DISEASES see also Health

Addresses

Ethical Freedom Essential to Quality, Jose L. Oller for Private Doctors of America, Inc., 20151 [20JY]

Limited Health Care Resources—Ethical Implications of Our Choices, Daniel Callahan, 24945 [20SE]

Medicine Versus Socialism—A Physician's Point of View, Ronald K. Davis, 1350 [1FE]

Trauma of Living With AIDS, Michael Callen, 13203 [19MY]

Amendments

Developmental Disability Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: revise and extend (S. 1340), 20830 [26JY]

National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 234), 12181 [12MY]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (H.R. 2350), 20668 [25JY]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases: establish (H.R. 2350), 20124 [20JY], 20276 [21JY], 22328 [2AU], 24220 [14SE], 33430, 33445, 33450, 33454, 33455 [17NO]

Articles and editorials

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Funds (excerpt), 10814 [3MY]

AIDS and Moral Irresponsibility, 19360 [14JY]

Another Name for Madness, 8335-8339 [13AP]

Brandon's Lesson, 9092 [19AP]

Cancer Pain Relief (sundry), 702, 703 [26JA]

Cancer Resistance and Obesity, 23939 [13SE]

Cash Market Is No Place for Trade in Vital Organs, 25233 [21SE]

Competition Within the Physicians' Services Industry, 24839-24843 [20SE]

Conquering AIDS, 10806 [3MY]

Consumer Health, 8339 [13AP]

CPSC Ban on Urea-Formaldehyde Foam Insulation, 3456 [1MR]

Crisco Kid—He'll Steal Your Heart (1981 excerpt), 11740 [10MY]

Cured Cancer Patients Face Job Discrimination, 9328 [20AP]

Day to Stop, 34827 [18NO]

Diabetes Research Will Be a Part of Next Space Shuttle Flight, 22831 [4AU]

Diarrhea Persists as Scourge of the Third World, 11317 [5MY]

Dietary Dogma Disproved, 11746 [10MY]

Dying Vietnam Vet Videotapes Testimony, 2148 [14FE]

Educating Young Children for Hospital Stay, 32523 [14NO]

Evidence Called Strong—Dioxin Tied To Chemical Workers' Cancer, 22746 [3AU]

Evidence Called Strong—Dioxin Tied to Chemical Workers' Cancer, 21535 [28JY]

Final Battle With Agent Orange—Hanging on for a Viet Vet, the Final Battle, 2147 [14FE]

Firm Recalls Heart Drug; Says Charges—Nonsense, 1769 [3FE]

Gorgas Memorial Institute Essential to U.S. Efforts in Central America, 18805 [12JY]

Huge Cost of Removing Asbestos Daunts Schools, 32524 [14NO]

Killer in the Classroom, 32524 [14NO]

Life-Saving Heart Solution Found Deadly, Doctors Say, 1769 [3FE]

Medical Advice You Should Avoid, 33075 [16NO]

Medical Mission Report on El Salvador, 11744 [10MY]

Medicare Standoff With Doctors Looms, 32786 [15NO]

Michael Hammond—The Crisco Kid, 11741 [10MY]

More than 1,000 Physicians Offering Free Care to Unemployed, 3046 [24FE]

Newly Discovered Naval Documents—``Hairy-Chested'' Officers Ignored Risks of Atomic Blast, 19831 [19JY]

Nursing Department Presents Annual Award, 23751 [12SE]

Only Days To Live, 34733 [18NO]

Precursor to Fatal Illness Identified, 10809 [3MY]

Research Links Longevity Gap With Smoking, 29265 [25OC]

Researchers Are Hailed as New Genetics Breed, 28506 [19OC]

Schools in the U.S. Lag on Asbestos Removal, 32525 [14NO]

Small Casualty in AIDS War, 10809 [3MY]

Smokers of Low-Yield Cigarettes Do Not Consume Less Nicotine, 28508 [19OC]

