National Diabetes Act of 1973, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Health and Enviornment ..., 93-1, on H.R. 4882 (and All Identical Bills) ..., July 27 and August 1, 1973 |
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Page 70 - I wish to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the members of your committee, for the opportunity to...
Page 58 - I wish to thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of this committee, for the opportunity to appear before you to testify on behalf of the...
Page 59 - TNHiile this investment is far greater than the American Diabetes Association's, it is still grossly inadequate in terms of the magnitude of the problem. It is dismaying to note that based on a figure of...
Page 54 - Association, and member of the Board of Directors of the National Association. Dr. Oscar Crofford of Nashville is associate professor of medicine and head of the division of diabetes and metabolism, associate professor of physiology at Vanderbilt and chairman of the Metabolism Study Section of the National Institutes of Health. He is also a member of the board of directors of the American Diabetes Association and vice chairman of our Committee on Research. Dr. James Field of Pittsburgh is professor...
Page 11 - ... basic and clinical research into, training in, and demonstration of advanced diagnostic, prevention, control, and treatment methods for cancer.
Page 79 - ... hidden" by being either undetected or well-controlled does not convey an impression of seriousness, which it truly should. In this country diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death by disease and the second leading cause of new cases of blindness. Heart attacks are at least two and one-half times more frequent in diabetics than in nondiabetics of the same age. The overall magnitude of diabetes and its complications can be better appreciated when one recognizes that there are close to 5 million...
Page 9 - Board, is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with public or private nonprofit agencies or institutions to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic operating support for existing or new centers (including...
Page 70 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I want to express my appreciation for the opportunity to...
Page 207 - An alteration in human diabetic aterioles," J. Dent. Res. 51 : 569-572, March-April 1972. 34. Keene, JJ, Jr., "Observations of small blood vessels in nondiabetic and diabetic gingiva," J. Dent. Res., Sept.-Oct. 1969. 35. Campbell, MJA, "A light and electron microscope study of blood vessels from the gingival tissues of non-diabetic and diabetic patients," Australian Dental Journal, 16 : 225, August 1971. 36. Barrett, RA et al., "Alveolar bone loss and capillaropathy," J. Perio., 40: 131, 1969. 37....
Page 70 - I want to express my appreciation for the opportunity to testify before you concerning the important and fundamental role that research must and can play in helping the diabetic patient and to achieve the laudable goals of these legislative proposals.