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53January 15, 2005
  • Good to know: FDA advisory - non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug products (NSAIDs); FDA & VeriChip; NIH HALTS USE OF COX-2 INHIBITOR IN LARGE CANCER PREVENTION TRIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS IN PATIENTS TAKING BLOOD THINNING MEDICATIONS; SAMHSA - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK
  • Data: Trends in Teen Drug Use; Marital Status and Health: United States, 1999-2002; Latest Statistical Briefs
  • Internet: Phishing; SAMHSA’s Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
  • Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News. Cancer: Colon cancer, hepatic colorectal metastases; gastric cancer. Cardiovascular Disease: Preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes; Ischemic heart disease; Angina pectoris; Aortic regurgitation; Aortic stenosis; Arrhythmia; Atherosclerosis; Myocardial infarction; Venous thromboembolism (VTE); Heart failure. Diabetes: Islet Transplantation in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus; clinical practice guideline for the management of diabetes mellitus; DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE GENE STUDIES; AHRQ Diabetes Care Resource Guide; Diabetes mellitus stats; Diabetes Mellitus Patient Checklist - Version 1; Rhabdomyolysis Common in DKA. Hypertension stats. Tobacco: Cigarette makers target teens; Quit Smoking: Consumer Interactive Tool; Tobacco cessation stats; “Medicare to add help for smokers”
  • Adolescent Health: Teens Say Parents Most Influence Their Decisions About Sex; Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents; ECONOMIC COST OF ADOLESCENTS' LOSS OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN OBTAINING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES; MCH PROGRAM CAPACITY TO SUPPORT ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS; TRENDS ON SEXUAL ACTIVITY, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, AND CHILDBEARING AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND WOMEN; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY INTENTIONS AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES
  • AIDS: Use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States; Treating opportunistic infections among HIV-infected adults and adolescents.
  • Alternative Medicine: ACUPUNCTURE RELIEVES PAIN AND IMPROVES FUNCTION IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
  • Bioterrorism: Checklists on Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies
  • Child Health: Children with Special Health Care Needs Account for 42 Percent of Children's Medical Costs; BUILDING A QUALITY-OF-CARE INITIATIVE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)
  • Consumer Health: New Consumer Reports website can help you save money on drugs; No Panacea - Ever More Popular Gastric Bypass Surgery Offers Rapid Weight Loss; “Scientists split on need for tighter toxin rules”
  • Diaster Preparedness: TSUNAMIS; Notice for Travelers; What We Learn about Smallpox from Movies – Fact or Fiction; CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES
  • Drug Abuse: Trendy partygoers quaff date-rape drug”
  • Environmental Health: “Cut mercury levels, agency says”; “Exotic pets reported under law”
  • Epidemiology: MMWR news
  • Grants: SAMHSA Notices of Grant Funding and Requests for Applications No Longer Published in Federal Register
  • Healthcare Economics: Drug Companies Offer Prescription Savings to Uninsured; Americans Worried About Health Care Costs; Most uninsured Americans are not aware of safety net providers in their area; Medicare Replacement Drug Demonstration
  • Healthcare Quality: “Evidence-Based Medicine” is Managed Care Masquerading as Science; Transition Plan from "Rule of 6"; Revised Verification of Licensure, Certification, Registration Standards; New JCAHO Online Resources; Toolkit: Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines; Closing the Quality Gap; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Inpatient Quality Indicators Version 2.1, Revision
  • Health Policy: Awards in malpractice lawsuits; ONLINE TUTORIAL WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE
  • Health Services: Why patients sometimes don’t show up for appointments
  • HIPAA: HIPAA Privacy Complaint Filed Against LA Times & County Health Dept.; Heavyweight Boxer Mesi Sues for Breach of Medical Privacy; Publication Dates of HIPAA Rules; Confusion Surrounds New National Provider ID
  • Maternal Child Health: risk factors for preterm birth; Chronic hypertension in pregnancy; Diagnosis and management of preeclampsia and eclampsia; Fetal macrosomia; Gestational diabetes; Management of recurrent early pregnancy loss; Prenatal diagnosis of fetal chromosomal abnormalities.
  • Mental Health: clinical practice guideline for the management of post-traumatic stress.
  • Minority Health: Community and Faith-Based Groups: Essential Prevention Partners
  • Nutrition: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005; EATING AT FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS MORE THAN TWICE PER WEEK IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORE WEIGHT GAIN AND INSULIN RESISTANCE IN OTHERWISE HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS; TOOL KIT PROVIDES COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR LAUNCHING FOLIC ACID CAMPAIGN; Nutritional management in long-term care: development of a clinical guideline; Rough It; High Fiber Equals Lower Risks
  • Obesity: Obesity Linked to U.S. Residency; Big Tummy Could Mean Big Trouble; Managing Obesity: A Clinician's Aid
  • Occupational Health: Guidelines for the prevention, identification and management of occupational asthma; “NIOSH report details dangers of carbon dioxide in confined spaces”
    • Occupational Hazards (12/30/04) Josh Cable
  • Oral Health: “Pfizer to spend $2 million to replace ads that countered floss”
  • Public Health Research: “Tobacco industry research grants spur debate”
  • School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): USDA Cautions on School Food Contracts; Updating Hepatitis B; The State View of the School Obesity Epidemic; Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, United States, January-June 2005; InFocus: Bullying—Is It Part of Growing Up, or Part of School Violence; Avian Flu Fact Sheet; Teen Drug Use Declined in 2004; Psychotropic Drugs and Children – Use, Trends, and Implications for Schools; “For kids, trek to school not like it used to be”
  • Senior Health: Exercise Combats Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults hile reducing their risk for heart disease; Retirees and Businesses Paying More For Retiree Health Coverage
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; “The bride was 7: In the heart of Ethiopia, child marriage takes a brutal toll”; Antibiotic prophylaxis for gynecologic procedures; Emergency oral contraception; Management of infertility caused by ovulatory dysfunction; Medical management of abortion; Prenatal diagnosis of fetal chromosomal abnormalities; Use of botanicals for management of menopausal symptoms; Measuring the Quality of Breast Cancer Care in Women. Summary, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment; INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP WOMEN MAKE BIRTH DECISIONS
  • Connecticut Public Health: New fact sheet – “I’m not uninsured, so it doesn’t affect me, right?”
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Blog Index, http://www.bettycjung.net/Blogindex.htm
54February 15, 2005
  • Good to know: Drug Firms Join to Help Uninsured; THE TOGETHER Rx ACCESS™ CARD AT A GLANCE; KFF's Social Security survey
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  • Data: Correction: Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000; AHRQ Stats; Teen Pregnancy, Birth, Abortion Rates Decline
  • Internet: Health Disparities Collaboratives
  • Top Ten Causes of Death. Cancer: New guidelines for colon and rectal cancer; LIST OF CANCER-CAUSING AGENTS GROWS. Cardiovascular Disease: DIRECT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND PERIODONTAL BACTERIA; new guidelines; Plant Protein Mimics Hormone That Mitigates Diabetes and Obesity. Diabetes: American Diabetes Association Regarding the President's Budget Request; new guidelines; In Addition to A1c Levels, Cardiovascular Disease and Depression May Increase Health Care Costs in Adults with Diabetes; Diabetes-Cancer Link; Use of Diabetes Drugs May be Linked to Risk of Heart Failure;Diabetes: A By-product of America's Obesity Epidemic; Heart Risk Factors & Diabetes; Diabetes Spotted at an Earlier Age. Tobacco: ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc, et al. Stroke: New guidelines
  • Adolescent Health: SOCIAL NORMS AND FRIENDS' INFLUENCES ON WEIGHT-CONTROL BEHAVIORS AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS; EFFECTIVENESS OF A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INTERVENTION FOR ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION IN PRIMARY CARE CLINICS
  • AIDS: Treating opportunistic infections among HIV-exposed and infected children: recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America; other new guidelines
  • Bioethics: The National Institutes of Health has adopted new rules prohibiting scientists from outside employment with pharmaceutical and biotech companies and from holding stock in them; NIH ANNOUNCES SWEEPING ETHICS REFORM
  • Child Health: Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule: United States, 2005; WEB SITE LAUNCHED TO ADVANCE BOOSTER SEAT SAFETY EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION AND EXPENDITURE PATTERNS FOR CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM IN REDUCING ASTHMA-RELATED CHILD MORBIDITY; new guidelines
  • Consumer Health: NYC HEALTH DEPT. WARNS AGAINST USE OF “SKIN-LIGHTENING” CREAMS CONTAINING MERCURY OR SIMILAR PRODUCTS WHICH DO NOT LIST INGREDIENTS; “Drinking water aboard airliners worsens”; Who uses seatbelts (and who doesn’t)
  • Diaster Preparedness: CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES; CHEMICAL AGENTS; TSUNAMIS; Hepatitis E Information Specific to Tsunami Survivors; Hepatitis A Information Specific for Tsunami Survivors; Worker Fact Sheet: Pesticide Safety Guidance; Tsunamis: Public Health Issues; Tsunami Disaster: Health Information for Humanitarian Workers; Fact Sheet: Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance System; Guidance for Americans Living in Areas Affected by Earthquakes and Tsunami; Food Safety after a Tsunami; LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES
  • Drug Abuse: Fighting an illegal drug through its legal source
  • Epidemiology: MMWR weekly reports; Cryptosporidiosis Surveillance --- United States 1999--2002; Giardiasis Surveillance; Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection-Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV in the United States: Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Grants: Apply for Grants Electronically from SAMHSA
  • Healthcare Economics: 2 million Americans suffered medical bankruptcy in 2001; Section 911 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA); KFF's Medicare 101 Tutorial, Medicare Drug Benefit Tutorial, Medicare Basics Reference Library, Uninsured tutorial; Influenza Treatment Demonstration Project; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recent updates of the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)
  • Healthcare Quality: TOP HOSPITALS FOR COMMON PROCEDURES; Some push to make hospitals disclose rates of infection; AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators Version 2.1, Revision 3; “State hospitals report 20 deaths from mistakes”
  • Health Policy: 2006 Budget for Health and Human Services; DEEP CUTS IN FEDERAL GRANTS IN FY 2006 BUDGET WILL SQUEEZE STATES AND LOCALITIES; Medical Liability System Hinders Improvements In Patient Safety: Joint Commission Expert Panel Offers Solutions To Crisis
  • Health Services: End-of-Life Care Report; new guidelines
  • Infectious Disease: Hepatitis A; Cholera; Influenza - Who Should Get Flu Vaccine This Season – new translations Spanish, Vietnamese, and Tagalog; Key Facts About Flu Vaccine - new translations; AVIAN INFLUENZA
  • Maternal Child Health: PRENATAL CARE KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS REVISES POLICY STATEMENT ON BREASTFEEDING; new guidelines
  • Men's Health: Some Prostate Cancer Drugs Involve Risks; new guidelines
  • Mental Health: New guidelines - Alcohol screening, Major depressive disorder, Substance use disorder, treatment of patients with acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Minority Health: Health Disparities Collaboratives; IN A HEALTHIER NATION, DISPARITIES PERSIST, CDC SAYS; Center for Disease Control and Prevention's 28th annual report to Congress and the President on the state of the nation's health; "Health, United States, 2004"; "Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans --- United States"; National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness & Information Day
  • Nutrition: NEW DIETARY GUIDELINES RELEASED; RESOURCE ON ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PUBLISHED; New Dietary Guidelines Recommend More Exercise, Less Sugar; “Obesity weighs heavily on colas; Industry studies how to fight back in health debate”
  • Obesity: Prevention and management of obesity (mature adolescents and adults; Vending Machine Industry Aims at Obesity
  • Occupational Health: STATE BREASTFEEDING AND MATERNITY LEAVE LEGISLATION
  • Public Health Continuing Ed: Kaiser Family Foundation's tutorials; CMS.gov - (1) "The Guide to Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers, and Other Health Care Professionals", (2) "Expanded Benefits", (3) "Adult Immunizations",(4) "Bone Mass Measurements",(5) "Cancer Screenings",(6) "Glaucoma Screening"
  • Public Health Research: NIH CALLS ON SCIENTISTS TO SPEED PUBLIC RELEASE OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
  • Respiratory Disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. National clinical guideline on management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary care.
  • School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): Diagnosis and Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Primary Care for School Age Children and Adolescents; Academic Outcomes and School-Based Health Care Centers; CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH RESOURCE AVAILABLE; STATE LEGISLATURE AND HEALTH AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS COLLABORATE TO ESTABLISH SEX ED GUIDELINES; Society for Adolescent Medicine Takes Position on Bullying; New Treatment Protocol for Mental Health/Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Senior Health: New guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease and Pre-ESRD in Primary Care; Screening for Glaucoma in the Primary Care Setting; adult degenerative joint disease (DJD); Task Force Recommends that Male Smokers Between the Ages of 65 and 75 Be Screened for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; As of Jan. 1, Medicare recipients are now eligible for a one-time comprehensive physical exam and cardiovascular and diabetes screening; CMS - Medicare Drug Benefit and Medicare Advantage Program final rules; Harmful Drug-drug and Drug-disease Interactions Among the Elderly; AHRQ Finds Potentially Inappropriate Prescription Drug Use in Nursing Homes Associated With Deaths of Elderly Residents; Couch Potatoes in Their 40s Risk Alzheimer's Later ; Diabetes, High Cholesterol, Smoking May Damage Brain; Seniors' Views Of Medicare Drug Law
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Recommendations for estrogen and progestogen use in peri- and postmenopausal women; FACT SHEET HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR STABLE AND RELIABLE SAFETY NET HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR WOMEN; National Wear Red Day: Taking Women's Health to Heart; Domestic violence; Menopause and hormone therapy (HT); ACR Appropriateness Criteria[tm] for appropriate imaging work-up of palpable breast masses
  • Connecticut Public Health: OHCA releases 2004 household survey on CT health coverage; President’s federal budget proposal; Important Consumer Resource -- Attorney General’s Prescription Drug Price Finder
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Movies http://www.bettycjung.net/Movies.htm Oscar Watch
55March 15, 2005
  • Happy Birthday, JG!
  • Good to know: Shocking! No. 1 Source of Identity Theft; Forms.gov; Accreditation of U.S. Schools; “In case of attack, who would run the Legislature?”
  • Data: Statistical Briefs; "Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2003"; Statehealthfacts.org updates; U.S. Has One of Worst Rates of Child Poverty
  • Internet: A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the Nation; MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAM LAUNCHES WEB SITE; NIH Public Bulletin
  • Top Ten Causes of Death - Cancer: ZINC DEFICIENCY LINKED TO INCREASED RISK OF LESS-COMMON FORM OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; New cancer guidelines. Cardiovascular Disease: New guidelines. Diabetes: Diabetes Triples Risk of Liver Cancer; Adiponectin May Cut Heart Disease Risk in Men with Diabetes; Diabetic Ketoacidosis: As Dangerous As It Sounds. Hypertension: Diuretics show benefit in treating hypertension, especially among diabetics. Stroke: New guidelines. Tobacco: NHLBI Study Shows Smoking Cessation Programs Improve Survival, “California’s anti-smoking law prompts many to quit”, Burton v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; “New York hits online sellers of cigarettes”; “State nails smokers who didn’t pay taxes”
  • Adolescent Health: NEW PARTNERSHIP EXAMINES FEDERALLY FUNDED ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROGRAMS; Countering a Tech-Savvy Teen Stereotype
  • AIDS: “HIV strain adds urgency to changes in City AIDS program”; Antiretroviral postexposure prophylaxis after sexual, injection-drug use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV in the United States: recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; RI and NY guidelines
  • Alcohol Abuse: STUDY ASSOCIATES ALCOHOL USE PATTERNS WITH BODY MASS INDEX; “Battle over liquor just beginning”
  • Asthma: COCKROACH ALLERGENS HAVE GREATEST IMPACT ON CHILDHOOD ASTHMA IN MANY U.S. CITIES
  • Bioethics: NEW ETHICS REGULATIONS AT NIH DRAW IRE; U.N. Adopts Resolution on Human Cloning
  • Bioterrorism: RADIATION EMERGENCIES; CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES
  • Child Health: Child health: percent of children who received at least one HealthCheck examination; Levels of neonatal care; New guidelines; "Media Multi-tasking" Changing the Amount and Nature of Young People's Media Use Bedrooms Have Become Multi-Media Centers Kids Say Parents Don't Set or Enforce Rules on Media Use
  • Consumer Health: Your Medicine Cabinet
  • Epidemiology: MMWR news
  • Genetics: NCI CREATES GENE EXPRESSION DATABASE OF NORMAL HUMAN ORGAN TISSUE
  • Grants: New sources from CHHCS Grant Alerts
  • Healthcare Economics: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) news; New guides from Kaiser Family Foundation: The States & Social Security; 52 "Social Security Essentials" fact sheets
  • Healthcare Quality: NATIONAL REPORTS FIND FEW IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY CARE; Center for Impact Research Medicare Reform: Widespread Confusion, Uncertain Benefits; Second National Reports on Quality and Disparities Find Improvements in Health Care Quality, Although Disparities Remain; Third Volume of "Closing the Quality Gap" Is Now Available; New Fact Sheet on "30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care" Is Available; Evaluating a Guideline; New Study on Computerized Order Entry Finds Flaws that Could Lead to Errors, Points to Opportunities for Improvement; Study Finds High Rates of Adverse Drug Events in Long-Term Care Facilities
  • Health Policy: World Health Organization's Social Determinants of Health; NEW STUDY RANKS AMOUNT AND IMPACT OF FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDS IN EACH STATE; New guides from Kaiser Family Foundation; Senate Passes Genetic Nondiscrimation Act; TASK FORCE PRESENTS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE
  • Health Services: New Study Shows How Health Plans Communicate with Non-English-Speaking Patients; Conducting a Continuing Care Clinic: Handbook for Practice Teams; Group Visit Starter Kit: Improving Chronic Illness Care; Summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations; Physical functional health status
  • HIPAA: NCHICA Asks OCR to Explain Its HIPAA Complaint Handling Procedures; OCR Posts New FAQ on Disclosing PHI for National Medical Support Notices and Interpreters; Proposal to Update ICD-10 Codes Remains Stalled; US Divided on Privacy Risks of Electronic Medical Records
  • Infectious Disease: INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA
  • Maternal Child Health: RISK FACTORS FOR PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED HOMICIDE; SURGEON GENERAL RELEASES ADVISORY ON ALCOHOL USE IN PREGNANCY; MOTHERS' EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTANTS LINKED TO CHROMOSOME DAMAGE IN BABIES; “Panel to advise testing babies for 29 diseases”
  • Men's Health: TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS THAT MALE SMOKERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 65 AND 75 BE SCREENED FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
  • Mental Health: Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense (VA/DoD) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Major Depressive Disorder in Adults; Adult primary care depression guidelines
  • Minority Health: THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES; RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL READINESS; Tolerance.org
  • Nutrition: “McDonald’s to pay $8.5 million in trans fat lawsuit”
  • Occupational Health: “Bill would let boss test your breath”
  • School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): “Should report cards list kids’ girth and grades?”; College Results Online (The Education Trust); “An ounce of prevention, or pounds of cruelty?”; “Schoolyard bullies get nastier online”
  • Senior Health: Accurate Social Security Benefits Calculator; NCOA's Center for Healthy Aging Launches Online Resources; “Elderly drivers may face stricter state regulations”
  • STDs: EFFECT OF EXPEDITED TREATMENT OF PARTNERS ON RECURRENT OR PERSISTENT GONORRHEA AND CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION
  • Substance Abuse: Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense (VA/DoD) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Substance Use Disorders Guideline Summary; Management of Substance Use Disorders Algorithm
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: The Women’s Health Study found that aspirin did not prevent first heart attacks or death from cardiovascular causes in women; WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH TOOL KIT; The role of taxanes in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for women with non-metastatic breast cancer
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Evaluation Resources on the Internet http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm; The Oscars Page http://www.bettycjung.net/Oscars.htm
56April 15, 2005
  • The passing of Dr. A. Kay Keiser, Southern CT State University. http://www.bettycjung.net/Keiser.htm
  • Good to know: influenza A/H2N2; Pfizer withdraws Bextra (valdecoxib) from the market; FDA Advisory for Crestor;
  • Data: AHRQ - hospital admissions; average health care expenses; hospitalization rates; MEPS data
  • Top Ten Causes of Death. Cancer: BEVACIZUMAB COMBINED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY PROLONGS SURVIVAL FOR SOME PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED LUNG CANCER. Cardiovascular Disease: Traditional Risk Factors are Better than Emerging Risk Factors in Predicting Heart Disease Death in Older People with Chronic Kidney Disease; new guidelines; workplace productivity, Diabetes: ======== Waistline Good Indicator of Diabetes; Depression & Diabetes Medication Adherence; Fenofibrate & Microalbuminuria; Diabetes Increases Risk of Urinary Infection in Postmenopausal Women; Mild Hyperglycemia & Community-Acquired Pneumonia; guidelines; GAO's Managing Diabetes: Health Plan Coverage of Services and Supplies; Obesity Raises Diabetes Risk Up to 80 Times. Hypertension: ALLHAT Study Findings for Racial Sub-groups Show Diuretics Work Better than Newer Medicines for High Blood Pressure; Facts About the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Eating Plan. Stroke guidelines. Tobacco: Secondhand smoke, hiring non-smokers, Grisham v. Philip Morris U.S.A., guidelines.
  • Adolescent Health: SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN THE FAMILY AND ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIOR; ADVANCING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH; Inhalant Use by 12- and 13-Year-Olds May Signal Future Abuse;
  • AIDS: Guidelines;
  • Alcohol Abuse: COLLEGE ALCOHOL PROBLEMS EXCEED PREVIOUS ESTIMATES;
  • Child Health: petting-zoo sanitary conditions; “Kentucky House passes anti-bullying bill”; Possible Link Between Mercury and Autism; Mercury and Learning Disabilities; Mercury Toolkit; Congress and Kids’ Mental Health;
  • Drug Abuse: Dangers of Inhalant Use by 12- and 13-Year-Olds;
  • Epidemiology: MMWR;
  • Genetics: genetic variations and their effects on people's response to drugs
  • Grants: Opps from NIH and CHHCS
  • Healthcare Economics: Health care expenses; Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace Online Chartbook; Pehle v. Farm Bureau; Discount Medical Cards study; Fewer employers offering retiree health benefits;
  • Healthcare Quality: AHRQ's new Web site, Patient Safety Network; State-Specific Quality Measures Data; CMS's Hospital Compare; ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HEALTH LITERACY AND THE STEPS NEEDED TO PROMOTE IT; TOOL TO ASSESS QUALITY OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANS; 30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care. Fact Sheet; The 2004 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR); Hospital Leaders Have Serious Reservations About Mandatory Error Reporting;
  • Health Disparities: CRITERIA PROPOSED FOR EVALUATING STATES' CAPACITY TO ADDRESS RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES; RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE;
  • Health Education: "Handbook for Implementing a Comprehensive Work-Based Learning Program According to the Fair Labor Standards Act";
  • Health Policy: “World health law; “Quarantine quandary”; “State laws vary on driving distractions”;
  • Health Services: End-of-Life Care and Outcomes; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT RACE/ETHNICITY AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WAIT TIMES; New Emergency Information Center Model;
  • Healthy People 2010: Healthy Vision Month 2005;
  • HIPAA: CMS HIPAA enforcement procedures; NIST Offers HIPAA Security Guidance; CMS Sets Forth Procedures for HIPAA Complaints; Limited Use of Electronic Medical Records; HIPAA AND LANGUAGE SERVICES IN HEALTH CARE;
  • Infectious Disease: cruise ship health care; Marburg Hemorrhagic Fevers; Avian Influenza Outbreaks; Radiation emergencies; Tsunami Disaster;"The History of Bioterrorism";
  • Maternal Child Health: pregnancy-homicide link;
  • Mental Health: Schizophrenia: core interventions; Behavioral health care patients' experiences; Management of Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD) or Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) in Primary Care;
  • Nutrition: Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2005;‘low-sugar’ cereals; The Food Guide Pyramid; Caffeine Impairs Sugar Metabolism; Vitamin E Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Failure;
  • Obesity: Pharmacologic and surgical management of obesity in primary care; OBESITY THREATENS TO CUT U.S. LIFE EXPECTANCY; Employer Toolkit: Reducing Child & Adolescent Obesity; Healthy Weight: Facts for Families;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed: "Information for Providers, Physicians, Pharmacists and Their Staff About Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage";
  • School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): Communications at schools; “Schools’ suicide survey”;“Campus quandary: Junk-food ban threatens cash cow”; Sixth-grade Tendencies Can Indicate Risk; SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL NUTRITION ENVIRONMENT; Diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in primary care for school age children and adolescents; Ban on School Mental Health Screening; Target Early Drinking;
  • Senior Health: 2.4 Million Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries Will Not Qualify For Additional Subsidies Because Of Their Assets; Clinical practice guideline for the assessment and prevention of falls in older people; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced on March 23, 2005 that it will immediately begin covering smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling for Medicare beneficiaries;
  • STDs: Screening for genital herpes;
  • Worksite Health: most Americans who work for private employers will never receive retiree health benefits; Employer Toolkit;
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: "DEMEDICALIZATION" OF MENOPAUSE; Eating disorders. Core interventions in the treatment and management of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and related eating disorders; Clinical guidelines for the classification and care of women at risk of familial breast cancer in primary, secondary and tertiary care
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Evaluation Resources on the Internet; and Public Health Program Evaluation Template
57May 15, 2005
  • http://www.bettycjung.net/Keiser.htm
  • Data: “N.J. seeks more data on teen risk-taking”; HOSPITAL COMPARE SITE PROVIDES INFO ON QUALITY CAREGIVERS;
  • Internet: JCI Center for Patient Safety Launches Website; AHRQ LAUNCHES PATIENT SAFETY PORTAL; Redesigned kaiserEDU.org Has New Features and New Tools;
  • Top Causes of Death. Cardiovascular Disease: guidelines and stats; Traditional Risk Factors are Better than Emerging Risk Factors in Predicting Heart Disease Death in Older People with Chronic Kidney Disease. Diabetes: Waistline Good Indicator of Diabetes; How Does Depression Influence Diabetes Medication Adherence in Older Patients?; Fenofibrate Slows Progression to Microalbuminuria in Patients with Diabetes; Obesity Raises Diabetes Risk Up to 80 Times; Guidelines & stats; Managing Diabetes: Health Plan Coverage of Services and Supplies. Hypertension: ALLHAT Study Findings for Racial Sub-groups Show Diuretics Work Better than Newer Medicines for High Blood Pressure; Facts About the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Eating Plan; Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible. What Every African American Should Know; Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Stroke: Diagnosis and initial treatment of ischemic stroke. Tobacco: Secondhand smoke”; “Cold-turkey hiring can go up in smoke”; Grisham v. Philip Morris U.S.A.; The Tobacco Use Cessation and Prevention Synthesis; ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT PUBLICLY FUNDED TOBACCO TREATMENT SERVICES; HHS Guide Helps Nurses Encourage Patients to Quit Smoking.
  • Adolescent Health: ADVANCING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH; Inhalant Use by 12- and 13-Year-Olds May Signal Future Abuse; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VIRGINITY PLEDGES AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;
  • AIDS: Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States; Caring for Someone with AIDS at Home; AIDSinfo; Eating Defensively: Food Safety Advice for Persons With AIDS; Living With HIV/AIDS; Preventing Infections During Travel: A Guide for People with HIV; Preventing Infections From Pets: A Guide for People with HIV Infection; NYS guidelines; TOOLS TO HELP FAMILIES COMMUNICATE ABOUT SEXUALITY;
  • Alcohol Abuse: COLLEGE ALCOHOL PROBLEMS EXCEED PREVIOUS ESTIMATES;
  • Child Health: “No agency monitors petting-zoo sanitary conditions”; NATIONAL SECURITY ROOTS OF MEDICAID CHILD HEALTH POLICY;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Health Concerns Associated with Disaster Victim Identification After a Tsunami --- Thailand; RADIATION EMERGENCIES; Employer Checklist: Forming Business and Public Health Preparedness Partnerships; Terrorism and Public Health Emergency Preparedness Initiative;
  • Environmental Health: “Calif. adopts nation’s toughest smog law”;
  • Epidemiology: MMWR Reports;
  • Genetics: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidelines for pharmaceutical companies to encourage them to gather and submit information about how genetic variations affect the way people respond to their drugs; LINK BETWEEN GENOMICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH;
  • Grants: CHHCS Grant Alerts;
  • Healthcare Economics: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - National Provider Identifier (NPI); Kaiser Foundation briefs on Medicaid and Medicare; Health Coverage and Access Issues for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers;
  • Healthcare Quality: AHRQ Releases Advances in Patient Safety-A Four-Volume Compendium; Ambulatory Performance Measures Represent a Major Step in Improving Quality of Health Care; “Hospital-error oversight called lax”; Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program; CULTURAL COMPETENCE AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; health stats;
  • Health Policy: “Law lets TB patient infect 12 others: No one can be forced to take treatment”; CMS Implements $1 Billion Program to Help Hospitals and Others Recoup Unpaid Emergency Health Service Costs for Undocumented Aliens;
  • HIPAA: Civil Money Penalties: Policies and Procedures for Investigations, Imposition of Penalties, and Hearings;
  • Infectious Disease: Interim CDC-NIH Recommendation for Raising the Biosafety Level for Laboratory Work Involving Non-contemporary Human Influenza (H2N2) Viruses; Recent Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Asia; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS; WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV); Questions and Answers on the Executive Order Adding Potentially Pandemic Influenza Viruses to the List of Quarantinable Diseases; Hand Hygiene Guidelines; Excel Spreadsheet for Computing Grams of Alcohol Product; Infection: Don't Pass It On; SCIENTISTS DISCOVER HOW EBOLA VIRUS INFECTS CELLS'
  • Maternal Child Health: THE RISK OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; NEW KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED TO HELP SERVICE PROVIDERS AND FAMILIES LOCATE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES;
  • Mental Health: DEPRESSION GENE MAY WEAKEN MOOD-REGULATING CIRCUIT; Homeless stats; National consensus guidelines on identifying and responding to domestic violence victimization in health care settings;
  • Men's Health: Conservative Treatment for Low-Grade, Localized Prostate Cancer;
  • Minority Health: OVERWEIGHT AMONG LATINO ADOLESCENTS IN CALIFORNIA;
  • Nutrition: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CONSUMERS' DECISIONS TO EAT FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; New Food Pyramid;
  • Obesity: “State improves in efforts to fight obesity, UB finds”; Congress Asked to Legislate on Child Obesity; A new synthesis, Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents; A related synthesis on obesity in adults;
  • Oral Health: Clinical dental guidelines;
  • School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): U.S. Education Department Encourages Schools to Test for Drugs; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN'S EARLY HOME ENVIRONMENTS AND BULLYING;
  • Senior Health: Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center for Patient Safety 2004 Falls Toolkit;
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Heart Disease and Stroke Research and Medical Updates; New Findings Concerning Low-Dose Aspirin For Women; Depression Is Prevalent in Women During Pregnancy But Often Goes Undetected; Clinical challenges of perimenopause;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Chinese Culture http://www.bettycjung.net/Chinese.htm
58June 15, 2005
  • 2005 - 2006 PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR DIRECTORY - now recruiting; Dr. A. Kay Keiser Scholarship is in development.
