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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. - Consumers—choose a HealthBeat tip below to listen. Be sure to visit the Take the Next Step link, too, because it provides more information to help you take action to improve your health.
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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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Eye Safety (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) -
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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Mumps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) -
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]
- Take the Next Step:
Low Back Pain (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) -
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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Soap (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) -
Last revised: January 26, 2009
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