Conferences

Upcoming Cancer Care Connect workshop dates:
Participation is free. Other dates will be added at a later time.
Register online at www.cancercare.org/connect or call 1-800-813-HOPE (4673)
Also available at www.cancercare.org/podcasts

Cancer Care Connect: The Latest Developments Reported At the 34th Annual San Antonio Brest Cancer Symposium
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Update on the Treatment of Liver Cancer
Thursday, February 9, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Update from the 2011 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Update on the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Medical Update on Ovarian Cancer
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: The Importance of Taking Your Pills on Schedule
Thursday, March 8, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Progress in the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Medical Update on Myelofibrosis
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Progress in the Treatment of Lung Cancer
Friday, April 20, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Thursday, April 26, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Health Disparities Committee Meetings 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - CANCELLED
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

March 2012

Oral (Dental) Health Community Forum: All are welcome! First District Health Unit: 801 11th Avenue SW, Minot, ND. Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm, to register please call 1.800.472.2286 (press 1) or e-mail rnorsted@nd.gov no later than Friday, March 2, 2012 to ensure an accurate food count (a light meal will be provided free of change).

April 2012

18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect to be held in conjunction with the Children's Bureau's Centennial Celebration in 2012, April 16-20, 2012 at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, DC. For questions visit: http://www.pal-tech.com/web/OCAN, CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Information will be available on the conference Website in March 2011.

NEWS

S.3058. Introduced by Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The bill reauthorizes the Special Diabetes Program, which funds both prevention and treatment research for Type I diabetes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a special prevention and treatment program for American Indians and Native Alaskans through the Indian Health Service (IHS). Each of those two programs is currently funded at $150 million annually. The new legislation would increase funding for each program by one third -- to $200 million annually -- for each of the next five years.

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