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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... going , and what additional measures must be taken , particularly in the way of research , that will hasten relief from the burden of heart disease . As husbands and fathers , individuals ourselves , we members of the committee have a ...
... going , and what additional measures must be taken , particularly in the way of research , that will hasten relief from the burden of heart disease . As husbands and fathers , individuals ourselves , we members of the committee have a ...
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... going to ask each of them —- may they stand when they identify themselves so that everyone can see who they are ? The CHAIRMAN . I think that would be well , and before you proceed may I read a letter which has just come to my attention ...
... going to ask each of them —- may they stand when they identify themselves so that everyone can see who they are ? The CHAIRMAN . I think that would be well , and before you proceed may I read a letter which has just come to my attention ...
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... going to call upon Dr. Duckett Jones to speak on this subject of rheumatic heart disease ; what it is ; its importance ; what we know about it ; the way of prevention and treatment ; where we are working in the direction of research ...
... going to call upon Dr. Duckett Jones to speak on this subject of rheumatic heart disease ; what it is ; its importance ; what we know about it ; the way of prevention and treatment ; where we are working in the direction of research ...
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... going on , if it is continuously and adequately supported , strongly points to the prob- ability of learning a tremendous lot more about the fundamental tissue changes and chemical interactions that occur in the important con- nective ...
... going on , if it is continuously and adequately supported , strongly points to the prob- ability of learning a tremendous lot more about the fundamental tissue changes and chemical interactions that occur in the important con- nective ...
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... going on at a fairly intensive level . I think some of the officers of the Heart Association could speak to that . Mr. Betts , the executive director of the Heart Association , is here . He has that as one of his responsibilities ...
... going on at a fairly intensive level . I think some of the officers of the Heart Association could speak to that . Mr. Betts , the executive director of the Heart Association , is here . He has that as one of his responsibilities ...
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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.