  • Good to Know: Federal Law Requires Destruction of Consumer Data; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is in the process of implementing the Medicare prescription drug coverage; Six degrees of networking;
  • Data: Youth Voting: Between 2000 and 2004; AHRQ Quality Indicators Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI) Version 2.1, Revision 4a Update; AHRQ Stats; All About Family Income;
  • Internet: Internet Safety Month
  • Top Causes of Death: Cardiovascular Disease - Depression Is Widespread Among Heart Attack Patients; New practice guidelines; Questions to Ask Your Doctor. What's Your Risk?; Ten Commandments for a Healthy Heart; The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women; The Heart Truth for African American Women: An Action Plan; The Heart Truth for Latinas: An Action Plan; New Kidney Function Test Better than Standard at Predicting Death and Cardiovascular Outcomes. Diabetes - DIABETIC RETINOPATHY OCCURS IN PRE-DIABETES; TIGHT GLUCOSE CONTROL LOWERS CVD BY ABOUT 50 PERCENT IN DIABETES; Most People with Diabetes Don't Know About Diabetic Neuropathy; Diabetes Control Crucial After Heart Attack; Low-fat Dairy Foods May Lower Diabetes Risk in Men; Paclitaxel-eluting Stents Effective in People with Diabetes; Nateglinide Improves Beta-cell Function in People with Diabetes; Depression Tied to Hospitalizations in Young People With Diabetes; Study Suggests Pioglitazone HCl May Significantly Improve Key Predictors of Cardiovascular Risk; Older People with Diabetes Have High Rate of Eye Ills; Transplanted Liver Cells Can Produce Insulin; Sulfonylureas Only Transiently Improve Glycemic Control; Insulin May Be Critical Autoreactive T Cell Trigger in Diabetes; Dyslipidemia Often Undiagnosed in People With Diabetes; Diabetic Teens Show Early Signs of Artery Trouble; Pramlintide may Reduce Glycemic Swings in Type 1 Diabetes; Depression Increases Mortality Risk in People with Diabetes; Diabetes Prevention Program Not Linked with Depression Levels; Pioglitazone Slows Carotid Thickening in People with Diabetes; Your Game Plan For Preventing Type 2 Diabetes; ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias; NATIONAL DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAM TAILORS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MESSAGE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES. High Cholesterol: Lipid management in adults. Hypertension - New guidelines. Stroke: Acute stroke: mortality rate; National Stroke Awareness Month --- May 2005; Disparities in Deaths from Stroke Among Persons Aged <75 Years --- United States, 2002; Regional and Racial Differences in Prevalence of Stroke --- 23 States and District of Columbia, 2003. Tobacco - World No Tobacco Day Recognizes Critical Role of Health Care Professionals
  • Adolescent Health: *Smashed: Toxic Tales of Teens and Alcohol – A Toolkit; Selected Findings on Child and Adolescent Health Care Fact Sheet Available
  • AIDS: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force new recommendations on HIV screening for adults, adolescents and pregnant women; HIVnet; fact sheet "HIV Testing in the United States"; HIV During Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, and After Birth Fact Sheets
  • Asthma: PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS IN INCREASING PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS' ADHERENCE TO ASTHMA GUIDELINES
  • Child Health: Trends in Children's Antibiotic Use: 1996 to 2001; Federal Government, National Organizations, Local Communities Join Together to Help Parents Improve Children's Health Outlook; FOLLOW-UP TESTING AMONG CHILDREN WITH ELEVATED SCREENING BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS PROMOTE COMMUNICATION FROM BIRTH;
  • Child Welfare: Update on the Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act; New Family Assessment Guidelines for Child Welfare; Program Reforms Can Improve Foster Youth Outcomes; Understanding Foster Parenting and Retention; In New York, Home Visiting During Baby’s First Year Shows Promise;
  • Consumer Health: Retailers to Monitor Sale of Cold Medicines Used to Make Methamphetamine; DEA labels cold syrups a meth risk; States limit cell use by drivers; Self-Management - Healthier Living With Ongoing Health Problems;
  • Cultural Competence: IMMIGRANT FAMILIES' AWARENESS OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES;
  • Disaster Preparedness: New Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness White Paper; New Web-based Tool Helps Planners Inventory Resources for Public Health Emergencies; RADIATION EMERGENCIES; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;
  • Drug abuse: Management of alcohol withdrawal delirium; Substance abuse treatment for persons with co-occurring disorders;
  • Environmental Health: DAY CARE SETTINGS ARE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF INDOOR ALLERGENS;
  • Epidemiology: ASSESSMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC CAPACITY IN STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS; MMWR Weekly Reports; Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease Recommendations;
    • Fitness: Physical Activity Effects for 6-to-18-Year-Olds; Physical Activity and Older Americans: Benefits and Strategies;
  • Genetics: NEWBORN GENETIC TESTING;
  • Grants: new opportunities;
  • Healthcare Economics: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announces the following plans for transitioning to the National Provider Identifier (NPI) in the Fee-for Service Medicare Program; All health care providers can apply for their National Provider Identifier (NPI);IMPACT OF INCREASING OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS ON MEDICAID AND SCHIP BENEFICIARIES;
  • Healthcare Quality: Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults; Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+; Quick Tips--When Planning for Surgery; Reducing Errors in Health Care: Translating Research Into Practice; Ways You Can Help Your Family Prevent Medical Errors; New Triage Tools for Hospital Emergency Departments;CERTs Program Brief on Medicare; Medical Malpractice Law and Trends; State Medical Malpractice Claims Data; Preoperative tests: the use of routine preoperative tests for elective surgery: evidence, methods, & guidance;
  • Health Information HHS Releases Report on Health Information Exchange; Plans to Advance Health IT with National Collaboration;
  • Health Policy: WHO OKs procedures for disease outbreaks; Infected may sue for negligence, court rules; What All Americans Should Consider Regarding H.R. 2234;
  • Health Services: ER visits rising while number of ERs dropping nationally; Canadian Supreme Court Strikes Down Quebec Law Banning Private Health Care; Quebec Ban on Private Medical Care Struck Down;
  • HIPAA: CMS Publishes More HIPAA Security Guidance; Justice Dept. Limits Prosecutions Under HIPAA Privacy Rule; Mandatory Electronic Submission of Medicare Claims Begins in July;
  • Infectious Disease: EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EXPERIMENTAL SHINGLES VACCINE PROVES EFFECTIVE;
  • Maternal Child Health: SURGEON GENERAL ISSUES HEALTHY DOZEN LIST FOR TODDLERS; Breastfeeding and the use of human milk; Helping families raise children with special health care needs at home; Tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs: the role of the pediatrician in prevention, identification, and management of substance abuse;
  • Men's Health: FATHER’S DAY; Resources for and about Fathering; Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age -- Checklist for Your Next Checkup;
  • Mental Health: Violence: the short-term management of disturbed/violent behaviour in psychiatric in-patient settings and emergency departments; NACCHO CALLS ATTENTION TO LINKS BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH;
  • Minority Health: RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY POSTPARTUM DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS;
  • Nutrition: Eating Better and Moving More: A Guidebook for Community Programs
  • Obesity: STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK PROVIDES KEY FACTS ABOUT OBESITY; Junk food geography; NEW EDITION OF OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; Pharmacologic and surgical management of obesity in primary care: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians; Updated guideline synthesis on Assessment and Treatment of Obesity and Overweight in Adults;
  • Public Health Continuing Opps: Guide for Medicare Fee-for-Service; The Outreach Toolkit;
  • School Health: New guidelines; Regulating youth obesity; EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS TO REDUCE DRINKING AND DRIVING AND RIDING WITH DRINKING DRIVERS;
  • Senior Health: Check For Safety: A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older Adults; What YOU Can Do To Prevent Falls; 71 Percent of Older Adults Use Alternative Medicine; Older Americans Nutrition Program Toolkit; Steps to Healthy Aging: Eating Better and Moving More: A Guidebook for Older Americans;
  • STDs: Screening for gonorrhea: recommendation statement; Update on Chlamydia Infections;
  • Women's Health: EFFORTS TO INCREASE WOMEN'S AWARENESS AND USE OF PREVENTIVE CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PERCEPTIONS; First Annual Health Survey: Women Talk; Task Force Makes Recommendation Against Routine Use of Estrogen; Hormone therapy for the prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women: recommendation statement; The Heart Truth for Women: An Action Plan; Bone Health & Osteoporosis Outreach Toolkit; Domestic violence. A guide to screening and intervention; Diagnosis of osteoporosis in men, premenopausal women, and children; Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Nurses; Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age--Checklist for Your Next Checkup;
  • CT Public Health: State may require warnings on fish; State passes a budget; Study finds that care for the uninsured adds $198 to CT individual premiums and $583 for families; CT poll of voters shows strong support for health care coverage for everyone; A fat chance for junk food in schools;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Evaluation Resources http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm
59July 15, 2005
  • PHENOM now recruiting volunteer mentors; Dr. A. Kay Keiser Scholarship/Public Health Alumni Chapter Scholarship has been set up.
  • Good to Know: The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2005
  • Data: AHRQ Stats; AHRQ Releases 2003 Hospital Data; New Fact Book, Hospitalization in the United States, 2002; RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN INFANT MORTALITY; Emergency Department (ED) Data Evaluation Report; Analysis of Emergency Department (ED) Visits; Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
  • Internet: patientINFORM
  • Top Causes of Death. Cardiovascular Disease: Cystatin-C; Role of noninvasive testing in the clinical evaluation of women with suspected coronary artery disease; Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure; Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression. Diabetes: City officials aim to track how diabetics manage illness; DIURETICS EFFECTIVE FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE; 'Diabetes PHD'-Virtual 'Health Consultant'; Insulin Resistance Common in Men with Treated Hypertension; People With Diabetes: Walk More for Better Health; Chromium Supplements May Be Good for the Diabetic Heart; People With Diabetes at Increased Risk for Stroke, Other Serious; Lipitor Reduces Heart Risks for People With Diabetes; Adiponectin a Marker of Heart Risk in People With Diabetes; Diabetes a Looming Crisis in Mexico; Bowel Cancer Risk Higher For Men With Diabetes; Obesity's New Peril - 'Double Diabetes'; Surgery Helps Avoid Amputations In People with Diabetes; Diabetes Ups Incontinence Risk For Older Women. High Cholesterol:Lipid management in adults. Hypertension: Take Steps to Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure; Tips To Help You Remember To Take Your High Blood Pressure Medication; Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible; Read the Food Label for Sodium; Some Answers About High Blood Pressure. Tobacco: Jury finds smoking grounds for eviction; Good Information for Smokers: You Can Quit Smoking; You Can Quit Smoking. 5-Day Countdown; Help for Smokers: Ideas to Help You Quit; Year after tobacco tax increase, are fewer people smoking?
  • Adolescent Health: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADOLESCENT SMOKING AND MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS
  • AIDS: United States Preventive Services Task Force Screening for HIV: recommendation statement
  • Child Health: New Website and Environmental History Tools for Pediatric Health Care Providers; Task Force Releases New Recommendations on HIV Screening.
  • Consumer Health: Summer Safety; Your Role in Safe Medication Use: A Guide for Patients and Families; NEW EDITION OF GUIDE TO CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES RELEASED; Now You Have a Diagnosis: What's Next?
  • Cultural Competence: Women's Health Care Competencies for Medical Students: Taking Steps to Include Sex and Gender Differences in the Curriculum; MyCurriculum; The Public Health Information and Data Tutorial; Achieving Cultural Competence: A Guidebook for Providers of Services to Older Americans and Their Families; Achieving Cultural Competence: A Guidebook for Providers of Services to Older Americans and Their Families - Slide Show Presentation
  • Disaster Preparedness: Chemical Terrorism Specimen Collection; Laboratory Network for Chemical Terrorism; Emergency Preparedness Resource Inventory (EPRI); Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events: Bioterrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies; Blast Lung Injury; CDC Index – Hurricane Information.
  • Environmental Health: Health screenings for Teflon to start;Should you worry about the chemicals in your makeup?; Does lead poison lurk at play sites?
  • Epidemiology: MMWR Weekly Reports; Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance; Malaria Surveillance.
  • Fitness: STATE POLICIES TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE; EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS.
  • Healthcare Economics: CMS PROPOSES 2.5 PERCENT INCREASE IN MEDICARE HOME HEALTH PAYMENT RATES; NATIONAL CONTRACTOR TO PROCESS CLAIMS FOR SECTION 1011 OF THE MMA; Account-Based Arrangements; Medicare: A Timeline of Key Developments; Medicaid: A Timeline of Key Developments; Kaiser's report on Medicare and Medicaid.
  • Healthcare Quality: Physician Supply Increases in States with Caps on Malpractice Lawsuit Award; Use and Potential for Improvement of Hospital Discharge Databases; Nursing Home Compare; IPRO. New York State HMO Report Card;Work Book Improving the Quality of Home and Community Based Services and Supports (HCBS); Emergency Severity Index, Version 4. Implementation Handbook; Risk Management and Quality in Home and Community Based Services (HCBS): Individual Risk Planning and Prevention, System-Wide Quality Improvement; National Patient Safety Goals for 2006 and 2005.
  • Health Services: TX first state to adopt safe patient handling law for nurses; NEW HEDIS MEASURES ADDRESS OVERUSE; QUALITY COMPASS GOES ONLINE, ADDS TRENDED DATA; SECOND QUALITY PLUS; NCQA TO ADD LIVING WITH ILLNESS; NEW CERTIFICATION PROGRAM TO HELP DOCTORS SELECT EHR SYSTEMS, QUALIFY FOR DIABETES PHYSICIAN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION PROCESS STREAMLINED FOR ABIM DIPLOMATES; ECHO SURVEY TO BE RETIRED; COMING IN 2006: ONLINE HEDIS DATA SUBMISSION; PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE, HEALTH LITERACY; Pay-for-Performace Shows Promise for Quality Improvement; Health Literacy Plays Significant Role in Medicare Patient Costs.
  • HIPAA: DHHS Releases New HIPAA Privacy Rule Guidance on Health Services Research.
  • Infectious Disease: Marburg; Avian Influenza; Health Information for International Travel, 2005-2006 The Yellow Book.
  • Maternal Child Health: STATE MCH PROGRAMS AND MEDICAID; SELECTED FINDINGS ON CHILD, ADOLESCENT, AND WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE; ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PRENATAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND WOMEN'S ASSESSMENT OF CARE IN MEDICAID; Pre-eclampsia community guideline.
  • Mental Health: LIFETIME PREVALENCE, AGE OF ONSET, AND LIFETIME RISK OF MENTAL DISORDERS.
  • Minority Health: RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES BEFORE AND DURING ENROLLMENT IN THE STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM; Providing care for immigrant, homeless, and migrant children.
  • Nutrition: European court upholds limits on sales of food supplements; Dairy industry sued for weight-loss ads.
  • Public Health Continuing Opps: Medlearn Matters - new Medicare prescription drug coverage.
  • Public Health Education: ACCREDITATION CRITERIA FOR SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS REVISED.
  • Public Health Practice: The Guide to Community Preventive Services.
  • School Health: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - not to focus only on height and weight in determining whether a child is overweight.
  • Senior Health: Aging Hearts and Arteries: A Scientific Quest; Tips for Staying at Home as You Age; Elder abuse prevention; Your Life, Your Choices. Planning for Future Medical Decisions: How to Prepare a Personalized Living Will.
  • Vision: FIVE VISION TOPICS ADDED TO NIHSENIORHEALTH WEB SITE.
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Women+s Health Study Finds Vitamin E does not Prot ect Women from Heart Attack, Stroke, or Cancer; Women More Likely To Worry About Health Care Costs; Women and Medicines: What You Need to Know; Women's Health Care in the United States: Selected Findings From the 2004 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports; More Than One in Four Non-elderly Women Delay or Forgo Medical Care Due to Costs; Surgery Choices for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer.
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm - Evaluation Resources on the Net
60August 15, 2005
  • Good to Know: Dr. A. Kay Keiser Scholarship/Public Health Alumni Chapter Scholarship; ICE - IN CASE OF EMERGENCY;
  • Data: Women's Health USA 2005; Consumers can guess the price of a Honda Accord within $300 but are off by $8,100 on a four-day hospital stay; 2004 National Health; KIDS COUNT 2005; MEPS Publications; New Indicator on Victims of Hate Speech from the Child Trends Databank;
  • Internet: Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Thesaurus; FitSource;
  • Top Causes of Death. Cancer: Colorectal cancer screening. Cardiovascular Disease: Stable coronary artery disease (CAD); Anticoagulation therapy supplement; Percutaneous coronary intervention and adjunctive pharmacotherapy in women; Screening for peripheral arterial disease. K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients. Diabetes: Diabetes: Are You at Risk? Low Blood Sugar, High Blood Sugar, and Sick Days; What is the Hemoglobin A1c Test?;Tips for Kids With Type 2 Diabetes; Shaping America's Health; Study Links Insulin, Alzheimer's; Diabetes Due in Part to Genetics; Diabetes Linked To Ear Damage; Diabetes Threat Looms Even As Life Begins; Depression Linked To Glycemic Control In Diabetic Hispanic Patients; Diabetes Sets Stage For Heightened Risk Of Infections; Aerobic Exercise Helps Find Genetic Regions Linked To Prediabetes; Ages In Skin, Serum, Saliva And Urine Linked To Diabetes Complications; Influence Of Type 2 Diabetes On Cancer Treatment And Outcome Reported; Low Plasma Glucose Levels Associated With Lower Gestational Diabetes Incidence; Gene Is Linked With Obesity and Diabetes; Increased GGT A Harbinger Of Deteriorating Glucose Tolerance; Diabetes and Your Feet; Do I Have Diabetes?; I Have Diabetes...What Can I Do to Stay Healthy?; What Is Diabetes? Hypertension: VHA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management Advanced Lung Cancer; How to Quit Using Tobacco; Living With Lung Cancer. Patient Education Guide; Lung Cancer...Am I At Risk? Mechanical Ventilation: Beyond the ICU; Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Thinking About Quitting Tobacco? What If I Have a Spot on My Lung? Do I Have Cancer?
  • Adolescent Health: DECLINE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLAYS KEY ROLE IN WEIGHT GAIN AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS; WIDER UNIVERSE OF FACTORS FOR ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUTH EXPOSURE TO TELEVISED ALCOHOL INDUSTRY MESSAGES;
  • AIDS: Guidelines and Update for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents;
  • Alcohol Abuse: LINK BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND CERTAIN CANCERS; Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician's Guide, 2005 Edition;
  • Allergies: MORE THAN HALF THE U.S. POPULATION IS SENSITIVE TO ONE OR MORE ALLERGENS;
  • Child Health: Uninsured Children Lack Medical Care; TRAINED SCREENERS CAN IDENTIFY PRESCHOOLERS WITH VISION DISORDERS; U.S. CHILDREN WITH DISCONTINUOUS HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE; Number of Uninsured Children Exceeds Standard Estimate; ORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
  • Consumer Health: Exercise: A Guide from the National Institute on Aging; Consumer Guide Explains How to Resolve Problems with Managed Care Plans; Extreme Heat; SUMMER HEAT SAFETY ADVICE; GET YOUR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL SAFELY; Home Safety Checklists;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Ricin; Key Facts About Hurricane Recovery; Traveler's Update: Tips for Safe & Healthy Travel; Preparing for a Terrorist Bombing: A Common Sense Approach; Key Facts About Hurricane Readiness;
  • Drug Abuse: METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE, HIV INFECTION CAUSE CHANGES IN BRAIN STRUCTURE; Oregon prescription policy may set meth law precedent;
  • Environmental Health: Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals; Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Decreases; Children's Blood Lead Levels Continue to Decline; Exposure to Cadmium Merits Monitoring;
  • Epidemiology - MMWR
  • Genomics: DEFECTIVE GENE LINKED TO TWO INHERITED IMMUNE DEFICIENCIES;
  • Grants available
  • Healthcare Economics: Who pays when employers don’t offer health benefits? Mostly other employers; Medicaid Turns 40; Kids & Medicaid: A Primer; Medicaid Savings to Avoid Harming Low-Income People; Medicare Health Plan Tracker; Medicare Health and Prescription Drug; Plans Monthly Tracking Report; Dual Eligibles; Health Costs & Budgets; Medicare Chartbook 2005; MEDICARE PROPOSES PAYMENT RATES AND POLICY CHANGES FOR HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES BENEFICIARY COINSURANCE RATES CONTINUE TO FALL;
  • Healthcare Quality: Are hospitals making us sick?
  • Health Services: Weight-Loss Surgeries Quadrupled in 5 Years; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in U.S. Health Care Decisionmaking; Americans Frequently Visit Doctors for Treatment of Adverse Drug Effects; Nursing Shortage; International Health Resources;
  • HIPAA: CMS will terminate the HIPAA contingency plan for incoming claims; Medical Laboratories Could Be Compelled to Report Citizens’ Blood-Sugar-Test Results to Local Governments;
  • Infectious Disease: West Nile Virus; Infection control. Prevention of healthcare-associated infection in primary and community care; Prevention and control of influenza;
  • Maternal Child Health: SCREENING IN PREGNANT WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS; HEALTH OUTCOMES OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN BORN WITH EXTREMELY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT;
  • Minority Health: Race, Ethnicity, and Health Care Reference Library; LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE;
  • Obesity: Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents; Overweight in children and adolescents: pathophysiology, consequences, prevention, and treatment;
  • Public Health Continuing Opps: Medicare Preventive Services CD ROM; Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage; Nursing Home Administrators Regarding Medicare Rx Drug Coverage; Limited Income? SSA Can Help; EDUCATION SERIES ON COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE;
  • Public Health Practice: Voluntary Accreditation System for State and Local Public Health Agencies; How Bills Become Law; CFK Toolkits; Organizational Development Tools; Speak Up: Tips on Advocacy for Publicly Funded Nonprofits;
  • Senior Health: Physician's Guide to Nutrition in Chronic Disease Management for Older Adults; Promoting Older Adult Health: Aging Network Partnerships to Address Medication, Alcohol, and Mental Health Problems; Fall management guidelines; Pain management guidelines; NIH SeniorHealth Adds Information on Smell and Taste; HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE NOT WELL CONTROLLED AMONG OLDER MEN AND WOMEN; ARTHRITIS INFORMATION FOR HISPANIC SENIORS; Medicines and You: A Guide for Older Adults; As You Age...A Guide for Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol; Provider Checklist for Treating a Confused Elder;
  • Women's Health: Cervical cancer screening; HIGH RATES OF CERVICAL CANCER INDICATE BROADER PROBLEMS IN ACCESS TO CARE; Cervical cancer: screening recommendations, with algorithms, for managing women with abnormal Pap test results; Menopause: a guide to management; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KNOWLEDGE PATH;
  • CT: CT hospital funds for the uninsured, 2004;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: 2005 - 2006 Public Health Expertise Network of Mentors (PHENOM) Directory is now online. http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenom.htm
61September 15, 2005
  • Good to Know: Burkholderia cepacia pneumonia; Age-old cures;
  • News You Can Use: ONLINE TEST TO DISCOVER IF YOU WERE BORN TO BE SAD;
  • Internet: NHLBI Diseases & Conditions Index;
  • Top Causes of Death. Cancer: guidelines for colorectal and bowel cancer. Cardiovascular Disease: Task Force Recommends Against Routine Screening for Peripheral Arterial Disease; Heart failure outcomes; The management of people with atrial fibrillation and flutter. Diabetes: TIP SHEET TO HELP ADOLESCENTS DEAL WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES; Diabetes Care Card; Diabetes: Easy Eating for Busy People; If You Have Diabetes, A Flu Shot Could Save Your Life; If You Have Diabetes, Know Your Cholesterol Numbers; Know Your Blood Sugar Numbers; Diabetes Can Harm Your Vision; Take Charge of Your Diabetes; Standards of medical care in diabetes; Hormone Linked To Glucose Control In Diabetics; Clozapine May Increase The Risk Of Diabetes; Diabetes Often Undiagnosed, Untreated In Heart Disease Patients; Metabolic Syndrome: A Misleading 'diagnosis' - Joint European/American Paper; Lifestyle Modification Likely To Benefit Diabetes Profile, But May Be Too Costly; Blacks, Hispanics Prone To Diabetes Complications. High Cholesterol: Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids; Lipid management in adults. Stroke: Stroke management and prevention in the long-term care setting. Stroke assessment across the continuum of care. Tobacco: “Missouri court allows class-action suit against Philip Morris”
  • Adolescent Health: SOURCES OF ALCOHOL FOR ADOLESCENTS; Teenage Drinking;
  • AIDS: “New law to focus on HIV in blacks”; HIV/AIDS Fact Sheets Updated; HIV and Its Treatment: What You Should Know. Fact Sheets; A Guide to Primary Care of People with HIV/AIDS 2004 Edition; A Pocket Guide to Adult HIV/AIDS Treatment: Companion to A Guide to Primary Care of People with HIV/AIDS August 2004 Edition;
  • Alcohol Abuse: Drinking and Your Pregnancy; Harmful Interactions: Mixing Alcohol with Medicines; How Does Alcohol Affect the World of a Child?; Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol; Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue; Alcoholism: Getting the Facts; Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges; A Family History of Alcoholism: Are You at Risk?; Alcohol: What You Don't Know Can Harm You; Clinical Protocols to Reduce High Risk Drinking in College Students; What Parents Need to Know About College Drinking; What Peer Educators and Resident Advisors (RAs) Need to Know About College Drinking;
  • Child Health: GUIDANCE ON ESTABLISHING HEALTHY DIGITAL TELEVISION ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN; Keep Kids Alcohol Free: Strategies for Action; Death of a child in the emergency department;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Keep it With You (KIWY) Personal Medical Information Form; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Infection Control for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Patients;Infection Control Recommendations for Prevention of Transmission of Diarrheal Diseases in Evacuation Centers; Keep Food and Water Safe after a Natural Disaster or Power Outage-- Clean and Sanitize Food-Contact Surfaces; Initial Medical Screening and Ongoing Public Health Surveillance in Evacuation Centers; Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Children's Blood Lead Levels; Controlling the Spread of Infections in Evacuation Centers: Facts for Residents About Diseases that Cause Diarrhea and/or Vomiting; Clean Hands Resources and Slides for Evacuation Centers; Interim Guidelines for Fire Fighting Operations in the Hurricane Katrina Response; Assessment Tools for Occupational Safety and Health in Hospitals, Health Departments, and Shelters Involved in Response to Hurricane Katrina; Interim Immunization Recommendations for Emergency Responders: Hurricane Katrina; Disinfecting Wells Following an Emergency; French Translation of: How to Protect Yourself and Others from Electrical Hazards Following a Natural Disaster; French Translation of: Key Facts About Hurricane Recovery: Protect Your Health and Safety After a Hurricane; “Determination that a public health emergency exists”; CORNELL WEB SITE WILL AID GULF COAST RECOVERY; “Disease and coordination vie as major challenges”;
  • Environmental Health:NIEHS LAUNCHES WEBSITE WITH INFORMATION FOR ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS FROM HURRICANE KATRINA;
  • Epidemiology: MMWR weeklies;
  • Family Health: ADVICE FOR PEDIATRICIANS TO HELP FAMILIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF NATURAL AND OTHER DISASTERS;
  • Healthcare Economics: STEADY DECLINE IN BUSINESSES OFFERING HEALTH BENEFITS TO WORKERS SINCE 2000; CMS ACTIONS TO HELP BENEFICIARIES, PROVIDERS IN KATRINA STRICKEN AREAS; The Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage; 50,000 more CT residents uninsured in 2004; Small businesses challenged by rising health costs; loss of coverage deters entrepreneurs starting new businesses; economic cost of health problems -- $260 billion in 2003; Family caregivers at risk for their own physical and financial health; Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured;
  • Healthcare Quality: AHRQ QI Windows Application Version 1.0; Indicators of Quality in Family Practice; Background on New Effective Health Care Program;
  • Health Literacy: THE INTERNET AS A WINDOW ON ADOLESCENT HEALTHY LITERACY;
  • Health Services: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2005: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; ICU Patients at Significant Risk for Adverse Events and Serious Errors;
  • Infectious Disease: Cases of Vibrio vulnificus identified among Hurricane Katrina evacuees; A STEP CLOSER TO A MALARIA VACCINE; “City and state prepare an overburdened system for the threat of avian flu”;
  • Maternal Child Health: STATE EFFORTS AROUND HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR MCH POPULATIONS;
  • Men's Health: The management of erectile dysfunction: an update;
  • Mental Health: FACTS AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE INTEGRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE; Bipolar affective disorder. A national clinical guideline;
  • Minority Health: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING OFFERS FREE CANCER INFORMATION IN SPANISH; Medical Disparities Narrowing;
  • Nutrition: Inside the Pyramid; My Pyramid Plan; MyPyramid -- Getting Started; MyPyramid Tracker; The Real Cost of a Healthy Diet;
  • Physical Activity: Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook; National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older;
  • Public Health Continuing Opps: Guide to Medicare Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers, and Other Health Care Professionals; Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) tutorial;
  • Public Health Practice: MD Link: Partnering Physicians with Community Organizations: A Toolkit for Physician Champions; Ontario Superior Court of Justice & decision in a negligence lawsuit arising from the 2003 SARS outbreak in Toronto; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PLANNING TOOL FOR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;
  • Public Health Research: NIH ANNOUNCES FINAL ETHICS RULES;
  • Respiratory Diseases: Management of community-acquired pneumonia in the home; Community-acquired pneumonia in adults;
  • School Health: "Girl’s death could fuel debate over when citizens can sue”; “State, educators boost efforts to prevent youth suicides”; PTA Resources for Back to School; EPSDT; Stocking Schools with Healthy Beverages; SCHOOL-BASED DENTAL SEALANT PROGRAM MANUAL; ONLINE TOOLKIT PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR CREATING SAFE SPACE FOR ALL YOUTH; CLUSTERING OF FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS AROUND SCHOOLS;
  • Senior Health: FREE FACT SHEETS IN SPANISH HELP SENIORS TAKE MEDICINES SAFELY; STROKE INFORMATION FOR SENIORS ADDED TO THE NIHSeniorHealth WEB SITE; Cancer Facts for People Over 50;
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Primary care physicians should not routinely refer all women for genetic counseling and DNA testing to detect the presence of specific BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations; COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS FOR MAJOR DEPRESSION IN LOW-INCOME MINORITY WOMEN; Contraception for women aged over 40 years; Contraceptive choices; Cervical cancer screening; Contraception and family planning. A guide to counseling and management;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Annbib.htm
62October 15, 2005
  • Good to Know: FDA - Paxil and Paxil CR Controlled-Release Tablets; Strattera;
  • News You Can Use: New-car smell is going away: It’s no good for you; HURRICANE KATRINA RECOVERY INFORMATION; Diabetes Crisis;
  • Data: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2003 summary; Bioterrorism and Mass Casualty Preparedness in Hospitals: United States, 2003; Which Physicians and Practices Are Using Electronic Medical Records?; MEPS Data Products with Children's Data; Statistical Briefs; Uninsured in America, 1996-2004; Health Insurance Status of Children in America, 1996-2004; Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage: Selection and Cost, 2003; CHILD CAREGIVERS IN THE UNITED STATES; Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health Web site;
  • Internet: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB);
  • Top Causes of Death.Cancer: CANCER DEATH RATES STILL ON THE DECLINE; new guidelines. Cardiovascular Disease: Heart failure in adults; Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. Diabetes: new guidelines; Diabetes Deaths Worldwide Approach 3 Million Annually; Cold Weather Increases A1Cs; Diabetic Nerve Change Begins Early; Alcohol May Not Ward Off Diabetes; Smokers More Likely to Develop Diabetes; Lifestyle of Women Living Alone Increases Diabetes Risk; Statins Safely Reduce Risk of Major Vascular Events: Meta-Analysis; Culturally Tailored Diabetes Lifestyle Interventions May Lead to Significant Improvements in Diabetes-Related Outcomes; People With Serious Mental Illness Have Gaps in Knowledge of Type 2 Diabetes; Some People with Diabetes Would Risk Health to Avoid Shots; Drug-coated Heart Stents Best For People with Diabetes; High Normal Fasting Plasma Glucose Points To Diabetes; Elderly With Diabetes Run Risk Of Falling; Diabetes Exemption Program. High blood pressure: Essential hypertension. High Cholesterol:Women Are Disappearing Into a Cholesterol Gap. Kidney Disease: U.S. KIDNEY FAILURE RATES STABILIZE, ENDING A 20-YEAR CLIMB Troubling Racial Disparities Persist. Stroke: Hospital admissions for stroke declined 12 percent between 1997 and 2002.
