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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... Cost of medical care to cancer patients , prepared by National Cancer Institute_ 212 Lasker , Albert and Mary , Foundation , Inc .: Comparative figures on control of one animal disease and agricultural research compared to cost of ...
... Cost of medical care to cancer patients , prepared by National Cancer Institute_ 212 Lasker , Albert and Mary , Foundation , Inc .: Comparative figures on control of one animal disease and agricultural research compared to cost of ...
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... alone because of heart - disease disabilities . It is estimated that in 1951 about $ 2,124 million was the cost of heart disease in loss of productivity . Compensation and pension payments to veterans in 1950 because of 8 HEALTH INQUIRY.
... alone because of heart - disease disabilities . It is estimated that in 1951 about $ 2,124 million was the cost of heart disease in loss of productivity . Compensation and pension payments to veterans in 1950 because of 8 HEALTH INQUIRY.
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... cost of these diseases . At a hospital rate of $ 12 a day , according to an estimate and exam- ple , 1 patient with chronic heart disease costs about $ 4,300 a year to maintain in a hospital . This would mean that if 50,000 patients ...
... cost of these diseases . At a hospital rate of $ 12 a day , according to an estimate and exam- ple , 1 patient with chronic heart disease costs about $ 4,300 a year to maintain in a hospital . This would mean that if 50,000 patients ...
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... cost of that development work was . It certainly was in the nature of a great many millions of dollars and that was done largely through Government support because of its pertinence to our war effort , and through Office of Scientific ...
... cost of that development work was . It certainly was in the nature of a great many millions of dollars and that was done largely through Government support because of its pertinence to our war effort , and through Office of Scientific ...
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... cost of the initial bomb was a tremendous amount of money , and I know of several very important areas now in which work of a very exciting nature is going on in which large developmental funds are needed . Those funds are just not ...
... cost of the initial bomb was a tremendous amount of money , and I know of several very important areas now in which work of a very exciting nature is going on in which large developmental funds are needed . Those funds are just not ...
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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.