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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]

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H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 08, 2009 - speaker icon

"Strange beasts" [read tip]

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Healthy Pets Healthy People (National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases)

May 07, 2009 - speaker icon

"Numb from violence" [read tip]

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

May 06, 2009 - speaker icon

"More aching backs" [read tip]

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Back Pain (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

May 05, 2009 - speaker icon

"Unintended consequences" [read tip]

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Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

May 04, 2009 - speaker icon

"Exercising with heart failure" [read tip]

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Heart Health Online (Food and Drug Administration)

May 01, 2009 - speaker icon

"Sleep disorders" [read tip]

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

April

April 30, 2009 - speaker icon

"Belly fat, stress hormones and diabetes" [read tip]

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Diabetes and Me (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

April 29, 2009 - speaker icon

"How much did you eat?" [read tip]

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Portion Distortion (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

April 28, 2009 - speaker icon

"Doing by learning" [read tip]

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Sun Exposure (National Library of Medicine)

April 27, 2009 - speaker icon

"Weight on the knees" [read tip]

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Osteoarthritis (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

April 24, 2009 - speaker icon

"No Lead" [read tip]

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Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 23, 2009 - speaker icon

"More Workout, Less Weight Loss" [read tip]

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Energize Yourself and Your Family (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

April 22, 2009 - speaker icon

"Parents Teaming Up" [read tip]

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Positive Parenting Tips (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 21, 2009 - speaker icon

"Teens, TV and Depression" [read tip]

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

April 20, 2009 - speaker icon

"Aging with Personality" [read tip]

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Getting Started (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

April 17, 2009 - speaker icon

"Teens getting a low D" [read tip]

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Vitamins (National Library of Medicine)

April 16, 2009 - speaker icon

"Marijuana and brains" [read tip]

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The Facts about Marijuana (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

April 15, 2009 - speaker icon

"Smoke and Smokeless" [read tip]

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Smokeless Tobacco (National Library of Medicine)

April 14, 2009 - speaker icon

"Finding your activity" [read tip]

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Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

April 10, 2009 - speaker icon

"Young adults, healthy adults" [read tip]

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A Healthier You (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

April 09, 2009 - speaker icon

"More cancer from smoking" [read tip]

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

April 08, 2009 - speaker icon

"Fearless alcohol" [read tip]

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Alcohol (National Library of Medicine)

April 07, 2009 - speaker icon

"Sleep, Exercise and Cancer" [read tip]

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Physical Activity and Cancer: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute)

April 06, 2009 - speaker icon

"Sedentary preschoolers" [read tip]

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

April 03, 2009 - speaker icon

"Arthritis, Knees and Quads" [read tip]

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Growing Stronger – Strength Training for Older Adults (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

April 02, 2009 - speaker icon

"Tracking Kids’ Walking" [read tip]

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Walking: A Step in the Right Direction (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

April 01, 2009 - speaker icon

"No Fall" [read tip]

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Preventing Falls and Related Fractures (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

March

March 31, 2009 - speaker icon

"Get Down for Diabetes" [read tip]

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Resources on Children and Adolescents (National Diabetes Education Program)

March 30, 2009 - speaker icon

"Watch Now, Smoke Later" [read tip]

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Increasing Evidence Points to Link Between Youth Smoking and Exposure to Smoking in Movies (National Cancer Institute)

March 27, 2009 - speaker icon

"Teens and Talk about Dying" [read tip]

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End of Life Issues (National Library of Medicine)

March 26, 2009 - speaker icon

"Not Better" [read tip]

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Eating Right and Physical Activity (Office on Women’s Health)

March 25, 2009 - speaker icon

"What Diets Work" [read tip]

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Diets (National Library of Medicine)

March 24, 2009 - speaker icon

"Going for Quality" [read tip]

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Action Steps for Staying Healthy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 23, 2009 - speaker icon

"Still Time for Trouble " [read tip]

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Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 20, 2009 - speaker icon

"Mind Workouts" [read tip]

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Coping with Memory Loss (Food and Drug Administration)

March 19, 2009 - speaker icon

"Marijuana, Men and Cancer" [read tip]

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Marijuana Linked to Aggressive Testicular Cancer (healthfinder.gov)

March 18, 2009 - speaker icon

"Thinking and Mediterranean Eating" [read tip]

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Mediterranean diet may protect the brain (National Library of Medicine)

March 17, 2009 - speaker icon

"Consuming TV" [read tip]

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Tips for Parents – Ideas to Help Children Maintain a Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 16, 2009 - speaker icon

"Sleep and Diabetes" [read tip]

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

March 13, 2009 - speaker icon

"Kids on Supplements" [read tip]

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Tips For The Savvy Supplement User (Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition)

March 12, 2009 - speaker icon

"More than Food" [read tip]

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Choosing Healthy Eating without Giving Up the Foods You Love (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 11, 2009 - speaker icon

"New Knees, Stronger Muscles" [read tip]

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Rehabilitation (National Library of Medicine)

March 10, 2009 - speaker icon

"A Toast for Seniors" [read tip]

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7 Steps to Aging Well (National Institutes of Health)

March 09, 2009 - speaker icon

"Hi, Doc" [read tip]

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Talking With Your Doctor (National Library of Medicine)

March 06, 2009 - speaker icon

"Being active with lung cancer" [read tip]

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Physical Activity and Cancer (National Cancer Institute)

