Medical Research in the Veterans' Administration for the Year Beginning July 1, 1971, and Ending June 30, 1972 (Fiscal Year 1972), House Committee Print Number 2, Part I (93d Congress 1st Session)

摘要

This annual report of medical research in the Veterans Administration for Fiscal Year 1972 presents selected examples of discoveries and improved clinical procedures to provide better medical treatment for the nation's veterans. Advances are recorded in life-saving injections for acute heart attacks, new techniques for evaluating earlier discoveries of cancer, and noteworthy progress in endocrinology, surgery, psychology, psychiatry, and the major disciplines of medicine and basic science. Highlights of this year's accomplishments in sickle cell anemia investigations, tumor detection, computer analysis of electrocardiograms, treatment of gastric ulcers, and a large number of other areas of research are presented.