American Decades

Important Events in Medicine and Health, 1970–1979

Hospital-care costs in the United States reach an average of $81 per patient per day, with average patient costs of $664.28 per stay.
The first nerve transplant is performed.
On January 1, only 12 percent of U.S. physicians are in group practices.
On April 1, Congress bans cigarette ads on radio and television beginning January 1, 1971.
On April 3, Congress passes the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
On July 1, the most liberal abortion law in the United States takes effect in the state of New York.
On July 23, children's advocate Robert Burnett Choats, Jr., testifies before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee that breakfast cereals have too much sugar and too few nutrients.
On July 27, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that birth-control pills may produce blood clots.
On October 28, the FDA orders the makers of baby food to label the...

[The entire page is 2581 words long]