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Welcome to HHS HealthBeat. Launched on July 11, 2005, this service provides health promotion and disease prevention tips 5 days a week in audio and text formats.

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December

December 31, 2008 - speaker icon

"Overdosing – no prescription" [read tip]

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Prescription Drug Abuse (National Library of Medicine)

December 30, 2008 - speaker icon

"Vitamin protection?" [read tip]

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Prostate Cancer (National Cancer Institute)

December 29, 2008 - speaker icon

"Secondhand smoke and boys, bad and sad" [read tip]

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Children and Secondhand Smoke Exposure (U.S. Surgeon General)

December 26, 2008 - speaker icon

"Relaxing, surviving and breast cancer" [read tip]

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PDQ®) (National Cancer Institute)

December 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Living and caring" [read tip]

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Caregivers (National Library of Medicine)

December 24, 2008 - speaker icon

"Getting started, keeping going" [read tip]

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Exercise and Physical Fitness (National Library of Medicine)

December 23, 2008 - speaker icon

"Targeted for smokeless" [read tip]

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Fact Sheets: Tobacco/Smoking Cessation (National Cancer Institute)

December 22, 2008 - speaker icon

"Self-weighing" [read tip]

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Physical Activity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 19, 2008 - speaker icon

"Know your numbers" [read tip]

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Heart Disease Risk Factors (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"No go ginkgo" [read tip]

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The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

December 17, 2008 - speaker icon

"Kids shedding weight" [read tip]

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Combating Childhood Obesity (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

December 16, 2008 - speaker icon

"Another way smokers risk death" [read tip]

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How Can an Aneurysm Be Prevented? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

December 15, 2008 - speaker icon

"Child’s play" [read tip]

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Playground Injuries: Prevention Strategies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 12, 2008 - speaker icon

"Defending weight" [read tip]

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Exercise and Physical Fitness (National Library of Medicine)

December 11, 2008 - speaker icon

"Flu vaccinations and youngsters" [read tip]

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Vaccines and Immunizations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 10, 2008 - speaker icon

"Vitamins E and C" [read tip]

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What can I do to prevent or delay heart disease and stroke? (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

December 09, 2008 - speaker icon

"No holiday treat" [read tip]

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The “An Ounce of Prevention” Campaign (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 08, 2008 - speaker icon

"Aging with power" [read tip]

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Preventing Falls Among Older Adults (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 05, 2008 - speaker icon

"Money well spent" [read tip]

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Physical Activity for Everyone (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"Smoking out COPD" [read tip]

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 03, 2008 - speaker icon

"Never events" [read tip]

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Five Steps to Safer Health Care (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

December 02, 2008 - speaker icon

"Not even one " [read tip]

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Library of Medicine)

December 01, 2008 - speaker icon

"HIV and cyberspace " [read tip]

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HIV/AIDS Information (AIDS.gov)

November

November 28, 2008 - speaker icon

"Vitamins, women, and cancer" [read tip]

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Vitamins and Minerals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 27, 2008 - speaker icon

"A Thanksgiving history" [read tip]

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Surgeon General's Family History Initiative (U.S. Surgeon General)

November 26, 2008 - speaker icon

"Spiritual help" [read tip]

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Getting Help: Locate Services (National Institute of Mental Health)

November 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Something good about migraines" [read tip]

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Understanding Cancer Series: Estrogen Receptors/SERMs (National Cancer Institute)

November 24, 2008 - speaker icon

"The 30 days" [read tip]

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How Can Death Due to Sudden Cardiac Arrest Be Prevented? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

November 21, 2008 - speaker icon

"Learning from heart disease" [read tip]

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Heart Disease Prevention: What You Can Do (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 20, 2008 - speaker icon

"Moms and babies watching" [read tip]

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Babies & Toddlers: Learn Some Positive Parenting Tips (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 19, 2008 - speaker icon

"Diabetes, Southern style" [read tip]

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State-Based Diabetes Prevention & Control Programs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"Where you live – or die" [read tip]

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Cardiac Arrest (National Library of Medicine)

November 17, 2008 - speaker icon

"Drinking and the shrinking brain" [read tip]

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Alcohol’s Damaging Effects on the Brain (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

November 14, 2008 - speaker icon

"Violent sickness" [read tip]

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Violence Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 13, 2008 - speaker icon

"The hour" [read tip]

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Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

