Medical History Since 19710

Timeline of Discovery | Harvard Medical School

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1970 Human oncogene; positron emission tomography (PET) scan 1973 Noninvasive fetal heart monitoring 1974 Photochemotherapy 1976 Insulin resistance receptors 1977 Virus particle structure 1978 Prenatal DNA sequencing 1979 Magnetic resonance imaging …

The biggest medical breakthroughs of the …

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From 1920-1970, American physicians saw the advent of private insurance, as well as Medicare and Medicaid. Throw major pharmaceutical breakthroughs into …

Timeline of medicine and medical technology - Wikipedia

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PBS- Healthcare Crisis: Healthcare Timeline

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In 1970, 9% of medical students are women; by the end of the decade, the proportion exceeds 25%. World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated. Corporations …

Medical and Health Advances in the 70's

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1970: -Food and Drug Administration requires first patient package insert to be included with oral contraceptives. -U.S. Congress bans cigarette …

How has U.S. spending on healthcare …

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During the 1970s, growth in hospital expenditures outpaced other services, while prescriptions and physicians/clinics saw faster spending growth during …

Major Trends in the U.S. Health Economy …

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Throughout the period since 1950, health expenditures have gone primarily to hospitals, physicians, and drugs. Moreover, the rate of growth of expenditures in …

The U.S. Health Care Non-System, 1908 …

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Medical science and technology were primitive, and there was little that physicians could do to treat most illnesses. It had been only 40-50 years since the first understanding …

Medical Advances Timeline - InfoPlease

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1970: First vaccine for rubella. 1974: First vaccine for chicken pox. 1977: First vaccine for pneumonia. 1978: First test-tube baby is born in the U.K. 1978: First …

20 years of patient safety | AAMC

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In 1999, in its pioneering report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) revealed that as many as 98,000 patients died …