Bill aims to curb brain injury

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Companion bills S 2949 and HR 5907 would fund a nationwide effort to prevent and treat brain injuries. They would establish a brain injury register at the Centers for Disease Control and finance a study to determine the effectiveness of current treatments and prevention measures. The bills would also fund pilot projects which coordinate patient services and reduce institutionalization. The proposed legislation faces opposition because of its $40 million cost and also because of many peoples' discomfort with the brain injured.

Care and treatment, Injuries, Brain, Brain injuries, Brain damage

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You can't overdo advice on mammograms

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Physicians must urge all their women patients to have mammograms for the detection of breast cancer, which strikes one woman in eight. Early diagnosis gives women a 90% chance of survival, compared to 68% after the tumor has spread. Women are joining advocacy groups to call the public's attention to the disease and to persuade Congress to increase research funding. The 1993 budget includes $170 million for breast cancer research. Also, the National Cancer Institute plans a 15-year study of the preventive effects of tamoxifen.

Health aspects, Diagnosis, Women, Diseases, Breast cancer, Mammography

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Bill aimed at fetal alcohol syndrome among Native Americans

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Ben Nighthorse Campbell introduced the Comprehensive Indian Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention and Treatment Act to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in Mar 1992. The legislation would provide funds to Indian tribes for developing fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) prevention programs. FAS is the leading known cause of mental retardation, and it affects an estimated one in 99 Indian children, compared with one in 600-700 children among the general population.

Laws, regulations and rules, Social policy, Native Americans, Native North Americans, Fetal alcohol syndrome, Campbell, Ben Nighthorse

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