's health a priority, the Golden State may be adding another half-million children … to the ranks of the uninsured next year (1/7).

9 Jan 2010

About 3 million lose health coverage in California

About 3 million poor Californians lost health benefits or access to health care, and thousands more lost their jobs due to state budget cuts imposed six months ago, according to a report released Thursday.

8 Jan 2010

Majority of long-term cancer survivors do not have access to personalized care services

An increasing number of people are surviving cancer, but many do not receive the services and support they need in the long term, Macmillan Cancer Support has said.

8 Jan 2010

Interactive Data to serve as MFAC's Foundation Partner for 2010

Mutual Funds Against Cancer (MFAC), one of the leading advocates in the fight against cancer within the mutual fund and financial services industries, today announced that Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, will serve as its Foundation Partner for 2010.

7 Jan 2010

Lockton Insurance Brokers raises funds to help people with ALS

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Randy Wolf and PGA tour player Jason Gore along with 84 players recently gathered for a day of golf at the Valencia Country Club, raising awareness and funds for people with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig 's disease.

6 Jan 2010

Cancer Research UK and CRT to undertake phase I clinical trial of DI-B4

CANCER RESEARCH UK and Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the charity's development and commercialisation arm, are to undertake a phase I clinical trial of an investigational monoclonal antibody1 drug from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, called DI-B4 - it is announced today (Monday).

6 Jan 2010

Clinton foundation releases donor list

Former president Bill Clinton on Friday released a list of the donors who have given money to his foundation "under an agreement with President Obama to prevent the appearance of conflicts with Hillary Rodham Clinton's role as secretary of state," the Washington Post reports.

6 Jan 2010

Charity contest held in Toronto; proceeds to benefit Kahi Water Project in Rwanda

Tomorrow, hundreds of dippers are expected to brave Lake Ontario's icy waters at Oakville's Coronation Park during the 25th annual Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip, which is Toronto's most supported New Year's Day charitable tradition. More than $420,000 has been raised to provide clean water in developing countries since the first dip in 1985.

4 Jan 2010

Website explores pros and cons of obesity

ProCon.org, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity dedicated to promoting critical thinking, created the new website http://www.obesity.procon.org to explore the core question "Is obesity a disease?"

30 Dec 2009

Service dogs for people with disabilities

When disability or illness makes it difficult to open a door, pick up keys or call for help, a service dog might ease these frustrations of daily living.

30 Dec 2009

VOA News examines obstetric fistula in Africa

VOA News examines obstetric fistula in Africa and looks at health officials' efforts to prevent and treat the condition.

24 Dec 2009

IBM Global Financing enters into agreements with four leading EHR providers

IBM today announced that its lending arm, IBM Global Financing, has entered into new financing agreements with four leading electronic healthcare records (EHR) providers, highlighting the growing need for private financing for health IT and the pressing challenges hospitals and medical practices face to adopt health IT solutions.

23 Dec 2009

Ottawa Citizen examines water, sanitation in East Africa

An Ottawa Citizen article examines Canada-based charity WaterCan's projects in East Africa. "This year, WaterCan has worked with local African partners to retro-fit more than 50 schools [in] Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania - and has just launched a major Christmas funding drive to expand their work in schools next year. In the past two years, the charity has spent more than $2 million on school and community water and sanitation projects," according to the article.

22 Dec 2009

Dogs for the Disabled honours its puppy socialising volunteers

Dogs for the Disabled paid tribute to its puppy socialising volunteers this week, telling the dedicated helpers that they have made such an outstanding contribution to the charity’s work that they could do with another fifty volunteers just like them.

22 Dec 2009

Cancer Research UK and Electronic Arts team up to encourage donations for charity shops

Cancer Research UK and Electronic Arts Ltd, the leading interactive entertainment software company, have teamed up to encourage people to donate unwanted items to the charity's shops.

22 Dec 2009

Austin's Custom Tops raises charity funds for local children

Austin's Custom Tops, a local business specializing in granite and eco-friendly countertops, co-sponsored, with Ryan Gray and Hill Country Home Health, a slider-eating throwdown at the neighborhood restaurant 219 West on Wednesday, December 9th. Fifty people showed up to cheer on the two brave contestants who ate their way through platefuls of sliders in support of the local charity, The Austin Children's Shelter.

17 Dec 2009