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$3,854,107 Granted By RMHC to Improve Health and Wellbeing of Children Through Innovative Train-the-trainer Project
Source: Ronald McDonald House Charities In December, RMHC granted $3,854,107 to nine organizations focused on directly improving the health and wellbeing of children through innovative…
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Google Is Developing Contact Lenses to Measure Glucose Levels for People With Diabetes
Source: Insulin Nation By Craig Idlebrook Google has announced the development of contact lenses that can measure glucose levels! The tech giant has put an…
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Women’s Reproductive Rights and Freedom to Decide at Forefront in 2014
Source: USA Today By Natalie DiBlasio WASHINGTON — The March for Life rolled through the nation’s snow-covered, bitterly cold capital Wednesday with thousands of hardy…
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Spinal Cord Injury Research: Epidural Stimulation Research Progressing
Source: Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation By Sam Maddox We reported last summer that several more young men with spinal cord injuries have been surgically…
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Actress Amber Zion Selected to Bring the Beauty of American Sign Language to Super Bowl Sunday
Source: The National Association of the Deaf NEW YORK, January 21, 2014 – The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and PepsiCo announced today that after an extensive search actress Amber Zion…
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Providing Healthcare Where It Simply Doesn’t Exist: For The Homeless
Source: NBC News By Craig Stanley Over several days in January, NBC Nightly News followed the Montefiore Mobile Health Clinic as it made routine stops…
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2014 Red Shoe 5k Benefitting Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Greater Washington, D.C.
Raise your feet to raise hope for healing families! Benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Greater Washington, D.C., the 2014 Red Shoe 5k raises funds…
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Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Kicks-off 20th Anniversary With Record-breaking $6.5 Million in Research Grants
Source: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund OCRF is pleased to kick off their 20th anniversary with $6.5 million in research grants awarded to 22 scientists at leading…
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Give Kids The World Starts “Extreme Village Makeover” This Week
Source: Give Kids the World Village KISSIMMEE, Fla. (January 8, 2014) – It will take 4,000 gallons of paint, 3,000 electrical outlets and light switches,…
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January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. BrightFocus Shares Prevention Tips & Resources.
Source: BrightFocus Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that leads to damage of the optic nerve (the bundle of nerve fibers that carries information…
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BrightFocus Partners with ADDF to Accelerate Alzheimer’s Drug Research
NEW YORK, NY, November 6, 2013 – The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced yesterday the launch of its newly expanded ADDF ACCESS program to…
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Featured Charity: Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America
Wishes help kids feel better – and sometimes when they feel better, they get better. Learn how you can help share the power of a…
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