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*** quote Simple Guidelines Ward Off Deadly Diseases By
Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, June 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Three of the nation's
leading health organizations have joined forces to release
the first unified set of recommendations on how to avert the
nation's deadliest diseases.
The guidelines are aimed at preventing cancer, diabetes,
heart disease and stroke, and experts said that if they're
followed carefully, people can lower their risk of getting
these diseases by two-thirds.
The recommendations, announced Tuesday by the American Heart
Association, the American Cancer Society and the American
Diabetes Association, are intended to make life simpler and
healthier for all Americans. Lifestyle changes that lower
the risk for one disease, for instance, could cut the risk
for them all, they said.
At the same time, the organizations are launching a new
public awareness campaign, "Everyday Choices for a Healthier
Life," which includes a toll-free number and Web site for
consumers. The three-year public education campaign will
begin with a series of public service announcements on
television, radio, and in print. They are targeted to women
aged 30 to 50, who are referred to as the primary "health
influencers."
"For the first time in history, these three organizations
are merging our power to create a unified message for the
public and for health-care providers," Dr. John Seffrin,
chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, said
at a news briefing Tuesday. "Our message empowers people to
make simple lifestyle choices that can significantly reduce
cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke risk. This
unprecedented collaboration allows us to reach an
unprecedented number of people with a message that can lower
risk by as much as two-thirds." ********* endquote
********* quote The specific recommendations for both men
and women are:
blood pressure measurements every two years starting at age
20; body mass index (BMI) measurements at every regular health-
care visit starting at age 20; cholesterol measurements at
least every five years starting at age 20; blood glucose
levels measurements every three years starting at age 45;
and a colorectal screening every one to 10 years, depending
on which test your doctor uses, starting at age 50. In
addition, women should have: a clinical breast exam
starting at age 20 every three years and, after age 40,
every year; a mammography every year starting at 40; and a
Pap test every year starting at age 20 and every one to
three years after age 30, depending on the particular test
used and past results.
And men should have: a prostate specific antigen (PSA)
test and a digital rectal exam starting at age 50.
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Who are these "non-profit" groups?
These are corporate sponsors listed on the American Diabetes
Association website.
The highest level of recognition in the Corporate
Recognition Program is called the Banting Circle Elite. The
designation is named for Frederick Banting, the physician
who co-discovered insulin. The annual total support for
companies reaching this elite level is $750,000. The second
level, Banting Circle, the third level, Platinum and the
fourth level Diamond, each support the Associati $100,000,
annually. Other sponsor levels include Gold ($50,000),
Silver ($25,000) and Bronze ($15,000).
The Banting Circle Elite Abbott Laboratories Aventis
Pharmaceuticals BD Consumer Healthcare Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company Eli Lilly and Company GlaxoSmithKline Lifescan,
Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company Medtronic MiniMed Merck &
Co., Inc. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Novo Nordisk
Pharmaceuticals Pfizer Inc Takeda Pharmaceuticals North
America, Inc.
Banting Circle Abbott Laboratories, Inc., MediSense Products
Bayer Corporation Kraft Foods Roche Diagnostics Corporation
Platinum Abbott Laboratories, Ross Product Division
(Glucerna) AstraZeneca Dermik Laboratories, Inc.
J.M. Smucker Company Merisant U.S., Inc. (Equal Sweetener)
Olivio Premium Products Tenet Healthcare Foundation
TheraSense, Inc. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Diamond Archway Cookies, LLC Coolbrands International, Inc.
(Eskimo Pie)
CVS/pharmacy Ebony Magazine Equidyne Systems, Inc. General
Mills, Inc. (Fiber One) Good Neighbor Pharmacy Health
Care Products Health Magazine Hermundslie Foundation KOS
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MBNA Murray Sugar Free Cookies
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Orhto-McNeil
Pharmaceutical, Inc. People Weekly Magazine Rite Aid
Pharmacy Roche Pharmaceuticals Roundy's Inc. Schering
Plough Healthcare Products, Inc. Specialty Brands of
America (Cary's Sugar Free Cookies) The Procter & Gamble
Company Voortman Cookies Limited Yahoo!
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Corporate sponsors of the American Heart Association.
