Health

DANBURY, Conn., July 20, 2009, The Washington Post — Health insurance and doctors were unthinkable luxuries for George Anderson of Redding, laid off nearly a year ago when his book distribution company filed for bankruptcy.

July 17, 2009, The Denver Post — David Eddings wrote fantasy novels, but the money he left behind will help a Denver hospital treat a very real problem.

July 16, 2009 — To heighten global awareness of the cancer burden, Lance Armstrong has teamed up with Nike (NYSE:NKE) to present “STAGES,” an art show that benefits The Lance Armstrong Foundation.

July 13, 2009 — The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have issued a new report on 2008 funding for global AIDS efforts from the Group of Eight nations, European Commission (EC) and other donor governments.

New York, July 13, 2009 —  Faced with a difficult environment for fundraising, The American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge is getting donations by asking people to give hope.

July 10, 2009, The Wall Street Journal — Senators working on health-care legislation are considering provisions to pare back the billions of dollars in tax breaks enjoyed by U.S. hospitals.

July 9, 2009, Bloomberg — Brian Mullaney figured that tapping one of the best smiles in Hollywood -- say, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman or Julia Roberts -- would surely boost publicity and donations for his organization that fixes the misshapen mouths of poor children.

July 8, 2009 (From NYU) — NYU Langone Medical Center announced today a $100 million gift from the Druckenmiller Foundation to establish a state-of-the-art neuroscience institute at the Medical Center.

July 7, 2009 —  The California HealthCare Foundation has announced it will make $10 million available to the Emergency Working Capital Loan Fund, a low-interest loan pool designed to help ensure California's safety-net clinics provide uninterrupted care.

July 3, 2009, Boston Business Journal — Diana Wetmore is in the midst of a do-it-yourself crash course in the capital markets. The vice president of alliance management at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has a doctorate in biochemistry, but said, “Yahoo Finance is the most visited Web site on my computer.”