  • Adolescent Health; Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters; Dating Violence Warning Signs; Facts for Teens: Teen Dating Violence; Protect Your Child From Dating Violence; 15+ Make Time to Listen - Take Time to Talk...About Bullying; Take Action Against Bullying; Report on Oral Sex; NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN YOUNG ADOLESCENTS AND OLDER INDIVIDUALS; WHAT ADOLESCENTS ARE DOING AND THINKING;
  • AIDS: Diagnostic, monitoring, and resistance tests for HIV;Antiretroviral therapy; Drug-drug interactions between HAART, medications used in substance use treatment, and recreational drugs; Smoking cessation in HIV-infected patients; HIV and Its Treatment: What You Should Know. Fact Sheets; What is an HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial?
  • Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol Problems in Intimate Relationships: Identification and Intervention. A Guide for Marriage and Family Therapists; Assessing Alcohol Problems: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers; How to Cut Down on Your Drinking;
  • Child Health: Secondhand Smoke as Harmful to Fetus as Inhaled Smoke; Nationwide Study Will Track 100,000 Children to Adulthood;
  • Consumer Health:Keep It With You: Personal Medical Information Form; Consumers Find Information and Support After a Diagnosis;
  • Cultural Competence:National Stereotypes Common, Mistaken;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors; AHLA Katrina Resources; ABA Health Law Section Web Page: Katrina Relief and Health Coverage; Hurricane Readiness; Emergency Supplies; Power Outages; Avoid Carbon Monoxide; Fact Sheet: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Information for Clinicians; Vibrio Illnesses After Hurricane Katrina; numerous factsheets; Medical Care of Ill Hurricane Evacuees: Additional Diagnoses to Consider;Hand Hygiene After a Disaster; Interim Guidelines for Animal Health and Control of Disease Transmission in Pet Shelters; Environmental Health Needs & Habitability Assessment; Violence Prevention Cards; Rodent Control After Hurricanes & Floods; Shigellosis Concerns in the Hurricane Evacuation Center Environment; Preventing Violence after a Natural Disaster; Chainsaw Safety; CDC Hurricane Readiness and Recovery Information Web Site; National Public Health Preparedness Referral Service; Health Care at the Crossroads: Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Community-wide Emergency Preparedness Systems; Hurricane Katrina Legal Issues; Emergency-Related Resources for Legislators and Legislative Staff;
  • Environmental Health:School buses may foul air for many years; Improper Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Resulting Injuries; Judge here orders EPA to review lead standards;
  • Epidemiology: MMWR
  • Healthcare Economics: Insurance status determines access to follow up care after ER visits;
  • Healthcare Quality: Home Health Compare; Hospital Compare; QUALITY MEASURES FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE;
  • Health Disparities: RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH KNOWLEDGE PATH;
  • Health Services: Summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations; Health groups may face litigation in hospital deaths in storm-ravaged areas;
  • HIPAA: HIPAA Guidance;
  • Infectious Disease: Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Prevention of influenza in the general population: recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care;
  • Maternal Child Health: WOMEN'S USE OF OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY;
  • Mental Health: MAJOR DEPRESSION AMONG U.S. ADULTS; OCCASIONAL REPORTS ON MENTAL HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES;
  • Nutrition: FEAST ON FOOD SAFETY;
  • Obesity: Updated synthesis on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents; VAST MAJORITY OF ADULTS AT RISK OF BECOMING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE;
  • Physical Activity: Get Hip & Get Fit program;
  • Public Health Research: E.P.A. to bar data from pesticide studies involving children and pregnant women;
  • School Health: School soda, junk food bans approved; schools mandate body-mass calculations; Teens, lawmakers push antibully bill; Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools;
  • Senior Health: LIFE-SAVING INFORMATION ON STROKE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AT NIHSENIORHEALTH;
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY TRIAL RESULTS ANNOUNCED: Women with Dense Breasts, Women Younger than 50, and Those Who are Perimenopausal May Benefit from Digital Mammograms; September is National Menopause Awareness Month; Facts About Menopausal Hormone Therapy; Drug interactions with hormonal contraception;
  • CT: DEP won’t act to ban mercury fillings; OHCA report on CT preventable hospitalizations;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Phdata1.htm.
63November 15, 2005
  • Good to Know: Employer-provided health insurance;
  • Data: NEW DATA REPORTING AND ANALYSIS TOOL PROVIDES STATE-LEVEL SUMMARY OF HEALTH RESOURCES; MEPS data products; Statistical Briefs: Health Care Expenditures for Injury-Related Conditions, 2002; Changes in Home Health Care Use and Expenditures between 1998/99 and 2002; Statin Use among Persons 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Reported as Receiving Medical Care for the Treatment of High Cholesterol, 2002; Statin Use in the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Medicare Population in 2002; Trends in Statin Use in the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Medicare Population, 1997 and 2002; Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs, Offer Rates, and Take-Up Rates for Small Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2000 and 2003; Trends in Children’s Health Insurance Coverage for Families with Children, 1996-2002 (First Half); Trends in Children’s Eligibility for Public Insurance for Families with Children, 1996-2002 (First Half); Variations in Smoking by Selected Demographic, Socioeconomic, insurance, and health characteristics, United States, 2003; Prescription Drugs: Out-of-Pocket Expenses and Unmet Need Relative to Family Income, 2002; Managed Care and Health Insurance, Health Status and Women's Health; Medicare and Medicaid stats; Three New Indicators from the Child Trends DataBank: Repeating a Grade, Individualized Education Plans, and Head Start! AHRQ Stats;
  • Top Causes of Death. Cancer: Chemotherapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment; Eating Hints for Cancer Patients: Before, During, and After Treatment; Radiation Therapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment; Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for All Women; Taking Time: Support for People with Cancer and the People Who Care.
    Cardiovascular Disease: HEART ATTACK DEATH RATES FOUND HIGHER FOR ALL PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS TREATING LARGER SHARE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS;
    Diabetes: Care of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a statement of the American Diabetes Association; Dietary carbohydrate (amount and type) in the prevention and management of diabetes: a statement of the American Diabetes Association; Weight management through lifestyle modification for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes: rationale and strategies; National Diabetes Awareness Month --- November 2005; Incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease Among Persons With Diabetes --- United States, 1990--2002; The California Diabetes Prevention and Control Program guidelines for diabetes care; Diabetes Numbers Escalate Condition Rises 14% Since 2003; Rosiglitazone Helpful in Diabetic Dialysis Patients; Inhaled Insulin Delayed For More FDA Review; Overcoming Fears In Insulin Administration;
    Liver Disease: AASLD position paper: the management of acute liver failure; AASLD practice guidelines: evaluation of the patient for liver transplantation;
    Lung Disease: Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
    Tobacco: LINK BETWEEN YOUTH SMOKING AND EXPOSURE TO SMOKING IN MOVIES;
  • Adolescent Health: STRATEGIES TO REDUCE ADOLESCENT MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES AND FATALITIES;
  • AIDS: Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis; Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents;
  • Avian Flu: Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1);
  • Child Health: Improving Cultural Competency in Children's Health Care: Expanding Perspectives; The evaluation of sexual abuse in children; THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO TRAUMA;
  • Consumer Health: Message from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: “MEDICARE & YOU 2006” HANDBOOK;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Hurricane-Related Documents and Resources; NIOSH Interim Guidance for Postexposure Medical Screening of Workers Leaving Hurricane Disaster Recovery Areas;
  • Drug Abuse: States’ meth laws inconsistent”; Substance Abuse Warning Signs;
  • Environmental Health: Mold: Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita;
  • Epidemiology: MMWR Reports; Pulmonary Hypertension Surveillance --- United States, 1980--2002; Good Laboratory Practices for Waived Testing Sites: Survey Findings from Testing Sites Holding a Certificate of Waiver Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 and Recommendations for Promoting Quality Testing; Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States: Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America; Health-Related Quality of Life Surveillance --- United States, 1993--2002; http://www.bettycjung.net/Mch.htm (Maternal Child Health Resources);
  • Genomics: INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM COMPLETES MAP OF HUMAN GENETIC VARIATION;
  • Healthcare Economics: medical discount cards, consumer-directed health plans; MEDICARE ANNOUNCES PAYMENT RATES AND POLICY CHANGES FOR HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN 2006; MEDICARE PROVIDES TOOLS TO HELP LOCAL PARTNERS PREPARE BENEFICIARIES FOR MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE; Medicare & You 2006” Handbook Update; Interactive Tools on Medicaid; STATE MEDICAID FACT SHEETS; MEDICAID BENEFITS ONLINE DATABASE;
  • Healthcare Quality: Guide to Health Care Quality - How to Know It When You See It; Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Finding Information and Support;
  • Infectious Disease: Avian Influenza; Flu Activity;
  • Maternal Child Health: CRITICAL ROLE OF EPSDT IN PROVIDING UNIFORM, COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN;
    http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm (State Report cards)
    EFFECT OF SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY ON BIRTHWEIGHT; Routine prenatal care stats; Clinical guidelines for the establishment of exclusive breastfeeding;
  • Media: Number of Sexual Scenes on TV Nearly Double Since 1998;
  • Men's Health: Early Prostate Cancer: Questions and Answers; Know Your Options: Understanding Treatment Choices for Prostate Cancer; Prostate Cancer (PDQ[r]): Screening (Health Professional Version), (Patient Version); Prostate Cancer (PDQ[r]): Treatment;
  • Mental Health: REVIEW OF SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGIES; “Clampdown on chatrooms after two strangers die in Internet death pact”; WEB FORUM LAUNCHED FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCHERS;
  • Nutrition: “McDonald’s to add facts on nutrition to packaging”; ANNUAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN DIETARY SUPPLEMENT RESEARCH 2004;
  • Public Health Continuing Opps: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage;
  • Public Health Practice: ASTHO LAUNCHES WEB SITE SECTION FOCUSED ON EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS;
  • School Health: Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports: Fact Sheet for Athletes and Parents;
  • Senior Health: Dementia; Pharmacotherapy companion to the depression;
    • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Breast Cancer and Pregnancy (PDQ[r]); Frequently Asked Questions about Early Stage Breast Cancer: A Patient and Doctor Dialogue; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists position statement on metabolic and cardiovascular consequences of polycystic ovary syndrome; Understanding Breast Cancer Treatment: A Guide for Patients; Menopause and hormone therapy (HT): collaborative decision-making and management: the percentage of women in menopause who have had a bone mineral density (BMD) measurement after cessation of HT; Breast cancer treatment: percentage of patients with Stage 0, I, II, or III breastcancer with documentation in their medical record that the option of a clinical trial has been discussed with them; Menopause and hormone therapy (HT): collaborative decision-making and management; guidelines on the management of labor and the management of initial abnormal Pap smear;
  • CT: “Moves to hire, mold healthier workforce are limited by law, experts say”; State rolls back HUSKY Part B premiums; 2004 CT hospitals’ margins up five fold over 2003l; CT Insurance Dept releases annual ranking of health insurers;
    http://www.bettycjung.net/Ct.htm (Connecticut Public Health Resources)
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Site Index, http://www.bettycjung.net/Siteindex.htm.
64December 15, 2005
  • Good to Know: “Backup health records are a help after storms”; A Guide for Parents: Questions and Answers - Fluid in the Middle Ear; A Guide for Parents: Questions and Answers - Runny Nose; Cold or Flu. Antibiotics Don't Work For You; Snort. Sniffle. Sneeze. No Antibiotics Please;
  • News You Can Use: new and improved cms.hhs.gov website; Choosing Safe Toys; Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety; Holidays the Healthy Way; Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder; Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tips to Prevent Foodborne Illness This Holiday Season; Holiday Depression & Stress; Holiday Season Safety; American Lung Association's Flu Clinic Locator; U.S. SURGEON GENERAL URGES AMERICANS TO KNOW THEIR FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY;
  • Data: Health, United States, 2005; Statistical Brief #99: Trends in Children's Health Insurance Coverage for Families with Children, 1996-2002 (First Half); Statistical Brief #100: Trends in Children's Eligibility for Public Insurance for Families with Children, 1996-2002 (First Half); MEPS HC-077B: 2003 Dental Visits; MEPS HC-077E: 2003 Emergency Room (ER) Visits;
  • Internet: Children's Bureau Website; NEW EDITION OF SPANISH-LANGUAGE HEALTH RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE PATH AVAILABLE;
  • Top Causes of Death. Cancer: Palliative treatment of cancer. Cardiovascular Disease: ACC/AHA 2005 guideline update for the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure in the adult. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure); Guidelines for percutaneous coronary interventions; Thrombolytic therapy and balloon angioplasty in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); NHLBI RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS AT AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION'S SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS: Findings on Women and Heart Disease, Metabolic Syndrome in African Americans, Impact of Sodium Reduction on Risk of Cardiovascular Disease or Death; REPLACING SOME CARBOHYDRATES WITH PROTEIN AND UNSATURATED FAT MAY ENHANCE HEART HEALTH BENEFITS; ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery). Diabetes: Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment of Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Impaired Fasting Glucose. Summary, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment; Alzheimer's Could Be Diabetes-like Illness, Study Suggests; Mental Ability Not Impaired By Drop In Blood Glucose; Pioglitazone Lowers Heart Attack Recurrence in People with Diabetes; Diabetes Linked With Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death; Depressed People with Diabetes Have Higher Mortality Risk; Obesity: A Chronic Condition That Requires Addressing The Whole Person. Hypertension: Hypertension. Stroke: STROKES AFFECT THOUSANDS OF HISPANICS EACH YEAR -- LEARN TO RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS. Tobacco: NEW CIGARETTES WITH FLAVORS THAT APPEAL TO YOUTH, The Smoke-Free Home Health Bulletin, “Initiative 901: Smoking ban sails to victory”; emphysema reported that they still smoked in spite of their disease;
  • Adolescent Health: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADOLESCENTS' EVENING ACTIVITIES AND INVOLVEMENT IN PROBLEM BEHAVIORS;
  • AIDS: use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States; “HIV names reporting gaining in popularity”; Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection; HIV infection; “HIV-positive man faces murder trial”; “Prisons open tattoo parlors”;
  • Alcohol Abuse: "Colleges are reaching their limit on alcohol”;
  • Arthritis: NIAMS, ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INTRODUCE PEDIATRIC RHEUMATIC DISEASES CD-ROM;
  • Child Health: Confronting Teens Involved in Dating Violence; Confronting Your Child About Substance Abuse; Gang Involvement Warning Signs; Parent Response to Bullying; Protecting Your Child from Gang Involvement; Protecting Your Child from Substance Abuse; Teen Depression Warning Signs; What Parents Can Do to Help Prevent Youth Violence; Youth Suicide Warning Signs; Managing elevated blood lead levels among young children: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention; Preventing lead poisoning in young children;
  • Consumer Health: Next Steps After a Diagnosis; Mixed Compliance with Medication Warning Labels;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Bioterrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: Linkages with Community Providers. Bioterrorism and Health System Preparedness; The Role of Information Technology and Surveillance Systems in Bioterrorism Readiness; Disaster Plan Guidebook; Guide for Emergency Management;
  • Environmental Health: Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC) System: Check your HVAC system for Mold; CO Poisoning: You Can Prevent Carbon Monoxide Exposure; “Hidden cost in wood burning: pollution”;
  • Epidemiology: MMWR Weekly Reports;
  • Healthcare Economics: people in consumer-driven health plans more likely to delay or forego care; Medicaid consumer access not directly linked to provider reimbursement rates; “Health insurance: Mandatory in Massachusetts?”
  • Healthcare Quality: Project to Develop Guide for Patient Registries; Release of the AHRQ QI Windows Application Version 2.0; Hospitalization in the United States, 2002; Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Finding Information and Support; Prevention Quality Indicators FY2006 Coding Update (SAS ONLY); “Surveillance system links hospitals”; National CAHPS® Benchmarking Database: 2005 CAHPS® Health Plan Survey Chartbook;
  • Health Policy: “At entry points, on the lookout for symptoms”; “CDC proposes new rules in effort to prevent disease outbreak”
  • Health Services: “The doctor won’t see you now”;
  • Influenza: “U.S. urges states to prepare for bird flu”; Flu Season and Schools; Antiviral Drugs and Influenza; Protecting Against Influenza (Flu): Advice for Caregivers of Children Less Than 2 Years Old; Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School; National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza; Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus - updated; Avian Influenza Infection in Humans - updated; Recent Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Asia and Europe - updated; Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus – updated Resources for Health Professionals – New Web Page for Clinicians; Worldwide Preparedness; Good Flu Health Habits;
  • Maternal Child Health: OBESITY BEFORE PREGNANCY LINKED TO CHILDHOOD WEIGHT PROBLEMS; PREVENTABILITY OF PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS; WEB PAGES PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT CESAREAN SECTION; Emergency Contraception Issue Module (NEW); Fact Sheet on Emergency Contraception (NEW); Women’s Coverage and Access to Care Tutorial; Reproductive Health Policy Tutorial;Women’s Health Policy Reference Library; TOOLKIT OFFERS SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF MEDICAID EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES; SCHIP EVALUATION FINDINGS REVEAL EFFECTIVE PROGRAM; ARTICLE ASSESSES MOTIVATION FOR TREATMENT AMONG MOTHERS WHO ABUSE DRUGS;
  • Men's Health: KEY INFORMATION ABOUT YOUNG MEN’S HEALTH: A Health Profile of Adolescent and Young Adult Males: 2005 Brief; Prostate Cancer (PDQ®): Prevention; Understanding Prostate Changes: A Health Guide for Men; Benign prostatic hyperplasia;
  • Mental Health: A Guide to Managing Stress in Crisis Response Professions; Dealing With the Effects of Trauma: A Self-Help Guide; Developing Cultural Competence in Disaster Mental Health Programs: Guiding Principles and Recommendations;
  • Minority Health: WILLINGNESS OF MINORITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTH RESEARCH; GUIDE OUTLINES UNIQUE ROLE OF FAITH LEADERS IN HELPING TO PREVENT ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AMONG LATINOS; DISPARITIES FOR LATINO CHILDREN IN OBTAINING TIMELY MEDICAL CARE; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHNICITY AND USE OF POSTPARTUM CONTRACEPTION;
  • Nutrition: DETERMINE Your Nutritional Health Checklist;“Fast food is often the only option in poor areas”;
  • Obesity: LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION PLUS MEDICATION MORE EFFECTIVE THAN MEDICATION ALONE FOR WEIGHT LOSS IN OBESE ADULTS; Metabolic syndrome;
  • Public Health Research:Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS); Mental Health and Substance Abuse Clinical Classification Software (CCS-MHSA);
  • School Health: “Sugar over substance”;
  • Senior Health: Prevention of falls in long-term care facilities; Dementia care practice recommendations for assisted living residences and nursing homes;
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Urinary incontinence in women; Breast cancer treatment; Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis; Knee pain or swelling: acute or chronic; Osteoporosis: prevention and treatment; Gynaecological ultrasound examination; TWO TYPES OF BREAST CANCER TREATMENTS SHOW SIMILAR BENEFIT;
  • CT: Medicare offers CT beneficiaries 44 prescription drug plans from 17 companies; web voters’ choices to save money and improve CT’s health care system; State will soon have to account for future costs of retiree benefits; Report on CT immigrants’ labor market experiences and access to health care;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Nutritional Resources. http://www.bettycjung.net/Nutrition.htm
65January 15, 2006
  • Good to Know: CDC Recommends against the Use of Amantadine and Rimandatine for the Treatment or Prophylaxis of Influenza in the United States during the 2005–06 Influenza Season; GAO launched website to allow easier tracking of Antideficiency Act reports; MedWatch/FDA: bogus flu products; new onset and worsening diabetic macular edema for patients receiving rosiglitazone; drugs had modifications to the CONTRAINDICATIONS and/or WARNINGS/BOXED WARNINGS sections: Biaxin; Diprolene; Efudex (fluorouracil); Imodium; Avinza; Epogen (epoetin alfa); Humira (adalimumab); Marcaine; Prinivil (lisinopril); Prinzide (lisinopril-hydrochlorothiazide); Rapamune (sirolimus); Vytorin(ezetimibe/simvastatin tablets); MOST BEHAVIORS PRECEDING MAJOR CAUSES OF PREVENTABLE DEATH HAVE BEGUN BY YOUNG ADULTHOOD;
  • News You Can Use: Factsheet: Winter Driving; Winter Preparedness Safety Tips; A Guide to Understanding Informed Consent;
  • Data:Depressive Symptoms among Young Adults; Utilization and Expenditures for Children with Special Health Care Needs; Producing State Estimates with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Household Component; National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003; The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2002 to 2003: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65; Diabetes Management: Tests and Treatments among the 18 and Older U.S. Noninstitutionalized Population in 2003; Estimates of Health Care Expenditures for the 10 Largest States, 2003; Prescription Drug Expenditures in the 10 Largest States for Persons under Age 65, 2003; Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans That Required No Employee Contribution to the Premium Cost, 1998-2003; The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expenses for the Medicare Population Age 65 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003; The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expenses for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003; Expenses for a Hospital Emergency Room Visit, 2003; New Web Resource Provides Easy Access to Global Health Data;
  • Internet: redesigned CMS web page;
  • Top Causes of Death. Cardiovascular Disease: Long Term Use of Medications to Treat Coronary Artery Disease; American College of Chest Physicians guidelines for the prevention and management of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery; Exercise testing in asymptomatic adults; HAVING A SIBLING WITH HEART DISEASE SIGNIFICANTLY RAISES PERSONAL HEART DISEASE RISK. Diabetes: NYC to become first American city to track diabetes patients; Less Coronary Disease Seen in Blacks with Diabetes; Diabetes Discrimination; Strict Control Key to Taming Diabetes Complications; American Diabetes Association Launches Medicare Resource Center; Clinical Management of Obesity with Special Attention to Type 2 Diabetes Professional Tool Kit; Diabetes Link to Liver Disease; Fatty Liver Predicts Heart Disease in People with Diabetes; Diabetes Patients Report Drug Side Effects; Indigent Diabetics Distrust Medical System; Hispanics' Health Care Disparities Worsen; New York Adopts Code to Monitor People with Diabetes; Insulin Resistance Linked to Pancreatic Cancer; Nurse Shortage Puts School Kids at Risk; Mentally Ill Risk Getting Poor Diabetes Care; Gene Discovered Linking High-fat Diet to Diabetes; Number of People with Diabetes in Maine Doubles; Alcohol Cuts Diabetes Risk in Older Women; Get Moving for a Longer Life Free of Diabetes; Antipsychotic Meds May Raise Blood Glucose; TIGHT GLUCOSE CONTROL CUTS HEART DISEASE BY HALF IN TYPE 1 DIABETES. Hypertension: Hypertension diagnosis and treatment; Nursing management of hypertension. Tobacco: “High court backs ban on cigarette handouts”; "A company’s threat: Quit smoking or leave”; Tobacco companies add candy-like flavors to cigarettes targeting youth;
  • Adolescent Health: UNDERAGE DRINKING AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS; PARENT EDUCATION INTERVENTION AT DELAYING SEXUAL INITIATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS; Teen Prescription Drug Abuse Increases;
  • AIDS: AIDSinfo's HIV/AIDS Glossary for Palm PDAs; HIV Medications Available in Liquid, IV, Capsule, and Tablet; Side Effects of Anti-HIV Medications;
  • Alcohol Abuse: A Family History of Alcoholism: Are You at Risk?; Alcohol: What You Don't Know Can Harm You; Harmful Interactions: Mixing Alcohol with Medicines; Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol; Clinical Reminder: New Year’s Safety – Impaired Driving; Preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; “Putting a cork in teen parties”;
  • Child Health: Decontamination of Children;
  • Consumer Health: FDA Cites Progress in Labeling Pediatric Drugs; Having Surgery? What you need to know. Questions to ask your doctor and your surgeon; Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule; Enroll in a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan; Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home; Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: "A National Conversation - Friends and Family First Toolkit"; Acetaminophen poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management; Beta-blocker ingestion: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management; Calcium channel blocker ingestion: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management; Diphenhydramine and dimenhydrinate poisoning; Ethylene glycol exposure; Guideline on the use of ipecac syrup in the out-of-hospital management of ingested poisons; Iron ingestion: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Hurricane-Related Information for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women;
  • Environmental Health: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Guidelines;
  • Genomics: TWINS COMPARISON SUGGESTS GENETIC RISK FOR DEMENTIA;
  • Healthcare Economics: CMS's web-based formulary finder; The Implications of Cuts in Public Health Coverage;
  • Healthcare Quality: Installation of health information technology system linked to increased death rates at Pittsburg children’s hospital;
  • Health Policy: “California counties now able to recycle unused prescription meds”; Statehealthfacts.org - new data on Health Costs, Medicare, Health Insurance, Health Status, Women's Health, and HIV/AIDS;
  • Health Services: Summary of recommendations for clinical preventive services; Adult preventive services (ages 18 - 49); Adult preventive services (ages 50 - 65+); Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in the adult;
  • Infectious Disease: Controlling tuberculosis in the United States; Coccidioidomycosis;
  • Influenza: Avian influenza frequently asked questions; WHO Pandemic Influenza Report; Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian; Influenza A (H5N1) Virus;
  • Maternal Child Health: NEW RESOURCES ON SCREENING AND ON COMMUNITY PROGRAMS; EVALUATE WEB SITES ON QUALITY OF CONSUMER-RELATED BREASTFEEDING EDUCATION; Emergency contraception; Lead exposure in children: prevention, detection, and management; The changing concept of sudden infant death syndrome: diagnostic coding shifts, controversies regarding the sleeping environment, and new variables to consider in reducing risk;
  • Mental Health: Facts about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, A Real Illness; Depression; FUNDING SOURCES DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF YOUTH IN TRANSITION;
  • Minority Health: NEONATAL MORTALITY AMONG INFANTS BORN IN MINORITY-SERVING HOSPITALS; VARIATIONS IN PREGNANCY OUTCOMES AMONG U.S.-BORN MIGRANTS; Anxiety Disorders;
  • Nutrition: “Food industry advances in labeling fight”; Food Labels Will Carry Allergen Warnings; Dietary recommendations for children and adolescents: a guideline for practitioners: consensus statement from the American Heart Association; “Food labels to include information on trans fats”; “Marketing fortified foods to those leery of drugs”;
  • Obesity: Prevention and management of obesity (mature adolescents and adults): percentage of patients with obesity who have documentation in the medical record of discussion of weight management strategies, which may include nutrition, physical activity, lifestyle changes, medication or surgery;
  • Occupational Health: Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards; Safety Checklist Program for Schools;
  • School Health: Important Topics Covered in 2005: Bullying, Emergency Preparedness: A Quick Guide for School Staff, Flu Season and Schools, Helping After Katrina, Keeping Kids Healthy: Overweight, Nutrition & Physical Exercise, Medication Management at Schools Reducing Risk and Strengthening Quality in Medication Management at School, Fact Sheet: Psychotropic Drugs and Children – Use, Trends, and Implications for Schools, School Wellness Policy, Survey Finds Parents Clueless about New School Wellness Policies, “New Jersey plans broad steroid testing for school sports”,
  • Senior Health: “States review evacuation plans for the elderly”; Clinical practice guideline for the management of cataract among adults;
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Recommended Screenings and Immunizations for Women at Average Risk for Most Diseases; Recommended Screenings and Immunizations for Women with High Risk Factors; Your For Your Heart Survey; NCI ISSUES CLINICAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PREFERRED METHOD OF TREATMENT FOR ADVANCED OVARIAN CANCER; Diagnosis of breast disease: average number of days between breast abnormality noted by a registered nurse (RN) or medical doctor (MD) and biopsy; Diagnosis of breast disease: percentage of class 4 or class 5 abnormal mammograms that are followed by a biopsy within 14 days; American Society of Clinical Oncology guideline recommendations for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer; Management of initial abnormal Pap smear; Management of labor; The role of testosterone therapy in postmenopausal women;
  • CT: Health care is top concern for CT residents; CT Medicaid managed care companies subject to FOI; Annual comparison of CT managed care organizations;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: January is National Mentoring Month Check out what people have to say about contacting public health mentors: http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenomkudos.htm
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  • Good to Know: FDA issues new rules for drug labels;
  • News You Can Use: February is National Heart Month - Medicare beneficiaries are covered for certain cardiovascular screening blood tests; The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting - Elidel Cream (pimecrolimus), Protopic Ointment (tacrolimus);
  • Data: The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2005;
  • Internet: FirstGov.gov's New Search Engine; DotGov News to You;
  • Top Causes of Death. Cancer: Colorectal Cancer; Colon Cancer; Rectal Cancer. Cardiovascular Disease: What Are the Warning Signs of a Heart Attack?; Diagnosis and treatment of chest pain and acute coronary syndrome. Diabetes: Poor Diabetes Control May Be Better for Some; Diabetes Tied to Colon Cancer in Asian Population; People with Diabetes May Receive Inferior Coronary Syndrome Care; Early Kidney Transplant May Benefit Some People with Diabetes; Rise in Aspirin Use Seen Among US Adults; Anti-diabetes Drugs May Have a Down Side; FDA Approves Inhalable Insulin; Vibrating Shoes Aid Stroke And Diabetic Patients; Vitrectomy Improves Vision in Select Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema; Iceland Study Finds Important Diabetes Gene; Basic guidelines for diabetes care; Management of diabetic retinopathy; recall of ACCU-CHEK Aviva test strips; Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Tobacco: BLACK, WHITE TEENS SHOW DIFFERENCES IN NICOTINE METABOLISM; Philip Morris to stop supplying illegal Internet dealers;
  • Adolescent Health: National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy - May 3rd, 2006;
  • AIDS: MUTATION THAT PROTECTS AGAINST HIV INFECTION MAY RAISE RISK OF WEST NILE VIRUS ILLNESS;
  • Child Health: Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule: United States, 2006; CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE APPROVED; WEB SITE PROMOTES SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ALCOHOL USE IN PREGNANT WOMEN; Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children; NEW EDITION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS KNOWLEDGE PATH AVAILABLE;
  • College Health: In college, first year is by far the riskiest;
  • Consumer Health: Buying Prescription Medicine Online: A Consumer Safety Guide; Preventive services for children and adolescents; Preventive services in adults;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Translation of Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors;
  • Drug Abuse: Medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction in opioid treatment programs;
  • Environmental Health: Harmful Teflon chemical to be eliminated by 2015; Urban sprawl adds pounds, pollution;
  • Genomics: NCI LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE TO IDENTIFY GENETIC RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER; SCIENTISTS DISCOVER GENETIC PROFILE OF AN OFTEN-MISDIAGNOSED CHRONIC ALLERGIC DISEASE OF CHILDREN;
  • Grants: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) NOTICE;
  • Healthcare Economics: The National Provider Identifier (NPI) Final Rule; Statehealthfacts.org - new data on Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care & Health Insurance, Providers and Service Use, Health Costs and Budgets, Minority Health, and Women's Health;
  • Healthcare Quality: A Toolkit for Redesign in Health Care. Final Report;
  • Health Policy: ATTITUDES TOWARD USE OF QUARANTINE IN A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY;
  • Health Services: GUIDE EXPLORES EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION IN THE PROVISION OF CULTURALLY COMPETENT HEALTH CARE;
  • Infectious Disease: Guidelines for the investigation of contacts of persons with infectious tuberculosis; Recommended antimicrobial agents for the treatment and postexposure prophylaxis of pertussis; Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist;
  • Influenza: Avian Influenza: Current Situation; Embargo of Birds from Specified Countries; Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; CDC Recommends against the Use of Amantadine and Rimandatine for the Treatment or Prophylaxis of Influenza in the United States during the 2005–06 Influenza Season; Faith-Based & Community Organizations Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Checklists;
  • Maternal Child Health: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; NICHD ALERTS PARENTS TO WINTER SIDS RISK AND UPDATED AAP RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW PARTNERSHIP FOCUSES ON MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY WEIGHT AMONG WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE; Rare circumcision rite causes stir in N.Y.; An Easy Guide to Breastfeeding;
  • Mental Health: Suicide: Helping Patients and Their Families After an Attempt; Suicide: Taking Care of Yourself After an Attempt; Get Help for Depression;
  • Minority Health: CITY DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND HOMELESS SERVICES ISSUE FIRST-EVER REPORT ON THE HEALTH OF HOMELESS ADULTS IN NEW YORK CITY; TRENDS IN CESAREAN DELIVERY AMONG PUERTO RICAN WOMEN;
  • Nutrition: NEWS FROM THE WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE: REDUCING TOTAL FAT INTAKE MAY HAVE SMALL EFFECT ON RISK OF BREAST CANCER, NO EFFECT ON RISK OF COLORECTAL CANCER, HEART DISEASE, OR STROKE; Diet High in Omega-3 Fatty Acids Unlikely to Reduce Risk of Cancer;
  • Oral Health: NEW EDITION OF KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED FOR CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH; Five Steps to Safer Dental Care;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed: Long-Term Care Tutorial; Medical Errors Issue Module; "Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: Essential Information and Resources for Prescribing Health Care Professionals – The Eleventh in the Medlearn Matters Series on the New Prescription Drug Plans";
  • Public Health Practice: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES;
  • School Health: Prevention and management of obesity (mature adolescents and adults); Mandate irrelevant, doctors say;
  • Senior Health: Osteoporosis Information Easily Accessible at NIHSeniorHealth; Fall Prevention at Home; Assessment and management of chronic pain; Report says state needs to coordinate evacuation plan for elderly; BenefitsCheckupRx[tm];
  • Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Noninvasive Tests May Miss Breast Cancer; DATABASES AND RESOURCES ON POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS TO WOMEN; Diagnosis of breast disease; Basal Body Temperature (BBT) Chart; Cervical Cancer; Abortion Policy; Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer: Questions and Answers; Pap Tests and Cervical Health: A Healthy Habit for You; The Pap Test: Questions and Answers;
  • Workplace Health: Whiffs of change in the air for work world; Fitness for duty; Stress related conditions and other mental disorders;
  • CT: Health Savings Accounts: Avoiding Consumer Traps; Where Does the Money Come From? Where Does the Money Go?;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Oscars Page, http://www.bettycjung.net/Oscars.htm, http://www.bettycjung.net/Movies.htm
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  • News You Can Use: Web-enabled versions of the 2005 National Healthcare Quality Report and 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report;
  • Data: CAHPS® Hospital Survey (H-CAHPS) Is Now in the Public Domain; Evidence Report on the Management of Adnexal Mass; TOOL TO AID INFANT DEATH SCENE INVESTIGATION; AHRQ QI VERSION 3.0 AND THE PEDIATRIC QUALITY INDICATOR MODULE; Inpatient Quality Indicators FY2006 Coding Update (Version 3.0); Patient Safety Indicators FY2006 Coding Update (Version 3.0); Pediatric Quality Indicators (Version 3.0); Prevention Quality Indicators (Version 3.0a); "Physical and Mental Health Characteristics of U.S.- and Foreign-Born Adults: United States, 1998-2003 (3/2006)"; The Combined Health Information Database (CHID);
  • Top Killers. Cancer: March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; Follow-up of non-small cell lung cancer. Cardiovascular Disease: Carotid endarterectomy - an evidence-based review. Diabetes: Whole Grains Cut Diabetes, Heart Disease Risk; Kids with Diabetes Prone to Periodontal Disease; Low-Fat Diets' Benefits Rejected; Coffee May Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes; Intensive Therapy Relieves Diabetes Neuropathy; Over 40 Percent of Mild Heart Attacks Undetected; Young People with Type 2 Diabetes at Higher Stroke Risk; A New Goal for Aging; Smoking Not Good With New Inhaled Insulin; Type 1 diabetes: diagnosis and management of type 1 diabetes in children and young people. Kidney Disease: March is National Kidney Month.