March 05, 2009 - speaker icon

"Shouldering sports injuries" [read tip]

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

March 04, 2009 - speaker icon

"Success from losing weight" [read tip]

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Weight Loss in Women Can Reduce Urinary Incontinence (National Institutes of Health)

March 03, 2009 - speaker icon

"Cold and the old" [read tip]

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Hypothermia: A Cold Weather Risk for Older People (National Institute on Aging)

February

February 27, 2009 - speaker icon

"The 3,000" [read tip]

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Why Folic Acid is So Important (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 26, 2009 - speaker icon

"Exercising the relaxing heart" [read tip]

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Heart Contraction and Blood Flow (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 25, 2009 - speaker icon

"Mediterranean eating" [read tip]

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

February 24, 2009 - speaker icon

"Spirituality, teens and chronic illness" [read tip]

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Mind-Body Medicine: An Overview (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 23, 2009 - speaker icon

"Smokers’ brains and strokes" [read tip]

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Cerebral Aneurysm Fact Sheet (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

February 20, 2009 - speaker icon

"Higher risk, lower knowledge" [read tip]

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What You Need to Know About Stroke (National Institutes of Health)

February 19, 2009 - speaker icon

"Tired and a cold" [read tip]

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Sleep and Sleep Disorders (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 18, 2009 - speaker icon

"Smoking and parents’ examples" [read tip]

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Youth and Tobacco Use Fact Sheet (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 17, 2009 - speaker icon

"Someone else’s smoke " [read tip]

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Second Hand Smoke Fact Sheet (National Cancer Institute)

February 16, 2009 - speaker icon

"Needing follow-up" [read tip]

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Risk Factors for Breast Cancer (National Cancer Institute)

February 13, 2009 - speaker icon

"The Smoking Habit" [read tip]

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Quit Smoking with our Online Guide to Quitting (Smokefree.gov)

February 12, 2009 - speaker icon

"Accidental Infant Suffocation Deaths" [read tip]

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 11, 2009 - speaker icon

"Teen Disabled Athletes" [read tip]

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Kids’ Quest on Disability and Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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"Winter Can Kill" [read tip]

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Winter Weather: Hypothermia (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 09, 2009 - speaker icon

"Peanut Safety" [read tip]

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Recall of Peanut-Containing Products: Salmonella Typhimurium (Food and Drug Administration)

February 06, 2009 - speaker icon

"Still Time" [read tip]

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Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

February 05, 2009 - speaker icon

"Practiced Walking" [read tip]

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Living With Peripheral Arterial Disease (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 04, 2009 - speaker icon

"Spreading Happiness" [read tip]

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Being Happy Affects Even Those You Don't Know (healthfinder.gov)

February 03, 2009 - speaker icon

"Walk Away from the Buffet" [read tip]

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Walking: A Step in the Right Direction (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

February 02, 2009 - speaker icon

"Apples, Pears, Livers and Hearts" [read tip]

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Cutting Calories (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January

January 30, 2009 - speaker icon

"Caregivers’ activities" [read tip]

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Caregiver Tip Sheet (Administration on Aging)

January 29, 2009 - speaker icon

"Teens and marijuana " [read tip]

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Marijuana (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

January 28, 2009 - speaker icon

"Bad mixes" [read tip]

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Drug Interactions: What You Should Know (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)

January 27, 2009 - speaker icon

"The bond of breastfeeding" [read tip]

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Breastfeeding (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

January 26, 2009 - speaker icon

"Walking, talking kids" [read tip]

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Kids With Cell Phones Not as Safe Crossing Streets (healthfinder.gov)

January 23, 2009 - speaker icon

"Transitioning care" [read tip]

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Better Information Helps Patients When They Leave the Hospital (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

January 22, 2009 - speaker icon

"Kids and media " [read tip]

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

January 21, 2009 - speaker icon

"Ripples of weight" [read tip]

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

January 20, 2009 - speaker icon

"Maybe later" [read tip]

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Heart Diseases--Prevention (National Library of Medicine)

January 19, 2009 - speaker icon

"Better family history" [read tip]

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My Family Health Portrait (U.S. Surgeon General)

January 16, 2009 - speaker icon

"Trying the alternatives" [read tip]

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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

January 15, 2009 - speaker icon

"Why eat broccoli" [read tip]

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

January 14, 2009 - speaker icon

"Health care in hard times" [read tip]

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Find a Health Center (Health Resources and Services Administration)

January 13, 2009 - speaker icon

"Exercise and heart failure" [read tip]

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

January 12, 2009 - speaker icon

"Now and later" [read tip]

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 09, 2009 - speaker icon

"Bad air" [read tip]

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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 08, 2009 - speaker icon

"Kids and lead" [read tip]

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Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 07, 2009 - speaker icon

"Can you believe it?" [read tip]

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healthfinder.gov (healthfinder.gov)

January 06, 2009 - speaker icon

"Active enough?" [read tip]

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How much physical activity do you need? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 05, 2009 - speaker icon

"Thirdhand smoke and kids" [read tip]

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Free Help to Quit Smoking (National Cancer Institute)

January 02, 2009 - speaker icon

"Spiritual living" [read tip]

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Religion May Help Extend Your Life (National Library of Medicine)

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"Masked and cleaned" [read tip]

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Good Health Habits for Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Last revised: February 03, 2009