Partners Partners recognizes corporations and foundations
for lifetime giving of $1,000,000 and above Archer Daniels
Midland Company – Illinois AstraZeneca LP –
Pennsylvania Aventis Pharmaceuticals – Pennsylvania
Averitt Express Associate Charities – Tennessee Bayer
Corporation – New Jersey Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
– New Jersey The Henrietta B. and Frederick H. Bugher
Foundation – New York Citi – Delaware
GlaxoSmithKline – Pennsylvania Guidant Corporation
– Indiana Guidant Foundation – Indiana Harriet
and Robert Heilbrunn – New York The J. Willard and
Alice S. Marriott Foundation – District of Columbia
Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust – Georgia Medicine
Shoppe International, Inc. – Missouri Mercedes-Benz,
USA, LLC – New Jersey Merck & Co., Inc. –
Pennsylvania Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – New
Jersey Omron Healthcare, Inc. – Illinois Pfizer, Inc.
– New York Procter & Gamble Company – Ohio
Random House, Inc. – New York Sanofi-Synthelabo
– New York Schering-Plough Corporation – New
Jersey Subway – Connecticut Takeda Pharmaceuticals
– Illinois United Way of Southeastern PA –
Pennsylvania Walgreen Co. – Illinois The Harry and
Jeanette Weinberg Foundation – Hawaii Wyeth-Ayerst
Pharmaceuticals – Pennsylvania
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The American Cancer Society
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
According to a story in the New York Times, "The American
Cancer Society... has endorsed Florida orange juice...."
(8/13/97) . See also World Tonight News With Peter Jennings
(8/13/97); The Osgood File, CBS News (8/13/97). An editorial
in the New England Journal of Medicine stated: "And why
should the American Cancer Society endorse only SmithKline
Beecham's antismoking products?" Jerome P. Kassirer & Marcia
Angell (9/4/97, p. 700) See also, Los Angeles Time
(8/13/97). The ACS, however, denies that its actions are
endorsements. Rather, it characterizes such transactions as
a license for the "nonexclusive use of its logo on Florida
orange juice and SmithKline Beecham's antismoking products"
in "exchange for monetary grants and other considerations
used for the fight against cancer." (e-mail to CSPI from
William J. Dalton, Chief Counsel, ACS, 5/30/01) The ACS's
"Cancer Facts & Figures - 1998" acknowledges on the front
and back cover "a generous grant" by Glaxo Wellcome drug
company. According to Advertising Age, the ACS was involved
in a deal with General Mills to include information on
packages of Wheaties (1/17/00; p. 54).
2002 Corporate Donors ($100K+)
(Emphasizing drug, chemical and cosmetics companies, only a
partial list is provided. See ACS's Annual Report 2002 for a
complete list of major contributors)
3M Foundation Abbott Laboratories Alabama Electric
Cooperative, Inc. Alabama Power Foundation Amgen AstraZeneca
Avon Products, Inc. Baxter International Bell Atlantic
Mobile Berlex Laboratories BFI Waste Systems BP America,
Inc. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Chanel, Inc. Christian
Dior Perfumes, Inc. City Gas Company Colgate-Palmolive
Company Concho Oil & Gas CSX Transportation, Inc.
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. of TX DST Systems, Inc. DuPont Eli
Lilly & Company Foundation Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Emerson
Electric Company Estee Lauder Companies Firmenich, Inc.
Genentech, Inc. General Electric Co. General Nutrition
Corporation Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. Givaudan,
Inc. GlaxoSmithKline Harley-Davidson, Inc. IBM IDEC
Pharmaceuticals International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson La Prairie/Juvena Products De Beaute
Liz Claiborne, Inc. L'Oreal, Inc. Merck & Company, Inc.
Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council Nissan
Motor Corporation, SE Region Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Corp Orlane, Inc. Ortho Biotech Inc. OSI Sealants
Parfums Givenchy, Inc. Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co
Pfizer, Inc. Pharmacia-Adria Corporation Procter &
Gamble Company Quest International Fragrances, Inc.
Revlon, Inc. Rockwell International Scott's Food Stores
SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Smurfit-Stone
Container Corporation SuperValu, Inc. The Coca-Cola
Company The Kroger Company TYCO International United
States Sugar Corporation Unilever/Bestfoods, NA Wal-Mart
Warner Lambert Company Wendy's International, Inc. Winn
Dixie (American Cancer Society Annual Report 2002, http-
://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_Eastern/COM_1-
2x_2002_Annual_Report.asp; accessed 5/28/03)
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Very interesting that with the millions of dollars spent on
research by these three giant "non-profit" organizations,
all they can come up with is the recommendation that we all
take more diagnostic tests to "avert" these three diseases.
So one "averts" these diseass by what?.... taking diagnostic
tests, manufactured by pharmaceutical companies, then
what?... oh, be treated by doctors that will what?...
prescribe drugs manufactured by pharmaceutical companies.
Interesting way to "avert" disease.
TC