  • Adolescent Health: FEASIBILITY OF SCREENING ADOLESCENTS FOR SUICIDE RISK IN HIGH SCHOOL SETTINGS; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AMONG FEMALE ADOLESCENTS;
  • AIDS/HIV: NATIONAL WOMEN AND GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY;
  • Child Welfare: A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice; Child Abuse and Neglect General Information Packet; Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers; 2006 Community Resource Packet: Safe Children and Healthy Families Are a Shared Responsibility; The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2005; Failure to thrive as a manifestation of child neglect;
  • Family Health: Parents Helping Parents: A Guide for Action; Comprehensive adult eye and vision examination;
  • Healthcare Economics: Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) usage;
  • Healthcare Quality: A.M.A. to develop measure of quality of medical care; Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) 2006 Software and User's Guide;
  • Health Policy: State wants power to control, ration medicine in health emergency;
  • Health Services: CDC Releases Tool to Aid Infant Death Scene Investigation;
  • Infectious Disease: Surveillance guidelines for smallpox vaccine (vaccinia) adverse reactions; Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) part 1: immunization of infants, children, and adolescents; Vaccination of health-care personnel; Avian Influenza - Guidelines and Recommendations; Spanish Translation: Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors; Flowchart- Chemical Terrorism Event Shipping Instructions - Blood; Guidance in Accordance with Packaging Instructions IATA 650 Biological Specimen Category B; Flowchart- Chemical Terrorism Event Shipping Instructions - Urine; Guidance in Accordance with Packaging Instructions IATA 650 Biological Specimen Category B; Polio; Assessing Capacity for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of West Nile Virus Infection --- United States, 1999 and 2004; CDC Policy on Unused Smallpox Vaccine;
  • Maternal Child Health: Eight Magic Keys: Developing Successful Interventions for Students With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS); Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: The Basics; SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) Center for Excellence: Posters; SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) Center for Excellence: Rack Cards; AUTISM POLICY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG WOMEN DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY;
  • Mental Health: Post-traumatic stress disorder. The management of PTSD in adults and children in primary and secondary care; Autistic spectrum disorders. Best practice guidelines for screening, diagnosis and assessment;
  • Men's Health: Prostate Cancer (PDQ[r]): Prevention (Health Professional Version); Treatment (Health Professional Version); Treatment (Patient Version);
  • Minority Health: NATIONAL KIDNEY DISEASE EDUCATION PROGRAM (NKDEP) LAUNCHES NEW SPANISH-LANGUAGE INITIATIVE;
  • Nutrition: “Will the new food labels do what they say on the tin?”; EFFICACY OF GLUCOSAMINE AND CHONDROITIN SULFATE MAY DEPEND ON LEVEL OF OSTEOARTHRITIS PAIN;
  • Obesity: PREVALENCE, COST, AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; CMS issues a National Coverage Determination (NCD) on bariatric surgery for treatment of co-morbid conditions associated with morbid obesity; PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND RISK OF OVERWEIGHT AMONG CHILDREN ENTERING SCHOOL;
  • Pain: Acute onset flank pain, suspicion of stone disease; Acute trauma to the knee; Imaging in acute pyelonephritis; Metastatic bone disease; Nontraumatic knee pain; Obstructive voiding symptoms secondary to prostate disease; Pre-irradiation evaluation and management of brain metastases; Radiologic investigation of patients with hematuria; Shoulder trauma;
  • Public Health Continuing Education: CMS/NPI Tip; Federal Budget and Health Policy Tutorial; Domestic HIV/AIDS Tutorial; Quality of Care Reference Library; Directory Of Health Policy Fellowships; Global HIV/AIDS Tutorial; HIV/AIDS in the U.S.: The Basics, Reference Library; HIV/AIDS Syllabi; Medicaid 101 Tutorial; Medicare 101 Tutorial;
  • Senior Health: National Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center Web site; DRAMATIC CHANGES IN U.S. AGING HIGHLIGHTED IN NEW CENSUS, NIH REPORT Impact of Baby Boomers Anticipated; ELDERLY HAVE HIGHER RISK FOR CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY DISEASE FROM FINE PARTICLE POLLUTION; NIHSENIORHEALTH ADDS INFORMATION ON HEART FAILURE; Age-related macular degeneration; Bacterial keratitis; Comprehensive adult medical eye evaluation; Primary angle closure; Primary open-angle glaucoma suspect; Primary open-angle glaucoma; Long-Term Care Planning Tool; Medicare Eligibility Tool; Medicare Personal Plan Finder; HEALTH OFFICIALS URGE NEW YORKERS AGE 50 AND OLDER TO GET A LIFE-SAVING COLONOSCOPY;
  • Women's Health: My Bright Future: Physical Activity And Healthy Eating Guide for Adult Women; Premature cervical dilatation; Recurrent lower urinary tract infections in women; Role of imaging in cancer of the cervix; WEB SITE LAUNCHED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE INCREASING IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS TRANSMISSION ON WOMEN AND GIRLS; Breast Cancer (PDQ[r]): Treatment (Health Professional Version); Treatment (Patient Version); Breast Cancer and Pregnancy (PDQ[r]) (Health Professional Version);(Patient Version); Ovarian cancer screening; Role of imaging in second and third trimester bleeding;
  • Workplace Health: “Employers hit smokers in the wallet”;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Evaluation Page http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm
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  • News You Can Use: U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative, Medicare Part D information; NEW HEALTHY PLACES WEB PAGE LAUNCHED;
  • Data: AHRQ's latest stats; AHRQ Chartbook Profiles Racial/Ethnic Differences; Mental Health and Substance Abuse Clinical Classification Software (CCS-MHSA); Health Data for All Ages site Revamped; Statehealthfacts.org has recently added new data on Medicare, Medicaid, Health Status, Providers and Service Use, HIV/AIDS, and Demographics and the Economy;
    • New from the Child Trends DataBank;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Follow-up imaging of bladder carcinoma; Follow-up of renal cell carcinoma; Indeterminate renal masses; Rib fractures; Staging of bronchogenic carcinoma, non-small cell and small cell lung carcinoma; Staging of testicular malignancy; Referral guidelines for suspected cancer in adults and children; Colorectal Cancer. Cardiovascular Disease: FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROGRAM AIMS TO IMPROVE SURVIVAL FROM CARDIAC ARREST AND SEVERE TRAUMA; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE ADDS NEW RESOURCES ON HEART HEALTH; Acute coronary syndromes: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations; Adult basic life support: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations; Advanced life support: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations; Defibrillation: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations; First aid: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations; Managing abnormal blood lipids. A collaborative approach; Neonatal resuscitation: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations; Pediatric basic and advanced life support: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations; Stroke: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations; ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention. Diabetes: Diabetes Is Epidemic; Massachusetts guidelines for adult diabetes care; Low-Carbohydrate Diets May Raise Cholesterol Levels; Exercise Lowers Pregnancy-related Diabetes Risk; Depo Provera May Up Diabetes Risk in Some Women; DAWN Study Finds Improvements Needed in Chronic-Care Model for Diabetes Therapy; Diabetes Risk Could be Influenced by Programs to Change Overfeeding, Sedentary Lifestyle; Waist Girth Predicts Diabetes Risk in Children; Leg Artery Disease Ups Risk of Death in People with Diabetes; Uric Acid Level Predicts Likelihood of Developing Type 2 Diabetes; Vitamin D Deficiency Common in Diabetics. Hypertension: MAKING MULTIPLE LIFESTYLE CHANGES IS BENEFICIAL, ACHIEVABLE IN LOWERING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. Lung Disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Tobacco: “Towns allowed to ban smoking in private clubs”.
  • Adolescent Health: SHIFTS IN THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENT MALES;
  • AIDS/HIV: Get Tested for HIV; Living With HIV/AIDS; Guidelines for the prescribing of medication for mental health disorders in people with HIV infection; Tuberculosis: The Connection Between TB and HIV (the AIDS virus); “Court to rule on hiding sexual history”;
  • Alcohol Abuse: THE PROBLEM AND CONSEQUENCES OF UNDERAGE DRINKING;
  • Child Health: QUALITY OF CHILDHOOD PREVENTIVE CARE; Inhalants Cited as Major Child Drug Problem; Designing Healthy Communities: Raising Healthy Kids Toolkit; Designing Healthy Communities: Raising Healthy Kids. Pop Quiz: A Tool for Assessing Your Community's Built Environment;
  • Drug Abuse: SAME GENES MAY UNDERLIE ALCOHOL AND NICOTINE CO-ABUSE; Nationwide Increase in Antipsychotic Medications Used for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder;
  • Epidemiology: “Hospital link could catch outbreaks early”
  • Family Health: Adult preventive health care: immunizations; Asthma;
  • Fitness: State-based Physical Activity Program Directory; Check your - Physical Activity & Heart Disease I.Q.;
  • Health: INFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS ON DISPARITIES IN PRIMARY CARE;
  • Healthcare Quality: New Web-based Tool for States to Measure Quality Performance;
  • Health Promotion: APPROACHES TO EVALUATING CHILD HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS;
  • Health Services: “Program puts migrant workers’ health records online”; “Hospitals get aggressive about hand washing”;
  • Immunization: Inactivated Influenza Vaccine: What You Need To Know; National Immunization Program;
  • Infectious Disease: "FOCUS ON TB" WEB site; Information about Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care settings, 2005;
  • Maternal Child Health: NEW QUARTERLY MEDICAL JOURNAL ON BREASTFEEDING; NEW EDITION OF INFANT MORTALITY KNOWLEDGE PATH; RECENT TRENDS IN SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATHS AND CURRENT EPIDEMIOLOGY PRACTICE; WEB-BASED CURRICULUM LAUNCHED TO HELP HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IDENTIFY AND TREAT WOMEN WITH PERINATAL DEPRESSION; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RAPID REPEAT PREGNANCY AND LOW EDUCATIONAL STATUS; Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health: National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs; State & Regional Profiles on Key Indicators for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN);
  • Mental Health: NATIONAL ESTIMATES OF ANTIDEPRESSANT USE AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; CORTEX MATURES FASTER IN YOUTH WITH HIGHEST IQ; NEW COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO HEALTHY SLEEP; NEW STRATEGIES TO HELP DEPRESSED PATIENTS BECOME SYMPTOM-FREE; Clinical guidelines for the management of anxiety. Management of anxiety panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, and generalised anxiety disorder) in adults in primary, secondary and community care;
  • Minority Health: TOP CANCER ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCH FIRST ONLINE PORTAL OF ASIAN LANGUAGE CANCER INFORMATION; OLDER HISPANICS CAN PREVENT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE; Sickle Cell Anemia;
  • Nutrition: LOW CALORIE DIET AFFECTS AGING-RELATED FACTORS;
  • Oral Health: MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH BUREAU RELEASES ORAL HEALTH REPORT;
  • Organ Transplantation: How the Transplant System Works: Matching Donors and Recipients; Living Organ Donation; Organ Transplants: What Every Kid Needs to Know; Partnering With Your Transplant Team. The Patient's Guide to Transplantation; Talking About Transplantation: What Every Patient Needs to Know;
  • Public Health Continuing Education: Understanding the Remittance Advice: A Guide for Medicare Providers, Physicians, Suppliers, and Billers; Medicare fee-for-service provider education articles;
  • Public Health Ethics: “Body-parts scandal labeled U.S. crisis”;
  • Public Health Practice: INSTITUTIONAL AND ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE;
  • School Health: POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR ADVANCING MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS;
  • Senior Health: "Health Characteristics of Adults 55 Years of Age and Over: United States, 2000-2003"; Glaucoma;
  • Women's Health: Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities; Appropriate imaging work-up of breast microcalcifications; Work-up of nonpalpable breast masses; Frequently Asked Questions - Pap Test; Women’s Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheets; INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO RECOMMEND FOR OR AGAINST MATERNAL-REQUEST CAESAREAN DELIVERY; WHI UPDATED ANALYSIS: NO INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER WITH ESTROGEN-ALONE; Frequently Asked Questions - Mammograms; A Lifetime of Good Health: Your Guide to Staying Healthy; My Medicines: Women's Health: Take Time to Care; Cyclic perimenstrual pain and discomfort: nursing management;
  • Workplace Health: Ideas for Action: A Workplace Partnership for Life;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Site Index - http://www.bettycjung.net/Siteindex.htm; Site Map - http://www.bettycjung.net/Sitemap.htm
69May 15, 2006
  • News You Can Use: Beneficiary Booklet on Medicare Rights and Protections Now Available; Medicare Drug Plans: Withholding Premiums from Your Social Security Payment; What You Should Know About Social Security Premium Withholds;
  • Data: National Women's Health Indicators Database; Access to Health Care Among Hispanic or Latino Women: United States, 2000-2002; 2003 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; DATABASE PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT DRUGS TO WHICH BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS MAY BE EXPOSED; Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage; Medicare Drug Benefit Low-Income Subsidy; Cancer Incidence; AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, ADAP; Medicaid Policy; Refusal Policies for Health Services; Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease:GENE VARIATION TO CORONARY HEART DISEASE; Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure; Myocardial infarction. Diabetes: INFO ON HISTORY OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES PREVENT OR DELAY TYPE 2 DIABETES; Diabetes management in correctional institutions; Standards of medical care in diabetes; Be Smart About Your Heart: Control the ABCs of Diabetes; The Power to Control Diabetes is in Your Hands: Information about Diabetes and Related Medicare Benefits; Diabetes Care Still Lagging in U.S.; Vitamin D And Calcium May Lower Diabetes Risk; Chromium of No Help for Poorly Controlled Diabetes; Smoking Linked to Glucose Intolerance in Young Adults; Shock Wave Therapy for Kidney Stones Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes, Hypertension; Many People with Diabetes Can't Define "Healthy" Weight; Poor Diabetes Control Tied to Leg Artery Disease; Diabetes Makes Ulcers More Deadly;
  • Adolescent Health: PREVALENCE OF DIABETES AND IMPAIRED FASTING GLUCOSE LEVELS AMONG ADOLESCENTS;
  • AIDS/HIV: A Guide to the Clinical Care of Women with HIV/AIDS, 2005 edition; AIDSinfo; Frequently Asked Questions About HIV and HIV Testing; National HIV Testing Resources: Finding a Test Site;
  • Alcohol Abuse: NEW GENES FOR EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL DRINKING;
  • Bioterrorism: Computer Staffing Model for Bioterrorism Response: The Bioterrorism and Epidemic Outbreak Response Model (BERM) Version 2.0;
  • Child Health: NEW BRIGHT FUTURES RESOURCES; COORDINATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO COMBAT CHILDHOOD OBESITY; BAM! Body and Mind; Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States 2006;
  • Community Health: COMMUNITY APPROACHES TO PROVIDING CARE FOR THE UNINSURED;
  • Consumer Health: Interactive Preventive Services Selector;
  • Endrocinology: Medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules;
  • Family Health: RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE PRECONCEPTION HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE RELEASED;
  • Healthcare Economics: National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) via Electronic File Interchange (EFI); Fact Sheet on Massachusetts' Law to Cover the Uninsured Massachusetts' plan; Long-Term Care Issues Included in the Deficit Reduction Act; Medicaid Spending; The Uninsured and Their Access to Care; Covering the Uninsured: Growing Need, Strained Resources; Women's Health Insurance Coverage; The Uninsured: A Primer; Health Coverage in America, 2004; Employer Health Benefits 2005 Annual Survey; Sicker and Poorer: The Consequences of Being Uninsured; The Cost of Care for the Uninsured: What Do We Spend, Who Pays, and What Would Full Coverage Add to Medical Spending?; Threadbare: Holes in America’s Health Care Safety Net; Challenges and Tradeoffs in Low-Income Family Budgets: Implications; In a Time of Growing Need: State Choices Influence Health Coverage; Access for Children and Families; Opening Doorways To Health Care For Children; Outreach Strategies For Medicaid And SCHIP; State Level Data on Health Coverage & the Uninsured; Uninsured Tutorial, Module, and Reference Library; Medicaid Spending on Outpatient Drugs More Than Doubled in Recent Years;
  • Health Services: Fewer physicians providing charity care; Mental health parity does not increase total costs; Wrong-Site Surgery Rare and Preventable; Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity; Clinical policy: critical issues in the diagnosis and management of the adult psychiatric patient in the emergency department; Resources to Implement Cross-Cultural Clinical Practice Guidelines For Medicaid Practitioners; Practice management guidelines for the diagnosis and management of injury in the pregnant patient: the EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group;
  • Infectious Disease: Frequently Asked Questions - Chlamydia, Gonorrhea; Ricin: Information and Guidance for Clinicians; Mumps Clinical Description and Diagnosis; Mumps Surveillance Worksheet; Specimen collection & management Q&As, as well as a Mumps virus standard RT-PCR overview; Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Embargo of Birds from Specified Countries; Avian Influenza Infection in Humans; Pandemic Influenza; Testing and Treatment for Latent TB Infection;
  • Maternal Child Health: COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDICAID'S CHILD HEALTH COMPONENT AND STATE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS; Achieving Better Care for Asthma Toolkit; Enhancing Child Development Services in Medicaid Managed Care Toolkit; Improving Managed Care for Children with Special Needs Toolkit; Improving Preventive Care Services for Children Toolkit; Toward Improving Birth Outcomes Toolkit; Optimizing bone health and calcium intakes of infants, children, and adolescents; Prevention of pertussis among adolescents: recommendations for use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine; Promotion of healthy weight-control practices in young athletes; Reducing the risk of HIV infection associated with illicit drug use; Screening examination of premature infants for retinopathy of prematurity; The pediatrician and disaster preparedness;
  • Men's Health: Prostate Cancer (PDQ[r])Screening;
  • Mental Health: “State’s justices say cops can be sued in 911 case”;
  • Minority Health: LIFESTYLE CHANGES CAN HELP OLDER HISPANICS MANAGE DIABETES; HEALTH STATUS AND HEALTH SERVICE ACCESS AND USE AMONG CHILDREN IN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES;
  • Nutrition: No Effective Medications for Anorexia Nervosa, but Behavioral Therapy May Have a Limited Benefit; B Vitamins and Berries and Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders; COMPREHENSIVE, SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION ON EATING DISORDERS; Botulism Facts for Health Care Providers; Cut the Salt!; High Blood Cholesterol--What You Need to Know; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: High Blood Cholesterol;
  • Public Health Continuing Education: Medicare Preventive Services: Part 3 Expanded Benefits; "Guidance for Organization Health Care Providers Who Apply for National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) for Their Health Care Provider Employees"; "NPI Overview";
  • School Health: STATE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES, STANDARDS, LEGISLATION, AND RESEARCH; “High court rules on school’s duty to inform parents of suicidal tendencies”;
  • Senior Health: Cancer Facts for People Over 50; Age Page: Hormones After Menopause, Menopause; National Institutes of Health NIHSeniorHealth.gov;
  • Vision Health: HEALTHY VISION MONTH OBSERVED IN MAY - Focus on Eye Safety at Work is Everyone's Business;
  • Women's Health: Healthy Heart Handbook for Women; Recommended Screenings and Immunizations for Women at Average Risk for Most Diseases; Management of breast cancer in women. A national clinical guideline; OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG RALOXIFENE SHOWN TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS TAMOXIFEN IN PREVENTING INVASIVE BREAST CANCER; HISTORY OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES RAISES LIFELONG DIABETES RISK IN MOTHER AND CHILD;
  • Workplace Health: Costs of obesity to US businesses; Work Loss Data;
  • CT Public Health: HUSKY employers; CT ranks 4th among states in proportion of high cost Medicaid enrollees; Connecticut asthma rates up over US and New England;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Whatsnew.htm; http://www.bettycjung.net/Siteindex.htm
70June 15, 2006
  • Feedback from Readers - Amal Ahmed;
  • News You Can Use: Health Communication at ODPHP: Quick Guide to Health Literacy, Prevention Communication Research Database; Service Delivery Sites Locator; Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator;
  • Data: Health of U.S. Adults (2004) - Final; "Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2004"; Pediatric Quality Indicator Risk Adjustment Module (SAS Only); “Hospitals to ask more than usual patient data”; MEPS Data; New HCUP Fact Book on Procedures in U.S. Hospitals for 2003; New HCUP Statistical Briefs Are Available via the HCUP-US Website; Fiscal Year 2006 Update to CCS-CPT Beta Tools Is Now Available on HCUP-US; Statehealthfacts.org has recently added new data on Medicaid, Medicare, Health Status, Health Costs & Budgets, Providers and Service Use, HIV/AIDS, and Demographics & the Economy;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Management of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. A national clinical guideline; 2005 Update of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Practice Guideline Recommendations for Colorectal Cancer Surveillance: Guideline Summary; American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Guideline Recommendations for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Guideline Summary, Patient Guide: Follow-Up Care for Colorectal Cancer, Patient Guide: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early Stage Breast Cancer; Colon Cancer Follow-Up Sheet; Colorectal Cancer Surveillance: 2005 Update; American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Guideline Update Slide Set; Rectal Cancer Follow-Up Sheet. Cardiovascular Disease: ACC/AHA 2005 guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease (lower extremity, renal, mesenteric, and abdominal aortic); Deep venous thrombosis. Diabetes: Are You At Risk?; ONE-THIRD OF ADULTS WITH DIABETES STILL DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE IT; Hepatitis C Virus Infection Increases Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes; Thirty-year Study Of Complications From Type 1 Diabetes Finds No Improvement In Heart And Eye Disease Rates; New Gene Therapy Technique For Potential Treatment Of Type 1 Diabetes; Diabetes, Smoking are Risk Factors for Leg Artery Problems. Hypertension: Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients with asymptomatic hypertension in the emergency department. Stroke: Guidelines for prevention of stroke in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Council on Stroke. Tobacco: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR TOBACCO CESSATION UNDERUSED, PANEL SAYS;
  • Adolescent Health: BEHAVIORS MAY INDICATE RISK OF ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION;STUDY FINDINGS ON CORRELATES OF DIETING BEHAVIOR AMONG OVERWEIGHT AND NON-OVERWEIGHT ADOLESCENTS; PROGRAM TEACHES ADOLESCENTS HOW TO EVALUATE MEDIA MESSAGES AND MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES;
  • AIDS/HIV: STATEMENT OF ELIAS A. ZERHOUNI, M.D., JACK WHITESCARVER, PH.D., AND ANTHONY S. FAUCI, M.D., NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED REPORTS OF AIDS; HIV Testing and Additional Analysis of National Survey on HIV/AIDS; HIV infection; “Sentence in HIV case shows gravity of crime”; Anxiety disorders in patients with HIV/AIDS. Mental health care for people with HIV infection; GlobalHealthFacts.org; GlobalHealthReporting.org; "2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic";
  • Child Health: UNMET NEED AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AMONG CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
  • Consumer Health: Much Off-Label Prescribing; “A fatal freedom: deaths in motorcycle crashes on rise”; “‘Back-over’ fatalities are growing”; Common Screening and Diagnostic Tests; How to Read a Food Label;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Fact Sheet: CDC Makes Preparedness a Priority; Key Facts About Hurricane Readiness;
  • Drug Abuse: “New law spells out limits for drugged drivers”;
  • Genetics: Cystic fibrosis prenatal screening in genetic counseling practice: recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors; Genetic counseling for fragile X syndrome: updated recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors; Genetic evaluation and counseling of couples with recurrent miscarriage: recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors;
  • Healthcare Economics: The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) brochure; National Provider Identifiers (NPIs); MEDICARE POSTS HOSPITAL PAYMENT INFORMATION; Medicare Costs Projected to More than Double in Next 10 Years;
  • Healthcare Quality: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Inpatient Quality Indicators (Version 3), Patient Safety Indicators (Version 3.0a), Pediatric Quality Indicators, Prevention Quality Indicators (Version 3.0a); 2005 National Healthcare Quality Report(NHQR) and 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) are now online; 2006 National Patient Safety Goals Slideshow; FAQs for the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals; Joint Commission 2006 National Patient Safety Goals Implementation Expectations; National Patient Safety Goals: Implementation Tips for Eliminating Dangerous Abbreviations; Cultural Competence Works; The Provider's Guide to Quality & Culture;
  • Health Policy: “Informed consent waived in public crisis”;
  • Health Services: Section 1011: Federal Reimbursement of Emergency Health Services Furnished to Undocumented Aliens – An Update; New report ranks most valuable, highest impact preventive health care services;
  • HIPAA: AHIC Approves Recommendations for Advancing Health IT Priorities; AHIMA Survey Shows Need for Renewed Focus on Privacy Efforts; NIST Releases Standards for Security Logs; CMS Begins Batch Processing of NPIs;
  • Infectious Disease: Updated Interim Guidance for Laboratory Testing of Persons with Suspected Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus in the United States; Prevention & Control of Mumps in Healthcare Settings; updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the control and elimination of mumps; Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Embargo of Birds from Specified Countries; Avian Influenza: Current Situation; Antiviral Drugs and Influenza;
  • Maternal Child Health: PATERNAL AGE AS A RISK FACTOR FOR LOW BIRTHWEIGHT; ONLINE LEARNING TOOL FOCUSES ON PRIMARY CARE OFFICE SYSTEMS THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT; AUTHORS INVESTIGATE CO-OCCURING MATERNAL CONDITIONS AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN; NEW EDITION OF EPSDT KNOWLEDGE PATH AVAILABLE; CHILDREN'S MEDIA USE;
  • Men's Health: Screening Tests and Immunization Guidelines for Men;
  • Mental Health: Management of patients with dementia. A national clinical guideline; FEAR CIRCUIT FLARES AS BIPOLAR YOUTH MISREAD FACES;
  • Minority Health: FREE PUBLICATION HELPS OLDER HISPANICS IMPROVE DOCTOR/PATIENT COMMUNICATION:
  • Nutrition:MORE INFORMED APPROACH TO MULTIVITAMIN/MINERAL USE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION; Task Force Issues New Recommendations on Screening and Iron Supplementation for Iron Deficiency Anemia;Healthy Eating Tips; Bulimia Nervosa: A Summary of the Resource Guide for Family and Friends, Efficacy of Available Treatments Evidence Report,ECRI's Bulimia Nervosa Resource Guide for Family and Friends, Find a Treatment Center; Healthy Weight Menu Planner;
  • Obesity: OBESITY AMONG U.S. URBAN PRESCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND RELATIONSHIPS TO RACE, ETHNICITY, AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed: NEW ONLINE COURSE OFFERS INSIGHT INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN HEALTH;
  • School Health: Calories In, Calories Out: A Report on Food and Exercise in Public Elementary Schools; The Role of School Health Professionals in Preventing Childhood Overweight; InFocus: Body Mass Index for Children; NIH RELEASES THREE FREE CURRICULUM SUPPLEMENTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS; “Parents could be fined for school violence”;
  • Senior Health: EASY-TO-READ BOOKLETS ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, MEMORY LOSS OFFERED BY NIA; Management of patients with dementia. A national clinical guideline;
  • Women's Health: “U.S. approves use of vaccine for cervical cancer”; Four in 10 Women Face Partner Abuse and Health Problems; PREVALENCE, TYPES, AND CHRONICITY OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN ADULT WOMEN; May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month; Recommendations to improve preconception health and health care - United States; Understanding Cervical Cancer: A Woman's Guide; Understanding Endometrial Cancer: A Woman's Guide; Disaster or Emergency Preparedness Plan for Women; After Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Your Gynecologic Health; Obstetric cholestasis; Operative vaginal delivery; Placenta praevia and placenta praevia accreta: diagnosis and management; Shoulder dystocia; Breast Cancer: A Resource Guide for Minority Women; Emergency contraception; Symptoms of Serious Health Conditions; Adjuvant taxane therapy for women with early-stage, invasive breast cancer; Follow-up after primary therapy for endometrial cancer: a clinical practice guideline; Breathe Deeply;
  • CT Public Health: “Results of teen survey alarm state education leaders”;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web site: Report Cards http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm
71July 15, 2006
  • Good to Know: Hurricanes
