Medical and Health Advancements and Reforms Timeline : 70's
1970:
-Food and Drug Administration requires first patient package insert to be included with oral contraceptives.
-U.S. Congress bans cigarette advertising on television and radio (to take effect in 1971) and requires stronger health warning on cigarettes.
-Arthroscope Introduced: gave surgeons a view of joints and other surgical sites
- Norman E. Borlaug won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1970 for developing tough, high-yield wheat that could be grown in a variety of climates, helping alleviate hunger worldwide.
1971:
-Consumer activist Ralph Nader founds Public Citizen, Inc.
-President Nixon Says He will not legalize marijuana for "medical" reasons
-First Soft Contact Lens- Bausch and Lomb licenses Softlens.
1972:
-U.S. Congress passes Consumer Product Safety Act, which creates the Consumer Product Safety Commission to coordinate and strengthen federal oversight of consumer safety issues.
-Food and Drug Administration begins comprehensive review of efficacy of all over-the-counter drugs in order to assure the public.
-U.S. Congress passes Insect and Rodenticide Act.
-CAT or CT scan is introduced- Computerized axial tomography, popularly known as CAT or CT scan, is introduced as the most important development in medical filming since the X ray some 75 years earlier.
1974:
-Food and Drug Administration begins requiring new food labeling that specifies full listing of all ingredients in each product.
-Supplement Security Income (SSI) program begins providing cash assistance to elderly and disabled.
-Social Security amendments pass allowing people under age 65 with long term disabilities and end stage renal disease (ESRD) to qualify for Medicare coverage.
1975:
-FTC begins antitrust suit against American Medical Association, charging that its ban on physician advertising discourages competition and unfairly disadvantages consumers; after years of legal battling, the FTC wins the suit and as of 1982, AMA ban on physician advertising is lifted.
1976:
- The bacterium Legionella pneumophila causes Legionnaires' disease. The bacterium spreads through the air to anyone who inhales it. Legionnaires' disease struck in July 1976. This outbreak was the first of its kind, suggesting that Legionella pneumophila had newly evolved. For reasons unknown, the bacterium was part of an eruption of new pathogens during the 1970s. The bacterium infected 182 people at an American Legion conference (hence the name Legionnaires' disease) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 1976, killing twenty-nine. Thereafter, Legionnaires' disease spread to nineteen states.
1977:
-Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) established within Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (HEW)
-National Medical Care Expenditure Surveys (NMCES) conducted surveying households, thei physicians, and health insurers- provides fist detailed data on individuals' health care cost.
-Food and Drug Administration requires first patient package insert to be included with oral contraceptives.
-U.S. Congress bans cigarette advertising on television and radio (to take effect in 1971) and requires stronger health warning on cigarettes.
-Arthroscope Introduced: gave surgeons a view of joints and other surgical sites
- Norman E. Borlaug won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1970 for developing tough, high-yield wheat that could be grown in a variety of climates, helping alleviate hunger worldwide.
1971:
-Consumer activist Ralph Nader founds Public Citizen, Inc.
-President Nixon Says He will not legalize marijuana for "medical" reasons
-First Soft Contact Lens- Bausch and Lomb licenses Softlens.
1972:
-U.S. Congress passes Consumer Product Safety Act, which creates the Consumer Product Safety Commission to coordinate and strengthen federal oversight of consumer safety issues.
-Food and Drug Administration begins comprehensive review of efficacy of all over-the-counter drugs in order to assure the public.
-U.S. Congress passes Insect and Rodenticide Act.
-CAT or CT scan is introduced- Computerized axial tomography, popularly known as CAT or CT scan, is introduced as the most important development in medical filming since the X ray some 75 years earlier.
1974:
-Food and Drug Administration begins requiring new food labeling that specifies full listing of all ingredients in each product.
-Supplement Security Income (SSI) program begins providing cash assistance to elderly and disabled.
-Social Security amendments pass allowing people under age 65 with long term disabilities and end stage renal disease (ESRD) to qualify for Medicare coverage.
1975:
-FTC begins antitrust suit against American Medical Association, charging that its ban on physician advertising discourages competition and unfairly disadvantages consumers; after years of legal battling, the FTC wins the suit and as of 1982, AMA ban on physician advertising is lifted.
1976:
- The bacterium Legionella pneumophila causes Legionnaires' disease. The bacterium spreads through the air to anyone who inhales it. Legionnaires' disease struck in July 1976. This outbreak was the first of its kind, suggesting that Legionella pneumophila had newly evolved. For reasons unknown, the bacterium was part of an eruption of new pathogens during the 1970s. The bacterium infected 182 people at an American Legion conference (hence the name Legionnaires' disease) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 1976, killing twenty-nine. Thereafter, Legionnaires' disease spread to nineteen states.
1977:
-Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) established within Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (HEW)
-National Medical Care Expenditure Surveys (NMCES) conducted surveying households, thei physicians, and health insurers- provides fist detailed data on individuals' health care cost.
By Elon Pendleton