Breathing Therapy and Smallpox Immunity Highlight VA Study
Emphysema patients at the Brooklyn VA Hospital test diaphragmatic breathing with sandbags and hypnosis to relearn deep breaths. Three doctors explain the method, noting uneven results and potential benefits for comfort. Separately, Texas health officials mark smallpox milestones noting near global eradication and under 14 thousand cases in early 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration Hospital
Brooklyn
New York
Smallpox Eradication Efforts and Migrant Health in Texas
Health officials report 25 000 predicted smallpox cases in 1971 after 131 000 in 1967 and note zero US cases since 1949. Texas hosts 289 375 migrants, prompting the Texas Migrant Health Project to fund 22 local clinics delivering medical dental and public health services through family health clinics to migrant workers and dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Department of Health
World Health Organization
Ethiopia
Africa
Asia
South America
Europe
United States
America
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Texas Migrant Health Project
Texas Migrant Project
State Law Gives Texas Health Dept Power to Regulate Migrant Camps
A new state law authorizes the Texas Health Department to draft enforceable regulations licensing migrant labor camps. The aim is to safeguard migrant workers’ health and welfare in Texas. The text also covers spirometry as a routine lung checkup tool and other federal and VA health notices.
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Texas Health Department
Texas
Earth intercepts tiny fraction of sunlight
The sun's energy reaching Earth is measured as an exceedingly small portion, far less than one two-billionth of the total output, illustrating the vast scale of solar radiation compared to our planet.
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Winters
Enterprise
Sweetie Pie
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Joseph Blatchford
Nixon
Action
Peace Corps
Blatchford
Vista
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National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Donald E. Johnson
Veterans Administration
Selective Service Board
Washington, D.C
Ry Ley
Courag
Kimbell
Jar
Hormel
Vienna
Bie
Gandy
Alvo
HMCST
Wegstaglt Synetomy Poa
Crisco
Bathrook
R. C. and
S. & H. Green
Chase
Shasta Asst. Flavors
Chuck Roast
Gooch Franks
Abe
Hke
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