Jeremiah Stamler, MD: Researcher, leader in cardiovascular disease prevention

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Jeremiah Stamler, the professor at North-western University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago has devoted his professional career to researching the causation and prevention of cardiovascular disease. His work helped to establish the concept of preventable and modifiable risk factors like hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, as the essential problem that people can control through better nutrition, exercise to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease.

Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Cardiovascular diseases, Prevention, Practice, College teachers, College faculty, University of Chicago. School of Medicine, Stamler, Jeremiah

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Report criticizes lack of FDA oversight

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is criticized in a report issued by Rep Henry A. Waxman, for its lackluster enforcement of laws protecting the nation's food and medical products. He informed that the agency routinely rejected the enforcement recommendations of its field staff and record keeping and its case tracking practices are inadequate.

Police Protection, Law Enforcement & Crime Prevntn, Justice & Safety, Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Reports, Law enforcement, United States. Food and Drug Administration

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Is PSA testing still useful?

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A prostate specific antigens (PSA) test, common route to uncover prostate cancer in the United States, is no longer a useful testing as stated by an expert. The reason being that it might cause unwarranted treatment for a typically slow-growing tumor.

Diagnosis, Prostate cancer, Prostate-specific antigen, Prostate specific antigen

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