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Diabetes Drug Improves Memory in Mice That Were Engineered to Show Features of Alzheimer’s Disease
A commonly prescribed diabetes drug could improve memory and reverse the build-up of plaques on the brain linked to Alzheimer’s, according to research published in…
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September is Hunger Action Month & There Are Several Ways You Can Help Defeat Hunger!
Hunger is sometimes hidden, even as it affects 1 in 6 people in our community (that’s over 50 million people), it affects children, elderly, the…
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Action or Inaction in Congress Will Impact the Lives of People Goodwill® Serves
Congress’s plate of must do legislation is full as we head into the fall. Spending bills, debt limit increases, and resolutions on Syria, are big…
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The Man Who’ll End Poverty
One DC area nonprofit exec is absolutely, unequivocally convinced that poverty in the DC region will end during his lifetime. (No, he hasn’t found the…
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OCRF Researchers Find Some Immune Cells Aid Cancer Growth
A new OCRF-funded study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that a subset of immune cells, called myeloid derived suppressor…
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Register Now for the Prevent Cancer 5K Walk/Run September 29th
What: Prevent Cancer 5K Walk/Run When: Sunday, September 29, 2013 (starts at 9 AM) Benefits: Prevent Cancer Foundation Start and finish your 5K inside Nationals…
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Get Your Tickets Now! The Community Ball Benefiting A Wider Circle is October 5th
What: The Community Ball When: October 5, 2013 (starts at 6:30 PM) Benefits: A Wider Circle To date, A Wider Circle has furnished the homes…
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Don’t Let Them Wipe Out Animal Protection Laws
The House of Representatives passed its Farm Bill, including the overreaching “King amendment,” which threatens to repeal dozens of animal protection laws. It could…
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Taking the SNAP Challenge
Can you eat on just $4.50 a day? Make the SNAP Challenge pledge now, then invite your friends! What is the SNAP Challenge? The SNAP…
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Coyote pups saved after human-wildlife conflict threatens their lives
Four coyote siblings are back in their natural habitat in Southern California. But, it’s a homecoming that almost didn’t happen. When they were just young,…
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CDC Survey Finds Youth E-Cigarette Use More than Doubled from 2011-2012, Shows Urgent Need for FDA Regulation
Providing the first national data on youth use of electronic cigarettes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported that the percentage of…
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A Mother’s Plea: Stop Solitary Confinement of Children
In 2005, Vicky Gunderson’s 17-year-old son, Kirk (pictured above), committed suicide while in solitary confinement in a Wisconsin jail. Here’s her story: “As a mother,…
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