Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - Columns Yearbook (Madison, NJ)

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Dr. William E. Smith. Director Since 1960 the Health Research Institute has been engaged in studies of the environmental factors related to heart disease, placing par- ticular emphasis on researching the causes of cancer and heart disease. This year the de- partment contributed papers on Cancer He- secrch work to the current Bulletin of the New York Academy of Science. They have also been invited to present papers at the international conference on lung cancer ct the Unitrersity of Perugia, Italy, describing the success in treating certain types of lung cancer tumors in hamsters. Health Research Institute Mrs. Ruth Elsctsser Dr. Alan I. Fleishmcn Mrs. Doris Hubert Dr. Lloncts Miller Dr. William E. Smith Dr. Harold Yucowitz The research on cancer is being done by Dr. Smith, Drt Miller, Mrs. Elsasser, and Mrs. Hubert; the research on heart disease is done by Dr. Yacowitz and Dr. Fleishmon. These latter have performed experiments on themselves The experiments were to reduce serum tats by increasing the level of calcium intake The thought behind this is that heart disease is less common among those who have ingested water that is hard, in which the level 01 calcium is higher.

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