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January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December HHS HealthBeat Provides health promotion and disease prevention tips 5 days a week. You can listen to or download HHS HealthBeat tips. Visit the Take the Next Step link, too - it could help you improve your health. For broadcast use, attribute HealthBeat tips or excerpts from them to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For more audio clips from the HHS Secretary and other officials, visit the Broadcast News Service. You will need an audio player to listen to the tip. Each MP3 audio file is 59 seconds long and about 1 megabyte in size. HealthBeat Podcast Help with Podcast November 30, 2006 - "Safe for kids" [read tip]
November 23, 2006 - "It’s Labelman!" [read tip]
November 22, 2006 - "Death and no seat belts" [read tip]
October 09, 2006 - "Game On" [read tip]
September 22, 2006 - "Cutting sex risk" [read tip]
September 21, 2006 - "Five things right" [read tip]
September 20, 2006 - "Sleep deprived" [read tip]
September 19, 2006 - "More help from the flu shot" [read tip]
September 19, 2006 - "More help from the flu shot 2" [read tip]
September 19, 2006 - "More help from the flu shot 3" [read tip]
September 19, 2006 - "More help from the flu shot 4" [read tip]
September 18, 2006 - "Happy old" [read tip]
September 15, 2006 - "Watching more, walking less" [read tip]
September 14, 2006 - "Seniors see the happy side" [read tip]
September 13, 2006 - "Getting stronger" [read tip]
September 12, 2006 - "Spend your energy, save your health" [read tip]
September 11, 2006 - "The effects linger" [read tip]
September 08, 2006 - "Kids, asthma and traffic" [read tip]
September 07, 2006 - "Do more to weigh less" [read tip]
September 06, 2006 - "The wrong road early" [read tip]
September 05, 2006 - "Overweight from toddlerhood 2 " [read tip]
September 05, 2006 - "Overweight from toddlerhood 3" [read tip]
September 05, 2006 - "Overweight from toddlerhood 4" [read tip]
September 05, 2006 - "Overweight from toddlerhood" [read tip]
September 04, 2006 - "Waiting for cool" [read tip]
September 01, 2006 - "Beyond bingeing" [read tip]
August 31, 2006 - "Big and feeling bad" [read tip]
August 30, 2006 - "Weight and worse" [read tip]
August 29, 2006 - "Danger and looks" [read tip]
August 28, 2006 - "The contact lens solution" [read tip]
August 25, 2006 - "Sex and rough music" [read tip]
August 24, 2006 - "Sleep and diabetes" [read tip]
August 23, 2006 - "Boys talk about love" [read tip]
August 22, 2006 - "Smoking mothers, difficult toddlers" [read tip]
August 21, 2006 - "Aging with polio" [read tip]
August 18, 2006 - "Young, big and hurt" [read tip]
August 17, 2006 - "Intimacy and abuse" [read tip]
August 16, 2006 - "The yin and yang of smoking" [read tip]
August 15, 2006 - "Harder than it looks" [read tip]
August 14, 2006 - "Leaving the fan club" [read tip]
August 11, 2006 - "Dying too young" [read tip]
August 10, 2006 - "Beyond brushing" [read tip]
August 09, 2006 - "Music sends the pain away" [read tip]
August 08, 2006 - "Bad business" [read tip]
August 07, 2006 - "Where’s the sunshine vitamin?" [read tip]
August 07, 2006 - "Where's the sunshine vitamin? 2" [read tip]
August 07, 2006 - "Where's the sunshine vitamin? 3" [read tip]
August 07, 2006 - "Where's the sunshine vitamin? 4" [read tip]
August 04, 2006 - "Mental health and exercise" [read tip]
August 03, 2006 - "TV tubbies" [read tip]
August 02, 2006 - "Love and hate" [read tip]
August 01, 2006 - "The third who don't know" [read tip]
July 31, 2006 - "Too young to smoke" [read tip]
July 28, 2006 - "Parents smoke, kids sneeze" [read tip]
July 27, 2006 - "Memory and Alzheimer's" [read tip]
July 26, 2006 - "Playing around with kids" [read tip]
July 25, 2006 - "Sticks and stones" [read tip]
July 24, 2006 - "Lonely" [read tip]
July 21, 2006 - "Naptime" [read tip]
July 20, 2006 - "More melanoma" [read tip]
