"For the Cure" Founder Opposes New Breast Cancer Guidelines
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Cancer activist Ambassador Nancy Brinker does not support the recently updated guidelines recommending against self-examinations and annual mammograms for women in their forties. The founding chair of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and a breast cancer survivor, Amb. Brinker will discuss the need for improved screening methods during her talk at the National Press Club.
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Bread for the World Institute Releases 2010 Hunger Report
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As the United Nations Climate Change conference in Copenhagen approaches, Bread for the World Institute is releasing its 2010 Hunger Report. Stressing the role "green jobs" could play in reducing hunger and meeting the challenges of climate change, the report also makes the case for U.S. leadership in reducing poverty around the world.
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