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Blood/Lymphatic System - New Easy-to-Read Information on Osteonecrosis
Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)Osteonecrosis is caused by reduced blood flow in the joints, leading to bone death and breakdown. The disease is often found in the hips, knees, shoulders, and ankles and can occur in one or more bones. This condition is found in people of any age but is most common among those in their thirties, forties, and fifties. When osteonecrosis begins, you might have no symptoms. As it gets worse, you might have more pain, and the joint could hurt even at rest. The pain can be mild or so severe that you cannot move the affected joint.
The cause of osteonecrosis is not always known, but causes include steroids, alcohol use, injury, and increased pressure inside the bone. Risk factors include radiation treatment, chemotherapy, and kidney and other organ transplants. Osteonecrosis is more common with such illnesses as cancer, lupus, HIV, Gaucher’s disease, Caisson disease, gout, vasculitis, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis and with blood disorders, such as sickle cell disease. More Next Steps
You can read What Is Osteonecrosis? online at www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/osteonecrosis/ffosteonecrosis.htm or download a PDF by visiting www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/osteonecrosis/FF_Osteonecrosis.pdf.
Bones, Joints, and Muscles - Easy-to-Read Information on Lupus Now Available in Spanish
Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)The immune system is designed to attack foreign substances in the body, but if you have the autoimmune disease lupus, something goes wrong with your immune system and it attacks healthy cells and tissues. This can damage your joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood vessels, and even your brain. The cause of lupus is unknown, and anyone can get it, but it most often affects women. The disease is more common in women of African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent than in white women.
The most common symptoms include pain or swelling in the joints, muscle pain, fever with no known cause, red rashes, chest pain when taking a deep breath, swollen glands, and feeling very tired. More Next Steps
You can read ¿Qué es el lupus? online at www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/lupus/fflupus_espanol.htm
or download a PDF by visiting www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/lupus/FF_Lupus_espanol.pdf.
An index of all “Fast Facts” topics, including materials in Spanish, is available at www.niams.nih.gov/hi/index.htm. - New Easy-to-Read Information on Osteonecrosis
Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)Osteonecrosis is caused by reduced blood flow in the joints, leading to bone death and breakdown. The disease is often found in the hips, knees, shoulders, and ankles and can occur in one or more bones. This condition is found in people of any age but is most common among those in their thirties, forties, and fifties. When osteonecrosis begins, you might have no symptoms. As it gets worse, you might have more pain, and the joint could hurt even at rest. The pain can be mild or so severe that you cannot move the affected joint.
The cause of osteonecrosis is not always known, but causes include steroids, alcohol use, injury, and increased pressure inside the bone. Risk factors include radiation treatment, chemotherapy, and kidney and other organ transplants. Osteonecrosis is more common with such illnesses as cancer, lupus, HIV, Gaucher’s disease, Caisson disease, gout, vasculitis, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis and with blood disorders, such as sickle cell disease. More Next Steps
You can read What Is Osteonecrosis? online at www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/osteonecrosis/ffosteonecrosis.htm or download a PDF by visiting www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/osteonecrosis/FF_Osteonecrosis.pdf.
Community Outreach - March NIH News in Health
Format: Newsletter
Institute: Office of the Director (OD)The March issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now available. More Next Steps
You can read the current issue of NIH News in Health online by visiting http://newsinhealth.nih.gov. At this site, you can view past issues and set up your own free e-mail subscription to NIH News in Health.
If you would like free print copies for display in a health facility, senior center, or library, contact the editor, Harrison Wein, at wein@od.nih.gov or (301) 435-7489.
The newsletter’s content is not copyrighted. If you are an editor who wishes to use NIH News in Health content in your publication, please acknowledge NIH News in Health as the source and send copies of your publication to Dr. Wein.
Diabetes - "Diabetes: The Numbers" PowerPoint Presentation
Format: PowerPoint
Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)A new resource is available for health care professionals, diabetes educators, and students who wish to help spread awareness about diabetes and its impact. More Next Steps
You can view or download the presentation by visiting
http://ndep.nih.gov/resources/presentations/diabetesthenumber0107/index.htm. - African Americans: Know the Link Between Diabetes and Heart Disease
Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)Hall of Fame basketball player Walter Frazier. Academy Award–winning actress Halle Berry. Grammy Award–nominated R & B singer Angie Stone. These stars are among the more than 3 million African Americans living with diabetes. African Americans are twice as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. More Next Steps
To download a PDF of this fact sheet, visit
http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/Control_ABCs_AfricanaAm.pdf. - “Don’t Treat Me Like I’m Different:” A Teenage Girl’s Life with Diabetes
Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)Bethannie Ramirez is like a lot of teenage girls. A junior in high school, she likes hanging out with her friends, writing poetry, dancing to punk rock music, and reading Harry Potter. But Bethannie’s life isn’t always the same as the lives of other girls her age—she has type 2 diabetes. More Next Steps
Download a PDF of the fact sheet about a teenager coping with type 2 diabetes by visiting http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/Teen_w_Type2Diabetes.pdf. - Energize Yourself and Your Family
Format: Brochure
Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)Being healthy and active can help give you the energy to keep up with the demands of your busy life, take care of yourself, and be there for the people who depend on you. It may be hard to eat healthfully if you do not have time to cook or your kids want fast food. More Next Steps
To read Energize Yourself and Your Family, please visit http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/energize.htm.