November 12, 2008 - speaker icon

"Compassion meditation" [read tip]

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Meditation (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

November 11, 2008 - speaker icon

"Baby’s smile, Mommy’s brain" [read tip]

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Baby's Smile Lights Up Mom's Brain (healthfinder.gov)

November 10, 2008 - speaker icon

"A healthy distance" [read tip]

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Depression (National Institute of Mental Health)

November 07, 2008 - speaker icon

"The 20-year benefit" [read tip]

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Diabetes and Me (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 06, 2008 - speaker icon

"To B or not to B" [read tip]

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Treatment (National Institute on Aging)

November 05, 2008 - speaker icon

"Healthier, longer lives" [read tip]

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Healthy Living (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"Last days" [read tip]

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End of Life Issues (National Library of Medicine)

November 03, 2008 - speaker icon

"Violent games, violent kids" [read tip]

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Know What Your Child Plays (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

October

October 31, 2008 - speaker icon

"Teen suicide" [read tip]

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Teen Mental Health (National Library of Medicine)

October 30, 2008 - speaker icon

"Sleep or slip" [read tip]

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Your Guide to Healthy Sleep (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

October 29, 2008 - speaker icon

"Mean boys" [read tip]

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Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) Survey (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

October 28, 2008 - speaker icon

"Light? Not quite" [read tip]

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The Truth About "Light" Cigarettes: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute)

October 27, 2008 - speaker icon

"Risks on the menu for 3 million kids" [read tip]

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Food Allergies (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

October 24, 2008 - speaker icon

"Stress of care" [read tip]

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Elders and Caregivers (Administration on Aging)

October 23, 2008 - speaker icon

"Clearing vaccination again" [read tip]

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Vaccine Safety Information for Parents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 22, 2008 - speaker icon

"Everybody active" [read tip]

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Physical Activity for Everyone (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 21, 2008 - speaker icon

"Donating after death" [read tip]

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OrganDonor.Gov (Health Resources and Services Administration)

October 20, 2008 - speaker icon

"Massaging away cancer pain" [read tip]

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Aromatherapy and Essential Oils (PDQ®) (National Cancer Institute)

October 17, 2008 - speaker icon

"Two-point-four million cases" [read tip]

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Smoking & Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 16, 2008 - speaker icon

"Where’s your fat?" [read tip]

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Aim for a Healthy Weight Patient Booklet (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

October 15, 2008 - speaker icon

"Are we clicked in yet?" [read tip]

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Child Passenger Safety: Fact Sheet (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 14, 2008 - speaker icon

"Diabetes and a healthy pregnancy" [read tip]

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For Women with Diabetes: Your Guide to Pregnancy (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

October 13, 2008 - speaker icon

"The doctor, the family, and the choice " [read tip]

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Patient/Provider Interaction (Health Resources and Services Administration)

October 10, 2008 - speaker icon

"Good gums, good health" [read tip]

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Periodontal (Gum) Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

October 09, 2008 - speaker icon

"Popcorn, nuts" [read tip]

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Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis (National Library of Medicine)

October 08, 2008 - speaker icon

"Stalling on kids’ smoking" [read tip]

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Healthy Youth! (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 07, 2008 - speaker icon

"Incoming measles" [read tip]

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Vaccinations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 06, 2008 - speaker icon

"Seeking a formula for safety" [read tip]

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Food Safety for Moms-To-Be (Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition)

October 03, 2008 - speaker icon

"Drinking less" [read tip]

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Alcohol (National Library of Medicine)

October 02, 2008 - speaker icon

"Their friends’ thoughts" [read tip]

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Fitness (Office on Women’s Health)

October 01, 2008 - speaker icon

"More bone" [read tip]

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Kids and Their Bones: A Guide for Parents (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

September

September 30, 2008 - speaker icon

"Big shots " [read tip]

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Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

September 29, 2008 - speaker icon

"Go for the record" [read tip]

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Seasonal Flu (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

September 26, 2008 - speaker icon

"Heading toward heart trouble" [read tip]

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Take Charge of Your Health! (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

September 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Breast cancer and breastfeeding" [read tip]

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Breast Cancer Prevention (PDQ®) (National Cancer Institute)

September 24, 2008 - speaker icon

"Killer clot" [read tip]

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The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (U.S. Surgeon General)

September 23, 2008 - speaker icon

"Like to hear a story?" [read tip]

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Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention (Indian Health Service)

