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Cancer funding decision delayed. Time to take action, advocates!
Posted by on July 28th, 2011
Earlier this month, the House Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education Appropriations Subcommittee announced that it has postponed consideration of its fiscal year (FY) 2012 spending bill until September.
Delayed consideration of this bill, which funds the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), gives colorectal cancer advocates more time to contact their House and Senate lawmakers when they return home in August.
The message: Funding for colorectal cancer research and prevention must be a priority.
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House Approves Colorectal Cancer Research Funding for Fiscal Year 2012
Posted by on July 8th, 2011
This afternoon, by a vote of 336-87, the House passed the Fiscal Year 2012 Department of Defense Appropriations bill (H.R. 2219). The bill includes funding for critical national security needs while also providing essential funding for health and quality of life programs for the men and women of the Armed Services and their families.
The final bill includes more than $223 million for cancer research, including $12.8 million for the Department of Defense’s Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) that funds colorectal cancer research.
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Why the Health Research Funded by the Pentagon is Unique and Valuable
Posted by on June 22nd, 2011
Walter Pincus’s latest article published by the Washington Post criticizes the health research funding in the defense appropriations bill as both earmarked funding and unneeded duplicative funding. He is wrong.
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“Find it First” & Help Us Win the Fight Against Colorectal Cancer
Posted by on September 28th, 2010
Colorectal cancer is the most preventable and beatable cancer if detected early. That’s why you need to Find it First.
Olympus and the Colorectal Cancer Coalition are joining forces to encourage at-risk Americans to commit to being screened for colon or rectal cancer. If you are age 50 or older, have family history of colorectal cancer or have other risk factors, you should commit to be screened at FinditFirst.com.
For each screening commitment, Olympus will donate $1 (up to $25,000 total) to the Coalition. In addition to making a commitment to be screened, visitors will also be invited to join Olympus and the Coalition in urging their Members of Congress to support legislation that ensures all Americans access to life-saving colorectal cancer screening.
Make the commitment at FinditFirst.com, get screened and tell your friends and loved ones!
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