State Docs Discover New Miracle Vaccine, 28505 [19OC]

Transplantation—Problem of Limited Resources, 22154-22157 [2AU]

Tropical Disease Research Center Falls Victim to Budget-Cut Fever, 18809 [12JY]

Vision Help Available, 24594 [19SE]

Award

Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Research Center Award Presentation to Representative Early, 27434 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions

Acquired immunity deficiency syndrome: coverage under medicare (see H.R. 2880)

Alzheimer's disease: aid victims (see H.R. 4272)

———establish task force (see H.R. 2857)

Batten's Disease Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 152)

Black Lung Benefits Act: benefits for remarried surviving wife (see H.R. 4575)

———increase number of administrative law judges (see H.R. 4576)

———prohibit recovery of certain overpayments (see H.R. 4577)

Brown lung disease: benefits (see S. 1155)

Byssinosis (see H.R. 1079)

Centers for research and demonstrations: establish (see S. 771)

Cigarettes: effects on health (see H.R. 3979)

Diethylstilbestrol (DES): health hazards (see H.R. 3141)

Epilepsy (see H.R. 249)

Exotic communicable diseases: authorize intrastate quarantines (see H.R. 4344)

Immune disorders and opportunistic infections: research funds (see S. 972; H.R. 2171, 2762, 2763, 3247, 3248)

Lupus Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 102; H.J. Res. 260)

Lupus erythematosus: priority (see H. Res. 191)

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 140; H.J. Res. 278)

National Alzheimer's Disease Month (see S.J. Res. 82; H.J. Res. 179)

National Arthritis Month (see S.J. Res. 32)

National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 109; H.J. Res. 234)

National Commission on Down's Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 1584)

National Cystic Fibrosis Week (see S.J. Res. 131; H.J. Res. 270)

National Diabetes Month (see S.J. Res. 121; H.J. Res. 307)

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 61; H.J. Res. 226)

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 201)

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week (see H.J. Res. 324)

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (see S. 540, 773; H.R. 1403)

National Parkinson's Disease Week (see S.J. Res. 62; H.J. Res. 160)

National Reye's Syndrome Week (see S.J. Res. 34; H.J. Res. 49)

National Scleroderma Week (see S.J. Res. 75)

———designate (see H.J. Res. 225)

National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month (see S.J. Res. 168)

———designate (see H. Res. 155)

National Tuberous Sclerosis Week (see S.J. Res. 148)

———designate (see H.J. Res. 253)

Neurofibromatosis: establish commission on (see S. 1623; H.R. 1390, 1676, 2926)

Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week (see H.J. Res. 432)

Public health emergencies: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment (see S. 898, 971, 1226; H.R. 2713, 3702)

Quarantines: authorize intrastate (see S. 1070)

Renal disease: medicare coverage for vaccine for terminal patients (see H.R. 3837)

Reye's syndrome (see S. 74; H.R. 3449)

Tuberculosis: authorize appropriations for preventive health service programs (see H.R. 3637)

———preventive programs (see S. 1176)

Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act: enact (see S. 1987, 2117)

Descriptions

Additional fiscal year 1983 activities for study of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Dept. of Health and Human Services, 13962 [25MY]

Factsheets

Fact Sheet for Pregnant Women Who have Sickle Cell Trait, 20421 [21JY]

Letters

Access to hospice care, Ann Katterhagen, 21548 [28JY]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome research funds, Dept. of Health and Human Services, 13956 [25MY]

Appropriations (H.R. 3069): National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 16114 [16JN]

———Stanford University, 16115 [16JN]

———University of Utah, 16114 [16JN]

Batten's Disease Awareness Week: Jo Ann and Lawrence Gajor (excerpt), 23002 [4AU]

Cancer centers funding, Timothy R. Talbot, Jr., for the Association of American Cancer Institutes, 20701 [25JY]

Childhood disease immunization program, exchange between Senator Hawkins and Sec. of Health and Human Services Schweiker, 945 [27JA]