September 22, 2008 - speaker icon

"Aging wisdom" [read tip]

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Prevention & Wellness (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

September 19, 2008 - speaker icon

"Diabetes and thinking" [read tip]

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Unhealthy Meals Dull Older Diabetics' Memory (National Library of Medicine)

September 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"Tanorexia" [read tip]

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The Risks of Tanning (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)

September 17, 2008 - speaker icon

"Smoke and stroke " [read tip]

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Heart Disease and Stroke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

September 16, 2008 - speaker icon

"Did your doctor tell you not to smoke?" [read tip]

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Preventing Smoking and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Before, During, and After Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

September 15, 2008 - speaker icon

"Better fed babies, better thinking adults" [read tip]

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Child Care May Lead to Unwanted Weight Gain in Infants (Healthfinder.gov)

September 12, 2008 - speaker icon

"Bad signs early" [read tip]

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What Are High Blood Pressure and Prehypertension? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

September 11, 2008 - speaker icon

"Time to plan" [read tip]

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Be an Active Health Care Consumer (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

September 10, 2008 - speaker icon

"Sleeping on bad memories" [read tip]

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Information about Sleep (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

September 09, 2008 - speaker icon

"Sound advice" [read tip]

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Task Force Recommends Screening for Hearing Loss In All Newborns (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

September 08, 2008 - speaker icon

"Abused men" [read tip]

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Violence Prevention (Office on Women’s Health)

September 05, 2008 - speaker icon

"Hardly working; working hard" [read tip]

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Physical Activity and Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

September 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"No Smoking: Baby Zone" [read tip]

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Smoking and How to Quit (Office on Women’s Health)

September 03, 2008 - speaker icon

"Teens’ withdrawal" [read tip]

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Smoking and Youth (National Library of Medicine)

September 02, 2008 - speaker icon

"Beating chickenpox" [read tip]

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Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Jane Seward of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says
- Chickenpox vaccine has been very effective in dramatically reducing the number of children who contract chickenpox each year, and those that are hospitalized and killed by the virus every year in the United States. [read tip]
- Hospitalizations, and costs associated with hospitalizations, have declined 75 to 88 percent. And deaths have declined by about 75 percent in people under 50, but over 90 percent in children. [read tip]

September 01, 2008 - speaker icon

"Meningitis 101" [read tip]

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Meningitis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August

August 29, 2008 - speaker icon

"A larger hole" [read tip]

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Healthy Vision 2010 (National Eye Institute)

August 28, 2008 - speaker icon

"Heavy sleepers" [read tip]

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Kids Who Sleep Poorly at Risk for Being Overweight (Office of Minority Health)

August 27, 2008 - speaker icon

"Stroke and the healthy five" [read tip]

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What You Need to Know About Stroke (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

August 26, 2008 - speaker icon

"Mom’s beer" [read tip]

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Parents' Escape Drinking Evokes Children's Negative Response to Alcohol Smell (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse)

August 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Get up and play an hour a day?" [read tip]

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Physical Activity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 22, 2008 - speaker icon

"Weighty weekends" [read tip]

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Very-Low-Calorie-Diet (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

August 21, 2008 - speaker icon

"Tracking blood pressure online" [read tip]

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High Blood Pressure (National Library of Medicine))

August 20, 2008 - speaker icon

"Protective acids" [read tip]

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

August 19, 2008 - speaker icon

"Two years less" [read tip]

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The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan (PDF – 1.03MB) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"The stroke they didn’t know they had" [read tip]

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Know Stroke: Know The Signs. Act In Time (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

August 15, 2008 - speaker icon

"Not-so-good night" [read tip]

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Your Guide to Healthy Sleep (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

August 14, 2008 - speaker icon

"Tai chi lullaby" [read tip]

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Tai Chi for Health Purposes (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

August 13, 2008 - speaker icon

"Twenty-twenty vision, for now" [read tip]

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4 Steps to Control Your Diabetes. For Life. (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

August 12, 2008 - speaker icon

"A friend for the brain" [read tip]

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Getting Started! (The President’s Challenge)

August 11, 2008 - speaker icon

" Found a health center?" [read tip]

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Find A Health Center (Health Resources and Services Administration)

August 08, 2008 - speaker icon

"The high and the heart attack" [read tip]

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Acute myocardial infarction in young adults who abuse amphetamines. (National Center for Biotechnology Information)

