Health Inquiry: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First and [-second] Sessions ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 - 3151 pages |
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... cause this tremendous economic loss . Four major diseases alone - heart , cancer , tuberculosis , and rheumatism and ... caused by these diseases and the enormous economic losses suffered both by the Nation as a whole and by individuals ...
... cause this tremendous economic loss . Four major diseases alone - heart , cancer , tuberculosis , and rheumatism and ... caused by these diseases and the enormous economic losses suffered both by the Nation as a whole and by individuals ...
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... cause . Today , this number has been reduced to 313 persons per 1 million inhabitants . Childhood diseases , such as measles , scarlet fever , whooping cough , and diphtheria no longer present a serious threat to the children of our ...
... cause . Today , this number has been reduced to 313 persons per 1 million inhabitants . Childhood diseases , such as measles , scarlet fever , whooping cough , and diphtheria no longer present a serious threat to the children of our ...
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... cause of death in the United States . It causes the death of or kills more than 1 out of every 2 persons that die each year in our country . It is anticipated that in the current year about 785,000 people will die of heart disease . It ...
... cause of death in the United States . It causes the death of or kills more than 1 out of every 2 persons that die each year in our country . It is anticipated that in the current year about 785,000 people will die of heart disease . It ...
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... cause of which we do know , and these forms and their number of cases are relatively small . If you have one of them , it is very important to you because in those cases where we know the cause of high blood pressure fre- quently that ...
... cause of which we do know , and these forms and their number of cases are relatively small . If you have one of them , it is very important to you because in those cases where we know the cause of high blood pressure fre- quently that ...
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... cause - whatever that may be so affects some other part of the body that it exaggerates the disease itself and it ... causes of high blood pressure in this big group is somehow familial , possibly heredity is mixed up with it . It tends ...
... cause - whatever that may be so affects some other part of the body that it exaggerates the disease itself and it ... causes of high blood pressure in this big group is somehow familial , possibly heredity is mixed up with it . It tends ...
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Page 107 - The nutritional statements made in this advertisement have been reviewed by the Council on Foods and Nutrition of the American Medical Association and found consistent with current authoritative medical opinion.
Page 118 - ... for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
Page 10 - In the first place, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. It...
Page 220 - POLICY . . . See your doctor immediately at the first sign of any one of the seven danger signals that may mean cancer (1) Any sore that does not heal (2) A lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere (3) Unusual bleeding or discharge (4) Any change in a wart or mole (5) Persistent indigestion or difficulty in swallowing (6) Persistent hoarseness or cough (7) Any change in normal bowel habits. Many cancers can be cured, but only if properly treated before they have begun to spread or "colonize
Page 341 - They are often called the seven danger signals of cancer. 1. Any sore that does not heal. 2. A lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere. 3. Unusual bleeding or discharge. 4. Any change in a wart or mole. 5. Persistent indigestion or difficulty in swallowing. 6. Persistent hoarseness or cough.
Page 106 - What the Classroom Teacher Should Know and Do about Children with Heart Disease.
Page 517 - To distribute accurate information to the general public by literature, meetings, and other appropriate means. To develop educational methods designed to give diabetic patients a better understanding of their disease. To encourage the formation of subsidiary groups which will cooperate actively with the Association in its program.
Page 187 - It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps, the end of the beginning.
Page 427 - This investigation was supported in part by research grant #A-267 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service...
Page 227 - Association; in labor, to the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and the railroad brotherhoods.