  • Data: 1982-1986 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); EARLY RELEASE OF SELECTED ESTIMATES BASED ON DATA FROM THE 2005 NHIS; June 2006 Early Release of health insurance estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); Internet release of the 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data files;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Colorectal cancer surveillance; Prostate Cancer (PDQ[r]). Cardiovascular Disease: Your Guide to a Healthy Heart, Your Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease; ACC/AHA guideline update on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery. Diabetes: Race May Be Risk Factor For Insulin Resistance, Water And People With Diabetes - Three Reasons To Stay Hydrated, Children Of People With Diabetes Have Early Artery Disease, Blood Sugar Control Impacts Stroke Risk, Gene Variant May Predict Diabetes, Infections in Youth Linked to Diabetes, People with Diabetes Can "Pick Up the Pace" to Improve Health. Tobacco:Evidence on the effectiveness of community- and population-based efforts to prevent tobacco use and encourage smoking cessation, and on the impact of smokeless tobacco marketing; “Court: Smokers’ lawsuit over light cigarettes cannot carry class-action status” , “Surgeon General warns of secondhand smoke”
  • Adolescent Health: BOYFRIENDS, GIRLFRIENDS, AND ADOLESCENTS' RISK OF SEXUAL INVOLVEMENT; PRIORITY HEALTH-RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; EVALUATED ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY-PREVENTION PROGRAMS;
  • AIDS/HIV: “Liability for HIV infection”; “D.C. wants HIV testing for all residents 14 to 84”;
  • Alcohol Abuse: EARLY DRINKING LINKED TO HIGHER LIFETIME ALCOHOLISM RISK;
  • Child Health: “Cervical cancer vaccination for pre-teens”; Active healthy living: prevention of childhood obesity through increased physical activity; Ophthalmologic examinations in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss; A Parent's Guide to the "All Ears" Study; Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program: Frequently Asked Questions; Six Common Misconceptions about Vaccination and How to Respond to Them; Questions You May Want to Ask Your Child's Audiologist; Questions You May Want to Ask Your Child's Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Doctor; Questions You May Want to Ask Your Child's Speech-Language Pathologist; CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; NEW RESOURCES DESIGNED TO HELP SYSTEM OF CARE COMMUNITIES
  • Consumer Health: Recommendations for the use of laboratory tests to support poisoned patients who present to the emergency department;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Disaster Recovery Planning Tool; "Clean Hands Save Lives: Emergency Situations"; A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home; Mold Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes and Major Floods; Key Facts About Hurricane and Flood Recovery;
  • Drug Abuse: IMPACT OF METHAMPHETAMINE USE ON FAMILY WELL-BEING AND SYSTEMIC REFORMS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM;
  • Healthcare Economics: Average Sales Price (ASP) Medicare Part B Drugs pricing file; PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES;
  • Healthcare Quality: “Nonprofit, FDA seek to change doctors’ prescription habits”;
  • Health Policy: “Is mom a criminal for not allowing surgery on her son?”;
  • Healthy People 2010: Healthy Vision 2010 website, The Healthy Vision Community-Based Programs Database;
  • Infectious Disease: Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Embargo of Birds from Specified Countries; Prevention and Control of Influenza Pandemic Influenza News; “Unlicensed tattoo artists blamed for spread of superbug”;
  • Injury Prevention: Fireworks Injuries; High-Pressure Water Injection Injury Management; Pressure Water Washer Safety; “Bystanders can sue police over chases”; “Lawmakers divided on revisiting helmet law”;
  • Maternal Child Health: “Rabbis, state sign health rules”;
  • Mental Health: ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • Obesity: Obesity -- The New Frontier of Public Health Law;
  • School Health: “’Not it!’ More schools ban games at recess”; Dental toolkit;
  • Senior Health: NIHSeniorHealth Adds Information on Heart Attack; Osteoarthritis numbers expected to soar; Medicare to launch campaign on illness prevention; Medicare warns of scammers; "The Greening of Aging,"; CMS – Chronic diseases;
  • Women's Health: Women's Health - Take Control;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Logic Models and 1-page Annual Reports http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenomreports.htm , Evaluation Resources Page http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm
72August 15, 2006
  • News You Can Use: BEWARE OF "VISHING"; Mental Health Services Locator; Extreme Heat; Air Travel and Cruise Ships; 14 Top US Hospitals; MedWatch - Bismacine, also known as Chromacine; MedWatch - Triptans and SSRIs and SNRIs;
  • Data: MEPS HC-084: 2005 P9R3/P10R1 Population Characteristics; Research Findings No. 25: Trends in the Pharmaceutical Treatment of Hypertension, 1997 to 2003; Statistical Brief #127: Changes in Co-pays for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans, 1999-2003; Statistical Brief #128: Changes in Out-of-Pocket Maximum Limits for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans, 1999-2003; Statistical Brief #129: The Uninsured in America, First Half of 2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #130: The Uninsured in America, 1996-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #131: Health Insurance Status of Children in America, First Half 1996-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 18; Statistical Brief #132: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Large Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2004; Statistical Brief #133: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Small Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2004; Statistical Brief #134: Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage: Selection and Cost, 2004; Statistical Brief #135: State Differences in the Cost of Job-Related Health Insurance, 2004; Medicaid Managed Care; Medicare Drug Benefit Low-Income Subsidy Applications; State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs; Deaths; Employer-Based Health Premiums; Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs); Unemployment Rate; "Data companies challenge N.H. law";
  • Top Killers. Cancer: A Guide to Cancer Clinical Studies; Management of hepatocellular carcinoma; MOST AMERICANS DO NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW OFTEN TO GET CANCER SCREENING TESTS; Colorectal Cancer (PDQ[R]): Prevention (Health Professional Version); Colorectal cancer screening; Screening for skin cancer: a clinical practice guideline; Single-agent interleukin-2 in the treatment of metastatic melanoma: a clinical practice guideline.
    Cardiovascular Disease: Stable coronary artery disease (CAD) stats; Prevention of deep vein thrombosis; Coronary heart disease (CHD): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment; Prevention of venous thrombosis; Guidance on the use of drugs for early thrombolysis in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction; Congestive heart failure: hospital admission rate; Reformed Couch Potatoes Cut Heart Risk;
    Diabetes: New Airline Travel Security Information from ADA; Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for long-term complications; Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for short-term complications; Allowing Case Managers to Adjust Medications Doubles the Benefit of Diabetes Care; GENE VARIANT INCREASES RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES But Healthy Lifestyle Changes Reduce Genetic Risk; Sulfonylurea May Improve Glycemic Control In Some Infants With Diabetes; Annual Flu Shot Benefits Adults with Diabetes; Erectile Problems May Signal Future Heart Disease; Type 2 Diabetes Increases the Risk of Glaucoma in Women; Diabetes May Increase Alzheimer's Risk; Diet Can Cut Cancer, Diabetes Risk; PTA National Resolution Regarding School Diabetes Care; Exercise Plus Med Improves Diabetes Control; Drug Combo Works Well for Diabetes and High Lipids; Vegan Diet Reverses Diabetes Symptoms, Study Finds; Weight Lifting May Curb Diabetes Risk in Heavy Teens; Guidance on the use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion for diabetes;
    Hypertension: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension; Hypertension: hospital admission rate. Tobacco: NCI ANNOUNCES NEW SMOKE-FREE MEETING POLICY TO ADDRESS MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD;
  • Adolescent Health: UNIQUE HEALTH ISSUES AND HEALTH CARE COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUNG ADULTS; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE AND ADOLESCENT OVERWEIGHT AND ACTIVITY LEVELS; SUBSTANCE-ABUSE PROGRAMS THAT TREAT ADOLESCENTS;
  • AIDS/HIV: Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States; Personality disorders in patients with HIV/AIDS. Mental health care for people with HIV infection; HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM REACHING HISPANIC YOUTHS REDUCES RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS;
  • Alternative Medicine: "Law read to forbid use of ear staples by acupuncturists";
  • Child Health: ADOLESCENT BIRTH RATE FALLS TO RECORD LOW, KIDS' EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE DROPS; GUIDE PRESENTS BUDGET-BUILDING STEPS, TIPS, TOOLS, AND EXAMPLES FROM STATES AND COMMUNITIES;
  • Child Welfare: Child Maltreatment 2004: Summary of Key Findings; Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect: Signs and Symptoms; How Does the Child Welfare System Work?; Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Abuse and Neglect General Information Packet;
  • Consumer Health: Preventing Errors with Tablet Splitting; "Deaths spur debate about drugs made in pharmacies";
  • Continuing Ed Opps: Preventive Services Web-Based Training Courses; Infectious diseases; Mammography; Pap test and pelvic exam; Colorectal cancer screening; and Bone mass measurements; Initial preventive physical examinations; Diabetes screenings; Cardiovascular disease screenings; Diabetes self management training; Medical nutrition therapy and other diabetes supplies; Prostate, and glaucoma screenings;
  • Cultural Competence: Teaching Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Review of Current Concepts, Policies and Practices; Promoting Cultural and Linguistic Competency: Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Primary Health Care Services; Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports In Early Intervention and Early Childhood Settings; Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports to Children with Disabilities & Special Health Needs and their Families; Self-Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Services and Supports to Individuals and Families Affected by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Other Infant Death (SIDS/ID);
  • Disaster Preparedness: Pandemic Primer; "For those rebuilding in New Orleans, how high?";
  • Environmental Health: "Architect fined over deadly outbreak of disease"; CHEMICAL IN MANY AIR FRESHENERS MAY REDUCE LUNG FUNCTION;
  • Fitness: NHLBI OFFERS COMPLETE GUIDE TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR A HEALTHY HEART;
  • Healthcare Economics: Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2007 Payment Rates; Proposed CY 2007 Update to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Covered Procedures List; Proposed Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2008 Payment Rates; Medicare Administrative Contractors; and Reporting Hospital Quality Data for FY 2008 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Annual Payment Update Program -- HCAHPS(r) Survey, SCIP, and Mortality; Malpractice Damage Awards on Health Care Expenditures;
  • Healthcare Quality: Five Steps to Safer Health Care; 2007 Ambulatory Care/Office-Based Surgery National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Assisted Living National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Behavioral Health Care National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Disease-Specific Care National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Hospital/Critical Access Hospital National Patient Safety Goals; The Think Cultural Health Web site;FDA and ISMP Work to Stop Use of Ambiguous Medical Abbreviations; Harmful Medication Errors in Children; Institute of Medicine Releases a Report on Preventing Medication Errors; IOM report finds drug errors harm 1.5 million in US each year; It's About Time. Achieving benchmarks and best practices in wait time management; A Guide to Planning and Implementing Cultural Competence Organizational Self-Assessment; A Planner's Guide: Infusing Principles, Content and Themes Related to Cultural and Linguistic Competence into Meetings and Conferences;
  • Health Services: "Electronic Medical Record Use by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2005."; Adapting Your Practice: General Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Patients; "Fla. Supreme Ct. to decide whether cruise lines can be held liable for malpractice at sea"; Study finds communities with high ED use have fewer uninsured, Hispanic and noncitizens;
  • HIPAA: HIPAA Decision Tool;
  • Infectious Disease: Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Community-acquired pneumonia in adults; Immunizations; Avian Influenza; seasonal Influenza; Questions & Answers: Flu Shot, flu vaccine; Prevention and Control of Influenza;
  • Maternal Child Health: STATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE 3;
  • Men's Health: Men's Health Awareness Tool Kit;
  • Mental Health: Major depression in adults in primary care; Facility-assessment: Checklists for Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Checklists for Delirium;
  • Minority Health: Think Cultural Health: Bridging the Health Care Gap through Cultural Competency Continuing Education Programs; HEALTH OF FOREIGN-BORN NEW YORKERS; NHLBI SCIENTISTS FIND BLOOD TEST PREDICTS COMMON AND SEVERE COMPLICATION OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE, AND IDENTIFIES PATIENTS AT HIGHEST RISK OF DEATH;
  • Nutrition: Food allergy: a practice parameter; Lipid management in adults; Food Company Websites Feature Advergames, Viral Marketing, TV Ads, and Incentives for Product Purchases; Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements and Prevention of Chronic Disease;
  • Obesity: Obesity Surgery Complication Rates Higher Over Time;
  • Public Health Practice: Manager's Kit and User's Guide:
  • School Health: "More schools test for drugs";
  • Senior Health: August is National Immunization Awareness Month!; KEEP IT COOL WITH HOT WEATHER ADVICE FOR OLDER PEOPLE; NIHSENIORHEALTH ADDS INFORMATION ON HEART ATTACK; Savings needed for health care in retirement; *Greater Proportion of Older Men, Women Working, According to Updated Federal Report*; GENETIC CLUES TO A COMMON FORM OF AGE-RELATED DEMENTIA; SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA GENE;
  • Substance Abuse: Detoxification and substance abuse treatment: an overview of the psychosocial and biomedical issues during detoxification, co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions, physical detoxification services for withdrawal from specific substances, settings, levels of care, and patient placement;
  • Women's Health: RANDOMIZED TRIAL ASSESSES APPROACHES TO SCREENING FOR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS; Guidance on the use of vinorelbine for the treatment of advanced breast cancer; Guidance on the use of paclitaxel in the treatment of ovarian cancer; Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: 2006 position statement of The North American Menopause Society; MedWatch - Pregnant women and SSRIs; FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS' POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVING WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING;
  • Workplace Health: "Bosses can reject job-seekers just because they smoke";
  • CT Public Health: OHCA report finds ER rates up 7% from 2001;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Connecticut Public Health Resources http://www.bettycjung.net/Ct.htm
73September 15, 2006
  • News You Can Use: Ibuprofen and aspirin; Dexedrine; Ephedrine; Pocket PC version of the Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator; Clinical Guidelines for Physicians Treating Adults Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster; Half of Americans report problems paying medical and health insurance bills;
  • Data: 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report; Health Data for All Ages Web site; IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT REGIONAL ECONOMIES IN CHILDREN'S VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: REPORT TO THE NATION FINDS CANCER DEATH RATES CONTINUE TO DROP; LOWER CANCER RATES OBSERVED IN U.S. LATINO POPULATIONS; American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Patient Guide: Preventing Nausea and Vomiting Caused by Cancer Treatment' Antiemetics in Oncology: Update 2006 American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Slide Set; “Skin cancer is up; Tanning industry a target”. Cardiovascular Disease: American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Pocket Guideline: Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease; Coronary artery disease: angina without procedure hospital admission rate; ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease; Congestive heart failure; Shortness of breath--suspected cardiac origin; Suspected bacterial endocarditis; Disease management in heart failure: HFSA 2006 comprehensive heart failure practice guideline; Electrophysiologic testing and use of devices in heart failure: HFSA 2006 comprehensive heart failure practice guideline; Evaluation and management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure; Evaluation of patients for ventricular dysfunction and heart failure; Management of asymptomatic patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction; Management of heart failure in special populations: HFSA 2006 comprehensive heart failure practice guideline; Managing patients with hypertension and heart failure; Myocarditis: current treatment; Nonpharmacological management and health care maintenance of patients with chronic heart failure; Prevention of ventricular remodeling, cardiac dysfunction, and heart failure; Surgical approaches to the treatment of heart failure; Guidance on the use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes. Diabetes: Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for uncontrolled diabetes; Diabetes mellitus: lower-extremity amputation rate; Exercise Cuts Diabetes Risk in People with Big Waists; African Americans Have Poorer Diabetes Control Than Whites; Experts at International Congress on Obesity Warn of Deadly Global Pandemic; Traveling with Diabetes Supplies; Pre-pregnancy Care Cuts Risks For Diabetics; Ethnic Diets and Diabetes; Diabetes In Pregnancy Not A Health Motivator; Kids With Diabetes Often Have Heart Disease Risk Factors; Self-monitoring Doesn't Appear to Help People With Type 2 Diabetes; 'Night-Eating Syndrome' Risky For People Living With Diabetes ; Chromium May Help Control Diabetes; Poor Diabetes Control Tied To Cognitive Difficulty; Cardiovascular Risk Models Inaccurate for People with Type 1 Diabetes; Safe Needle Disposal; DIABETES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. High Cholesterol: What is High Blood Cholesterol? High Blood Cholesterol, What you Need to Know; Live Healthier/Live Longer. Tobacco: “Tobacco and alcohol ads are hard to escape”; “Cigarettes pack more nicotine”.
  • Adolescent Health: U.S. ADOLESCENTS' USE OF CONTRACEPTION; ADOLESCENT PERCEPTION OF SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; NATIONAL DATA ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF YOUNG ADULTS; 1990S DECLINE IN FERTILITY AMONG BLACK ADOLESCENTS; Radio alcohol ads played for youths;
  • AIDS/HIV: 2006 United Kingdom national guideline on the sexual health of people with HIV: sexually transmitted infections;
  • Consumer Health: Take a Loved One for a Checkup Day: 2006 Checkup Day Toolkit; Immunizations Toolkit; “FDA weighs oversight of body parts trade”; Preventing Infections in the Hospital - What You Can Do: A Consumer Fact Sheet; Medication management guideline;
  • Cultural Competence: Getting Started...and Moving On: Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Culturally and Linguistically Competency for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Families. Implications for Systems of Care; Getting Started: Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Culturally and Linguistically Competent Service Delivery Systems for Children with Special Health Needs and their Families. Implications for Policy Makers and Administrators;
  • Ethics: Using inmates in drug trials;
  • Genomics: NIH RESEARCHERS COMPLETE UNPRECEDENTED GENETIC STUDY THAT MAY HELP IDENTIFY PEOPLE MOST AT RISK FOR ALCOHOLISM;
  • Healthcare Access: PARENTAL ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS;
  • Healthcare Economics: Tool Kit for the Uninsured and Underinsured; “California looks to copy Canada’s health system”; Federal funding cuts – Medicare cuts to physicians, Medicaid cuts to hospitals and nursing homes -- despite spending slowdown; Think You Don’t Need an NPI? Think Again;
  • Healthcare Quality: 2007 Health Care Network National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Home Care National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Laboratory Services National Patient Safety Goals; 2007 Long Term Care National Patient Safety Goals; Facts about the 2007 National Patient Safety Goals; Majority of Physicians Would Disclose Medical Errors to Patients, but Struggle with What to Say;
  • Health Services: Integrated Care Program Design, Rate Setting, and Risk Adjustment: A Checklist for States; Integrated Care Program: Performance Measures Recommendations;
  • HIPAA: Aol's Release of Search Records; More Physicians Using Electronic Medical Records;
  • Infectious Disease: PandemicFlu.gov en Español; WHO Case Definitions for Human Infections with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus; DOI, USDA, State Partners Test More Than 13,000 Wild Migratory Birds in Alaska; “The peril in pedicures: Dirty foot spas”; “Skin scourge”; Pandemicflu.gov; Prevention and control of tuberculosis in correctional and detention facilities: recommendations from CDC; Prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants and children. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Human Plague — Four States, 2006;
  • Maternal Child Health: NEW WEB FEATURE PROVIDES EASIER ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON SIDS AND INFANT DEATH; Clinical genetic evaluation of the child with mental retardation or developmental delays; Update of newborn screening and therapy for congenital hypothyroidism;
  • Men's Health: OBESITY IN MEN LINKED TO INFERTILITY;
  • Mental Health: Practice guideline for the psychiatric evaluation of adults; Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with eating disorders; Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with substance use disorders;
  • Minority Health: Two reports on racial and ethnic disparities – preventable hospitalizations and insurance coverage;
  • Nutrition: Choose Foods With 0 Grams Trans Fat;
  • Obesity: OVERWEIGHT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD INCREASES CHANCES FOR OBESITY AT AGE 12;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: NHANES Tutorial;
  • Senior Health: 'Gradient of Disability' Linked to Household Income of Older Adults; NIHSENIORHEALTH ADDS INFORMATION ON PAGET'S DISEASE OF BONE;
  • Women's Health: The management of severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia; American Cancer Society: Breast Cancer; Mammograms and Other Breast Imaging Procedures; Chemotherapy Complications Greater Than Previously Estimated;
  • Workplace Health: BIPOLAR DISORDER EXACTS TWICE DEPRESSION'S TOLL IN WORKPLACE;
  • CT Public Health: Consumer Reports finds nursing home care not improved 20 years after passage of federal consumer protections; 394,000 CT residents lack health insurance in 2005; need for medical interpreters among CT Medicaid consumers; Aetna allows CT members access to price and quality data for physician services;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Movies about Public Health Issues http://www.bettycjung.net/Pch201assignments.htm
74October 15, 2006
  • News You Can Use: FDA News re: Coumadin; SAMHSA Cites ADHD Medication Misuse; Turn Clocks Back October 29;
  • Data: "Staffing, Capacity, and Ambulance Diversion in Emergency Departments: United States, 2003-04; CHARTBOOK PROVIDES DATA ON OVERWEIGHT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: Tests for Heart Failure; US could save $1 billion each year by cutting copays for cholesterol-lowering drugs; Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis;AHA/ACC guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update.
    Diabetes. Statement of the American Diabetes Association on the New York City Health Department's Proposal to Phase Out Artificial Trans Fat in All Restaurants; Big Waist, Heavy Weight Both Raise Diabetes Risk; Islet Cell Transplant Initially Helps Control Type 1 Diabetes; Diabetes is Now Diagnosed in 1 in 523 Young People' Weight Loss is the Best Way to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes; Blood Pressure Drug Could Cause 8,000 Diabetes Cases a Year in Britain; Taking Preventive Medications Curbs Diabetes Risk; High Blood Pressure, Diabetes Cut Heart's Reserve; Eye Disease Often Progresses in Blacks with Diabetes; Sleep Loss May Hinder Diabetes Control; Type 2 Diabetes That Develops Early More Likely To Worsen; Type 2 Diabetes Could Cripple Health Budgets, Says Expert; Stopping Basal Insulin Cuts Hypoglycemia During Exercise in Children with Diabetes; Many People with Diabetes Risk Health by Not Taking Meds; Women with type 2 Diabetes May Have Increased Risk of Breast Cancer; Women with Type 2 Diabetes have Increased Risk of Macrovascular Disease Compared to Men;
    High Blood Pressure. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION ADDED TO NIHSENIORHEALTH. Tobacco. NIDA ANNOUNCES SMOKE-FREE MEETING POLICY; NEW CAMPAIGN, FEATURING SMOKERS' PERSONAL STORIES, ENCOURAGES TOBACCO USERS TO "BE A QUITTER"; Reduction in the incidence of AMI associated with a citywide smoking ordinance; “Smoking no longer très chic in France ”; “Tobacco and alcohol ads are hard to escape”.
  • Alcohol Abuse. “Crashes may rise when alcohol sales ban is lifted”; “Federal agency warns that alcohol test isn’t 100% reliable”;
  • Adolescent Health. ANALYSIS INVESTIGATES EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL RADIO ADVERTISING AMONG UNDERAGE YOUTH;
  • AIDS/HIV. “ U.S. urges HIV tests for adults and teenagers”;Revised recommendations for HIV testing of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women in health-care settings; “Federal policy calling for more HIV testing poses a unique challenge in New York”;
  • Child Health: FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS HAVE MORE INFLUENCE ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT THAN DOES EXPERIENCE IN CHILD CARE; Teen Health Kit for Parents; Children's Environmental Health Tips Calendar; Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (HealthySEAT); OPPORTUNITIES FOR STATES TO PREVENT INJURY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • Consumer Health: “Another reason the city never sleeps: more bedbugs”;
  • Environmental Health: “New EPA rules on soot and dust set”;
  • Food Outbreaks: Nationwide E. Coli O157:H7 Outbreak: Questions & Answers;
  • Healthcare Economics: Individual insurance is too expensive or not available at all for 89% of Americans who consider buying it;
  • Health Literacy: FINDINGS FROM ASSESSMENT OF ADULT HEALTH LITERACY;
  • Healthcare Quality: Medical Interns Finds Majority Exceed Work Hour Limits; A Second Study Finds a Link Between Needle Stickinjuries and Long Shifts; Medicare Pays Hospitals $300 Million a Year for Treating Adverse Events, but Payments Cover Less than One-Third of Additional Costs; Public’s Views of Medical Errors and Quality of Care; A SCORECARD FOR U.S. HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE;
  • Health Policy: Study finds an empirical link between political ideology and health outcomes;
  • HIPAA: Significant Privacy Breaches from Outsourcing Federal Health Services;
  • Infectious Disease: “Nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements”; “New rules target petting zoos”; Infectious Diseases Society of America practice guidelines for clinical assessment, treatment and prevention of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis; Influenza: Prevention and Control;
  • Maternal Child Health: NEW FOLIC ACID BROCHURE;
  • Men's Health: Locally advanced (high-risk) prostate cancer; Node-positive prostate cancer; Testosterone therapy in adult men with androgen deficiency syndromes: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline;
  • Mental Health: Depression, It's Treatable; Start Talking Before They Start Drinking: A Family Guide; Depression: management of depression in primary and secondary care; “Sexual abuses by health-care professionals spur new rules”;
  • Minority Health: New Test Measures Spanish-Speaking Patients' Understanding of Basic Medical Terminology; HISPANICS FACE GREATER BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE IN "NEW GROWTH COMMUNITIES";
  • Nutrition: HOW FEMALE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS INTERPRET WEIGHT-LOSS ADS; “ New York City plans limits on restaurants’ use of trans fats”; “The war over salt”;
  • Public Health Practice: ESTABLISHING A VOLUNTARY NATIONAL ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS;
  • School Health: Student Absenteeism; “Teacher’s suicide attempt prompts morality debate”; Walk to School in October: Getting Started; EFFECT OF MATERNAL DEPRESSION AND VIOLENCE EXPOSURE ON CHILD SCHOOL FUNCTIONING;
  • Senior Health: Fall management guideline;
  • Special Needs: Communicating With and About People with Disabilities; Focus on Ability: Interviewing Applicants with Disabilities; Opening Doors to All Candidates: Tips for Ensuring Access for Applicants with Disabilities;
  • Women's Health: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool; Get a Mammogram: Do It for Yourself, Do It for Your Family; Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis;
  • Workplace Health: WORKPLACE-BASED PROGRAM FOR PARENTS TO PROMOTE ADOLESCENT SEXUAL HEALTH;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. What's New Page http://www.bettycjung.net/Whatsnew.htm
75November 15, 2006
  • News You Can Use: FDA - Counterfeit One Touch Basic/Profile and One Touch Ultra Blood Glucose Test Strips, acetaminophen recall; Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS);
  • Data: CHILD HEALTH USA 2005; Health Data for All Ages updates; Injury mortality: US/State, 2001-2003 (Source: NVSS); Monitoring the Future (MTF) updates; Statehealthfacts.org Updates;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: Heart Profilers,Lipids, Guidelines on the management of stable angina pectoris,Heart failure in adults. Diabetes: November is American Diabetes Month, FTC and FDA Act Against Internet Vendors of Fraudulent Diabetes Cures and Treatments,NIDDK DEBUTS NEWLY DESIGNED WEBSITE, Type 1 diabetes in adults, Managing Hyperglycemia In Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity Pill May Treat Diabetes, U.S. FDA OKs New Drug for Diabetes, Diabetes May Up Risk Of Death After Heart Bypass, Whole Grains Cut Diabetes Risk For Black Women, Women with Diabetes Who Breast-feed Lower Child's Obesity Risk, Stem cells may make insulin cells, Erectile Dysfunction Seen as Diabetes Marker in Younger Men, Coffee Reduces Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes, Smoking Harms Kidney Function In Type 2 People With Diabetes, Any Exercise Can Improve Diabetes Control, Statin Therapy Aids Heart Patients With Diabetes, Optimizing The Management of Diabetic Neuropathy.