August 07, 2008 - speaker icon

"See how you fit" [read tip]

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Take the Adult Fitness Test (The President's Challenge)

August 06, 2008 - speaker icon

"Not dying for coffee" [read tip]

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Will Drinking a Lot of Coffee Send Your Blood Pressure Up? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

August 05, 2008 - speaker icon

"Less trouble" [read tip]

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Get Into Your Kid’s Head: Calling it quits (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"Holding a wide line" [read tip]

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How to Lose and Manage Weight (Food and Drug Administration)

August 01, 2008 - speaker icon

"Exercise against arthritis" [read tip]

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Fitness and Exercise for People with Arthritis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July

July 31, 2008 - speaker icon

"Carbon monoxide and tuberculosis" [read tip]

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TB Introduction (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 30, 2008 - speaker icon

"Closer ties, stronger memories" [read tip]

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Physical Activity for Everyone (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 29, 2008 - speaker icon

"Forget hot flashes?" [read tip]

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Understanding Menopause (Office on Women’s Health)

July 28, 2008 - speaker icon

"Hearing loss from diabetes" [read tip]

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National Diabetes Education Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Safe in the water" [read tip]

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Water Safety (Recreational) (National Library of Medicine)

July 24, 2008 - speaker icon

"Beta cells going bad" [read tip]

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Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 23, 2008 - speaker icon

"Best pregnancy weight" [read tip]

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Have a Fit Pregnancy (Office on Women’s Health)

July 22, 2008 - speaker icon

"Bad starts" [read tip]

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Physical Activity for Everyone (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 21, 2008 - speaker icon

"Another reason to stay in school" [read tip]

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Treatment (National Institute on Aging)

July 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"What the well-dressed boater wears" [read tip]

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Boating Safety National Safe Boating Week (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 17, 2008 - speaker icon

"Weight and death" [read tip]

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Overweight and Obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 16, 2008 - speaker icon

"What experience didn’t teach" [read tip]

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National Diabetes Education Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 15, 2008 - speaker icon

"Wort and ADHD" [read tip]

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Teen Health (National Library of Medicine)

July 14, 2008 - speaker icon

"What happens when parents tell teens to diet" [read tip]

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Teen Health (National Library of Medicine)

July 11, 2008 - speaker icon

"Who gave them the alcohol?" [read tip]

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Too Much, Too Soon, Too Risky (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

July 10, 2008 - speaker icon

"Women drinking more" [read tip]

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Alcohol: A Women’s Health Issue (PDF - 470.57 KB) (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

July 09, 2008 - speaker icon

"Health 101" [read tip]

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Health Literacy (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

July 08, 2008 - speaker icon

"Fatty livers and kids’ hearts" [read tip]

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Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

July 07, 2008 - speaker icon

"Batter up and look out" [read tip]

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Sports Injuries (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

July 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"Fun and games -- and risks -- outdoors" [read tip]

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Fireworks-Related Injuries (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 03, 2008 - speaker icon

"The rising tide of diabetes" [read tip]

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National Diabetes Education Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 02, 2008 - speaker icon

"What’s in the pool?" [read tip]

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Healthy Swimming A-Z (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 01, 2008 - speaker icon

"Tropical troubles" [read tip]

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Malaria Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June

June 30, 2008 - speaker icon

"Blood sugar, heart attacks, and strokes" [read tip]

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Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

June 27, 2008 - speaker icon

"Danger in the waterpipe" [read tip]

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Smoking & Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June 26, 2008 - speaker icon

"Actively avoiding breast cancer" [read tip]

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What is prevention? (National Cancer Institute)

June 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Up three million" [read tip]

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Diabetes & Me (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June 24, 2008 - speaker icon

"Prudent diet, longer life" [read tip]

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A Healthy Diet (Office on Women’s Health)

June 23, 2008 - speaker icon

"Not inevitable weight" [read tip]

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Aim For A Healthy Weight (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

June 20, 2008 - speaker icon

"More breastfeeding" [read tip]

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National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign (Office on Women’s Health)

June 19, 2008 - speaker icon

"Unbundling the joy" [read tip]

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Depression During and After Pregnancy (Office on Women’s Health)

June 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"The flu versus the flu vaccine" [read tip]

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Information for Specific Groups (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June 17, 2008 - speaker icon

"Blood sugar, heart attacks, and strokes" [read tip]

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About Stay in Circulation (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

