Type II Diabetes - A Growing Epidemic
If you are a woman, over age 40 and overweight, and you don't get enough exercise, you are at risk for type 2 diabetes, the most common form of this disease. A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes cases are increasing dramatically among women.
The American Domestic Violence Crisis Line (formerly American Women Overseas) operates the only international toll free domestic violence crisis line in the U.S. for abused American women and children living in foreign countries. With funding, this organization is hoping to start an Outreach Program in the spring of 2004. Should this materialize, the group would like to coordinate presentations/visits to...
New Guidelines on Hormone Replacement Therapy from the FDA
On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled a new Web site with information on hormone replacement therapy: www.fda.gov/womens/menopause
It explains how to weigh the risks and benefits of both the estrogen-progestin combination and estrogen alone, an option only for women who have had hysterectomies. The...
FAWCO Millennium Forest in Morocco submitted as UN Millennium Development Goals Success Story
March 2004
In February FAWCO NGO Director Paula Dappen received a request from the United Nations to submit a FAWCO project that could be considered a Millennium Development Goal Success Story. The project that she submitted was the FAWCO Millennium Forest Project in Morocco, sponsored by AWIC...
United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 14 March-22 April 2005
Item 14 : Specific groups and individuals: (d) Other vulnerable groups and individuals
The International Association of Gerontology (IAG) in conjunction with the following organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC (see list enclosed),
calls the attention of the Commission...
Plant for the Planet downloadable certificate - A4 format