Multi factor risk factors for strokes and heart attacks
The American Heart Association issued a revised statement titled Risk Factors and Coronary Disease noting multiple factors raise cardiovascular risk. Smoking high blood pressure diabetes cholesterol obesity and even birth control pills multiply stroke and heart attack risk, with editorial guidance urging modest fat reduction and limited egg yolks. The document cites declines in heart attack and stroke deaths since 1968 and stresses the multi factor approach as essential for reducing nation wide mortality.
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American Heart Association
Thomas N. James
The
AHA
Food and Nutrition Board
National Academy of Sciences
James
Nationwide Blue Cross plans push worksite blood pressure drive
New York UPI reports 110 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans urged to enroll in a two year nationwide worksite program to detect undiagnosed hypertension among 68 million subscribers. The effort follows a successful Connecticut Michigan pilot and aims for long term monitoring at workplaces, improving control beyond 80 percent in participants.
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New York
UPI
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Walter J. McNerney
Blues
McNerney
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Connecticut
Michigan
Bloomingdale
Health Education Department
Greater New York
FDA chief says saccharin risk not clear in humans
In a letter in an FDA magazine Jere E. Govan said confusion over saccharin remains as studies in animals use extreme doses to show cancer links. He noted independent studies have mixed findings about saccharin causing bladder cancer and urged readers to interpret results carefully.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Jere E. Govan
Govan
Mental patients show lower cancer death rates study says
A University of Texas psychologist led a study of 3214 mentally impaired individuals in Texas. Cancer deaths were 4 percent versus 18 percent in the general population, with catatonic and severely retarded groups showing notably lower rates.
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Jeanne Achterberg
University of Texas
Ms. Achterberg
Texas
Cancer Recall Continues In Pittsburgh Area
Medical authorities launched a recall in early 1976 targeting 10,000 residents in greater Pittsburgh who might have undiagnosed cancer after radiation treatment for tonsils adenoids and thymus. Officials estimated about 7 percent could have developed thyroid cancer, a figure later deemed confirmed, and the recall remains active.
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New York Times Service
Pittsburgh
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