Cost of Treating AIDS Victims, group of physicians, 21547 [28JY]

Extend various health care authorities (S. 963): Acting Sec. of Health and Human Services Donnelly, 7217 [24MR]

Intermittent care standard under medicare, National Association for Home Care, 24495-24497 [15SE]

Intrastate quarantines under extraordinary emergency conditions (S. 1070): Sec. of Agriculture Block, 8817 [18AP]

Liver disease, Denise Attilio (sundry excerpts), 12180 [12MY]

Medicare reimbursement for heart disease rehabilation: Isadore Rosenfeld, 28798 [20OC]

———Michael DeBakey, 28798 [20OC]

———Representative Downey, 28797 [20OC]

———Representative Pepper, 28797 [20OC]

National Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplant Reimbursement (S. 1728): American Heart Association, 22157 [2AU]

———American Liver Association, 22157 [2AU]

———Charles and Marilyn Fiske, 22154 [2AU]

———National Kidney Foundation, 22157 [2AU]

NIH legislation, James A. Shannon, 25677 [23SE]

One more step for medicinal marihuana: Norman Kaplan, 32778 [15NO]

Orphan Drug Act, to President Reagan, 190 [6JA]

Princess Yasmin commended for efforts relating to Alzheimer's disease: President Reagan, 15421 [10JN]

Proposed hospice care regulations, New York State Hospice Association, 26244 [28SE]

Radiation contamination at the W. R. Grace site properties in New Jersey, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga., 14668 [7JN]

Tribute to VA hospital: Eleanor Schultz, 32516 [14NO]

Lists

Awards presented to VA researchers, 25540 [22SE]

Congressional WalkAmerica acceptances, 8229 [12AP]

Cosponsors of H. Con. Res. 93, defining administration of title X of Public Health Service Act, 21028 [26JY]

Memorials of legislature

National Hansen's Disease Center at Carville: Louisiana, 19768 [19JY]

Papers

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Dept. of Health and Human Services, 13956 [25MY]

Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, 13852 [25MY]

Solving the Nation's Health Care Crisis: Sander Kelman, 33250-33252 [16NO]

Petitions

Cigarette smoking and heart disease: Tobacco Institute, 34224 [18NO]

Nitrites content in bacon: American Meat Institute, 24837 [20SE]

Press releases

Bone marrow transplant breakthrough, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 8467 [13AP]

Questions and answers

Radiogenic Cancer Compensation Act (S. 921), 7108-7111 [24MR]

Remarks in House

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: epidemic, 9372 [21AP], 9686 [26AP], 10868 [3MY], 19773 [19JY]

———medicare coverage (H.R. 2880), 10808 [3MY]

———national health problem, 11571 [9MY]

———research funding, 10804-10815 [3MY], 12175 [12MY], 13955-13964 [25MY], 14159 [26MY], 25183 [21SE]

Agent orange: compensation for illness from exposure (H.R. 1961), 4183, 4184, 4186, 4223, 4230 [8MR]

———compensation for illnesses caused by exposure, 2147 [14FE]

Allegro Music School, Buena Park, Calif.: fundraising for muscular dystrophy, 3204 [28FE]

Alzheimer's disease: conference, 34993 [14DE]

———assistance and economic relief (H.R. 4272-4274), 30325 [1NO]

———medical research (H.R. 2857), 10562 [2MY]

———research, 34740 [18NO], 34991 [14DE]

American Cancer Society: annual Great American Smokeout, 33271 [16NO], 34827 [18NO]

———Newark, N.J., charter, 16713 [21JN]

American Heart Month: observance, 1360, 1363 [1FE]

Arthritis research, 2021 [10FE], 33457 [17NO]

Cancer: rise in incidence attributable to dioxin, 21535 [28JY]

Cancer Hopefuls United for Mutual Support: tribute, 28043 [17OC]

Cancer patients: social response, 9327 [20AP]

