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Local Health Educator Urges Congress to Fund Cancer Research, Prevention
... One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) lobby day to ask legislators to fund cancer research at the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health. “I watched multiple family members battle this terrible disease, and I’m grateful to Congress for the strong bipartisan support it has ... potential cures will languish in labs, and the significant breakthroughs we’re so close to making will go unfunded.” Luzius is a Certified Health Education Specialist and Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist with Hope Cancer Resources in Springdale and has been published for her work ... for medical research and cancer prevention programs has had a role in every major advance against this disease. A full list of the OVAC health care groups is available here . 0 Local Health Educator Urges Congress to Fund Cancer Research, Prevention ...
2024 ACS CAN Arkansas Research and Health Equity Breakfast
Please join us for the 2024 ACS CAN Arkansas Research and Health Equity Breakfast The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading advocacy organization working ... will host its annual Cancer Advocacy Breakfast on Friday, December 6, 2024. This event will bring together key leaders and decisionmakers in health care, the community, government, research, and academia to discuss the importance of diversity in clinical trials, and the impact on our state and ...
Cancer Advocates Oppose Bill to Fund Cancer Research that Advances Big Tobacco’s Dangerous Agenda
... that not only deters new users from starting and encourages current users to quit, but provides much needed revenue to improve the public’s health. “Considering these principles, we look forward to working with members of the legislature to pass stronger—not weaker— tobacco ... threaten local government control, and to establish a tax on tobacco products that will reduce Arkansans’ tobacco use, save millions in state health care costs, and help our communities truly become healthier. We are opposed to HB1565 and look forward to working with members of the legislature ...