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New Dietary Guidelines Are Coming! By law, the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture are required to publish the Dietary Guidelines for Americans at least every five years. A Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is appointed by the Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture to assist the departments in providing sound and current dietary guidance to consumers.

Health Benefits for Military Families Aren’t 'Automatic' Department of Defense TRICARE officials are working to inform military Families that non-active-duty beneficiaries must enroll in the health care system before they see a doctor.

Reserve, Guard Can Seek Reimbursement of Medical, Dental Claims National Guard and reserve members who paid their medical and dental bills and saved their receipts may now seek reimbursement from Tricare, officials of the military health care system announced July 23.

Veterans Affairs Reaches Out to Newest Combat Veterans VA is expanding its efforts to reach veterans of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to ensure they are aware of benefits they have earned.

DoD Health Officials Concerned Over Military Suicides The number of suicides in Iraq has the full attention of Defense Department health officials, who are asking Soldiers suffering from combat related stress to seek medical assistance.

HHS Launches Overweight Strategies HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson on March 9 renewed efforts against obesity and overweight, announcing a new national education campaign and a new research strategy at HHS' National Institutes of Health.

New Temporary Health Benefits for Reserves Announced The Department of Defense announced that it will implement the "2004 Temporary Reserve Health Benefit Program" for certain eligible Reserve Component sponsors and their Family members.

Ricin Fact Sheet Ricin is in the news again, following the discovery of an envelope containing ricin powder in Senator Bill Frist’s mail. This highly toxic, plant-based substance is considered to be a prime candidate for use as a chem./bio terrorist weapon. Interestingly, the parents and grandparents of many baby-boomers probably routinely used a derivative of this same plant – castor oil! We’ve compiled a fact sheet about ricin and the castor bean plant from information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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