Cancer research: funding, 9327 [20AP]

Cancer research award recipient: Elwood V. Jensen, 27434 [5OC]

———Henry S. Kaplan, 27434 [5OC]

———Representative Early, 27434 [5OC]

Cardiac arrest: heart drug linked to deaths, 1769 [3FE]

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): training for House members and staffs, 1360, 1363 [1FE]

Catastrophic health insurance: provide (H.R. 2835), 10517 [28AP]

Children: promote advances in health care (S.J. Res. 111), 33483 [18NO]

———psychological health, 31621 [8NO]

City of Hope Hospital, Duarte, Calif.: commend, 18831 [12JY]

Congressional WalkAmerica: kickoff to March of Dimes national walkathon, 8229 [12AP]

CPSC: ban on urea-formaldehyde foam insulation, 3456 [1MR]

Cystic Fibrosis Week: designate (H.J. Res. 270), 12690 [17MY]

Dept. of Health and Human Services: reauthorize health promotion and disease prevention activities (H.R. 2712), 15510 [13JN]

———supplemental security income eligibility requirements, 25810 [26SE]

DES Awareness Week: designate, 9602 [21AP]

Diabetes: biomedical research, 17249 [27JN]

———research accomplishments, 23388 [4AU]

Dioxin: carcinogen, 22745 [3AU]

Disease research: proposed elimination of certain funding, 33263 [16NO]

Easter Seal Society: tribute, 25194 [21SE]

Federal health planning program: repeal (H.R. 1358), 1954 [8FE]

Flying High Club: multiple sclerosis marathon, 20155 [20JY]

Goode, Nicky: successful liver transplant, 33947 [17NO]

Gorgas Memorial Institute, Panama: funding, 18809 [12JY]

Group health plans: alternative payment rates (H.R. 2956), 28514 [19OC]

Hammond, Michael R.: television documentary relative to rare disease, 11740-11741 [10MY]

Harris County, Tex., Medical Society: free health care for needy, 3045 [24FE]

Health care: survey, 28225 [18OC]

Health Research Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2350), 20701 [25JY]

———introduction (H.R. 1555), 2564 [17FE]

Heart disease: medicare reimbursement for rehabilation, 28797 [20OC]

Hershey Medical Center: cancer resistance and obesity, 23939 [13SE]

Home health care: increase medicare coverage (H.R. 3616), 24494 [15SE]

Hospice care: medicare coverage, 11857 [11MY]

———proposed regulations, 26244 [28SE]

———subcontracting for nursing services, 21548 [28JY]

Hospitals: educating children for stay, 32523 [14NO]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4567), 34893 [18NO]

Interagency Committee on Spinal Cord Injury: establish (H.R. 52), 2540 [17FE]

Interagency Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease: establish (H.R. 2857), 10562 [2MY]

Lake County, Ill., Health Department: tribute, 27184 [4OC]

Longshoremen's and Harbor workers' Compensation Act: amend (H.R. 2816), 10511 [28AP]

Lupus erythematosus: research, 33454 [17NO], 34972 [14DE]

Lutheran Medical Center, New York, N.Y.: tribute, 1969 [8FE]

Marihuana: allow therapeutic use, 7433 [24MR]

———provide for therapeutic use (H.R. 2282), 32778 [15NO]

Massachusetts: tribute to North Adams Regional Hospital, 21028 [26JY]

Medical expenses: tax credit (H.R. 1172), 1535 [2FE]

Medical resources: allocation, 24945 [20SE]

Medicare: coverage of hepatitis B vaccine (H.R. 3837), 23370 [4AU]

———hospice care, 25198 [21SE]

———impact of changes in payment rates, 32786 [15NO]

———mandatory assignment of physicians, 33267 [16NO]

———physician payment rates, 31308 [7NO]

———reform hospital insurance (H.R. 3405), 21555 [28JY]

Medicare and medicaid: provide emergency response systems for severely functionally impaired persons, 24815 [20SE]