  • Adolescent Health: THE PUBLIC COSTS OF ADOLESCENT CHILDBEARING; GENDER, AGE, AND BEHAVIOR DIFFERENCES IN EARLY ADOLESCENT WORRY;
  • AIDS/HIV: HIV Testing Laws Compendium; Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents;
  • Alcohol Abuse: “Wine bottles to get health danger labels”; “Alcohol, a car and a fatality. Is it murder?”
  • Bioethics: Thousands got parts stolen from cadavers;
  • Consumer Health: Adults' access to preventive/ambulatory health services; Children and adolescents' access to primary care practitioners; Check Your Medicines: Tips for Taking Medicines Safely; Election-Year Disconnect on Health;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Public Health Emergency Legal Response Website; Isolation and Quarantine Toolkit;
  • Environmental Health: “Senate hearing examines oversight of greens”; “Court rebuffs a suit linking mold to illness”; “E.U. sets stage for showdown on chemicals”;
  • Epidemiology: Spatial confidentiality and GIS: Re-engineering mortality locations;
  • Family Health: A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free;
  • Fitness: Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool;
  • Healthcare Economics: CMS.gov news; Problems Americans Are Having Because of Health Care Costs;
  • Health Literacy: Comparing different media on the same story supporting excellence in health & medical news reporting; health care plan descriptions written at first year of college reading level on average;
  • Health Policy: The Role of Law Enforcement in Public Health Emergencies: Special Considerations for an All-Hazards Approach;
  • Homelessness: FirstStep;
  • Infectious Disease: New immunizations for adults; Use of antibiotics in adults; Flu season is here!
  • Maternal Child Health: THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH; WELL-CHILD CARE CHANGE IDEAS; LIBRARY CREATES PORTAL TO MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HISTORY MATERIALS; INFORMATION ABOUT NON-MATERNAL CHILD CARE AND ITS LINKS TO CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT; PROGRESS TOWARD ACHIEVING MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 OBJECTIVES; CONTRIBUTION OF PRETERM BIRTH TO INFANT MORTALITY RATES;Postpartum care; Timeliness of prenatal care; CMHI Medical Home Improvement Kit;
  • Minority Health: IMPACT OF SCHOOL-BASED DATING-VIOLENCE-PREVENTION PROGRAM AMONG LATINO ADOLESCENTS;
  • Nutrition: RISKS AND BENEFITS OF FISH INTAKE; MyPyramid Food Guidance System Education Framework; 5 A Day for better health; “Denmark leads the way in banning killer fat”;
  • Pain Management: Pain management guideline;
  • Public Health Practice: PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES; NIDA SPEEDS TRANSFER OF RESEARCH FINDINGS INTO CLINICAL TOOLS;
  • School Health: “Teaching kids to fight back against classroom invaders”; “Kids’ snack food modeled after state law”; ADOLESCENT HEALTH CURRICULUM LAUNCHED TO ENHANCE PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING; BodyWise Handbook: Eating Disorders Information for Middle School Personnel;
  • Senior Health: Alcohol, Medication and Older Adults: For Those Who Care About or Care for an Older Adult; At Any Age, It Does Matter: Substance Abuse and Older Adults (for Professionals); It Won't Happen to Me: Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women (for Those Who Are Concerned About the Issue); Out of the Shadows: Uncovering Substance Use and Elder Abuse; Management of urinary incontinence in older adults; Physical activity in older adults: percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older;
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Cervical cancer screening for women who attend STD clinics or have a history of STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Clinical prevention guidance. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Congenital syphilis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Diseases characterized by genital ulcers. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Diseases characterized by urethritis and cervicitis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Diseases characterized by vaginal discharge. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Ectoparasitic infections. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Epididymitis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Hepatitis C. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; HIV infection: detection, counseling, and referral. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; HPV infection and genital warts. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Management of patients who have a history of penicillin allergy. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Pelvic inflammatory disease. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Proctitis, proctocolitis, and enteritis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States; Sexual assault and STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Special populations. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Vaccine preventable STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006; Chlamydia Testing and Treatment;
  • Substance Abuse: Too Smart to Start Implementation Guide; Environmental Strategies for Prevention. A Guide To Helping the Prevention Professional Work Effectively in the Community; Silence Hurts: Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women (for Professionals); The ABCs of Bullying. Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression;
  • Women's Health: Hospital admissions for breast cancer fell by a third between 1997 and 2004; Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women; GirlsHealth.gov;
  • Workplace Health: Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace: Special Issues; Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace: Training & Educational Materials;
  • CT Public Health: Medical discount cards in CT – an update; needs and costs to provide medical translation services in Medicaid; Aetna and CT Dept. of Insurance sued over very limited coverage health plans; One CT HMO ranks among best in US News annual report;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Whatsnew.htm
76December 15, 2006
  • News You Can Use: Holidays the Healthy Way; Graduated Driver Licensing Tool Kit; REMEMBER 3:1:1 THIS HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON; Information Regarding Polonium-210 Involved in Recent Events in the United Kingdom;
  • Data: 2006 EDITION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA BOOK; NEW CHARTBOOK HIGHLIGHTS FINDINGS ON THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS RESIDING IN RURAL AREAS; The Internet release of the older NHIS data; Health, United States, 2006 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on PAIN; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA); Statehealthfacts.org - Medicare, Medicaid, Health Status, HIV/AIDS, Providers and Service Use, and Demographics and the Economy; Statehealthfacts.org updates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Improving outcomes in children and young people with cancer; Survey of Families Affected by Cancer Shows People With and Without Health Insurance Often Suffer Serious Financial Hardships. Cardiovascular Disease: Risk of Death or Heart Attack with Drug-Eluting Stents Appears to be Lower with Longer Use of Anti-Clotting Treatment; Management of Dyslipidemia Algorithms;Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.); Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) for African Americans; Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) Community Action Tool Kit; Clinical stress testing in the pediatric age group; Primary prevention of ischemic stroke: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council. Diabetes: The real deal on chocolate; Adult diabetes clinical practice guidelines; Job Burnout May Raise Type 2 Diabetes Risk; Anemia Often Develops In People With Type 2 Diabetes; Antioxidant Eases Diabetic Nerve Pain; Benefits Of Diabetes Drug Don't Depend On Weight; People With Diabetes Often Rate Their Health As Fair Or Poor; Cardiometabolic Risk: The New Paradigm in Diabetes Management. Tobacco: NIDA RESEARCHERS COMPLETE UNPRECEDENTED SCAN OF HUMAN GENOME THAT MAY HELP UNLOCK THE GENETIC CONTRIBUTION TO TOBACCO ADDICTION;
  • Adolescent Health: Helping America's Youth: Care, Connect, Commit!; Helping America's Youth: Community Assessment; Helping America's Youth: Community Partnerships;Helping America's Youth: Program Tool;
  • AIDS/HIV: WORLD AIDS DAY; New Data on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States; Updated fact sheet on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States; Updated fact sheet on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic;
  • Alcohol Abuse: Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA);
  • Consumer Health: Adult Preventive Care Timeline; A consensus document on bowel preparation before colonoscopy; Quality indicators for colonoscopy; Quality indicators for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Quality indicators for endoscopic ultrasonography; Quality indicators for esophagogastroduodenoscopy; The role of endoscopy in patients with chronic pancreatitis;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Report says most states still aren't prepared for major emergencies; AHRQ Information on Mass Casualty Care;
  • Genomics: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH LAUNCHES "HEALTH INFORMATION RX PROGRAM" ON NEWBORN SCREENING AND RELATED GENETIC DISORDERS;
  • Healthcare Economics: National Survey: Americans' Views on Health Care and Options for Reform; Pay-for-Performance Incentives Adopted by Half of U.S. HMOs, but Use Depends on Health Plan Type, Physician Payment Arrangements; The Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet;
  • Health Services: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2006: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; New Report on Residential Care and Assisted Living; PRIMARY CARE IN SEVEN COUNTRIES;
  • HIPAA: "Health hazard: computers spilling your history";
  • Infectious Disease: Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157 Infection; E. coli Resources for Clinicians; (1) Immunizations. (2) Immunizations update;
  • Influenza: 1918 flu epidemic teaching valuable lessons;
  • Maternal Child Health: NEW CHARTBOOK HIGHLIGHTS FINDINGS ON THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS RESIDING IN RURAL AREAS; 2007 Folic Acid Campaign Materials Released; Bone Up on Bone Loss! Exercise to Build Healthy Bones!; Building Strong Bones: Calcium Information for Health Care Providers; For Strong Bones...For Lifelong Health...Milk Matters; Lactose Intolerance: Information for Health Care Providers; Milk Matters; Safe Sleep For Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (African American Outreach); Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Ten Ways to Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (General Outreach); POPULATION-LEVEL CHANGES IN FOLATE INTAKE;
  • Men's Health: Fewer Risk Factors in Midlife Linked to Healthier, Longer Lives for Men; (1) The management of erectile dysfunction: an update. (2) 2006 addendum;
  • Minority Health: YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS AT HIGH RISK FOR HIV, STDS EVEN IN ABSENCE OF HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS; ACCULTURATION AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONG LATINO YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES;
  • Nutrition: Tastes so good but it's so bad;"New York bans most trans fats in restaurants";"From iguanas to armadillos, state cracks down on mystery meats"; NEW TOOL TO USE THE NUTRITION FACTS LABEL; "Make Your Calories Count"; MyPyramid Tracker; MyPyramid USDA's New Food Guidance System;
  • Obesity: Hospital stays of obese patients;
  • Public Health Practice: RESOURCE CENTER LAUNCHED TO PROMOTE INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION; THE PUBLIC ROLES OF U.S. PHYSICIANS; The Health Manager's Toolkit;
  • Senior Health: NEW, EASY-TO-READ BOOKLET OFFERS COLD-WEATHER TIPS FOR OLDER ADULTS; STRUCTURED EXERCISE PROGRAM MAY ENHANCE SENIORS' PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING;
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases: The ethics and politics of compulsory HPV vaccination;
  • Women's Health: New Women & Diabetes Web site; 2006 EDITION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA BOOK; Screening Tests and Immunizations Guidelines for Women; From High 2 Low: Food, Family & Cholesterol Tool Kit; Radiotherapy for breast cancer in countries with limited resources: program implementation and evidence-based recommendations;
  • Workplace Health: Ankle & foot (acute & chronic); Burns; Carpal tunnel syndrome (acute & chronic); Elbow (acute & chronic); Eye; Forearm, wrist, & hand (acute & chronic); Head; Hernia; Hip & pelvis (acute & chronic); Knee & leg (acute & chronic); Low back - lumbar & thoracic (acute & chronic); Neck and upper back (acute & chronic); Pain (chronic); Shoulder (acute & chronic); Stress related conditions and other mental disorders; Ankle and foot complaints; Elbow complaints; Eye; Forearm, wrist and hand complaints; Knee complaints; Low back complaints; Neck and upper back complaints; Shoulder complaints; Stress-related conditions; The Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage; BENEFITS TO EMPLOYERS OUTWEIGH ENHANCED DEPRESSION-CARE COSTS; Depression;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Wishing all a blessed Christmas and wonderful New Year http://www.bettycjung.net/Greetings.htm
77January 15, 2007
  • News you can use: The CDC HIV/AIDS Hotline; three deaths in US infants aged less than 12 months associated with cough and cold medications.
  • Data: Health of U.S. Adults (2005); MEPS HC-085I: Appendix to MEPS 2004 Event Files Release Date: November 2006; MEPS HC-087: 2004 Medical Conditions File Release Date: November 2006; MEPS HC-088: 2004 Person Round Plan Public Use File Release Date: November 2006; 2004 Insurance Component - Metro Area Tables; 2004 Quality of Care Tables; 2004 Medical Expenditure Tables; 2004 Medical Expenditures by Condition Tables, including a new table on source of payment; 2004 Access to Care Tables; 2004 MEPS Household Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top 10 Drugs; 2004 MEPSnet/Household Component Data; Statistical Brief # 147: Children Living with Adult Smokers, United States, 2004; Statistical Brief #148: A Comparison of Person Characteristics and Reported Conditions for Adult Medicare Beneficiaries with High and Low Annual Prescription Medicine Expenditures, 2003; Statistical Brief #149: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #150: Offer Rates, Take-Up Rates, Premiums, and Employee Contributions for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2004; Statistical Brief #151: Estimates of Health Care Expenditures for the 10 Largest States, 2004; Statistical Brief #152: Asthma Treatment and Management among the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #153: The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for the Medicare Population Age 65 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #154: The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #155: Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans That Required No Employee Contribution to the Premium Cost, 1998-2004; Statistical Brief #156: Dental Expenditures in the 10 Largest States, 2004;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Chemotherapy for recurrent, metastatic, or persistent cervical cancer: a clinical practice guideline; Chemotherapy for relapsed small cell lung cancer: a clinical practice guideline; Cross-sectional diagnostic imaging in lung cancer; Cross-sectional imaging in colorectal cancer; Diagnostic imaging in breast cancer; Diagnostic imaging in lymphoma; Diagnostic imaging in the assessment of metastatic and recurrent ovarian cancer; Ibritumomab tiuxetan in lymphoma: a clinical practice guideline; Interleukin-2 in the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic renal cell cancer: a clinical practice guideline; The role of gemcitabine in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer; The role of intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of women with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer: a clinical practice guideline; The role of porfimer sodium (Photofrin™) in the ablation of high-grade dysplasia associated with Barrett's esophagus; The role of porfimer sodium (Photofrin™) in the palliative treatment of esophageal cancer.
    Cardiovascular Disease: Hypertension guidelines. Diabetes:Diabetics confront a tangle of workplace laws; Diabetes mellitus; Joslin Diabetes Center & Joslin Clinic clinical nutrition guideline for overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes or those at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes; Diabetes Epidemic Out of Control; Impact of Soda in Childhood Seen in Adolescence; Diabetes, Heart Associations Align Fight Against Heart Disease; Coffee Drinkers Show Lower Diabetes Risk; Constant Glucose Monitoring Helps Control Type 1 Diabetes; Follow-up Often Lacking After Gestational Diabetes; Some Advantages Seen with Rosiglitazone as Initial Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes; World Diabetes Bill Skyrockets As Disease Spreads; Diabetes Growing Rapidly Among Children; Noninvasive Test Assesses Diabetes Vascular Damage; Exercise or Diet Both Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk.
    Tobacco: Court helps ill smokers filing individual suits; Smoking cessation; Updated recommendations are also included in a guideline synthesis; Secondhand Smoke Posters; The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General;
  • Adolescent Health: FACT SHEETS ON SUICIDE AND MORTALITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; HISTORIC LOW IN OVERALL ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY RATE; Shifts to Prescription, OTC Drugs in Teens; Media Multitasking Among Young People; Media Multitasking Among American Youth: Prevalence, Predictors and Pairings"
  • AIDS/HIV: Updated HIV Fact Sheets;
  • Asthma: NEW EDITION OF ASTHMA KNOWLEDGE PATH AVAILABLE;
  • Consumer Health: 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals;
  • Drug Abuse: NIDA-SPONSORED SURVEY SHOWS DECREASE IN ILLICIT DRUG USE AMONG NATION'S TEENS BUT PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE REMAINS HIGH;
  • Family Health: Caregiver assessment: principles, guidelines and strategies for change; Medicines In My Home; Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Medication Safety Self AssessmentT for Community/Ambulatory Pharmacy; Adult low back pain; Domestic violence; Routine prenatal care;
  • Healthcare Economics: City Vs. City: When It Comes to Health Insurance Costs, Geography Matters;The Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet; Quick Reference Information: Medicare Immunization Billing chart; Health Insurance Coverage; KAISER/HEWITT SURVEY OF LARGE EMPLOYERS FINDS MOST INTEND TO MAINTAIN DRUG COVERAGE FOR MEDICARE RETIREES IN 2007 AND 2008 Out-of-Pocket Costs for Retirees Continue to Rise for Employer Health Coverage;
  • Healthcare Quality: The Guide to Managing for Quality; TeamSTEPPS - Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance Patient Safety; CAHPS Health Plan Survey and Reporting Kit 2007; Ambulatory EHR Time Motion Tool;
  • Health Literacy: “Language issues adds challenge to emergency planning”;
  • Health Services: Summary of recommendations for clinical preventive services; Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide; Remaking American Medicine...Health Care for the 21st Century; Leadership Guide; Physicians' Extended Work Shifts Associated With Increased Risk of Medical Errors That Harm Patients; Trend Data for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Programs;
  • Infectious Disease: (1) Prevention and control of meningococcal disease. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Tuberculosis: clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measures for its prevention and control;
  • Maternal Child Health: New Evidence Report on Methods for Toilet Training Is Available;
  • Mental Health: MENTAL HEALTH NATIONAL ANTI-STIGMA CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE; EVALUATION OF STATE CHILD HEALTH SCREENING, REFERRAL, AND TREATMENT EFFORTS;
  • Men's Health: Screening for Prostate Cancer: Sharing the Decision Slide Set;
  • Minority Health: INFLUENCE OF MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN AND GLUCOSE TOLERANCE ON INFANT BIRTHWEIGHT IN A LATINO POPULATION;
  • Nutrition: Three Steps to Initiate Discussion About Weight Management with Your Patients; Tips to Weight Loss Success; Nutrition support in adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition;
  • Oral Health: RESOURCES ON MATERNAL ORAL HEALTH GUIDANCE AND CARE COMPILED;
  • Pain Management: SAMHSA Releases New Issue of Substance Abuse in Brief Fact Sheet on Pain Management;
  • School Health: EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL-BASED INFLUENZA VACCINATION;
  • Senior Health: MENTAL EXERCISE HELPS MAINTAIN SOME SENIORS' THINKING SKILLS; NIHSENIORHEALTH ADDS INFORMATION ON DEPRESSION; NEW BRAIN IMAGING COMPOUND SHOWS PROMISE FOR EARLIER DETECTION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE;
  • Women's Health: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2006 update of the breast cancer follow-up and management guidelines in the adjuvant setting; Cervical Cancer Detailed Guide; Thinking About Testing for HPV? Information for Women Considering Testing for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV); Genomic Tests for Ovarian Cancer Detection and Management; Herbal Supplement Fails to Relieve Hot Flashes in Large NIH Trial; REDUCED LEVELS OF FAT IN THE DIET MAY DECREASE THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE ACCORDING TO NEW CLINICAL TRIAL; Endometriosis Awareness Month Tool Kit; Excessive Menstrual Bleeding Tool Kit; Take 10 for Breast Cancer Awareness Tool Kit; Take 10 for Your Heart Tool Kit; Uterine Health Tool Kit; Your Guide to Uterine Health;
  • CT Public Health: CT hospital funds for the uninsured – 2005; Governor unveils plan to cover CT’s uninsured; Uninsured CT hospitalizations grew by 10% from 2001 to 2005; Significant health challenges facing CT Latinos; 26,000 new uninsured CT residents from 2004 to 2006;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Wellness Outline;
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  • News You Can Use: Welcome USA.gov; FDA - Aranesp, Heparin products, Ketek;
  • Data: Statehealthfacts.org;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Too Few Americans Being Screened, Counseled to Prevent Colorectal Cancer, Obesity, Other Conditions;
    Cardiovascular Disease February is American Heart Month; In 2004, Americans spent $32 billion on cardiovascular drugs; Moving into Action: Promoting Heart-Healthy and Stroke-Free Communities; The Duke Heart Center Dosing Guide 2005: Dosing of Selected Cardiovascular Medications for Adults; Providing free medications after heart attacks would save $5,974 per person; Heart failure stats; Hypertension stats; VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for the management of dyslipidemia; Chronic Heart Failure: Stoplight Tools for Patients; Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes; Myocardial infarction; Act In Time to Heart Attack Signs; Secondary prevention of coronary artery disease clinical practice guidelines; Heart failure - systolic dysfunction;
    Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
    Diabetes: STUDY TESTS ORAL INSULIN TO PREVENT TYPE 1 DIABETES; MORE THAN 100,000 NEW YORKERS FACE COMPLICATIONS DUE TO SERIOUSLY OUT-OF-CONTROL DIABETES; Diabetes: Stoplight Tools For Patients; Diabetic foot disorders: a clinical practice guideline; Iron-rich Foods Raise Heart Risks for People with Diabetes; Depression a Strong Risk Factor for ED Among Diabetic Men; Americans Not Getting Enough Preventive Health Care; ED Drugs Okay For Men With Diabetes; Most People With Type 2 Diabetes Don't Exercise; Half The Country Has Diabetes Gene; More Fast Food Meals Mean More Excess Weight;
    High Cholesterol: Updated guideline synthesis on Lipid Screening in the Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Adults;
    Stroke: MRI MORE SENSITIVE THAN CT IN DIAGNOSING MOST COMMON FORM OF ACUTE STROKE;
    Tobacco: Nicotine boost was deliberate; “No smoking in the theater, especially onstage”; “Cutting back on smokers’ liberté”; Tobacco money -- hard habit for states to kick”; Still Smoking? Cigarettes are eating you alive;
  • Adolescent Health: CONTRIBUTION OF ABSTINENCE AND IMPROVED CONTRACEPTIVE USE TO RECENT DECLINES IN ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY;
  • AIDS/HIV: AIDSinfo Drug Database; AIDSinfo Translation Tool; HIV During Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, and After Birth: Health Information Fact Sheets for HIV Positive Pregnant Women; Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected patients with mental health disorders;
  • Alternative Medicine: Acupuncture and electroacupuncture: evidence-based treatment guidelines;
  • Asthma: Asthma: Stoplight Tools for Patients; Global strategy for asthma management and prevention;
  • Children Health: LAVENDER AND TEA TREE OILS MAY CAUSE BREAST GROWTH IN BOYS; The Center for Children with Special Needs Birth Defects Toolkit; Caring for Children With ADHD: A Resource Toolkit for Clinicians;
  • Consumer Health: Increased Use of Prescription Medicines Changing Health Care Spending Patterns;
  • Drug Abuse: NIDA UNVEILS ITS FIRST CONSUMER PUBLICATION TO EXPLAIN THE SCIENCE OF ADDICTION;New rules may aid crystal meth makers; The practice of travel medicine: guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America;
  • Environmental Health: New laws affect nail salons, customer;
  • Family Health: Compliance With Well-Child Visits; General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Glaucoma - guidelines of interest; Thyroid disease - guidelines of interest;
  • Healthcare Economics: Fact Sheets Examine Women's Health Insurance Coverage; "Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18 to 64, by State, 2004-2005,";
  • Healthcare Quality: Two reports find “missed opportunities” in disparities and quality of health care; KEY FACTS: RACE, ETHNICITY AND MEDICAL CARE, 2007 UPDATE NOW; Health Information Technology Costs and Benefits Database; The Achievable Benchmark of Care (ABC) User Manual; Tools to Address Disparities in Health: Data as Building Blocks for Change; Reducing Racial, Ethnic Health Disparities Among Medicaid Managed Care Beneficiaries Toolkit;
  • Health Literacy: Toolkit for Collecting Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Information from Patients; A Cultural Competency Toolkit: Ten Grant Sites Share Lessons Learned;
  • Health Policy: Quarantinable Diseases Aviation Resource Manual;
  • Health Services: Electronic Health Records for the Primary Care Provider;
  • Infectious Disease: Facts About Noroviruses on Cruise Ships; Keeping Yourself Safe from Bird Flu: An Important Message for People Going to Asia during the Lunar New Year; Tuberculosis Information for International Travelers; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs); Information Network (NPIN) Tuberculosis (TB); “Public health law and tuberculosis control in Europe ”;
  • Maternal Child Health: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL EVALUATES INTERVENTION AIMED AT PREVENTING ALCOHOL-EXPOSED PREGNANCIES; INTERVENTION KIT DEVELOPED TO HELP HEALTH PROFESSIONALS PREVENT FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; FOLIC ACID MAY PREVENT CLEFT LIP AND PALATE; Screening for elevated blood lead levels in children and pregnant women: recommendation statement; Evaluating infants and young children with multiple fractures; Lactose intolerance in infants, children, and adolescents; Recommended immunization schedules for children and adolescents: United States, 2007;
  • Mental Health: Evidence Lacking To Support Many Off-Label Uses of Atypical Antipsychotics;
  • Men's Health: Benign prostatic hyperplasia;
  • Nutrition: Snack Smart for Healthy Teeth; “Ban gives Philadelphia a healthy lead in trans fat fight”;
  • Obesity: Obesity Surgeries Have Jumped Dramatically Since 1998; “House votes to eliminate BMI”; “Six states get an ‘A’ for work against kids’ obesity”; FACTORS AFFECTING LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
    • Public Health Practice: FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE COMMUNICATION AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER BETWEEN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCHERS AND STATE POLICYMAKERS;
  • School Health: “Reviewing the school cupcake ban”;
  • Senior Health: OLDER AMERICANS NOT DISCUSSING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE USE WITH DOCTORS; New Genetic Clue to Cause of Alzheimer's Disease; January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month; Choosing Non-Opioid Analgesics for Osteoarthritis (Clinician Guide);
  • Women's Health: REPORT TRACKS STATE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS TOWARD ELIMINATING CERVICAL CANCER; HEART DISEASE DEATHS IN AMERICAN WOMEN DECLINE; Preparing for Surgery: Redefining Your Recovery Tool Kit; Systemic diseases in pregnancy; Undifferentiated vaginal bleeding/abdominal pain suggestive of ectopic pregnancy clinical pathway; Menopause and hormone therapy (HT): collaborative decision-making and management; Androgen therapy in women: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline; Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls; Postnatal care. Routine postnatal care of women and their babies; Management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: a clinical practice guideline; Initial management of abnormal cervical cytology (Pap smear) and HPV testing;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Oscar Time:
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  • News You Can Use: FDA Update on Peanut Butter Recall; Medwatch - erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa),Epogen (epoetin alfa), and Procrit (epoetin alfa); Online Ambien, Xanax, Lexapro, and Ativan; Ergotamine Tartrate; Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Recommendations; Public Health Legal Counsel Directory;
  • Data: Updated trend tables - Health, United States, 2006 website; The American Community - Hispanics: 2004; The American Community - Blacks: 2004 The American Community - Asians: 2004; DISPARITIES IN FETAL AND PERINATAL MORTALITY; 2005 TEDS data; Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes Study (DATOS) and the Adolescent study (DATOS-A) Data; 1970-1971 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); Statehealthfacts.org updated data;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: ASGE guideline: colorectal cancer screening and surveillance; Management of oesophageal and gastric cancer; Routine aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) prophylaxis for colorectal cancer prevention. Cardiovascular Disease: FRAMINGHAM STUDY SHOWS PARENTS WHO LIVE LONG PASS ON LOWER RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; Oregon Heart Failure GAP Toolkit; Diagnosis and treatment of chest pain and acute coronary syndrome (ACS); Diagnosis and management of peripheral arterial disease. Diabetes: Rosiglitazone and fractures; Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus; Diabetic Retinopathy Discovery; Diabetes Linked To Increase In Kidney Stones; Diabetes Eye Exam Report; Tailored Diabetes Care Gets Results; Boric Acid Works for Yeast Infections in Diabetic Women; Diabetes in Pregnancy Can Hamper Infant Memory; Protein Linked To Elevated Body Mass Index' Low Testosterone In Men May Be Diabetes Risk Factor. Hypertension: Hypertension diagnosis and treatment. Kidney Disease: Guidance on home compared with hospital haemodialysis for patients with end-stage renal failure. Tobacco: “Supreme Court throws out Philip Morris verdict”; “Thousands to police smoking ban”; One year on, ban fails to persuade smokers to quit”; Brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation in primary care and other settings.