July 19, 2006 - "Cancer strength" [read tip]
July 18, 2006 - "Unsafe and overweight" [read tip]
July 17, 2006 - "Pre-dads work" [read tip]
July 14, 2006 - "Defensive eating" [read tip]
July 13, 2006 - "Walking and living" [read tip]
July 12, 2006 - "Checked out" [read tip]
July 11, 2006 - "Is it the exercise?" [read tip]
July 10, 2006 - "Poor big teens" [read tip]
July 07, 2006 - "Kids, calories and TV" [read tip]
July 06, 2006 - "Growing mold" [read tip]
July 05, 2006 - "Deadly drivers" [read tip]
July 05, 2006 - "Deadly drivers 2" [read tip]
July 05, 2006 - "Deadly drivers 3" [read tip]
July 04, 2006 - "Rage - road and elsewhere" [read tip]
July 03, 2006 - "Learning marriage" [read tip]
June 30, 2006 - "On the road again" [read tip]
June 29, 2006 - "Foods and allergies" [read tip]
June 28, 2006 - "Secondhand smoke, firsthand trouble" [read tip]
June 27, 2006 - "Field work " [read tip]
June 26, 2006 - "What good are multivitamins?" [read tip]
June 23, 2006 - "Boys think like that" [read tip]
June 22, 2006 - "Big kids do worse. " [read tip]
June 21, 2006 - "Coming up short" [read tip]
June 20, 2006 - "Before the storm comes" [read tip]
June 19, 2006 - "Quitting smoking" [read tip]
June 16, 2006 - "Mowed down" [read tip]
June 15, 2006 - "Drinking Greeks" [read tip]
June 14, 2006 - "Eyeglass injuries" [read tip]
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June 13, 2006 - "Before better babies " [read tip]
June 12, 2006 - "Having faith. " [read tip]
June 09, 2006 - "Does aspirin help women?" [read tip]
June 08, 2006 - "Not fun " [read tip]
June 07, 2006 - "Feeling in your feet" [read tip]
June 06, 2006 - "Six months" [read tip]
June 05, 2006 - "Clean your plate?" [read tip]
June 05, 2006 - "Clean your plate? 2" [read tip]
June 05, 2006 - "Clean your plate? 3" [read tip]
June 05, 2006 - "Clean your plate? 4" [read tip]
June 02, 2006 - "Safe on soda" [read tip]
June 01, 2006 - "Hispanic health " [read tip]
May 31, 2006 - "Oh, say, can we see? " [read tip]
May 30, 2006 - "Keeping kids safe" [read tip]
May 29, 2006 - "Exercise and living" [read tip]
May 26, 2006 - "Hands-free " [read tip]
May 25, 2006 - "Poor shape" [read tip]
May 24, 2006 - "Diabetes on the rise" [read tip]
May 23, 2006 - "Thinking about leaving" [read tip]
May 22, 2006 - "Before the storm" [read tip]
May 19, 2006 - "Heading off trouble" [read tip]
May 18, 2006 - "Fillings" [read tip]
May 17, 2006 - "Drinking and thinking" [read tip]
May 16, 2006 - "Dangerous diets" [read tip]
May 15, 2006 - "Why watch your waist?" [read tip]
May 12, 2006 - "Craving a tan" [read tip]
May 11, 2006 - "Missing the mammogram" [read tip]
May 10, 2006 - "Sick of your spouse" [read tip]
May 09, 2006 - "Breathing that stuff" [read tip]
May 08, 2006 - "Working the joints" [read tip]
May 05, 2006 - "Aha!" [read tip]
May 04, 2006 - "In need of care" [read tip]
May 03, 2006 - "It’s mumps" [read tip]
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May 02, 2006 - "Time’s running out." [read tip]
May 01, 2006 - "Kids' headaches" [read tip]
May 01, 2006 - "Kids' headaches 2" [read tip]
May 01, 2006 - "Kids' headaches 3" [read tip]
May 01, 2006 - "Kids' headaches 4" [read tip]
May 01, 2006 - "Kids' headaches 5" [read tip]
April 28, 2006 - "Parents fight, kids hurt." [read tip]
April 27, 2006 - "Hurts when you’re heavy" [read tip]
April 26, 2006 - "Baby fat?" [read tip]
April 25, 2006 - "Sweetness and calories" [read tip]
April 24, 2006 - "Get Your Zzz’s" [read tip]
April 21, 2006 - "Adventures in weight loss." [read tip]
April 20, 2006 - "Early lunch, late snack." [read tip]
April 19, 2006 - "Getting better at getting checked." [read tip]
April 18, 2006 - "Help makes it better." [read tip]
April 17, 2006 - "Who dies in the crash" [read tip]
April 14, 2006 - "More soda, less milk" [read tip]
April 13, 2006 - "Anger management" [read tip]
April 12, 2006 - "Ease for the knees?" [read tip]
April 11, 2006 - "Big kids for the seats" [read tip]