Menninger, Karl: tribute, 19839 [19JY]

Musculoskeletal diseases: research, 2021 [10FE]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 278), 13630 [24MY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (H.J. Res. 179), 3976 [3MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 82), 24327 [15SE], 24328 [20SE]

National Atomic Veterans' Day: observance, 19831 [19JY]

National Center for Toxicological Research: tribute, 23338 [4AU]

National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate, 18265 [29JN]

———designate (H.J. Res. 234), 12179 [12MY]

———observance, 16717 [21JN]

National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (H.R. 1390), 2111 [10FE]

———establish (H.R. 1676), 3042 [24FE]

National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 307), 17167 [23JN], 29898 [28OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 121), 29451 [26OC]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 226), 7494 [24MR], 12507 [17MY]

———designate (H.J.Res. 226), 14145 [26MY]

National family planning: define administration of program, 21028 [26JY]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 268; S.J. Res. 122), 32304 [11NO]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (H.R. 1403), 2021 [10FE]

———establish (H.R. 2350), 20436 [21JY], 20623-20633 [25JY], 25676 [23SE]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases: establish (H.R. 2350), 19140 [14JY], 33263 [16NO], 33400-33463 [17NO]

———establish (H.R. 2350), technical corrections, 33463 [17NO]

National Organ Donor Awareness Week: observance, 3069 [25FE]

National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (S.J. Res. 62), 9661 [26AP]

National Recognition Week for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses: designate (H.J. Res. 220), 7495 [24MR]

National Respiratory Therapy Week: designate (H.J. Res. 227), 7481 [24MR]

National Scleroderma Week: designate (H.J. Res. 225), 7419 [24MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 75), 15130 [9JN]

National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 155), 7497 [24MR], 21237 [27JY]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Week: designate (H.J. Res. 253), 10516 [28AP]

NIH: continued research on Alzheimer's disease, 21556 [28JY]

———reauthorization, 24211 [14SE]

———reauthorize (H.R. 1555), 2564 [17FE], 22374 [2AU]

———research programs, 33418 [17NO]

Occupational safety: compensation laws, 19817 [19JY]

Oral rehydration therapy: international conference, 16402 [20JN]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Registry: establish (H.R. 4180), 28807 [20OC]

———establish (H.R. 4320), 31073 [4NO]

Organ transplants: financial assistance, 9092 [19AP]

———oil industry program to provide transportation, 34770 [18NO]

Orphan drugs: incentives to encourage research and manufacturing, 190 [6JA]

Panicali, Dennis L.: developer of new vaccine, 28505 [19OC]

Paoletti, Enzo: developer of new vaccine, 28505 [19OC]

Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 432), 33940 [17NO]

Public health: program reform, 34890 [18NO]

Public health emergencies: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2713), 15511 [13JN], 15756 [14JN]

———funding for prevention and treatment (H.R. 3702), 21547 [28JY], 28819 [20OC]

Public Health Service Act: define administration of title X (H. Con. Res. 93), 21028 [26JY]

Quest for Quality: health care industry publication, 1512 [2FE]

Radiation exposure: presumption of service related connection, 4171 [7MR]

Reyes syndrome, 33457 [17NO]

Reye's Syndrome Act: introduction (H.R. 3449), 18356 [30JN]

Roberts, William F.: tribute, 9311 [20AP]

Rosenberg, Barnett: tribute, 18828 [12JY]

Rural elderly: improve health care (H.R. 3967), 25662 [23SE]

Sabin, Albert B.: tribute, 31084 [4NO]

Sayenga, George: tribute, 30578 [2NO]

Schools: asbestos removal, 32523 [14NO]

Schultz, Claude: successful heart surgery at VA hospital, 32516 [14NO]

Senior Citizens Independent Community Care Act: introduction (H.R. 3838), 23363 [4AU]

Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 155), 20420 [21JY]

Smoking: increase public awareness of danger (H.R. 3979), 28507 [19OC]

