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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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May


May 11, 2009 - speaker icon"The spreading flu" [read tip]
May 08, 2009 - speaker icon"Strange beasts" [read tip]
May 07, 2009 - speaker icon"Numb from violence" [read tip]
May 06, 2009 - speaker icon"More aching backs" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Back Pain (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
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May 05, 2009 - speaker icon"Unintended consequences" [read tip]
May 04, 2009 - speaker icon"Exercising with heart failure" [read tip]
May 01, 2009 - speaker icon"Sleep disorders" [read tip]

April


April 30, 2009 - speaker icon"Belly fat, stress hormones and diabetes" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Diabetes and Me (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
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April 29, 2009 - speaker icon"How much did you eat?" [read tip]
April 28, 2009 - speaker icon"Doing by learning" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Sun Exposure (National Library of Medicine)
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April 27, 2009 - speaker icon"Weight on the knees" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Osteoarthritis (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
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April 24, 2009 - speaker icon"No Lead" [read tip]
April 23, 2009 - speaker icon"More Workout, Less Weight Loss" [read tip]
April 22, 2009 - speaker icon"Parents Teaming Up" [read tip]
April 21, 2009 - speaker icon"Teens, TV and Depression" [read tip]
April 20, 2009 - speaker icon"Aging with Personality" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Getting Started (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
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April 17, 2009 - speaker icon"Teens getting a low D" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Vitamins (National Library of Medicine)
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April 16, 2009 - speaker icon"Marijuana and brains" [read tip]
April 15, 2009 - speaker icon"Smoke and Smokeless" [read tip]
April 14, 2009 - speaker icon"Finding your activity" [read tip]
April 10, 2009 - speaker icon"Young adults, healthy adults" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    A Healthier You (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
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April 09, 2009 - speaker icon"More cancer from smoking" [read tip]
April 08, 2009 - speaker icon"Fearless alcohol" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Alcohol (National Library of Medicine)
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April 07, 2009 - speaker icon"Sleep, Exercise and Cancer" [read tip]
April 06, 2009 - speaker icon"Sedentary preschoolers" [read tip]
April 03, 2009 - speaker icon"Arthritis, Knees and Quads" [read tip]
April 02, 2009 - speaker icon"Tracking Kids’ Walking" [read tip]
April 01, 2009 - speaker icon"No Fall" [read tip]

March


March 31, 2009 - speaker icon"Get Down for Diabetes" [read tip]
March 30, 2009 - speaker icon"Watch Now, Smoke Later" [read tip]
March 27, 2009 - speaker icon"Teens and Talk about Dying" [read tip]
March 26, 2009 - speaker icon"Not Better" [read tip]
March 25, 2009 - speaker icon"What Diets Work" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Diets (National Library of Medicine)
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March 24, 2009 - speaker icon"Going for Quality" [read tip]
March 23, 2009 - speaker icon"Still Time for Trouble " [read tip]
March 20, 2009 - speaker icon"Mind Workouts" [read tip]
March 19, 2009 - speaker icon"Marijuana, Men and Cancer" [read tip]
March 18, 2009 - speaker icon"Thinking and Mediterranean Eating" [read tip]
March 17, 2009 - speaker icon"Consuming TV" [read tip]
March 16, 2009 - speaker icon"Sleep and Diabetes" [read tip]
March 13, 2009 - speaker icon"Kids on Supplements" [read tip]
March 12, 2009 - speaker icon"More than Food" [read tip]
March 11, 2009 - speaker icon"New Knees, Stronger Muscles" [read tip]
March 10, 2009 - speaker icon"A Toast for Seniors" [read tip]
March 09, 2009 - speaker icon"Hi, Doc" [read tip]
March 06, 2009 - speaker icon"Being active with lung cancer" [read tip]
March 05, 2009 - speaker icon"Shouldering sports injuries" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Sports Injuries (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
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March 04, 2009 - speaker icon"Success from losing weight" [read tip]
March 03, 2009 - speaker icon"Cold and the old" [read tip]

February


February 27, 2009 - speaker icon"The 3,000" [read tip]
February 26, 2009 - speaker icon"Exercising the relaxing heart" [read tip]
February 25, 2009 - speaker icon"Mediterranean eating" [read tip]
February 24, 2009 - speaker icon"Spirituality, teens and chronic illness" [read tip]
February 23, 2009 - speaker icon"Smokers’ brains and strokes" [read tip]
February 20, 2009 - speaker icon"Higher risk, lower knowledge" [read tip]
February 19, 2009 - speaker icon"Tired and a cold" [read tip]
February 18, 2009 - speaker icon"Smoking and parents’ examples" [read tip]
February 17, 2009 - speaker icon"Someone else’s smoke " [read tip]
February 16, 2009 - speaker icon"Needing follow-up" [read tip]
February 13, 2009 - speaker icon"The Smoking Habit" [read tip]
February 12, 2009 - speaker icon"Accidental Infant Suffocation Deaths" [read tip]
February 11, 2009 - speaker icon"Teen Disabled Athletes" [read tip]
February 10, 2009 - speaker icon"Winter Can Kill" [read tip]
February 09, 2009 - speaker icon"Peanut Safety" [read tip]
February 06, 2009 - speaker icon"Still Time" [read tip]
February 05, 2009 - speaker icon"Practiced Walking" [read tip]
February 04, 2009 - speaker icon"Spreading Happiness" [read tip]
February 03, 2009 - speaker icon"Walk Away from the Buffet" [read tip]
February 02, 2009 - speaker icon"Apples, Pears, Livers and Hearts" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Cutting Calories (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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January


January 30, 2009 - speaker icon"Caregivers’ activities" [read tip]
January 29, 2009 - speaker icon"Teens and marijuana " [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Marijuana (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
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January 28, 2009 - speaker icon"Bad mixes" [read tip]
January 27, 2009 - speaker icon"The bond of breastfeeding" [read tip]
  • Take the Next Step:
    Breastfeeding (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
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January 26, 2009 - speaker icon"Walking, talking kids" [read tip]
January 23, 2009 - speaker icon"Transitioning care" [read tip]
January 22, 2009 - speaker icon"Kids and media " [read tip]
January 21, 2009 - speaker icon"Ripples of weight" [read tip]
January 20, 2009 - speaker icon"Maybe later" [read tip]
January 19, 2009 - speaker icon"Better family history" [read tip]
January 16, 2009 - speaker icon"Trying the alternatives" [read tip]
January 15, 2009 - speaker icon"Why eat broccoli" [read tip]
January 14, 2009 - speaker icon"Health care in hard times" [read tip]
January 13, 2009 - speaker icon"Exercise and heart failure" [read tip]
January 12, 2009 - speaker icon"Now and later" [read tip]
January 09, 2009 - speaker icon"Bad air" [read tip]
January 08, 2009 - speaker icon"Kids and lead" [read tip]
January 07, 2009 - speaker icon"Can you believe it?" [read tip]
January 06, 2009 - speaker icon"Active enough?" [read tip]
January 05, 2009 - speaker icon"Thirdhand smoke and kids" [read tip]
January 02, 2009 - speaker icon"Spiritual living" [read tip]
January 01, 2009 - speaker icon"Masked and cleaned" [read tip]

Last revised: February 03, 2009