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DOD, VA, Congress Should Take Stronger Steps Toward Eliminating Tobacco Use In Military Populations, VA Medical Centers
Because tobacco use impairs military readiness, harms the health of soldiers and veterans, and imposes a substantial financial burden on the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, these agencies should implement a comprehensive strategy to achieve the Defense Department"s stated goal of a tobacco-free military, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. DOD should gradually phase in a ban on tobacco use in the military, starting at military academies and officer training programs and among new recruits, the report says. DOD should also stop selling tobacco products in Army and Air Force commissaries -- Navy and Marine Corps commissaries already do not sell them -- and should stop selling them at a discount in military exchanges and other stores. In addition, Congress should allow VA to establish tobacco-free medical centers.

Skin Lesion Leads To More Cancer Types Than Once Believed
Actinic keratoses are sun-damaged rough patches or lesions on the skin - often pink and scaly - that doctors have long believed can turn into a form of skin cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma.
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Encouraging Heart Failure Patients To Enjoy Their Food -- Even If It's Not As Salty As Before
The individualised management programme of France"s "Réseau Respecti-coeur" makes quality of life the first objective for heart failure patients, and one of the network"s dieticians, Mme Hélène Guibert, explained that the heart-healthy eating recommended in the programme need not be a of frustration or misery - even for a Frenchman. "For many old people," she told Heart Failure Congress 2009, "meals are important occasions, and it"s our aim to bring together at these times health and pleasure."1,2
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Today's Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

Fair Pay For Caregivers New York Times Further delay in rescinding a measure that denies caregivers fair pay raises the danger that their plight will get mired in the broader debate over health care costs (7/8). Primary Care Key To Health Coverage Monterey County Herald ò€ŽWe are currently a country of medical specialists as opposed to primary care physicians (Pompan and Del Piero, 7/9). Health-Care Reform Requires Facts, Discussion Arizona Daily Star While Congress and President Obama wrangle over the details of reforming the way Americans access and pay for medical care, they must hold firm to several principles (7/9). Obama Can"t Be Trusted With Numbers Wall Street Journal It is speculative that these cuts will actually be made, when they would begin, or whether they would reduce government health-care spending (Rove, 7/9). Give Up A Benefit, Gain Jobs Washington Post With union membership shrinking and wages strained, it might sound crazy to argue that labor should voluntarily give up a huge fringe benefit: tax-free health insurance provided by employers. But it should (Burman, 7/9). Limited Choices National Review Online The results attained by government-run health-insurance markets in Massachusetts and the Netherlands provide equally cautionary evidence: Such markets limit competition, do not control costs, discourage entrepreneurial efforts, and thus cause consumer dissatisfaction (Herzlinger, 7/9). Congress Can Fix The Health Care System For Kids Chicago Defender My chief concern about the House proposal is its failure to ensure that children will be better off than they are now and that some children are at risk of being worse off (Edelman, 7/8). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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