Sutherland, Dorothy: tribute, 19816 [19JY]

Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplantation: establish (H.R. 4180), 28807 [20OC]

Thomas, Danny and Rose Marie: tribute, 21770 [29JY]

Tighe, Mary Grace: tribute to National Cancer Institute nurse, 23751 [12SE]

Toxic substances: establish liability for injury (H.R. 4303), 30907 [3NO]

———improve regulatory process (H.R. 4304), 30907 [3NO]

Transplants: organ donations, 25232 [21SE]

Unemployment: continue health insurance coverage (H.R. 1823), 3744 [2MR]

VA: develop policy for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (H. Res. 360), 30580 [2NO]

———tribute to medical research programs, 25540 [22SE]

Veterans: compensation for exposure to herbicides (H.R. 1961), 4183, 4184, 4186, 4223, 4230 [8MR]

———compensation for illness resulting from exposure to agent orange (H.R. 1961), 4183, 4184, 4186, 4223, 4230 [8MR]

Veterans: presumption of service related connection to radiation exposure (H.R. 1943), 4171 [7MR]

Vietnam Veterans of Toledo, Ohio: welcomes Agent Orange Caravan, 23980 [13SE]

Remarks in Senate

Aged: tax deduction for medical care expenses (S. 1301), 24922 [20SE]

Alzheimer's disease: victims, 13852 [25MY]

American Academy of Ophthalmology: provision of eye care to elderly, 24593 [19SE]

Bacon: nitrites content, 24837 [20SE]

Batten's Disease Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 152), 23001 [4AU]

Brown Lung Disease Benefits Act: introduction (S. 1155), 10026 [27AP]

Cancer pain relief: establish temporary program (S. 209), 701 [26JA]

Childhood diseases: immunization program, 944 [27JA]

Community and Family Living Amendment Act: introduction (S. 2053), 31037 [4NO]

Cooley's anemia: clinical programs to combat, 15044 [8JN]

Diarrheal disease: child killer, 11316 [5MY]

DPT diphtheria vaccine: controversy, 15160 [9JN]

Epidemiological and medical research: funding (S. 972), 7565 [5AP]

Health authorities: extend various (S. 963), 7210 [24MR]

Intrastate quarantines: authorize under extraordinary emergency conditions (S. 1070), 8816 [18AP]

Lupus Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 102), 12629 [17MY], 16366 [20JN], 19547 [16JY]

———observance, 28881 [21OC]

March of Dimes: tribute, 5981 [17MR]

Maternal and and Child Health Act: introduction (S. 6), 459-461 [26JA]

Medicare Hospice Reimbursement Act: enact (H.R. 3677), 22591, 22861 [4AU]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 140), 21627 [29JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 82), 8335-8339 [13AP]

National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (S.J. Res. 68), 10968 [4MY]

National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act: introduction (S. 2117), 33794 [17NO]

National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 109), 13841 [25MY]

National Christmas Seal Month: designate (S.J. Res. 188), 29587 [27OC]

National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (S. 1623), 19293 [14JY], 19431 [15JY]

National Cystic Fibrosis Week: designate (S.J. Res. 131), 19301 [14JY], 20844 [26JY]

National Diabetes Month: designate (S.J. Res. 121), 17026 [23JN], 20597 [25JY], 24829 [20SE]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 61), 5973 [17MR]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 201), 33593 [17NO]

National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (S. 540), 15445 [13JN]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (S. 540), 2610, 2614-2615 [22FE]

National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 78), 7821 [7AP], 9522 [21AP]

National Organ Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 229), 24831 [20SE]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: observance, 24838 [20SE]

National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (S.J. Res. 62), 5973-5975 [17MR], 8304 [13AP]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (S.J. Res. 34), 2226 [15FE], 15048 [8JN], 17047 [23JN]

National Scleroderma Week: designate (S.J. Res. 75), 7675 [6AP]

National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 168), 25057 [21SE]

National Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplant Reimbursement: establish (S. 1728), 22151 [2AU]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Week: designate (S.J. Res. 148), 22515 [3AU]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act: introduction (S. 2048), 30722-30725 [3NO]

Public health emergencies: expedite research (S. 971), 7565 [5AP]

Public health emergencies and AIDS: funding (H.R. 2713), 15602 [14JN]

Public Health Emergency Research Act: introduction (S. 898), 7022 [23MR]

Public Health Service Act: enact (S. 771), 25066-25069 [21SE]

Radiogenic Cancer Compensation Act: introduction (S. 921), 7105 [24MR]

Tuberculosis control grant program: reauthorize (S. 1176), 10306 [28AP]

Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act: introduction (S. 1987), 28863 [21OC]

Youth disabilities: project MAY, 16557 [21JN]

Reports

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Funds, 13956 [25MY]

Federal Response To AIDS (H. Rept. 98-582), 34227 [14DE]

Hospice Care Subcontracting Services, National Association for Home Care, 21548 [28JY]

New Hope in Dark Times: UN (excerpt), 33483 [18NO]

Public Health Reform: New York State Office for the Aging (excerpt), 34891 [18NO]

Role of the State Workers' Compensation System in Compensating Occupational Disease Victims, Crum & Forster Corp. (excerpt), 19817-19822 [19JY]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: New Problems in Medicine and Biology, 21282 [27JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Assistance for acquired immune deficiency disease victims, New York, N.Y., City Council, 28820 [20OC]

Statements

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (scientist), 10805 [3MY]

Alzheimer's Disease (sundry), 34992 [14DE]

Anti-Mycoplasma Treatment Program for Arthritis, Barbara A. Matia, 14266 [1JN]

Central Organ Donor Clearinghouse, Representative Marriott, 22739 [3AU]

Facts and Figures About Cystic Fibrosis, 19302 [14JY]

Hospice Care, Beverly Tirrell for Maine Community Health Association, Inc., 25198 [21SE]

International Control of Benzidine, Howard D. Samuel, 28815 [20OC]

Mayoral Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (sundry), 34993 [14DE]

Medicare's Individual Assignment Option—Myths and Facts: American Society of Internal Medicine, 33267 [16NO]

Michael Hammond's Fight for Health: Jeanne Wolf (excerpt), 11740 [10MY]

———Johnny Cash (excerpt), 11741 [10MY]

National Eye Care Project: sundry, 24594 [19SE]

Psychological Factors and Children's Health, 31621 [8NO]

Toward Improving the Human Condition, Alan A. Reich, 15049 [8JN], 15084 [8JN]

Youth Disabilities—Project MAY, 16557 [21JN]

Studies

Heroin and Cancer Relief: National Cancer Institute, 703 [26JA]

Summaries

S. 921, Radiogenic Cancer Compensation Act, 7107, 7111-7113 [24MR]

S. 963, Health Amendments, 7220 [24MR]

S. 1155, Brown Lung Disease Benefits Act, 10027 [27AP]

Surveys

Health Care—Highlights, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., 28225 [18OC]

Tables

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome research funding (selected data), 10812 [3MY]

————Public Health Service current level of effort, 13956 [25MY]

Agent orange claims, 4223 [8MR]

Appropriations for childhood immunization program and number of cases of childhood diseases from 1975 to 1982, 15161 [9JN]

Reauthorization for NIH expiring authorities substitute proposal, 20624 [25JY]

U.S. cancer mortality rates and trends 1950-78—connective and soft tissue, white females, 21535 [28JY]

Testimonies

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Epidemic, Marcus Conant, 25183 [21SE]

———Sec. of Health and Human Services, 13956 [25MY]

———(sundry excerpts), 13956 [25MY]

Antimycoplasma Treatment Program for Arthritis, 14170 [26MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 155, National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month, 21237 [27JY]

H.J. Res. 220, National Recognition Week for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses, 7495 [24MR]