June 16, 2008 - speaker icon

"Diabetes or not" [read tip]

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Diabetes Prevention (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

June 13, 2008 - speaker icon

"Quitting for the better" [read tip]

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Smoking & How to Quit (Office on Women's Health)

June 12, 2008 - speaker icon

"Health and lost sleep" [read tip]

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In Brief: Your Guide to Healthy Sleep (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

June 11, 2008 - speaker icon

"Death by overdose" [read tip]

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Consumer Education: What You Need to Know to Use Medicine Safely (Food and Drug Administration)

June 10, 2008 - speaker icon

"Obese, pregnant and needing help" [read tip]

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Having a Healthy Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June 09, 2008 - speaker icon

"Sick bellies" [read tip]

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Rotavirus Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June 06, 2008 - speaker icon

"Teens’ troubles with diabetes" [read tip]

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Resources on Children and Adolescents (National Diabetes Education Program)

June 05, 2008 - speaker icon

"Nibble tuck" [read tip]

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Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-loss Program (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

June 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"Big kids and flu" [read tip]

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Seasonal Flu Shot (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June 03, 2008 - speaker icon

"Knowing when to call for help" [read tip]

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Act In Time To Heart Attack Signs (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

June 02, 2008 - speaker icon

"Sweetness and kids " [read tip]

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Water: Meeting Your Daily Fluid Needs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Claire Wang of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health says
- Eighty-four percent of teens drink sugar-sweetened beverages, and they consume an average of 356 calories per day from these beverages – a significant increase from 10 years earlier. [read tip]
- It is important for children and teenagers to consume a nutritious diet and be physically active on a daily basis. And what’s the best beverage when they’re thirsty? It’s very simple. It’s water. [read tip]

May

May 30, 2008 - speaker icon

"Hearing what you can do about breast cancer?" [read tip]

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Breast Cancer Prevention (PDQ®) (National Cancer Institute)

May 29, 2008 - speaker icon

"Somewhat gone" [read tip]

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The Heart Truth (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

May 28, 2008 - speaker icon

"Quitting smoking in packs" [read tip]

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Quit Smoking (Smokefree.gov)

May 27, 2008 - speaker icon

"Should real men wear gowns?" [read tip]

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Real Men Wear Gowns (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

May 26, 2008 - speaker icon

"Surprised by diabetes" [read tip]

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Preventing Diabetes for Our Future and Theirs: The Diabetes Epidemic Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (PDF – 50.12KB) (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

May 23, 2008 - speaker icon

"How diabetes and arthritis get in each other’s way" [read tip]

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Diabetes and Me (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 22, 2008 - speaker icon

"The pill card" [read tip]

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How to Create a Pill Card (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

May 21, 2008 - speaker icon

"Start talking" [read tip]

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Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking (Office of the Surgeon General)

May 20, 2008 - speaker icon

"Incoming measles" [read tip]

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Measles Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 19, 2008 - speaker icon

"Exercise for the brain" [read tip]

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Exercise for Seniors (National Library of Medicine)

May 16, 2008 - speaker icon

"Muscling up protein" [read tip]

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Protein (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 15, 2008 - speaker icon

"Overpower underage drinking" [read tip]

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Quick Stats: Underage Drinking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 14, 2008 - speaker icon

"Making the grade" [read tip]

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Reporting Foodborne Illness (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 13, 2008 - speaker icon

"Staying sharp" [read tip]

Take the Next Step:
Treatment (National Institute on Aging)

May 12, 2008 - speaker icon

"Older and sober" [read tip]

Take the Next Step:
Find Treatment (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

May 09, 2008 - speaker icon

"Step it up" [read tip]

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Adding Physical Activity to Your Life (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 08, 2008 - speaker icon

"Diet debate" [read tip]

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Low-Calorie, Lower-Fat Alternative Foods (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

May 07, 2008 - speaker icon

"Break the fast" [read tip]

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A Guide for Teenagers! (PDF - 2.97 MB) (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

May 06, 2008 - speaker icon

"Depression, anxiety, weight and smoking" [read tip]

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Physical Activity and Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 05, 2008 - speaker icon

"DASHing toward heart health" [read tip]

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Healthy Eating (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

May 02, 2008 - speaker icon

"Living with asthma" [read tip]

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Living With Asthma (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

May 01, 2008 - speaker icon

"Cheers!" [read tip]

