A new report released today by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is short, sweet and to the point: tanning devices are a Class I cause of cancer in humans.
The report, which was published in the journal Lancet Oncology, reviews the cancer causing effects of various types of radiation, is bound to create more controversy regarding the use of tanning beds, especially in young women who are probably the most prolific users of these devices.
The reality is that the issue is no longer controversial. Tanning beds cause cancer. No tanning bed is safe, and there is no excuse or reason to use one.
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I have been thinking over the past several weeks about a topic that is very near and dear to the hearts of many of us, and that is the cost of health care.
Let me put a couple of my longstanding, personal guiding principles on the table for your consideration:
1) We spend way too much on “health care” in this country, and don’t get value for what we spend.
2) I do believe that there is sufficient money within our current health care spending to provide better care to more people at lower cost.
I know I am not alone in those thoughts. The problem is how we move from the reality of today into the vision of tomorrow, and improve the quality of the care we provide while we create a system where the costs of that care more reasonable and rational so we can extend more care to more people.
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