April 10, 2006 - "Bigger, not better" [read tip]
April 07, 2006 - "Bad break on spring break." [read tip]
April 06, 2006 - "Caffeine gene" [read tip]
April 05, 2006 - "Will diabetes win?" [read tip]
April 04, 2006 - "Sex and aspirin" [read tip]
April 03, 2006 - "Active parents, active teens, good habits" [read tip]
March 31, 2006 - "Positive thinking about asthma. " [read tip]
March 30, 2006 - "Grandpa drinks." [read tip]
March 29, 2006 - "Learn from the eagle. " [read tip]
March 28, 2006 - "Folic acid’s extra." [read tip]
March 27, 2006 - "Kids get a screen shot" [read tip]
March 24, 2006 - "Parents, kids and the tube." [read tip]
March 23, 2006 - "Healthy bones" [read tip]
March 22, 2006 - "Can fish oil fight cancer?" [read tip]
March 21, 2006 - "Five a day – or more" [read tip]
March 20, 2006 - "Passing along the weight." [read tip]
March 17, 2006 - "Will they ever grow up?" [read tip]
March 16, 2006 - "Nicotine teens" [read tip]
March 15, 2006 - "Drinking in the ads." [read tip]
March 14, 2006 - "Healthy vets" [read tip]
March 13, 2006 - "Real-world weight loss " [read tip]
March 10, 2006 - "Women and AIDS" [read tip]
March 09, 2006 - "The healing touch of exercise." [read tip]
March 08, 2006 - "Brains and blood pressure" [read tip]
March 07, 2006 - "Growing pains. " [read tip]
March 06, 2006 - "Drinking and schooling" [read tip]
March 03, 2006 - "Stretch your back" [read tip]
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March 02, 2006 - "Fat and the boomer brain" [read tip]
March 01, 2006 - "Double danger." [read tip]
February 28, 2006 - "The paradoxical walk." [read tip]
February 27, 2006 - "What’s up with low fat?" [read tip]
February 24, 2006 - "Early warning." [read tip]
February 23, 2006 - "Rude shock." [read tip]
February 22, 2006 - "Kids off the streets." [read tip]
February 21, 2006 - "Kids, parents and cancer." [read tip]
February 20, 2006 - "Exercise in the real world" [read tip]
February 17, 2006 - "Doing good with aspirin" [read tip]
February 16, 2006 - "Working the body, Saving the mind" [read tip]
February 15, 2006 - "What Grandma Takes" [read tip]
February 14, 2006 - "Surprise Valentine’s Day" [read tip]
February 13, 2006 - "For better, for worse" [read tip]
February 10, 2006 - "Smoking and breast cancer" [read tip]
February 09, 2006 - "Breastfeeding against diabetes" [read tip]
February 08, 2006 - "Care for the obese" [read tip]
February 07, 2006 - "Status check" [read tip]
February 06, 2006 - "Tough customer" [read tip]
February 03, 2006 - "Big kid" [read tip]
February 02, 2006 - "How’s the family?" [read tip]
February 01, 2006 - "Early problems, young drinkers" [read tip]
January 31, 2006 - "Was it the carbs? " [read tip]
January 30, 2006 - "Inside fat" [read tip]
January 27, 2006 - "Race, exercise and breast cancer" [read tip]
January 26, 2006 - "Does fiber help?" [read tip]
January 25, 2006 - "Actively growing older" [read tip]
January 24, 2006 - "Trans. Right there on the label" [read tip]
January 23, 2006 - "More than a grain of salt" [read tip]
January 20, 2006 - "What the kids know" [read tip]
January 19, 2006 - "More than losing weight" [read tip]
January 18, 2006 - "Blood pressure up, thinking down" [read tip]
January 17, 2006 - "Tooth trouble, heart trouble" [read tip]
January 16, 2006 - "Actively pregnant" [read tip]
January 13, 2006 - "Good neighbors, good kids" [read tip]
January 12, 2006 - "Kids versus smoke" [read tip]
January 11, 2006 - "Help for Native vets" [read tip]
January 10, 2006 - "Pain and the brain" [read tip]
January 09, 2006 - "Kids eat out" [read tip]
January 06, 2006 - "Before the surgeon starts" [read tip]
January 05, 2006 - "Kids taking drugs" [read tip]
January 04, 2006 - "Race, poverty and smoking" [read tip]
January 03, 2006 - "Unfit youth" [read tip]
January 02, 2006 - "Who needs antibacterial soaps?" [read tip]
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Last revised: January 26, 2009 |