Diabetes Detection Drive Aims to Find Million Hidden Diabetics
Boston mass October 13 A nationwide search began October 10 to locate an estimated one million Americans with diabetes who remain undiagnosed. Physicians, the American Diabetes Association and medical societies will offer urine tests, blood tests and home self tests to detect diabetes and guide treatment. Early detection can extend life expectancy and prevent arterial complications, with insulin therapy and diet enabling normal lives.
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Canada
American Diabetes Association
American Medical Association
Diabetes Cliinics
Howard F. Root
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Statistical Bureau of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Police Department to Get motorcycle Soon
Sikeston police department will receive a 1950 Harley-Davidson Servi Car three wheel motorcycle from Cape Motorcycle Company of Cape Girardeau. The unit will aid traffic regulation in the city and a police member joked about who will ride it in cold weather.
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Sikeston
Cape Motorcycle Company
Cape Girardeau
Herald
Askey
Disabled Veterans Lead in Industry After Rehabilitation
National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week notes that World War II disabled veterans completed Public Law 16 training and entered diverse roles in business. Examples include an Iowa bus company office worker, a former auto mechanic turned mattress maker, and a Connecticut Inter-Racial Commission consultant. By late June 1949 about 120,000 trainees were declared rehabilitated, about a quarter of the total disabled veterans.
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Veterans Administration
Iowa
Europe
New England
Connecticut Inter-Racial Commission
Tuberculin Tests Aid Early TB Detection Nationwide
Health piece explains tuberculin skin tests in schools detect exposure to tuberculosis, not disease. A positive reaction prompts chest X rays and tracing to find and treat contagious cases, preventing spread. the article notes testing often uncovers undiagnosed TB among family and contacts.
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Missouri Tuberculosis Association
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