  • Adolescent Health: FACT SHEETS ON UNINTENTIONAL INJURY AND VIOLENCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS;
  • Alcohol Abuse: REDUCED BRAIN GROWTH IN ALCOHOLICS WITH FAMILY DRINKING HISTORY;
  • AIDS/HIV: HIV Testing for Life. HIV Testing for All Tuberculosis Patients; Antiretroviral Formulations; Available Anti-HIV Medications; “Evolution of China ’s response to HIV/AIDS”;
  • Alcohol Abuse: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?; “Airline liquor rules vary by state”;
  • Alternative Medicine: Clinical practice guidelines for acupuncture, balance training, biofeedback, constraint-induced movement therapy, electrical stimulation, gait training, intensity and organization of rehabilitation, sensory interventions, shoulder subluxation, task-oriented training, therapeutic exercises, therapeutic ultrasound, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS);
  • Bioethics: “Inmates could trade an organ for an early out”;
  • Child Health: IMPACT OF THE SEXUALIZATION OF GIRLS; CHILD NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS; HEALTH PLAN APPROACHES TO ADDRESS CHILD HEALTH DISPARITIES;
  • Children Welfare: Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: Statistics and Interventions; ¿Qué es Child Welfare Information Gateway?; Adoption;
  • Consumer Health: Questions Are the Answer: Get More Involved With Your Health Care;
  • Drug Abuse: HOW SCIENCE HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE UNDERSTANDING OF DRUG ADDICTION;
  • Environmental Health: Camphor poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management;Long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management; Salicylate poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management; Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management;
  • Family Health: Preventive services for adults; Preventive services for children and adolescents;
  • Fitness: Four commonly used methods to increase physical activity;
  • Genomics: Pandemic Influenza;
  • Healthcare Economics: US health care costs expected to reach $4.1 trillion by 2016; Navigating provider claims payment has become a $20 billion/year business; Interactive Online Medicare Health Plan Tracker; STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM TRENDS, EXPERIENCES, AND ISSUES WITHIN AND ACROSS STATES;
  • Healthcare Quality: AHRQ QI VERSION 3.1 AND COMPOSITE MEASURE; Mistakes involving medicines are among the most common types of medical mistakes; 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) webpage; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Patient Safety Rounds Toolkit; Communicating Your Commitment to Patient Safety; 2005 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy in Hospitals; Patient Safety Toolbox for States;Basic Patient Safety Program Resource Guide for "Getting Started"; Dissemination Planning Tool from Development of a Planning Tool to Guide Dissemination of Research Results;
  • Health Literacy: Health Literacy: A Clinician's Guide;
  • Health Policy: Do cell phone driver bans work?”;
  • Infectious Disease: H5N1 Death in Laos Confirmed; Avian Influenza - Situation in Egypt; Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO; Embargo of Birds from Specified Countries; REVIEW OF 1918 PANDEMIC FLU STUDIES OFFERS MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS Experts Say Further Study of Past Pandemics Key to Preparedness; A comprehensive immunization strategy to eliminate transmission of hepatitis B virus infection in the United States; Preventing tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis among adults: use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine;
  • Influenza: Seasonal Influenza; Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Children with Asthma, U.S. 2004-2005 Influenza Season; Spanish Translation of "Key Facts about Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine";
  • Maternal Child Health: RECENT CHANGES AFFECTING MATERNAL MORTALITY DATA; MATERNAL OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNED CESAREAN AND PLANNED VAGINAL BIRTHS; CONJOINED EFFECTS OF LOW BIRTHWEIGHT AND CHILDHOOD ABUSE ON ADAPTATION AND WELL-BEING LATER IN LIFE;
  • Mental Health: “Bill would bar punishing students solely for attempting suicide”;
  • Minority Health: Health Disparities Database;
  • Obesity: Prevention and management of obesity (mature adolescents and adults); Identifying and preventing overweight in childhood;
  • Public Health Continuing Education: How Medical Technology Affects Health Care Costs; Issue Module on Financing Long-Term Care; Expanded Health Policy Fellowships and Internships Directory; Congress and Health Policy; Syllabus Library; Epilepsy Education Program for Residents, Medical Students, and Faculty; Epilepsy Facts and Figures; Adult Brain Tumors - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Treatment (Health Professional Version); Childhood Brain Tumors - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Treatment (Health Professional Version); Fight BAC! Foodborne Illnesses Patient Handout;
  • Senior Health: Age-related macular degeneration; Cataract in the adult eye; Vision rehabilitation for adults; COULD BABY BOOMERS BE APPROACHING RETIREMENT IN WORSE SHAPE THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS?;
  • STDs: NYC CONDOMS. GET SOME; 2006 UK national guideline for the management of genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis;
  • Women's Health: The role of calcium in peri- and postmenopausal women; Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness: Administrator's Handbook, Training and Implementation of BFWHW Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Guides; Healthy Women Build Healthy Communities Toolkit for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating; Women's Health USA 2006 Databook; Hormonal therapies for the adjuvant treatment of early oestrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer; The role of HER2/neu in systemic and radiation therapy for women with breast cancer: a clinical practice guideline;
  • CT Public Health: From 1994 to 2003, CT averaged 147 cases of cervical cancer each year;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Blog Index
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  • PHENOM recruitment
  • News You Can Use: FDA MedWatch - KETEK;
  • Data: HCUP Statistical Briefs; Injury Data; REPLACEMENT OF 1971 NHIS; Health Insurance Coverage; TB Data; Work Loss Data Institute;
  • Top Killers Cancer: Don’t Forget to Follow-Up!; Guidelines - Polyps Are Found; Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer. A national clinical guideline. Cardiovascular Disease: INCREASING PROPORTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE DUE TO DIABETES OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS; "INCREASING CARDIOVASCULAR BURDEN DUE TO DIABETES: THE FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY"; CALCIUM PLAQUE BUILD-UP IN THE ARTERIES LEADS TO CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN MULTI-ETHNIC GROUPS; Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Toolkit; Atrial fibrillation. National clinical guideline for management in primary and secondary care; Clinical policy: indications for reperfusion therapy in emergency department patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Diabetes: Dietary Patterns Linked To Type 2 Diabetes Risk; Job Strain Increases Obesity Risk; Active Self-care Improves Blood Glucose Control; Treatment Of Children With Diabetes Improving; Type 2 Diabetes May Raise Parkinson's Risk; Sedentary Behavior Linked To High Blood Glucose; Pig Cells Still Work In Diabetic Man After 10 Years; Phthalates Linked To Fat Bellies, Pre-diabetes; Inhaled Insulin Safe, Effective Over Long Term; Soft Drinks Associated With Diabetes, Report Finds; Diabetes: A Growing Problem In Newly-rich Asia; Depression, Diabetes Up Heart Death Risk; Poor Control Of Gestational Diabetes Harms Fetus; Urine Test May Predict Diabetic Kidney Disease; Animal Study Links Prediabetes And Gum Disease; Pesticides May Up Risk Of Diabetes In Pregnancy; Immune System 'Reset' vs. Diabetes; Diabetes Complications Swelling U.S. Health Costs; Hip Fracture Risk High in Older Diabetics. Lung Disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Tobacco: Tobacco Law Newsletter; NIDA STUDY IDENTIFIES GENES THAT MIGHT HELP SOME PEOPLE ABSTAIN FROM SMOKING; NYC HAS 123,000 FEWER FEMALE SMOKERS NOW THAN IN 2002; California Tobacco Laws Guide;
  • Adolescent Health: “Young adults’ perceptions of cigarette warning labels in the United States and Canada”; The effects of graduated driver licensing on hospitalization rates and charges Traffic Injury Prevention; ISSUES THAT CAN AFFECT ADOLESCENT WELL-BEING; TOOLS DESIGNED TO ASSIST ADOLESCENT PROGRAMS IN MEASURING PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT RISK CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH FOREGOING HEALTH CARE FOR REASONS OF CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERN; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADOLESCENT DIETING BEHAVIORS AND WEIGHT GAIN OVER TIME;
  • AIDS/HIV: HIV-Infected Noncitizens Report; “All states will track HIV cases”;
  • Alcohol Abuse: Community How-To Guides On Underage Drinking Prevention; Focus on Prevention Guide;
  • Alternative Medicine: TAI CHI BOOSTS IMMUNITY TO SHINGLES VIRUS IN OLDER ADULTS;
  • Bioethics: States revising organ-donation law;
  • Biostatistics: “Interpreting health statistics for policymaking”;
  • Child Health: EARLY CHILD CARE LINKED TO INCREASES IN VOCABULARY, SOME PROBLEM BEHAVIORS IN FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES; Promoting Healthy Families in Your Community: 2007 Resource Packet; Pediatric asthma clinical practice guidelines;
  • Consumer Health: Checklists Help Men and Women Know Which Medical Tests Are Needed To Stay Healthy at Any Age; Patient Understanding of FDA-Required Printed Drug Information;
  • Disaster Preparedness: “Preparedness survey shows gaps in American concern”; RAPID RESPONSE WAS CRUCIAL TO CONTAINING THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC; Disaster Evacuees Attending New Schools; Medical Care of Ill Disaster Evacuees: Additional Diagnoses to Consider;
  • Drug Abuse: NIDA SURVEY SHOWS LACK OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR OFFENDERS;
  • Environmental Health: “‘Inherently toxic’ chemical faces its future”; Pollution decision could hit AEP hard”;
  • Healthcare Economics: GUIDE FOCUSES ON DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE STRATEGIES IN STATE MEDICAID PROGRAMS; Medicare: A Primer; Medicaid: A Primer; NPI – Will You Be Ready?; Medicare Extends Date for Accepting Form CMS-1500 (12-90);
  • Healthcare Quality: A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care: Safe Medication Practices Workbook;
  • Health Policy: Turning Point Model Act Legislative Update;
  • Health Services: Evidence Report on Nurse Staffing;
  • HIPAA: “Patient confidentiality in the research use of clinical medical databases”;
  • Infectious Disease: “The case builds for chickenpox vaccinations”; ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES RELEASES FIRST STATEMENT ON THE USE OF HPV VACCINE; Hepatitis A and B at Record Low Levels;
  • Influenza: Pandemic Influenza; H5N1 Avian Influenza: Timeline of Major Events;
  • Maternal Child Health: PREDICTORS OF CHANGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY; Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT);
  • Men's Health: COMMON VARIATION IN A GENE SEGMENT THAT INCREASES THE RISK FOR PROSTATE CANCER;
  • Mental Health: One in Four Hospital Patients Is Admitted with a Mental Health or Substance Abuse Disorder; COMPENDIUM PROVIDES LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; "After a suicide, privacy on trial”;
  • Minority Health: Diabetes, Hypertension Contribute to Blacks' Increased Risk of Heart Failure; Group Also Has Weaker Heart Functionality; Black Religious Leaders Discuss Faith-Based Efforts To Address HIV/AIDS; TRENDS IN EMERGENCY MEDICAID SPENDING FOR IMMIGRANTS;
  • Nutrition: Race, Income, Gender, Other Factors Influence Food Purchase Choices; “Amish face food safety scrutiny in Ohio”;
  • Occupational Health: “More lung damage found”;
  • Public Health Continuing Education: Pandemic Influenza and Public Health Law DVD; AHRQ's HCUP Adds New Interactive Overview Course;
  • Public Health Practice: Governors’ Guide to Homeland Security; Revised Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) PowerPoint Presentation - Module One;
  • School Health: "Removing schools’ soda is sticky point”; School Health Index (SHI): A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide; AAP Fears Rising Vaccine Costs Will Lead to Under-Immunization;
  • Senior Health: Intimate Partner Abuse Has No Age Limit; The Falls Management Program; Glaucoma Resource Guide; Healthy Vision Program Toolkit; National Multiple Sclerosis Society: A Guide for Caregivers;
  • STDs: “City considers unusual tactic against STDs”;
  • Wellness: “Wellness plans reach out to the healthy”;
  • Women's Health: COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION REDUCES THE ACCURACY OF MAMMOGRAMS; MRI DETECTS CANCERS IN THE OPPOSITE BREAST OF WOMEN NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER; NIDA-SUPPORTED STUDY SHOWS SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SMOKING, MENTAL DISORDERS IN PREGNANT WOMEN;
  • CT Public Health: Connecticut's Black Residents Dying Prematurely From Diabetes at a Higher Rate Than Whites, Other Minorities;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Research Resources
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  • PHENOM - recruiting for the 2007-2008 academic year;
  • Connecticut - Free Continuing Ed Program;
  • News You Can Use: New CDC.gov Web site; FDA Medwatch: Antidepressant medications, Compound medications using glycerin, Buying prescription drugs over the internet, Vitros Immunodiagnostic Products Troponin I;
  • Data: Statistical Brief #166: Expenses for Office-Based Physician Visits by Specialty, 2004; Tables of Health Insurance Coverage Series for all of 2005; Statistical Brief #160: A Comparison of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Characteristics for the Private Sector for the Years 2001 and 2004, by Average Payroll; Statistical Brief #161: Attitudes toward Health Insurance and Their Persistence over Time, Adults 2003-2004; Statistical Brief #162: Getting Health Care from Specialists among Adults with Chronic Conditions, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #163:Trends in the Use and Expenditures for the Therapeutic Class Prescribed Psychotherapeutic Agents and All Subclasses, 1997 and 2004; Statistical Brief #164: Expenses for Hospital Inpatient Stays, 2004; Statistical Brief #165: Personal Health Behaviors for Heart Disease Prevention among the U.S. Adult Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #166: Expenses for Office-Based Physician Visits by Specialty, 2004; Statistical Brief #167: The Five Most Costly Conditions, 2000 and 2004; Statistical Brief #168: Trends in Outpatient Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures: 1997 and 2004; Methodology Report #19: Overview of Methodology for Imputing Missing Expenditure Data in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; Methodology Report #20: Class Variables for MEPS Expenditure Imputations; Methodology Report #21: An Analysis of the Effects of Post-stratification on Errors for Estimates Using the 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component; State Variations in Key Disparities Indicators; Children's Health Insurance Timeline; Children's Health Data and Customized Fact Sheets; Work Loss Data Institute: Hernia, Hip & pelvis (acute & chronic), Knee & leg (acute & chronic), Low back - lumbar & thoracic (acute & chronic), Neck and upper back (acute & chronic), Pain (chronic), Shoulder (acute & chronic), Stress related conditions and other mental disorders;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: RISK OF LYMPHOMA INCREASES WITH HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION. Cardiovascular Disease: REDUCING SODIUM DECREASES LONG-TERM RISK FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, HAVING ELEVATED RISK FACTORS IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD SIGNIFICANTLY RAISES RISK OF CORONARY CALCIUM LATER ON; Diagnosis and Management of Dyslipidemia Key Points Card; Diagnosis and Management of Dyslipidemia Pocket Guide, Assessing heart failure in long term care facilities; Detection of chronic kidney disease in patients with or at increased risk of cardiovascular disease; Influenza vaccination as secondary prevention for cardiovascular disease. Diabetes: SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR DIABETES PATIENTS; Three in Five Diabetics Have Complications Related to Disease; Most Are Minorities; Inhaled insulin for the treatment of diabetes (types 1 and 2); "Small Steps. Big Rewards." Your GAME PLAN for Preventing Type 2 Diabetes Health Care Provider Toolkit. Lung Disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Tobacco: Tobacco Newsletter; “Public smoking bans show signs of success in Europe ”; 500,000 NEW YORKERS STARTED SMOKING AGAIN IN THE PAST YEAR;
  • Adolescent Health: ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE PATH; CHALLENGES FACED BY PROGRAMS AIMING TO REDUCE ADOLESCENT SEXUAL ACTIVITY. AIDS/HIV:Suicidality and violence in patients with HIV/AIDS.
  • Child Health: Child Abuse Identification Toolkit for Professionals; 2007 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules; Common Questions Parents Ask about Infant Immunizations; Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders; Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder; Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder; Practice parameter on child and adolescent mental health care in community systems of care; Diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illness in children and adults; Guidelines for monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: an update; Diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illness in children and adults; Bronchiolitis in children. A national clinical guideline;
  • Consumer Health: May is Healthy Vision Month;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Canadian Emergency Preparedness Week (5/6-5/12); “The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act”;
  • Drug Abuse: MOST PEOPLE WITH DRUG USE DISORDERS NEVER GET TREATMENT;
  • Epidemiology: CHANGING PATTERNS OF INEQUALITIES IN U.S. INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATES; TRENDS IN PRETERM-RELATED CAUSES OF INFANT DEATH;
  • Genomics: HOW HEALTHY YOUNGER ADULTS MAKE USE OF GENETIC TESTS; “NY hospitals agree to informed consent about genetic testing”; House backs bill barring genetic discrimination”
  • Healthcare Economics: Health Care Coverage in America: Understanding the Issues and Proposed Solutions; UB-04 fact sheet; Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Contingency Plan; Providers can apply for an NPI online;
  • Healthcare Quality: Strong Teamwork but Room for Improvement with Handoffs and Transitions in Hospitals; Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report;Technology, Alert Systems, and High Workload Increase Dispensing of Potentially Harmful Drugs; Physician Practice Patient Safety Assessment;
  • Health Policy: Federal law banning a method of ending fetal life in the later stages of pregnancy-often referred to as "partial birth"-is constitutional;
  • Healthy People 2010: PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 MATERNAL, INFANT, AND CHILD HEALTH OBJECTIVES;
  • Hepatitis: Viral Hepatitis Brochures; Evaluation and Management of of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: Pocket Card and Slide Set; Hepatitis C Education Class; If You Have Hepatitis C, Which Vaccines Do You Need?;
  • Infectious Disease; Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP);
  • Influenza: “Public health interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza pandemic”; FluAid 2.0 : Estimating the State Level Impact of Pandemic Influenza; Avian Influenza Vaccine; INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR THE USE OF FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS DURING AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC;
  • Maternal Child Health: Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality and the Increase of Staphylococcus aureus co-infection; Evidence Report on Breastfeeding; MENTAL DISORDERS AND NICOTINE DEPENDENCE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN; WEB SITE TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF PERINATAL DEPRESSION;
  • Mental Health: Turning Knowledge Into Practice: A Manual for Behavioral Health Administrators and Practitioners About Understanding and Implementing Evidence-Based Practices; THE IMPACT OF SUICIDALITY DATA ON PHYSICIAN PRACTICE PATTERNS;
  • Men's Health: Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age: Your Checklist for Health;
  • Minority Health: Hispanic Women More Likely Than Others To Be Diagnosed With More Aggressive Breast Cancer; California Has Nation's Highest Percentage of Minorities Living Near Toxic, Hazardous Waste Facilities; States Start Efforts To Address Drunken Driving Among Hispanics; How Pay-For-Performance Programs Could Negatively Affect Racial Health Disparities;
  • Nutrition: “KFC to tell customers of chemical in potatoes”; HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES TRANS FAT HELP CENTER TO SUPPORT RESTAURANTS IN GOING TRANS FAT FREE;
  • Oral Health: NATIONAL ESTIMATES AND TRENDS FOR ORAL HEALTH STATUS MEASURES;
  • School Health: “Go to gym class; it’s the law”; Panel urges schools to replace junk foods”;
  • Senior Health: KEEP VISION IN YOUR FUTURE: GET AN EYE EXAM TO GUARD AGAINST GLAUCOMA Observe Healthy Vision Month in May;
  • Urology: UROLOGIC DISEASES COST AMERICANS $11 BILLION A YEAR Medicare Pays Half;
  • Women's Health: DECREASE IN BREAST CANCER RATES RELATED TO REDUCTION IN USE OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; LOVE YOUR HEART: NEW NHLBI RESOURCE HELPS WOMEN REDUCE HEART DISEASE RISK; WOMEN'S UNMET HEALTH COVERAGE NEEDS; REASONS FOR UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE; May is Osteoporosis Month; Bisphosphonates (alendronate, etidronate, risedronate), selective oestrogen receptor modulators (raloxifene) and parathyroid hormone (teriparatide) for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women; Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age: Your Checklist for Health; Breast Cancer Follow-Up Guideline Summary and Surveillance Flow Sheet; Battered Immigrant Women Toolbox; Breast Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Prevention (Health Professional Version); Breast Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Screening (Health Professional Version); Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer (PDQ) (Health Professional Version);
  • CT Public Health: Connecticut ranks lowest in the nation in the number of elderly residents who have lost all their teeth (12% CT vs. 21% US ); CT’s Medicaid program ranks 19th among all states; Medicare trustees issue first-ever “Medicare funding warning”; New resource – Community Health Data Scan for Connecticut; Vast majority of CT residents unable to judge calorie content of fast food;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Public Health Practice Competencies
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  • PHENOM recruitment;
  • News You Can Use: MedWatch warnings: Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose Solution; Toothpaste labeled as "Made in China"; Avandia (rosiglitazone);
  • Data: 2005 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; MEPS HC-091:2005 Jobs File; MEPS HC-090: 2005 Full Year Population Characteristics; MEPS Research Findings No. 26 Family-Level Expenditures on Health Care and Insurance Premiums among the U.S. Nonelderly Population, 2004; Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Data;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Skin Cancer Flier for Parents; Saving Our Skins Toolkit: Raising Awareness of the Risk of Skin Cancer; Melanoma Risk Assessment Tool;Skin Cancer (PDQ(r)): Treatment (Health Professional Version); Skin Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ(r)): Prevention (Health Professional Version); Skin Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ(r)): Screening (Health Professional Version); Colorectal cancer screening.
    Cardiovascular Disease: Let's Talk About Stroke; Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Legislative Database; Transient Ischemic Attack Prevention; Cerebrovascular disease; Chronic chest pain-suspected cardiac origin; Acute coronary syndromes. A national clinical guideline; Cardiac arrhythmias in coronary heart disease. A national clinical guideline; Management of chronic heart failure. A national clinical guideline; Management of stable angina. A national clinical guideline; Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease;
    Diabetes: Diabetes management in correctional institutions; Nutrition recommendations and interventions for diabetes: a position statement of the American Diabetes Association; Standards of medical care in diabetes. I. Classification and diagnosis; Standards of medical care in diabetes. II. Screening for diabetes; Standards of medical care in diabetes. III. Detection and diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM); Standards of medical care in diabetes. IV. Prevention/delay of type 2 diabetes; Standards of medical care in diabetes. V. Diabetes care; Standards of medical care in diabetes. VI. Prevention and management of diabetes complications; Standards of medical care in diabetes. VII. Diabetes care in specific populations; Standards of medical care in diabetes. VIII. Diabetes care in specific settings; Clinical guideline for adults with diabetes; Clinical guideline for pharmacological management of type 2 diabetes;
    High Blood Pressure: National High Blood Pressure Education Month Planning Kit;
    Tobacco: Put it out, shweetheart"; How to prevent 100 million deaths from tobacco";
  • Adolescent Health: THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF ALCOHOL SOURCES AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENTS; More Attention Urged to Substance Abuse by Teen Girls; BARRIERS TO ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SCREENING IN PRIMARY CARE;
  • AIDS/HIV: (1) Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents. (2) 2007 addendum;
  • Alcohol Abuse: EVIDENCE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACHES TO PREVENTING UNDERAGE DRINKING THAT A COMMUNITY COULD IMPLEMENT;
  • Child Health: NIH STUDY TRACKS BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN SOME 500 CHILDREN ACROSS U.S. First Report Looks at Intelligence, Behaviors from Ages 6-18; DEATH RATES FROM INJURY FOR CHILDREN BY RACE AND ETHNICITY; Children's Exposure to Food Advertising on Television;
  • Consumer Health: Be Prepared for Medical Appointments: Build Your Question List; Your Medications: A Guide to Better Understanding;
  • Disaster Preparedness: "Mock disasters challenge federal, state and local responders"; Disaster preparedness: Are physicians ready?; Preparedness for Chemical, Biological Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Events: Questionnaire for Health Care Facilities; Bioterrorism: Are You Prepared; Cross Training Respiratory Extenders for Medical Emergencies (Project XTREME) DVD; Healthcare Pandemic Preparedness Guidance; Pandemic Influenza: Best Practices and Model Protocols;
  • Healthcare Economics: Financial Measures for the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program; Hospital pricing policies fall hardest on the poor;
  • Healthcare Quality: WEB TOOL DEMONSTRATES VARIETY OF APPROACHES FOR HEALTH CARE QUALITY REPORT CARDS; U.S. Health Care Sector Moves Rapidly To Provide Consumer Information on Value; New Web Tool Provides Samples of Report Cards on Health Care Quality; Final Specifications for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative;
  • Infectious Disease: "TB patient isolated after taking two flights"; Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults; "Tuberculosis 2007" (687 pages, PDF, 8.3) is now available for download;
  • Influenza: " U.S. military begins planning for avian flu pandemic"; Pandemic Influenza; Avian Influenza; Antiviral therapy and prophylaxis for influenza in children; Prevention of influenza: recommendations for influenza immunization of children, 2006-2007;
  • Maternal Child Health: LEVEL AND VOLUME OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE AND MORTALITY IN VERY-LOW-BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS;
  • Minority Health: NEW SPANISH PUBLICATION GIVES EVIDENCE-BASED PARENTING GUIDELINES; SOCIOCULTURAL ROOTS OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN A LATINO COMMUNITY; RELATIONSHIP OF STD-RELATED SHAME AND STIGMA TO CONDOM-PROTECTED INTERCOURSE;
  • Nutrition: CHILD FOOD HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES REVISED AND UPDATED; Tell Starbucks to Buy Safer Milk!;"Food watchdog backs folic acid in bread";
  • Public Health Research: LANDMARK FEDERAL HANDBOOK ON THE USE OF PATIENT REGISTRIES;
  • Senior Health: Skin Cancer Information is Newest Offering on NIHSeniorHealth Web Site; Lower Infection Rates for Elderly Patients Found at Better Staffed Hospital ICUs;
  • Women's Health: TOOLKIT OFFERS RESOURCES FOR PROVIDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES TO WOMEN AFFECTED BY CONFLICT; The role of gemcitabine in the management of metastatic breast cancer: a clinical practice guideline; Estrogen and progestogen use in peri- and postmenopausal women: March 2007 position statement of The North American Menopause Society;
  • CT Public Health: CT Health Care Spending; CT Dept. of Insurance report on medical malpractice awards;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Useful Sites for Day to Day Activities
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  • News You Can Use: CDC Health Information for International Travel; The Measure Finder Tool (Version 1.1); FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Veggie Booty Snack Food; The Possible Dangers of Buying Medicine Online; FDA Detains Imports of Farm-Raised Chinese Seafood; Final Rule Promotes Safe Use of Dietary Supplements; 6 Tips to Avoid Medication Mistakes; First Quick Test for Malaria; Spot the Block: Get Your Food Facts First; Living with Fibromyalgia, First Drug Approved; Beware of Ticks…& Lyme Disease; FDA's Standards for High Quality Foods; New Option for Rare Form of Hypertension; CARVER + Shock: Enhancing Food Defense; Making it Easier to Recognize Recalled Foods; Initiative Focuses on Tomato Safety; FDA Clears Respirators for Public Health Emergencies; Medication Guides for Certain Prescription Products; Warning: Toothpaste from China; Removing Hair Safely; EFSA and FDA Strengthen Cooperation in Food Safety Science;
  • Data: “HEDIS®” - NCQA is changing the name of HEDIS to the “Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set” as of July 11, 2007; Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) 2007 Software and User's Guide; NEW NHIS PUBLIC USE FILE REFERENCE INFORMATION;
  • Leading Killers. Cancer: Facing Forward: Life After Cancer Treatment; Facing Forward: When Someone You Love Has Completed Cancer Treatment; Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, with or without radiotherapy, in completely resected non-small cell lung cancer: a clinical practice guideline; The use of chemotherapy in patients with advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma: a clinical practice guideline;
    Cardiovascular Disease: Atrial fibrillation; ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death; ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation; EFNS guideline on neuroimaging in acute stroke. Report of an EFNS task force; EFNS guidelines on pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain; Cardiac stress test supplement; New Evidence Report on Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators; Stable coronary artery disease;
    Diabetes: Internationl Diabetes Foundation;Leg ulcer guidelines: a pocket guide for practice; OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS PROTECT EYES AGAINST RETINOPATHY; Women are now about as likely as men to get recommended screening tests and treatments to manage their diabetes; Diabetes: The Numbers;
    High Blood Pressure: Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible. What Every Physician Should Know;

    • Tobacco: “Philip Morris gears up for FDA regulation”; Smokers to be prevented from fostering young children"; “Public health benefits of recent litigation against the tobacco industry”; “Restrictions on tobacco ads reaffirmed by Supreme Court decision”;
  • Adolescent Health: AUTHORS EXPLORE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADOLESCENTS’ BELIEFS ABOUT PREFERRED RESOURCES FOR HELP AND SPECIFIC HEALTH ISSUES; * Beliefs in the importance of getting help from specific resources varied by age, gender, and beliefs in the importance of getting help in general; NEW KNOWLEDGE PATH FOCUSES ON CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EXEMPLARY ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROGRAMS; ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES AND PARENT-ADOLESCENT COMMUNICATION;
  • Alcohol Abuse: RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY ALCOHOLISM SUBTYPES; ALCOHOL SURVEY REVEALS 'LOST DECADE' BETWEEN AGES OF DISORDER ONSET AND TREATMENT;
  • Alternative Medicine: Meditation Practices for Health;
  • Child Health: Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children; Parents Say They’re Getting Control of Their Children’s Exposure to Sex and Violence in the Media -- Even Online; Healthy Care for Healthy Kids Toolkit;
  • Community Health: Building a Strong Community From the Inside Out; State Snapshots;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness; Gulf Coast Hurricanes Lessons Learned Report; “New global rules to fight health threats come into force”;
  • Environmental Health. “Shhhh: New NYC noise code to take effect”; “Suit filed over scent”;
  • Family Health: Parental Depression Screening for Pediatric Clinicians: An Implementation Manual;
  • Fitness: Fit Facts; Healthy Youth! - Physical Activity Brochures for Parents, Teachers, and Principals; State Physical Activity Coalition Handbook: Strategies and Techniques;
  • Healthcare Economics: More than one third of US workers worry that a major medical expense would ruin them financially; The Outpatient Code Editor (OCE); The NPI is here;
  • Healthcare Quality: Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide; Joint Commission 2007 National Patient Safety Goals Implementation Expectations; Environmental Scan of Instruments to Inform Consumer Choice in Assisted Living Facilities; Physicians on the front line: Quarantine as a Public Health Strategy; The Digital Divide: What Can Physicians Do to Bridge the Gap?; Uninformed consent: What can happen when a patient does not understand the information you have provided?; Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes; 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Tool Kit; New Task Force Recommendation Statement Helps Busy Clinicians Put Prevention Into Practice; Care Coordination; Management of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings, 2006;
  • Health Disparities: Racial disparities in health care; Growing gap in health care worries between high and lower income Americans;
  • Health Policy: KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION LAUNCHES HEALTH08.ORG, A HUB FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN;
  • Healthy People 2010: Tracking Healthy People 2010;
  • Health Policy: Five myths about immigrants and the US health care system;
  • HIPAA: “Keeping patients’ details private, even from kin”;
  • Infectious Disease: HUMAN ANTIBODIES THAT BLOCK HUMAN AND ANIMAL SARS VIRUSES IDENTIFIED; Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Wandsworth Infections -- United States, 2007; Zika Virus Outbreak; Chlamydia Screening; XDR TB Quarantine; Outbreaks of Locally Transmitted Malaria: Health Information Toolkit; Preventing Malaria in Travelers; Recommendations for the management of herpes zoster; MRSA Study Results; Group B Strep Epidemiology Facts; Group B Strep: What You Need To Know; Protect Your Baby From Group B Strep;
  • Influenza: Prevention and Control of Influenza - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2007; Vaccinating Health Care Workers to Control Flu Outbreaks;
  • Maternal Child Health: LOSS AMONG PREGNANCIES CONCEIVED THROUGH ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; Maternity Care Costs in Consumer-Driven Health Plans;
  • Mental Health: VIOLENCE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS MORE LIKELY AMONG THOSE WITH CHILDHOOD CONDUCT PROBLEMS;
  • Nutrition: HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF;
  • Obesity: Is Obesity A Disease?;
  • School Health: “High school athletes next for steroid tests”; New Guidelines for Chicken Pox Vaccination;
  • Senior Health: MIX OF DISEASE PROCESSES AT WORK IN BRAINS OF MOST PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA; ADNI Database Now Available to Researchers Worldwide; Dementia care practice recommendations for assisted living residences and nursing homes; Review of the therapeutic management of Parkinson's disease; Review of the therapeutic management of Parkinson's disease;
  • Workplace Health: Workplace interventions for people with common mental health problems: evidence review and recommendations;
  • Women's Health: No Woman Is Alone; HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH BEHAVIORS, AND HEALTH CONDITIONS AMONG AMISH WOMEN; 8 Common Myths About Osteoporosis; Palpable breast masses; Stage 1 breast carcinoma; Due Date Calculator;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Diabetes Resources on the Net
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  • News You Can Use: FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Red Yeast Rice Products; NIHSENIORHEALTH OFFERS TIPS ON HOW TO TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR; Comprehensive Clinic Assessment Software Application (CoCASA);
  • Data: Adult mortality by cause: US/state, 1999-2004 (Source: NVSS); Suicide and Homicide Rates Among Adults >18 Years, by Age Group--- National Vital Statistics System,United States, 2002--2004; The 2001 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) and the 2003 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH); Kaiser Family Foundation Data Update; America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007; National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Summary; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Emergency Department Summary; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Outpatient Department Summary; Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2005; National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: Terrorism Preparedness Among Office-Based Physicians, United States, 2003-2004;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Practice parameter for the detection of colorectal neoplasms: an interim report (revised); 2006 Updated Revisions Table of the ASCO Guideline for the use of Tumor Markers in Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer; ASCO Patient Guide: Tumor Markers for Gastrointestinal Cancers; Use of tumor markers in gastrointestinal cancer: 2006 update Slide set; ASCO 2007 Guideline Update: Recommendations for the Initial Hormonal Management of Androgen-Sensitive Metastatic, Recurrent, or Progressive Prostate Cancer; ASCO Patient Guide: Hormone Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer; ASCO Treatment Algorithm for the Initial Hormonal Management of Androgen-Sensitive Advanced Cancer: 2007 Update; Initial Hormonal Management of Androgen-Sensitive Metastatic, Recurrent, or Progressive Prostate Cancer: 2007 Update Slide Set.
