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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... - grams have been conducted over radio and television . In order to encourage this the American Heart Association has set up what is known as the Blakeslee Award for the outstanding accurate informa- HEALTH INQUIRY 15.
... - grams have been conducted over radio and television . In order to encourage this the American Heart Association has set up what is known as the Blakeslee Award for the outstanding accurate informa- HEALTH INQUIRY 15.
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... known commonly as Buerger's disease , thrombo - angitis obliterans , a disease of the arteries , and there is no question whatsoever but in those cases it is very serious for them to smoke . If they con- tinue to smoke they will ...
... known commonly as Buerger's disease , thrombo - angitis obliterans , a disease of the arteries , and there is no question whatsoever but in those cases it is very serious for them to smoke . If they con- tinue to smoke they will ...
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... known to be harmful and others in which it is controversial . The CHAIRMAN . I do not want to let the committee get into a discussion as to whether a certain cigarette will give you a scratch in your throat . I can understand the ...
... known to be harmful and others in which it is controversial . The CHAIRMAN . I do not want to let the committee get into a discussion as to whether a certain cigarette will give you a scratch in your throat . I can understand the ...
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... known very little to the public and is probably one of the most extraordinarily successful ways in which public funds can be utilized with about as complete freedom as is possible . For instance , the national advisory councils , after ...
... known very little to the public and is probably one of the most extraordinarily successful ways in which public funds can be utilized with about as complete freedom as is possible . For instance , the national advisory councils , after ...
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... known duration of the disabling phase of the dis- ease was , on the average , at least 8 years . 14. At a hospital rate of $ 12 a day , according to an estimate and example cited by an authority , 1 patient with chronic heart disease ...
... known duration of the disabling phase of the dis- ease was , on the average , at least 8 years . 14. At a hospital rate of $ 12 a day , according to an estimate and example cited by an authority , 1 patient with chronic heart disease ...
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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.