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Order your Valentine’s Day items through a special promotion on Facebook Causes, and $10 will be donated to BWH’s Campaign for Cancer Prevention. Visit www.causes.com/valentines/210 from your home computer and purchase your gifts through ProFlowers, a partner for Facebook Causes. You do not have to be a member of Facebook to participate.
Find out the latest resources and treatment details on Alzheimer’s disease during the next educational update hosted by the McCourt Foundation, Saturday, March 5, starting at 10 a.m., at the Newton Marriott Hotel. Call 781-444-2544 to reserve seating, or get the complete list of events on www.BWHPikeNotes.org. This program is free and open to the public.
The McCourt Foundation presents “Recent Scientific Advances in the Fight Against MS,” for people living with MS, caregivers, family and friends, Saturday, March 5, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Newton Marriot Hotel. The event is free; call 781-444-2544 to reserve seating.
The Medical Research Building elevator will remain out of service for the next several weeks due to water damage from a recent snowstorm. The Shipping and Receiving Department is transporting supplies and equipment weighing less than 75 pounds using the stairs. For items heavier than 75 pounds, call at 617-732-4491. Call Engineering at 617-732-6721 with questions or special requests for assistance.
BWH, Partners In Health, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health and other organizations host “The Long Tail of Global Health Equity: Tackling the Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases of the Bottom Billion,” a conference that aims to spotlight the “bottom billion”—people surviving on less than $400 a year who suffer from diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. March 2-3 in the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center. For more information and to register, visit www.pih.org/pages/harvardncd