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Eating for a Healthy Heart (PDF - 339.55 KB) (Food and Drug Administration)

April

April 30, 2008 - speaker icon

"That’s not love" [read tip]

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Intimate Partner Violence Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 29, 2008 - speaker icon

"Seniors on the tanning beds" [read tip]

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The Risks of Tanning (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)

April 28, 2008 - speaker icon

"Location, location, location" [read tip]

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Stroke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Shopping around" [read tip]

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Hospital Compare (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

April 24, 2008 - speaker icon

"Broccoli benefit" [read tip]

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Vegetable of the Month: Broccoli (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 23, 2008 - speaker icon

"Alcohol and estrogen" [read tip]

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Alcohol – An Important Women’s Health Issue (PDF – 448 KB) (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

April 22, 2008 - speaker icon

"Cigarettes and colon cancer" [read tip]

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Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 21, 2008 - speaker icon

"Turning off the kids’ screens" [read tip]

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We Can!™ Gets Involved in Turnoff Week 2008 (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

April 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"Play fair" [read tip]

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Sports- and Recreation-Related Injuries (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 17, 2008 - speaker icon

"Less time for family ties" [read tip]

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Make Family Time Active Time (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

April 16, 2008 - speaker icon

"Aroma? Therapy?" [read tip]

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Aromatherapy and Essential Oils (PDQ®) (National Cancer Institute)

April 15, 2008 - speaker icon

"The buzz on senior drinking" [read tip]

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Alcohol Abuse and Aging (Administration on Aging)

April 14, 2008 - speaker icon

"Deep sleep" [read tip]

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Developing A Recovery And Wellness Lifestyle: A Self-Help Guide (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

April 11, 2008 - speaker icon

"Add a personal touch" [read tip]

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Maintaining a Healthy Weight (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

April 10, 2008 - speaker icon

"Schoolwork, school workout" [read tip]

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Youth Media Campaign (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 09, 2008 - speaker icon

"One cigarette, two hearts" [read tip]

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Smoking (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

April 08, 2008 - speaker icon

"Tough gymnastics" [read tip]

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Childhood Sports Injuries and Their Prevention: A Guide for Parents with Ideas for Kids (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

April 07, 2008 - speaker icon

"Teens and bedroom TV" [read tip]

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Helpful Ways to Reduce Screen Time (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

April 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"Overweight teen trouble" [read tip]

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Physical Activity for Everyone (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 03, 2008 - speaker icon

"The choking game" [read tip]

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The Choking Game: CDC´s Findings on a Risky Youth Behavior (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 02, 2008 - speaker icon

"Safety and thimerosal" [read tip]

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Parents: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 01, 2008 - speaker icon

"Red or green" [read tip]

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Eat A Variety of Fruits & Vegetables Every Day (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March

March 31, 2008 - speaker icon

"Screen time" [read tip]

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Tips for Parents - Ideas and Tips to Help Prevent Childhood Overweight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 28, 2008 - speaker icon

"Living long sick" [read tip]

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Live Healthier Live Longer (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

March 27, 2008 - speaker icon

"More screening" [read tip]

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Colorectal (Colon) Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 26, 2008 - speaker icon

"Sleeping duty" [read tip]

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Your Guide to Healthy Sleep (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

March 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Keeping it low" [read tip]

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Eat calcium-rich foods. (Office of Public Health and Science)

March 24, 2008 - speaker icon

"Caring hearts" [read tip]

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Taking Care of You (Administration on Aging)

March 21, 2008 - speaker icon

"This pet may protect" [read tip]

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Health Benefits of Pets (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 20, 2008 - speaker icon

"The record of the hearts" [read tip]

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We Can! (National Institutes of Health)

March 19, 2008 - speaker icon

"Time together" [read tip]

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Healthy Marriage Initiative (Administration for Children and Families)

March 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"Walk it out" [read tip]

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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 17, 2008 - speaker icon

"Terrible twosome" [read tip]

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Your Guide to a Healthy Heart (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

March 14, 2008 - speaker icon

"Whole grains, better bellies" [read tip]

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Eat whole grains (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

March 13, 2008 - speaker icon

"Larger women, higher risk" [read tip]

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Staying Active and Eating Healthy (Office on Women's Health)

March 12, 2008 - speaker icon

"Healthy over 90" [read tip]

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Exercise for Older Adults (National Institute on Aging)

March 11, 2008 - speaker icon

"More painful" [read tip]

