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Nicotine's Double Role In Lung Cancer
A lung cancer treatment that inhibits nicotine receptors was shown to double survival time in mice, according to Italian researchers.
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Reform Questions Continue To Loom
Reuters reports that "President Barack Obama"s drive to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system may be back on track thanks to Senate efforts to cut the price tag to $1 trillion, but a bipartisan deal on the sweeping proposal still is far from certain ... Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was upbeat last week after announcing that panel members had found ways to bring the price tag to about $1 trillion over 10 years, down from an earlier estimate of a staggering $1.6 trillion ... Instead, the core group of negotiators -- three Democrats and four Republicans -- issued a tepid statement on Thursday merely affirming their commitment to continue negotiations."
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University of Michigan Study Finds Women Underrepresented In Cancer Research
Women are under-represented in clinical cancer research published in high-impact journals, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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House Approves Bill To End Delay In Veteran Care

The House approved a bill Tuesday that seeks to end waits for federal financing of veterans" health care programs, The New York Times reports. The delay in funding has disrupted services through the Department of Veterans Affairs for decades. "Officials say that for 19 of the last 22 years, the department"s budget has been approved late, usually because of fiscal wrangling on Capitol Hill. As a result, veterans" groups and officials say, the directors of veterans" health care centers and clinics have often been unable to proceed on time with new services, staff expansions or renovations." "Under current rules, if a new budget is not in place by the start of the federal fiscal year on Oct. 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs is required to operate on its previous year"s budget. Often, those budgets have lacked money to pay for even existing programs because of inflation, contractual increases and growing caseloads." "In addition, the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that appropriates $48.2 billion for veterans" medical care in the 2011 fiscal year" (Dao, 6/23). 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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