America and thats widely considered to be the main driver of julys gains which were the best since february. Today the market was mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial average advanced 60 points to 21,895. Nasdaq fell 26. The s p 500 was off just slightly. For the month, all the major indexes were up. The nasdaq was the big winner. Bob pisani takes a look at what worked for investors and what didnt in july. Reporter was a good month overall. S p up about 2 . Up nearly 11 for the year. Techs been the leader and it was again in july. The demand for semiconductors to power cell phones and appliances keeps going up. Oil had a big rally going from 44 to nearly 50, but didnt help a lot of oil stocks. Exxonmobil hit a 52 week low on friday. Banks were mostly down for the knot. They benefit when Interest Rates are higher and traders have been surprised rates have not been rising despite the improving economy. Inflation, for example, remains below the Federal Reserves target levels. One major issue,
So the technology was used to make a cigarette that was easier to inhale and contain substances that were more dangerous. Whether they contain more substances or more dangerous or they allowed a smoker to inhale them more deeply than they previously were inclined to do because of the cigarettes were harsher. Again what were viewing, what were seeing in terms of the numbers is very large increases in the risk of lung cancer. Larger in women than in men. But very large at least the way cigarettes are being used in smoke in the United States have become more dangerous and not less dangerous. Mr. Zeller, five years since we passed the family smoking prevention Tobacco Control act. Again its really a historic achievement. Public health i know theres been some delays in implementing some provisions. I also recognize and thanks to the ability of the fda to regulate these products, strides has been made during that time. The center for Tobacco Products has been key. Thats whos charged with thi
Pills when they needed one or two, so in the kind of takes us to the question that you are asking about medical education. If we want dentists to give one or two pills instead of 30, if we want doctors to recognize that these are not good treatments for headache and fibromyalgia and low back pain. They need very good information on that. Both of the education on this topic right now is not teaching doctors that using these medicines long term is a bad idea. The cdc has put out Educational Programs out there. The bulk of the education is really telling doctors when you follow certain rules when you prescribe, it will turn out rowsy in the end. If you check a urine, somehow the patient wont wind up addicted. Close monitoring is the thing to do for people on this treatment. It doesnt turn it into something thats safe. These strategies dont prevent addiction. These are not good treatments for most people with chronic pain. Okay. Do you think we should mandate the states to mandate that med
And Education Fund will mark the 60th anniversary of brown versus board of education. Holder,l include eric deval patrick, and cecilia , wife of pharaoh good marshall. Live coverage starts about 12 20 p. M. Eastern here on cspan. Holdeisty commission will the federal Communications Vote yesterday. It will allow internet providers to charge content providers such as for faster and more reliable service. Youll be able to watch this live over on cspan. Several members of Congress Acting in good faith that a just our longterm issue. We applaud them for their efforts. I know there will be more discussion in town this week on those attempts. Others are suggesting that the political realities will have to settle for an infusion of cash into the trust fund as a stopgap measure. It used to be there were ways to do it. Tighter now than it was. In may be true that you can get an infusion. It is hardly the longterm solution we need. Every few years we wake up and abouthe same conversation theing,
Nd we have exposures to things but chemicals and on and on. What it means is that when at v. A. Hospitals, the average presentations are things wrong with an individual is five to seven per individual. The formula was built on a middle class p. P. O. s and h. M. O. s and they had one to three average presentations of things wrong with them. Which means that the burn rate of resources at v. A. Is much higher. Thats particularly true as old guys from vietnam age and become from re aged and uncles korea and fathers from world war ii. Presentations per individual of o. I. F. , o. E. F. Veterans is over a dozen for each individual that comes through. So the point is, we need to reprogram some money. Pass the have management accountability on this side of the hill and reprogram money and frankly go for a supplemental if that turns out that its needed. In the meantime, we would urge everybody, every hospital, something we have been urging is screened screen everybody at the hospital for the f