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Tips for Healthy Living (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 10, 2008 - speaker icon

"Turtle talk" [read tip]

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Is a turtle the right pet for your family? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 07, 2008 - speaker icon

"Smoke and genes" [read tip]

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Smoking and Tobacco Use – Quit Smoking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 06, 2008 - speaker icon

"Dengue on the border" [read tip]

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Protect Yourself From Mosquito Bites and Dengue (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 05, 2008 - speaker icon

"CMV and your baby" [read tip]

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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"Killings in schools" [read tip]

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School Violence (National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center)

March 03, 2008 - speaker icon

"Breastfed babies and teen weight" [read tip]

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National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign — Babies were Born to be Breastfed (Office on Women's Health)
Jessica Woo of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Elizabeth Goodman of Tufts-New England Medical Center says
- All pregnant women should consider breastfeeding their infants, and that’s true even if their mothers or their friends did not choose to breastfeed their children. [read tip]
- Socially disadvantaged women aren’t as likely to have the financial means to stay home with their child, the kinds of supportive job environments where they are able to pump – or have the time to do what’s necessary for them to maintain long-term breastfeeding behaviors. [read tip]

February

February 29, 2008 - speaker icon

"Snug but safe" [read tip]

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Click It or Ticket (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

February 28, 2008 - speaker icon

"Making a match" [read tip]

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Seasonal Flu (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 27, 2008 - speaker icon

"Not a stroke, but still trouble" [read tip]

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Stroke (National Library of Medicine)
George Howard of the University of Alabama at Birmingham says
- In a way it’s not surprising to find that the risk factors that cause the blood vessels to be unhealthy and lead to a higher risk of stroke are the same risk factors that cause the blood vessels to be unhealthy and lead to more rapid decline of cognitive ability. [read tip]
- What I would recommend is that the people be aware of, and treat and control, their risk factors, but also if you are high risk, to monitor for changes in cognitive functioning, which can be done with very simple, painless, memory challenge tests. [read tip]

February 26, 2008 - speaker icon

"Walk this way" [read tip]

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Stroke Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Steven Hooker of the University of South Carolina says
- It was a level of fitness that could be achieved by the average person out there by simply doing approximately 30 minutes of brisk walking five days a week, which are currently the physical activity recommendations for adults in this country. [read tip]
- As long as you are accumulating the total amount of time, fitting things into your daily life by taking the stairs instead of the elevator sounds almost too simple. But even those small steps will add up in number of minutes of activity every day. [read tip]

February 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Seniors and clinical trials" [read tip]

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Participating in Clinical Trials (National Institute on Aging)

February 22, 2008 - speaker icon

"The risk on dozing off" [read tip]

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How Is Sleep Apnea Treated? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Bernadette Boden-Albala of Columbia University Medical Center says
- The first thing to do is to make sure that, if you are having any sleeping problems – if you’re sleepy during the day – that you speak to your physician. [read tip]
- Sleep apnea is usually caused by an obstruction of tissue when people are breathing. There are other studies that show that that does lead to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. But we also believe that this scale measures not just apnea but other types of sleep disturbances. [read tip]

February 21, 2008 - speaker icon

"Watch out " [read tip]

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Unintentional Injury Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 20, 2008 - speaker icon

"Mutual Respect" [read tip]

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Quick Tips—When Talking with Your Doctor (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

February 19, 2008 - speaker icon

"Secondhand smoke and cystic fibrosis" [read tip]

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Living With Cystic Fibrosis (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"Middle aged, obese and depressed" [read tip]

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Physical Activity and Weight Control (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

February 15, 2008 - speaker icon

"Can you believe this?" [read tip]

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What Can I Ask? Getting Information (National Institute on Aging)

February 14, 2008 - speaker icon

"Older, active and vitamin E" [read tip]

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Vitamin E (Office of Dietary Supplements)

February 13, 2008 - speaker icon

"Either or both" [read tip]

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Aim For a Healthy Weight (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 12, 2008 - speaker icon

"The states of blood pressure" [read tip]

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Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 11, 2008 - speaker icon

"Kids and the cough medicine" [read tip]

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Cold and Cough Medicines: Information for Parents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 08, 2008 - speaker icon

"Better with walking " [read tip]

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How Can Metabolic Syndrome Be Prevented? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 07, 2008 - speaker icon

"Which half " [read tip]

