Texans Lead Nation In Medical Self-Help Course Uptake
Texas tops the nation with 4 334 graduates in a Public Health Service led 111 lesson Medical Self-Help program. The effort trains at least one family member in do it yourself care before a doctor arrives, with emphasis on disaster or attack scenarios and local program setup guidance from the State Health Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
U. S. Public Health Service
J. E. Peavy
State Commissioner of Health
Texas Medical Association
State Health Department
Smoking Held Cancer Cause by Heavy Cigarette Use
A 10 member science panel concluded that heavy cigarette smoking is the principal cause of lung and larynx cancer and a grave health hazard. Surgeon General Luther Terry promised prompt steps and urged the public to quit smoking. The panel spent 14 months reviewing over 8 000 studies and stated smoking substantially raises mortality from certain diseases and the overall death rate.
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Luther Terry
U. S. Public Health Service
Terry
Smoking and cancer risks and conservation notes from Bates
The report links cigarette smoking to higher risks of lung cancer in men and laryngeal cancer in men, with pipe and cigar smoking also increasing risk. It notes 70 percent higher death rates for cigarette smokers and mentions broad tobacco effects and regional conservation data led by Bates including 1963 contract totals and land releases, plus amber found in Maryland Virginia and New Jersey coal mines.
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United States
Maryland
Virginia
New Jersey
Soil Bank Contracts Expire On Half Million Acres In Texas
Contracts expired December 31, 1963, on 566 571 Soil Bank acres in Texas. Owners must decide whether to sell, rent, hire work, conserve, or join a government diversion program. Those with feed grain bases should evaluate the 1964 Feed Grain Program.
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Soil Bank
Texas
College Station
C. H. Bates
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Bates
County Agricultural
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Houston State Psychiatrist Institute
Houston State Psychiatric Institute
Harlingen State Tuberculosis Hospital
Federal
Robert S. Calvert
Calvert
Texas Insurance Commission
Mutual Insurance Company
Galveston
Texas Insurance Advisory Association
Dorothy Perkins
Dorot Y
LAN
Walker Pharmacy
the Whitewright Sun
T. Glenn Doss
Whitewright
Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
Texas Press Association
the Sun
Dawson Propane Co
ENJO
San Antonio Street
Austin, Texas
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