National Institutes of Health - undergirding our health.(Editorial)

From: Palaestra | Date: June 22, 1997 | Copyright information

The American public has never lived in an age when one's health and/or an interest in health related matters have been more in the forefront. President Clinton's attempt to overhaul the nation's health care system during his first term in office, the Udall Parkinson's Research Act of 1997 [S 55 and HR 1260] currently before Congress, the introduction of legislation by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sens. James Jeffords (R-VT) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) took place on June 5th, activism by...

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