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Energize Yourself! (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 06, 2008 - speaker icon

"Vaccinations for grown-ups" [read tip]

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Vaccinations and Immunizations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 05, 2008 - speaker icon

"When the other kids drink " [read tip]

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The Cool Spot (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

February 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"Alcohol, kids and violence" [read tip]

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Understanding Youth Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 01, 2008 - speaker icon

"A program to live with" [read tip]

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Physical Activity for Everyone (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January

January 31, 2008 - speaker icon

"Fitness and fatness" [read tip]

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Are there special recommendations for older adults? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 30, 2008 - speaker icon

"What the teens said about drugs" [read tip]

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Drug Abuse (National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center)

January 29, 2008 - speaker icon

"Cereal for breakfast?" [read tip]

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Bulking Up Fiber's Healthful Reputation (Food and Drug Administration)

January 28, 2008 - speaker icon

"What to do about COPD" [read tip]

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Living With COPD (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

January 25, 2008 - speaker icon

"Electronic aggression" [read tip]

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New Technology and Youth Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 24, 2008 - speaker icon

"Burger, fries and a soda" [read tip]

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Weight-Control Information Network (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Researcher Lyn Steffen of the University of Minnesota says
- There was a 25 percent increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome for individuals who ate fried foods about once a day, either at home or away from home. [read tip]
- Eating meat two or more times per day was associated with a 26 percent increased risk of metabolic syndrome. Also drinking one can of diet soda everyday increased risk by about 34 percent. [read tip]

January 23, 2008 - speaker icon

"More to love" [read tip]

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Physical Activity for Everyone (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 22, 2008 - speaker icon

"The case of the dangerous stray" [read tip]

Take the Next Step:
Rabies Exposure: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 21, 2008 - speaker icon

"Family meals and teenage girls" [read tip]

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Body Image and Your Kids: Your body image plays a role in theirs (Office on Women’s Health)

January 18, 2008 - speaker icon

"Keeping track" [read tip]

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Tips to Help You Get Active (National Institutes of Health)

January 17, 2008 - speaker icon

"We Can! After the holidays" [read tip]

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We Can! (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

January 16, 2008 - speaker icon

"Campus tans" [read tip]

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Tanning (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)

January 15, 2008 - speaker icon

"Teens, grownups, and heart trouble" [read tip]

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Getting Started! (The President’s Challenge)

January 14, 2008 - speaker icon

"A good breakfast and a good heart " [read tip]

Take the Next Step:
Dietary Fiber (National Library of Medicine)

January 11, 2008 - speaker icon

"Flu and asthma" [read tip]

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Take Charge of Your Health! A Guide For Teenagers! (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

January 10, 2008 - speaker icon

"A sign of trouble" [read tip]

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Children and the Flu Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 09, 2008 - speaker icon

"Not really overweight" [read tip]

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Tips for Parents - Ideas and Tips to Help Prevent Childhood Overweight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 08, 2008 - speaker icon

"Vitamin D and hearts" [read tip]

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Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D (Office of Dietary Supplements)
Researcher Thomas Wang of Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital says
- The cutpoints that we chose, which most people would accept would correspond to having at least moderate to severe vitamin D deficiency – something that roughly a third of people in the Northeast have – those levels were associated with a 60 percent increase in the risk of having a cardiovascular event. [read tip]
- The levels in the group of people that we considered to have at least moderate degrees of vitamin D deficiency were about half as much as the levels that would be considered adequate by most experts. [read tip]

January 07, 2008 - speaker icon

"Kids, smoking and movies (Pediatrics)" [read tip]

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Be a Positive Role Model (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration)
Researcher Linda Titus-Ernstoff of Dartmouth Medical School says
- We found that children who had seen the most smoking in the movies were also the most likely to try smoking later on. [read tip]

January 04, 2008 - speaker icon

"Protecting babies from the flu " [read tip]

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Protecting Against Influenza (Flu): Advice for Caregivers of Children Less Than 6 Months Old (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 03, 2008 - speaker icon

"Where’s the sunshine vitamin?" [read tip]

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Vitamins (National Library of Medicine)

January 02, 2008 - speaker icon

"Untested " [read tip]

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Screening Pap Test (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 01, 2008 - speaker icon

"The rest of 2008" [read tip]

Take the Next Step:
Tips to Help You Get Active (National Institutes of Health)

Last revised: January 15, 2009