Research on Aging Act, 1973: Hearing, Ninety-third Congress, First Session on S. 775, to Amend the Public Health Service Act to Provide for the Establishment of a National Institute on Aging, March 27, 1973U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - 66 páginas |
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activities Administration Aging Act aging process aging program ALAN CRANSTON Albany Medical American Aging Association antioxidants aspects of aging average life expectancy basic bill BINSTOCK biological biomedical aging research BRODY budget Cardiology cardiovascular disease CARLUCCI Chairman Child Health clinical gerontology Committee concerned Conference on Aging CONG CONGRESS THE LIBRARY coordination Denham Harman Director Doctor duplication elderly establishment extramural Federal free radical reactions funds Gerontological Society Gerontology Center Graduate Geriatric HARMAN HARRIS Health and Human Hospital Human Development increase Institute of Child Institute on Aging Institutes of Health intramural LaVeck legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS maximum life span million National Institute NICHD PELL physicians priority problems process of aging Professor psychological research grants research on aging Secretary Senator BEALL Senator EAGLETON separate institute SHERMAN SINEX social span Studies Subcommittee on Aging training grants University Medical School White House Conference
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Página 47 - OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION HR 65 would establish a new National Institute of Aging to conduct and support biomedical, social, and behavioral research related to the aging process as well as the diseases and other special problems and needs of the elderly. In addition, HR 65 would : Establish a National Advisory Council on Aging to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary on programs relating to the aged which are administered by the Secretary and on those matters which relate...
Página 48 - ... develop a plan for a research program on aging designed to coordinate and promote research into the biological, medical, psychological, social, educational, and economic aspects of aging.
Página 59 - ... present we have a ridiculous situation. We spend hundreds of millions on cancer, cardiovascular disease and other specific disorders while we spend essentially nothing (around one to one and a half million) on the process that has nullified all attempts to increase our healthy life span for the past 18 years. The time is now long overdue to increase the level of biomedical aging research. The formation of the National Institute of Aging would be a major step to this end. The problem of finding...
Página 21 - Thank you for sending me the newsletter, and please feel free to contact me again if we can be of any assistance to you. Sincerely yours, Gerald D. LaVeck, MD Director National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Senator EAGLETON.
Página 65 - Harman retorted: The problem of finding practical means of slowing up the aging process is far too important to permit the new Institute to become entangled with relatively minor problems. It should be kept in mind that the average life expectancy has increased from 45 years in 1900 to 70 years today, and this has not been accompanied by any overwhelming social and psychological problems. Changes in life expectancy which are likely to come from biomedical aging research will not come overnight, they...
Página 1 - ... enable more elderly people to live independently, instead of being permanently institutionalized. And finally, research on aging is vital in terms of sheer numbers. Today, there are 20 million persons 65 and older— nearly seven times as many as at the turn of the century. Within the next 30 years, we can expect nearly 45 million persons to reach their 65th birthday. Thus, research on aging becomes a sound investment not only for older Americans but younger Americans as well. S. 887, 1 firmly...
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Página 29 - Geriatrics may be re-defined as 'the branch of general medicine concerned with the clinical, social, preventive and remedial aspects of illness and the maintenance of health in the elderly.' Bearing this definition in mind, we must then systematically identify, organize, integrate and make available all the significant information in a format easily acceptable to the seeker of more knowledge on geriatric medicine.
Página 2 - ... placed upon preventive medicine, instead of waiting to treat disease after it reaches a serious or crisis stage. Research is also needed to improve the world in which older persons live. These efforts can contribute to longer periods of productive — as well as healthy — living. In addition, crucial but still unanswered questions about growing old present persuasive arguments for developing a coordinated research program. Basically, it is the aging process which account for a substantial portion...