You can read a variety of publications on a healthy diet by visiting http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/index.htm or order hard copies by calling toll-free (877) 946-4627.
Drug Abuse - Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction
Format: Brochure
Institute: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)Like diabetes, asthma, or heart disease, drug addiction is a chronic disease that can be managed successfully. Treatment helps to counteract addiction’s powerful disruptive effects and helps people regain control of their lives.
A new publication from NIDA, The Science of Addiction, explains in plain language how science has revolutionized the understanding of drug addiction as a brain disease that affects behavior. NIDA hopes that this new 30-page, full-color booklet will help reduce the social stigma of seeking help for addictive disorders. More Next Steps
The Science of Addiction can be viewed and downloaded as a PDF file from www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction.
Free hard copies are available from http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalogNIDA/Default.aspx.
Food, Nutrition and Metabolism - Energize Yourself and Your Family
Format: Brochure
Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)Being healthy and active can help give you the energy to keep up with the demands of your busy life, take care of yourself, and be there for the people who depend on you. It may be hard to eat healthfully if you do not have time to cook or your kids want fast food. More Next Steps
To read Energize Yourself and Your Family, please visit http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/energize.htm.
You can read a variety of publications on a healthy diet by visiting http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/index.htm or order hard copies by calling toll-free (877) 946-4627. - March NIH News in Health
Format: Newsletter
Institute: Office of the Director (OD)The March issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now available. More Next Steps
You can read the current issue of NIH News in Health online by visiting http://newsinhealth.nih.gov. At this site, you can view past issues and set up your own free e-mail subscription to NIH News in Health.
If you would like free print copies for display in a health facility, senior center, or library, contact the editor, Harrison Wein, at wein@od.nih.gov or (301) 435-7489.
The newsletter’s content is not copyrighted. If you are an editor who wishes to use NIH News in Health content in your publication, please acknowledge NIH News in Health as the source and send copies of your publication to Dr. Wein.
Infectious Diseases - Learn the Facts About Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)“Pneumonia” is a name for a variety of diseases caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and sometimes fungi. Pneumococcal pneumonia is caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae. This type of pneumonia can begin suddenly and cause very severe symptoms. The elderly are especially at risk for becoming seriously ill or dying from this illness. Children younger than age two are also at greater risk for this infection. More Next Steps
Read the Pneumococcal Pneumonia fact sheet at
www3.niaid.nih.gov/healthscience/healthtopics/pneumonia.
Population Groups - Easy-to-Read Information on Lupus Now Available in Spanish
Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)The immune system is designed to attack foreign substances in the body, but if you have the autoimmune disease lupus, something goes wrong with your immune system and it attacks healthy cells and tissues. This can damage your joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood vessels, and even your brain. The cause of lupus is unknown, and anyone can get it, but it most often affects women. The disease is more common in women of African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent than in white women.
The most common symptoms include pain or swelling in the joints, muscle pain, fever with no known cause, red rashes, chest pain when taking a deep breath, swollen glands, and feeling very tired. More Next Steps
You can read ¿Qué es el lupus? online at www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/lupus/fflupus_espanol.htm
or download a PDF by visiting www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/lupus/FF_Lupus_espanol.pdf.
An index of all “Fast Facts” topics, including materials in Spanish, is available at www.niams.nih.gov/hi/index.htm.
Vaccines - Mercury, Thimerosal, and Vaccine Safety: What Research Is Underway?
Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)Thimerosal is a preservative added to some vaccines that effectively kills bacteria and prevents contamination. When thimerosal is degraded or metabolized, ethyl mercury is produced. Unfortunately, there is limited information related to how ethyl mercury is handled by the body. Because of general concerns about mercury compounds, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service agencies, including NIAID, were forced to use the guidelines for a similar compound, methyl mercury. Based on these guidelines, they determined that thimerosal should be reduced or eliminated in vaccines as a precaution. More research is needed to determine if the guidelines for methyl mercury are appropriate guidelines for thimerosal. More Next Steps
Learn more about mercury, thimerosal, and vaccine safety by visiting www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/thimerosalqa.htm.
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