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]