H.J. Res. 225, National Scleroderma Week, 7419 [24MR]

H.J. Res. 226, National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week, 7494 [24MR]

H.J. Res. 227, National Respiratory Therapy Week, 7482 [24MR]

H.J. Res. 234, National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week, 12181 [12MY]

H.J. Res. 307, National Diabetes Month, 17167 [23JN]

H.J. Res. 432, Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week, 33941 [17NO]

H.R. 52, establish Interagency Committee on Spinal Cord Injury, 2540 [17FE]

H.R. 1403, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 2022 [10FE]

H.R. 1676, National Commission on Neurofibromatosis Act, 3042 [24FE]

H.R. 1696, funding research activities of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, 3080 [25FE]

H.R. 1961, compensation for veterans exposed to herbicides in Vietnam, 4224 [8MR]

H.R. 2712, extension of the health information and health promotion programs, 15510 [13JN]

H.R. 2713, authorize appropriations for public health emergencies, 15512 [13JN]

H.R. 2880, make acquired immunity deficiency syndrome victims eligible for medicare coverage, 10810 [3MY]

H.R. 3702, funding for prevention and treatment of public health emergencies, 21548 [28JY]

H.R. 4272, consideration of Alzheimer's disease victims under Older Americans Act, 30326 [1NO]

H.R. 4273, VA treatment of Alzheimer's disease victims, 30326 [1NO]

H.R. 4274, tax relief for home care of Alzheimer's disease victims, 30326 [1NO]

S. 6, Maternal and and Child Health Act, 462-465 [26JA]

S. 209, establish temporary program for cancer pain relief, 703 [26JA]

S. 540, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 2610-2613 [22FE]

S. 771, Public Health Service Act, 25067 [21SE]

S. 898, Public Health Emergency Research Act, 7022 [23MR]

S. 963, extend various health authorities, 7210-7220 [24MR]

S. 971, expedite research for public health emergencies, 7566 [5AP]

S. 972, epidemiological and medical research funding, 7566 [5AP]

S. 1070, authorize intrastate quarantines under extraordinary emergency conditions, 8816 [18AP]

S. 1155, Brown Lung Disease Benefits Act, 10027-10029 [27AP]

S. 1623, establish National Commission on Neurofibromatosis, 19294 [14JY]

S. 1728, establish a National Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplant Reimbursement, 22152 [2AU]

S. 1987, Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act, 28864 [21OC]

S. 2048, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Act, 30722 [3NO]

S. 2117, National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act, 33796-33804 [17NO]

S.J. Res. 12, National Diabetes Month, 17026 [23JN]

S.J. Res. 34, National Reye's Syndrome Week, 2226 [15FE]

S.J. Res. 61, Digestive Diseases Awareness Week, 13269 [20MY]

S.J. Res. 62, National Parkinson's Disease Week, 5973 [17MR], 8304 [13AP], 9661 [26AP]

S.J. Res. 68, National Atomic Veterans' Day, 10969 [4MY]

S.J. Res. 75, National Scleroderma Week, 7675 [6AP], 15131 [9JN]

S.J. Res. 78, National Organ Donation Awareness Week, 7821 [7AP]

S.J. Res. 82, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 9471 [21AP], 24328 [15SE]

S.J. Res. 102, Lupus Awareness Week, 12629 [17MY], 19547 [16JY]

S.J. Res. 121, National Diabetes Month, 24830 [20SE], 29451 [26OC]

S.J. Res. 131, National Cystic Fibrosis Week, 19302 [14JY], 20844 [26JY]

S.J. Res. 140, Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week, 21628 [29JY], 24830 [20SE]

S.J. Res. 168, National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month, 25058 [21SE], 27024 [4OC]

S.J. Res. 188, National Christmas Seal Month, 29587 [27OC]

S.J. Res. 201, National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week, 33594 [17NO]

Transcripts

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Hearings, Centers for Disease Control, 13961 [25MY]