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World Heart Federation Warns That Burden Of Tobacco Epidemic Continues To Worsen Societies And Economies - 6 M People Will Die And $500 Billion Lost
G-20 leaders pledged to provide the International Monetary Fund with $500 billion to help struggling economies, sparking global controversy. Yet startling research shows that the combined costs of tobacco-related death and related productivity losses, healthcare expenditures, employee absenteeism, and widespread environmental harm are responsible for draining the same amount - $500 billion - from the global economy each year and it receives much less attention than it deserves.

Elderly Persons Living With A Spouse Report Better Preventive Care Use Than Those Living Alone Or With Children
Elderly persons living with a spouse have more timely preventive service use than those living alone or with offspring. The sole exception is in the case of hypertension screening.
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Why Some Tumors Don't Respond To Radiation And Chemotherapy
A tightly controlled system of checks and balances ensures that a powerful tumor suppressor called p53 keeps a tight lid on unchecked cell growth but doesn"t wreak havoc in healthy cells. In their latest study, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies suggest just how finely tuned the system is and how little it takes to tip the balance.
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RNC Launches Ads Attacking Moderate Dems; PhRMA Considers Huge Campaign

Current ads sponsored by the Republican National Committee prod Democrats, while a very large planned campaign by drug makers could take flight soon. The Republican National Committee has radio ads in 33 states to pressure 60 moderate House Democrats to oppose the reform proposals drafted by their party"s leadership, CQ Politics reports. CQ Politics rates 41 of those Democrats as "vulnerable" in the 2010 election, indicating that the RNC is looking ahead to that election cycle in addition to weighing in on health reform. An earlier ad by Democrats accused Republicans of attempting to sabotage the health reform debate. An RNC spokeswoman said the new ad holds Democrats who "campaigned on fiscal responsibilityò€¦ accountable to their campaign promises" (Cadei, 7/27). Meanwhile, the pharmaceutical industry is considering a $100 million ad campaign beginning in September, Bloomberg reports, citing s. PhRMA, the industry lobbying group, is already planning on "running television commercials in August, in states where pharmaceutical companies have operations, asserting the importance of the drug industry for the economy." The drug makers offered to cut costs by $80 billion over ten years in a deal with the White House, but they also oppose allowing the government to negotiate prices for drugs purchased under the Medicare program, or allowing the reimportation of drugs sold at lower prices outside of the U.S. Some insiders said PhRMA was prepared to stretch its budget to $120 million, and that the content of the ads would depend on the final legislation. (Pettypiece and Burger, 7/28). 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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