Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, Part 2

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Page 241 - American Academy of Arts and Sciences. American Association for the Advancement of Science. American College of Cardiology, Fellow.
Page 288 - ... which may be submitted to him by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, the Association of American Universities, the Association of American Colleges, the Association of State Colleges and Universities, or by other scientific or educational organizations.
Page 55 - For the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, services for promoting the health of mothers and children, especially in rural areas and in areas suffering from severe economic distress...
Page 537 - It is the purpose of this joint resolution — (1) to advance the status of the health sciences in the United States and thereby the health of the American people through cooperative endeavors with other countries in health research, and research training...
Page 181 - ... for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest.
Page 442 - Branch of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIADDK).
Page 325 - Smoking cigarettes with lower yields of "tar" and nicotine reduces the risk of lung cancer and, to some extent, improves the smoker's chance for longer life, provided there is no compensatory increase in the amount smoked. However, the benefits are minimal in comparison with giving up cigarettes entirely. The single most effective way to reduce hazards of smoking continues to be that of quitting entirely. 3. It is not clear what reductions in risk may occur in the case of diseases other than lung...
Page 216 - ... very important nutritional public health measure in areas where natural water supplies do not contain this amount.
Page 151 - Secretary of Health; Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration; Center for Disease Control; Food and Drug Administration; Health Resources Administration; Health Services Administration; National Institutes of Health...
Page 216 - ... been found of an ill effect of water fluoridation at 1 ppm in temperate climates. In the United States, there are over 10 million people drinking naturally fluoridated water at near optimal concentration or higher. These waters have been consumed by large numbers of people for many years. Therefore, an extraordinary and exceptional reliability is conferred on the safety of water fluoridation because nature in a sense has already made the demonstration in hundreds of communities where the drinking...