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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 2
... increased by 8 years from 60 years to 68 years . Credit for these spectacular achievements are due to many factors ... increase in our life span . Many diseases that were highly prevalent only a few decades ago no longer present ...
... increased by 8 years from 60 years to 68 years . Credit for these spectacular achievements are due to many factors ... increase in our life span . Many diseases that were highly prevalent only a few decades ago no longer present ...
Page 17
... increase , and it is one of the very important efforts which I think will result in a diminution of this health problem . The CHAIRMAN . What I am interested in , of course , is our particular opportunity for service in the Congress ...
... increase , and it is one of the very important efforts which I think will result in a diminution of this health problem . The CHAIRMAN . What I am interested in , of course , is our particular opportunity for service in the Congress ...
Page 23
... increase . You are asking here , in essence , what are the reasons that we are not making progress if we are not and ... increasing the resistance to the flow of water from the pump , then either the flow of water would decrease or the ...
... increase . You are asking here , in essence , what are the reasons that we are not making progress if we are not and ... increasing the resistance to the flow of water from the pump , then either the flow of water would decrease or the ...
Page 54
... increases susceptibility to further attacks . Repeated attacks of rheumatic fever greatly increase the chances of serious heart damage . This damage is to the heart muscle itself or to one or more of the heart valves . STATISTICS ...
... increases susceptibility to further attacks . Repeated attacks of rheumatic fever greatly increase the chances of serious heart damage . This damage is to the heart muscle itself or to one or more of the heart valves . STATISTICS ...
Page 56
... increased resistance may cause the heart to wear out prematurely or may cause kidney failure . Cerebral strokes or ... increases to a high stable elevation , and is accompanied by changes in the vessels of certain of the vital organs ...
... increased resistance may cause the heart to wear out prematurely or may cause kidney failure . Cerebral strokes or ... increases to a high stable elevation , and is accompanied by changes in the vessels of certain of the vital organs ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activities agencies American Cancer Society American Heart Association areas Arthritis and Metabolic Arthritis and Rheumatism atherosclerosis basic body breast BUGHER CAMERON cancer patients cancer research cardiovascular CARLYLE cause cells centers CHAIRMAN chemical clinical committee cooperation cortisone County unit cure Damon Runyon detection diabetes diagnosis diet director divisions doctors DOLLIVER drugs effective factors fellowships field funds growth heart disease HESELTON high blood pressure hormones hospital hypertension important increase individual INST interest investigators isotopes knowledge laboratory malignant McEwEN medical schools medicine ment Metabolic Diseases methods million National Cancer Institute National Institute nurses organization percent persons physicians present problem Public Health Service question radiation radioactive radium RAGAN rheumatic diseases rheumatic fever Rheumatism Foundation rheumatoid arthritis Rhoads Runyon scientific scientists society's statement therapy tion tissue treatment tuberculosis tumor United University vaccine X-ray York
Popular passages
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.