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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... factors involved , I have become convinced from my study of health problems that the subject of health has more important economic implications for our Nation than many of the economic activities which are subject to Federal regulatory ...
... factors involved , I have become convinced from my study of health problems that the subject of health has more important economic implications for our Nation than many of the economic activities which are subject to Federal regulatory ...
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... factors . However , our tremendous advances in discovering the origin and treat- ment of important diseases rank foremost among the factor which are responsible for this increase in our life span . Many diseases that were highly ...
... factors . However , our tremendous advances in discovering the origin and treat- ment of important diseases rank foremost among the factor which are responsible for this increase in our life span . Many diseases that were highly ...
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... factors , but they are the things that we can be very sure about . You might say , " All right , what can you do about this in terms of treatment and what has been done ? " It is presently hard to change a person's personality . It has ...
... factors , but they are the things that we can be very sure about . You might say , " All right , what can you do about this in terms of treatment and what has been done ? " It is presently hard to change a person's personality . It has ...
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... factors involved , and a relationship to poor living conditions . The outlook for the future is encouraging . Mortality from rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease is steadily going down . In 1935 , the death rate per 100,000 ...
... factors involved , and a relationship to poor living conditions . The outlook for the future is encouraging . Mortality from rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease is steadily going down . In 1935 , the death rate per 100,000 ...
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... factors are learned from research . Diet currently is considered under headings including : ( 1 ) Low salt , ( 2 ) low protein , and ( 3 ) low cholesterol diet , ( 4 ) low caloric diet , ( 5 ) rice diet . There is much evidence in favor ...
... factors are learned from research . Diet currently is considered under headings including : ( 1 ) Low salt , ( 2 ) low protein , and ( 3 ) low cholesterol diet , ( 4 ) low caloric diet , ( 5 ) rice diet . There is much evidence in favor ...
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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.