    Cardiovascular Disease: Congestive heart failure: hospital admission rate; Coronary artery disease: angina without procedure hospital admission rate; Cardiac resynchronisation therapy for the treatment of heart failure; Practice parameters for the prevention of venous thromboembolism; Guidelines for the prevention, detection and management of chronic heart failure in Australia, 2006; Position statement on lipid management--2005; ACCF/AHA 2007 clinical expert consensus document on coronary artery calcium scoring by computed tomography in global cardiovascular risk assessment and in evaluation of patients with chest pain. A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Clinical Expert Consensus Task Force (ACCF/AHA Writing Committee to Update the 2000 Expert Consensus Document on Electron Beam Computed Tomography) developed in collaboration with the Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography; Diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia: an evidence-based review; Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006; National Heart Foundation of Australia physical activity recommendations for people with cardiovascular disease; THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE ANNOUNCES EFFORT TO PROMOTE STROKE AWARENESS IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
    Diabetes: While Most Diabetes Drugs Provide Similar Glucose Control, Some Offer Important Advantages; Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for long-term complications; Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for short-term complications; Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for uncontrolled diabetes; Diabetes mellitus: lower-extremity amputation rate; NEW DIABETES REPORT DOCUMENTS DEVASTATING EFFECTS IN NYC;
    High Blood Pressure: Hypertension: hospital admission rate; Kidney Disease: Anaemia management in chronic kidney disease. A national clinical guideline for management in adults and children;
    Tobacco: THE EFFECT OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD ON SMOKING; Key Outcome Indicators For Evaluating Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs; Tobacco Cessation Counseling: A Protocol for Pharmacists
  • Adolescent Health: FACT SHEET ON THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ADOLESCENT MALES; HOW BODY COMPOSITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND OTHER FACTORS RELATE TO INSULIN SENSITIVITY AND SECRETION IN ADOLESCENTS; STI Vaccines for Adolescents: Facts and Controversies;
  • AIDS/HIV: The effect of name-based reporting and partner notification on HIV testing in New York; the Societal Impact of HIV/AIDS; United Kingdom national guidelines on HIV testing 2006;
  • Alcohol Abuse: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued new statements on primary care counseling regarding the proper use of motor vehicle occupant restraints and alcohol use to prevent motor vehicle occupant injuries;
  • Child Health: UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS OF WORKERS WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
  • Consumer Health: Self-Management Support: Patient Planning Worksheet; Clinical practice guidelines for support of the family in the patient-centered intensive care unit: American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force 2004-2005;
  • Environmental Health: Potential Health Problems Related to Formaldehyde Among People Living in Mobile Homes or Travel Trailers; Formaldehyde-related Health Concerns;
  • Genomics: “Governing genetic databases: challenges facing research regulation and practice”; SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF ANTIDEPRESSANT CITALOPRAM PREDICTED BY GENE VARIATION; AFTER A DECADES-LONG SEARCH, SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY NEW GENETIC RISK FACTORS FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;
  • Healthcare Economics: Dissemination of Data from the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) to Begin September 4, 2007; IRS report finds many non-profit hospitals spend little on uncompensated care; Previously uninsured Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illnesses use more services; Primer on Trends in Health Care Costs;
  • Healthcare Quality: Electronic Health Records Alone Don't Aid Patient Care; Addressing Language Barriers between Physician and Patient: What are the Optimal Strategies?; Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI); CHANGES TO NCQA REPORTING PRODUCTS FOR 2007;
  • Health Disparities: Health Care Disparities; Racially tailored medicines: Is there a science behind the marketing?; Improving Immunization: Addressing Racial and Ethnic Populations;
  • Health Policy: Legal power and legal rights -- isolation and quarantine in the case of drug-resistant TB;
  • Hearing Loss: PHYSICIANS' PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES RELEVANT TO SERVING AS A MEDICAL HOME FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS;
  • Immunization: Immunization Practice Toolkit; Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule; Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit; ACIP Reminds about Meningococcal Vaccination; Prevention of varicella: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO EDUCATE PARENTS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ABOUT NEW PRE-ADOLESCENT VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS; FACT SHEET FOCUSES ON ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ADOLESCENT HPV VACCINATION; Vaccines Aren’t Just for Kids!; Adult Immunizations; National Immunization Awareness Month;
  • Infectious Disease: Hepatitis A infections Linked to Children Adopted from Ethiopia and their Family Contacts; Protecting the Public's Health against Tuberculosis: Moving Forward;
  • Influenza: Prevention and control of influenza. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2007;
  • Injury Prevention: “Bikers fight to ride free -- and win”; NONFATAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES FROM SPORTS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES; Counseling about proper use of motor vehicle occupant restraints and avoidance of alcohol use while driving;
  • Maternal Child Health: RATES OF PERINATAL GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL DISEASE BEFORE AND AFTER UNIVERSAL SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS;
  • Mental Health: NEW PROGRAM TO INVESTIGATE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF AUTISM;
  • Nutrition: “Strapped FDA turns to states”; “Group for 18,000 communities supports NYC calorie posting rule”; FRAMINGHAM OBSERVATIONAL STUDY NOTES GREATER INCIDENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AMONG ADULTS CONSUMING SOFT DRINKS; Food-Safe Schools Action Guide; Nutrition Care Alerts: Warning Signs and Action Steps for Caregivers in Nursing Facilities; Total Parenteral Nutrition Calculator;
  • Obesity: VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for screening and management of overweight and obesity; Social Networks of Family, Friends Influencing Obesity;
  • Occupational Health: Jury backs teacher who says room made her ill”; “Legal risks to employers who allow smoking in the workplace”;
  • Public Health Continuing Education: Medicare Advantage – Tutorial; ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Asbestos Toxicity; Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Asbestos Toxicity; WB1093 - ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Asbestos Toxicity (Web-based); CB1093 - ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Asbestos Toxicity (CD-Rom); WB1115 - ATSDR Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Asbestos Toxicity (Web-based); CB1115 - ATSDR Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Asbestos Toxicity (CD-Rom); VC1115 - ATSDR Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Asbestos Toxicity (Videotape); ATSDR Continuing Education;
  • Public Health Practice: ACCREDITATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES; 2005-2006 Progress Report on Alzheimer's Disease: Journey to Discovery;
  • School Health: Keeping Score—How the States Measure Up on Health, What We Know and Do Not Know about Child Protection, The Impact of Media Violence on Children, Consumers and Health Care—Are We Ready for Retail?, Children 5-18 Years Risk Sports-Related Brain Injury, Inter-Association Task Force recommendations on emergency preparedness and management of sudden cardiac arrest in high school and college athletic programs: a consensus statement;
  • Senior Health: NIA ONLINE PUBLICATION FEATURES HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY; Individualized music for elders with dementia; New Age Page on Mourning Now Available;
  • STDs: Screening for chlamydial infection: recommendation statement;
  • Substance Abuse: Community-based interventions to reduce substance misuse among vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people; Workplace health promotion: how to help employees to stop smoking;
  • Women's Health: PRECONCEPTION BROCHURE; HEALTH OF INCARCERATED WOMEN; Cervical cancer screening guideline: October 2006; Long-acting reversible contraception: the effective and appropriate use of long-acting reversible contraception; Use of systemic therapy in women with recurrent ovarian cancer – development, methods and clinical practice guideline;
  • CT Public Health: Connecticut QuitLine runs out of free nicotine patches in 3 weeks; Connecticut’s Health Care System: A Network of Cracks and Who’s Falling Through;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Can you hear me now? Hearing Loss
    Hearing Loss
85September 15, 2007
  • News You Can Use: FDA MedWatch - Nursing infants and codeine; AAP's toy recall list; FDA MedWatch - Zencore;
  • Data: Child Health USA 2006 released; 2006 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) info; SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES IN U.S. CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; Statehealthfacts.org updates; GlobalHealthFacts.org updates; MEPS Data updates; 2005 Dental Visits; 2005 Other Medical Expenses; 2005 Home Health File; Research Findings No. 27: Health Care Expenditures for Uncomplicated Pregnancies; Statistical Brief #179: Aspirin Use among the Adult U.S. Noninstitutionalized Population, with and without Indicators of Heart Disease, 2005; Statistical Brief #180: The Top Five Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Children, Adults, and the Elderly, 2004; Statistical Brief #181: Co-pays, Deductibles, and Coinsurance Percentages for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector, by Firm Size Classification, 2005; Statistical Brief #182: Co-pays, Deductibles, and Coinsurance Percentages for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Non-Federal Workforce, by Industry Classification, 2005; Statistical Brief #183: Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2002-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65; Release of the 1986-2000 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Linked Mortality Files;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Fludarabine monotherapy for the first-line treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Colorectal cancer screening clinical practice guideline;
    Cardiovascular Disease: NDEP CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS THE LINK BETWEEN DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons clinical guideline on prevention of symptomatic pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty; (1) Medical therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2) 2007 addendum; Guidelines on diabetes, pre- diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases; Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease;
    Diabetes: Manufacturers of Some Diabetes Drugs to Strengthen Warning on Heart Failure Risk Companies Will Include Boxed Warning on Drug Label; Prevention of secondary disease: diabetes; Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases;
    High Colesterol: Medicare provides coverage of cardiovascular screening blood tests for the early detection of cardiovascular disease or abnormalities associated with an elevated risk of heart disease and stroke;
    Stroke: Alteplase for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke;
    Tobacco: “‘Sucking tobacco’ is illegally imported under ministries’ noses”;
  • Adolescent Health: RATES OF BIPOLAR DIAGNOSIS IN YOUTH RAPIDLY CLIMBING, TREATMENT PATTERNS SIMILAR TO ADULTS; RECENT EFFORTS TO ADVANCE ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;
  • AIDS/HIV: Prevention of secondary disease: opportunistic infections; “Do criminal laws influence HIV risk behavior? An empirical trial”; ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN BULLYING AND FAMILY, PEER, AND SCHOOL RELATIONS FOR WHITE, BLACK, AND HISPANIC ADOLESCENTS;
  • Alcohol Abuse: Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking: A Guide to Action for Communities; Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking: A Guide to Action for Educators; Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking: A Guide to Action for Families;
  • Asthma: NATIONAL ASTHMA GUIDELINES UPDATED;
  • Child Health: THE EFFECTS OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM ON ADULT HEALTH AND WELL-BEING; FDA MedWatch - Safety and effectiveness of cough and cold drug product use in children;
  • Chronic Disease: Evidence-based care guideline for chronic care: self-management;
  • College Health: “Crisis on campus”;
  • Consumer Health: CHANGES IN HOW AMERICANS GET THEIR INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH AND CANCER; AHRQ Guides Summarize Effectiveness, Side Effects of Antidepressants;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Global Health Report. The World Health Organization has released The World Health Report 2007, A Safe Future: Global Public Health Security in the 21st Century; 2007 XDR-TB Incident Report; National Response Framework Draft;
  • Environmental Health: “Trailer-makers sued over formaldehyde”;
  • Genomics: GENETIC RISK FACTOR FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, LUPUS;
  • Healthcare Economics: TRENDS IN CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH CARE SINCE SCHIP; VACCINE FINANCING FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE UNDERINSURED; "Medicare says it won’t cover hospital errors”; CMS ANNOUNCES PAYMENT CHANGES FOR MEDICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES IMPROVING BENEFICIARY ACCESS AND QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF CARE; Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured Updates Medicaid Benefits: Online Database With 2006 Data; Relative Burden of Out-of-Pocket Costs On Seniors And Younger Adults;
  • Healthcare Quality: 2007 CAHPS® Hospital Survey Chartbook; CAHPS® Hospital Survey Interactive Chartbook;
  • Health Policy: “Act makes reporting wounds mandatory”; “Toy recalls may push ‘medical monitoring’ debate”;
  • Health Services: 2nd Edition of The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers, and Other Health Care Professionals is now available; On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care Tool Set; Emergency Preparedness Atlas U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities;
  • HiPAA: State-Level Privacy and Security Solutions for Secure Exchange of Health Information;
  • Immunization: Prevention of secondary disease: immunizations;
  • Infectious Disease: “Screenings for staph are now the law”;
  • Injury Prevention: Proper Use of Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraints;
  • Maternal Child Health: NATIONAL HEALTHY START ASSOCIATION RELEASES TOOLKIT FOR FIRST INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS MONTH; MENTAL HEALTH, WORK, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USE AMONG MOTHERS WITH LOW INCOMES;
  • Mental Health: MANIC PHASE OF BIPOLAR DISORDER BENEFITS FROM BREAST CANCER MEDICATION; GLOBAL SURVEY REVEALS SIGNIFICANT GAP IN MEETING WORLD'S MENTAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; Prevention of secondary disease: mental health care; Dementia;
  • Minority Health: NEW SPANISH-LANGUAGE WEBSITE;
  • Nutrition: NEW VITAMIN D EVIDENCE REPORT REVEALS GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE AND SERVES AS BASIS FOR UPCOMING NIH CONFERENCE ON VITAMIN D AND BONE HEALTH; “Where’s the beef from? Soon, you may find out”;
  • Obesity: U.S. OBESITY EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO GROW; MISSISSIPPI TOPS LIST FOR ADULTS, D.C. FOR YOUTHS; State Obesity Policies Report; Govt declares war on obesity”;
  • Occupational Health: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons clinical guideline on diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome; “Firefighters want illness classified as job hazard”;
  • Oral Health: THE IMPACT OF BANNING AMALGAM RESTORATIONS;
  • Public Health Continuing Education: from ATSDR;
  • Public Health Practice: National Board of Public Health Examiners; America On The Move: Community Education Toolkit;
  • Respiratory Disease: Bronchoscopy assisting" 2007 revision & update; Removal of the endotracheal tube” 2007 revision & update;
  • School Health: FREE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SUPPLEMENT FROM NIH: "THE SCIENCE OF HEALTHY BEHAVIORS"; Survey Reports U.S. Schools 'Infested with Drugs'; Hypertension Often Missed in Children; “District unveils new disease policy”; “A weighty matter for students”;
  • Senior Health: INTIMATE LIVES OF OLDER AMERICANS; Caring for Diverse Populations with Alzheimers Toolbox;
  • STDs: HPV and HPV Vaccine: Information for Healthcare Providers; Human Papillomavirus: HPV Information for Clinicians;
  • Substance Abuse: Drug Use Down Among Adolescents in U.S.—Successes in Substance Abuse Recovery Highlighted;
  • Suicide Prevention: September 9-15 is National Suicide Prevention Week; September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day; * Suicidal Ideation and Behavior: Management * Suicidal Ideation and Behavior: Risk Assessment; As youth suicides increase, FDA’s label rule criticized”;
  • Worksite Wellness: Work Loss Data Institute;
  • Women's Health: Docetaxel for the adjuvant treatment of early node-positive breast cancer; Paclitaxel for the adjuvant treatment of early node-positive breast cancer; Gemcitabine for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer; Ovarian Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Prevention (Health Professional Version);Ovarian Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Screening (Health Professional Version); Ovarian Epithelial Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Treatment (Health Professional Version);
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: State Report Cards
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  • News You Can Use: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Flu Shot Reminder!; NIA Offers New Spanish-Language Website; National Child Health Day (October 1, 2007);
  • Data: Statistical Brief #172: Health Insurance Status of Children in America, First Half 1996-2006; Field Representative's (Interviewer's) Manual, NHIS 1985-1996; Medical Coding Manual and Short Index, NHIS 1985-1988 - 1992-1996; updated NHIS SAS programs; Updated tables: Diabetes (self-reported) among adults: State, 1997-2006 (Source: BRFSS) Physical activity among adults: State, 1998-2006 (Source: BRFSS); Health insurance: lack of coverage among adults: State, 2002-2006 (Source: BRFSS); Health Status among adults: State, 2002-2006 (Source: BRFSS); Smoking among adults: State, 1997-2006 (Source: BRFSS); Overweight/obesity (self-reported) among adults: State, 1997-2006 (Source: BRFSS); Colon cancer screening: sigmoidoscopy among adults: State, 1997-2006 (Source: BRFSS); Colon cancer screening: blood stool tests among adults: State, 1997-2006 (Source: BRFSS); Mammography among women: State, 1997-2006 (Source: BRFSS); Pap smears among women: State, 1997-2006 (Source: BRFSS); QuickStats: Percentage of Persons with Untreated Dental Caries, by Age Group and Poverty Status --- National Health and Nutrition Examination; Survey (NHANES), United States, 2001--2004. Statehealthfacts.org Updates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma (PDQ®): Treatment; Adult Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Treatment; Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (PDQ®): Treatment; Practice guideline for the performance of total body irradiation; Registry Plus: Software Programs for Cancer Registries; Screening for Prostate Cancer: Sharing the Decision Toolkit;
    Cardiovascular Disease: AHA - Guidelines for the early management of adults with ischemic stroke; Guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in adults. 2007 update; Drug therapy of high-risk lipid abnormalities in children and adolescents; Recommendations and considerations related to preparticipation screening for cardiovascular abnormalities in competitive athletes: 2007 update; Recommendations for the standardization and interpretation of the electrocardiogram. Part I: the electrocardiogram and its technology; Current diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in primary care: a clinical practice guideline from the American; Management of venous thromboembolism: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians; ACC/AHA has released updated guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care for noncardiac surgery.
    Diabetes: Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with diabetes mellitus; High Cholesterol: Americans spent nearly $5 billion in 2004 on Lipitor. Kidney Disease: KDOQI clinical practice guidelines and clinical practice recommendations for diabetes and chronic kidney disease; Stroke: EFNS guideline on the treatment of cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis; Diagnosis and initial treatment of ischemic stroke. Tobacco:"Belmont council wants to ban smoking in condos, apartments”; “ Beijing bans smoking in taxis in run-up to Olympics”;
  • Adolescent Health: DEPRESSED ADOLESCENTS RESPOND BEST TO COMBINATION TREATMENT; INFLUENCES ON OBESITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND HEALTHY ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR;
  • AIDS/HIV: “Implementing routine HIV testing: the role of state law”;
  • Asthma: ASTHMA TO ALLERGIES LINKS; Making a Difference in the Management of Asthma: A Guide for Respiratory Therapists; Asthma Toolkit; Asthma Action Plan;
  • Behavioral Health: Diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in primary care for school age children and adolescents;
  • Chronic Disease: CAHPS™ Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions;
  • Consumer Welfare: Beyond Munchausen Syndrome by proxy: identification and treatment of child abuse in a medical setting; Evaluation of suspected child physical abuse; Hepatitis A vaccine recommendations; Maltreatment of children with disabilities; Prevention of varicella: recommendations for use of varicella vaccines in children, including a recommendation for a routine 2-dose varicella immunization schedule;
  • Disaster Preparedness: Federal Pandemic Preparedness Hearing (09/28); Capital District Pandemic Preparedness Hearing (10/03); Pandemic Influenza Checklist, Law Enforcement; Pandemic Influenza Checklist, Correctional Facilities; INITIATIVE LAUNCHED TO HELP STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; Bridge Collapse Resources;
  • Environmental Health: “EPA moves to make drinking water safer”; ATDSR's Toxic Substances Portal;
  • Genomics: NIH LAUNCHES EXTENSIVE OPEN-ACCESS DATASET OF GENETIC AND CLINICAL DATA; SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY CAUSE OF JOB'S SYNDROME;
  • Global Health: “Global public health security”;
  • Health Services: Medicare Preventive Services Quick Reference Information chart on the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE);
  • Liver Disease: (1) Chronic hepatitis B. (2) Corrections to AASLD guidelines on chronic hepatitis B;
  • Maternal Child Health: LOW MATERNAL CHOLESTEROL TIED TO PREMATURE BIRTH; BREAST MILK ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER MENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN PRETERM INFANTS, FEWER RE-HOSPITALIZATIONS; USE OF FAMILY MEDICAL HISTORY IN PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MOST SUPPORTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR CHILDREN; ASSOCIATION OF MATERNAL EDUCATION LEVEL AND CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION RATES AMONG STATES; Screening for sickle cell disease in newborns: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement;
  • Mental Health: GENES LINKED TO SUICIDAL THINKING DURING ANTIDEPRESSANT TREATMENT; Detecting and Treating Depression in Adults; A Soldier's Guide to Combat-Related Stress Problems; Major depression in adults in primary care; Antidepressant Medicines - A Guide for Adults With Depression; Choosing Antidepressants for Adults;
  • Minority Health: NEW PUBLICATION HELPS AFRICAN AMERICANS "MAKE THE KIDNEY CONNECTION"; PROGRAM TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PHYSICIANS AND LOW-INCOME HISPANIC FAMILIES;
  • Musculoskeletal Health: Manual medicine guidelines for musculoskeletal injuries; Diagnosis and treatment of adult degenerative joint disease (DJD)/osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee;
  • Nutrition: "MILK MATTERS" ONLINE LESSON RESOURCES; “British students spurn nutritious meals"; ASSOCIATIONS OF FAMILY MEALS DURING ADOLESCENCE AND DIET AND MEAL PATTERNS DURING YOUNG ADULTHOOD;
  • Obesity: RACIAL DISPARITIES IN RISK FOR STILLBIRTH AMONG OBESE VS. NON-OBESE WOMEN; Development of a school nutrition-environment state policy classification system;
  • Occupational Health: “NIOSH reports black lung rates double since ’97”; “Law protects emergency workers”;
  • Public Health Practice: Community Tool Box; WHO Report - World Health Report 2007;
  • School Health: "Fewer sodas in school, industry says”
  • Senior Health: What Happens Next?; September 23 – 29, 2007 is National Adult Immunization Awareness Week;
  • Suicide Prevention: 15-YEAR TRENDS IN SUICIDE RATES AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS;
  • Worksite Wellness: WORKPLACE DEPRESSION SCREENING, OUTREACH AND ENHANCED TREATMENT IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY, LOWERS EMPLOYER COSTS; Head (trauma, headaches, etc., not including stress & mental disorders); Hernia; Hip & pelvis (acute & chronic); Knee & leg (acute & chronic); Low back - lumbar & thoracic (acute & chronic);
  • Women's Health: Screening mammography for women 40 to 49 years of age: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Breast Cancer Information
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  • News You Can Use: Expanded Benefits, Diabetes-Related Services, Cancer Screenings, Adult Immunizations, Bone Mass Measurements, Glaucoma Screenings and Smoking and Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services; COPD Awareness Month; “Drowsy driving is big killer in U.S. ”; NUTRITIONAL ADVICE FOR PREGNANT AND BREASTFEEDING WOMEN;
  • Data: NCHS NHanes data releases; “States and V.A. at odds on cancer data”; 2007 EDITION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA BOOK RELEASED; Statefacts Online updates;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: Surgery More Likely Than Angioplasty to Relieve Pain for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease; Coagulation. Laboratory medicine practice guidelines; Use of cardiac biomarkers for acute coronary syndromes; Ge With The Guidelines Stroke Toolbox.
    Diabetes: Diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus.
    High Cholesterol. Screening for lipid disorders in children.
    Tobacco. Tobacco Control Best Practices; Tobacco Tax Report; Tobacco Control Newsletter; “Impact of a smoke-free hospital campus policy on employee and consumer behavior”; “The smoke is small, but not the risk”; Secondhand Smoke and Children Report.
  • Adolescent Health. PREDICTORS OF INITIATION OF ALCOHOL USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS; THE DECLINE IN THE PROPORTION OF REPEAT BIRTHS TO ADOLESCENTS IN ALL STATES; SUBSTANCE USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING BY YOUTH REMAINS SERIOUS PROBLEM;
  • AIDS/HIV. (1) Neoplastic complications of HIV infection. (2) July 2007 addendum; Antiretroviral therapy; Hepatitis A virus; HIV drug - drug interactions; HIV prophylaxis following occupational exposure; Identification and ambulatory care of HIV-exposed and -infected adolescents; Long-term complications of antiretroviral therapy; Primary care approach to the HIV-infected patient; Care for the HIV-infected female adolescent; General nutrition, weight loss, and wasting syndrome; HIV prophylaxis following non-occupational exposure including sexual assault; How to integrate prevention into primary care; Infectious complications associated with HIV infection: mycobacterial infections; Infectious complications associated with HIV infection: parasitic infections; Neurologic complications; Ophthalmologic complications of HIV infection; Pharmacists: partners in health care for HIV-infected patients;Prevention of secondary disease: lipid screening and cardiovascular risk; Substance use treatment modalities for HIV-infected persons; “Antenatal HIV screening in Europe : a review of policies”; OBSTETRICIANS-GYNECOLOGISTS' PRACTICES RELEVENT TO HIV SCREENING;
  • Child Health. QUALITY OF AMBULATORY CARE DELIVERED TO CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES; Healthy Canadians;
  • Consumer Health. “Trouble at sea: free-agent doctors”;
  • Disaster Preparedness. NIOSH Interim Guidance on Health and Safety Issues Among Clean-Up Workers Involved with Handling and Burning Debris; Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Fire Fighters and EMS Responders; Safe Cleanup of Fire Ash; Wildfires Threaten Respiratory Health; Public Health Emergencies, Liability and Immunity; “States seek to cut disaster red tape'; “FEMA shifts, draws own disaster plans”; United States, Canada and Mexico Agree to Mutual Assistance;
  • Environmental Health. States call for stricter mercury rules; Wood smoke taken seriously: allowable emissions cut by half”;
  • Genomics. Genetic Testing Oversight Report; Cancer Family History in Primary Care; UNIQUE PATTERN OF GENE EXPRESSION CAN INDICATE ACETAMINOPHEN OVERDOSE;
  • Healthcare Economics. MEDICARE FACT SHEET; 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI); Requirement to Update Information in the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); Update on Medicaid Tamper Proof Prescriptions;
  • Healthcare Quality. “Improving the Health Care Work Environment to Promote Quality and Safety”;
  • Health Policy. Public Health Policy Report;
  • Health Services. Many Errors by Medical Residents Caused by Teamwork Breakdowns, Lack of Supervision; Developing a consensus framework for an effective disaster response health system Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness;
  • Immunizations. “Parents use religion to avoid vaccines”; Flu Materials for the 2007-08 Flu Season;
  • Infectious Disease. MRSA;
  • Maternal Child Health. GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES IN OBESE WOMEN; PERSISTENT BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF BREAST MILK ON OUTCOMES AMONG INFANTS WITH EXTREMELY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT;
  • Mental Health. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USE FOLLOWING A SCHOOL-BASED SUICIDE-PREVENTION PROGRAM; National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP);
  • Minority Health. NIDDK WEBSITE FEATURES SPANISH HEALTH INFORMATION;
  • Nutrition. “State’s tough new raw milk standards upset consumers, farmers”; WEB SITE EXPANDS TO INCLUDE NUTRITIONAL ADVICE FOR PREGNANT AND BREASTFEEDING WOMEN; TRENDS IN FOLIC ACID CONSUMPTION AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN CALIFORNIA;
  • Occupational Health. “Final arguments start in Dole pesticide case”; “The trail of a buttery flavor, sick workers, lawsuits -- and a painful legacy”;
  • Oral Health. EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN RECEIVE MANDATED ORAL HEALTH SERVICES;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed.Medicare Preventive Services Series: Part 2 Women’s Health;
  • Public Health Law. “Law as a tool in promoting and protecting public health: always in our best interests?”;
  • School Health. State adopts drug-test guidelines; “Pupils and parents are resisting taking healthy eating habits beyond the school gates”;
  • Senior Health. ONE IN SEVEN AMERICANS AGE 71 AND OLDER HAS SOME TYPE OF DEMENTIA, NIH-FUNDED STUDY ESTIMATES; SCIENTISTS USE SHARED GENOME DATA TO CONFIRM SORL1 GENE LINKED TO ALZHEIMER'S; Working with Your Older Patient: A Clinician's Handbook;
  • Women's Health. STATE ACTION ON HPV VACCINE; WOMEN'S OVERALL HEALTH AT THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVELS; Benefits and risks of sterilization; Episiotomy; Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring; Management of postterm pregnancy; Osteoporosis; Postpartum hemorrhage; Use of hormonal contraception in women with coexisting medical conditions; Vaginitis; Chronic abnormal uterine bleeding in nongravid women; Postmenopausal uterine bleeding;
  • Worksite Wellness. “Now, the stick: workers pay for poor health habits”;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site, Wellness Index
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  • News You Can Use.“It dawned on adults after WWII: ‘you’ll shoot your eye out!’”;
  • Data. STATE DATA on Children with Special Health Care Needs; “‘No Child’ data on violence skewed”; Cost of Living Variation; Employment Status; Medicare Payments for Hospital Procedures; Deaths; Child and Teen Deaths; Cancer Incidence; Oral Health; Sterile Syringe Exchange Programs; 15 selected health measures;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Follow-up of renal cell carcinoma; Incidentally discovered adrenal mass; Guideline for the management of clinically localized prostate cancer: 2007 update; Guidelines for the management of colorectal cancer;
    Cardiovascular Disease: HEART ATTACK SYMPTOMS IN WOMEN - ARE THEY DIFFERENT?;
    Diabetes: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the management of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes and pregnancy; Diabetes management in the hospital setting; Glycemic management; Hypertension management; Lipid management; Microvascular complications; Nutrition and diabetes; Patient safety in diabetes care; Prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus; Screening and diagnosis; DISPARITIES IN DIABETES DEATH RATES AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; Chinese-American, Black Women With Certain Diets Have Higher Risk for Developing Type 2 Diabetes; PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AND SICKLE CELL TRAIT SHOULD HAVE RELIABLE A1C TEST;
    High Blood Pressure. Common Medications Provide Equal Blood Pressure Control;
    Tobacco. Policy interventions and surveillance as strategies to prevent tobacco use in youth; “R.J. Reynolds Tobacco use of cartoon ads prompts suit by Ohio , 7 other states”; “The ‘Tobacco Wars’ -- global litigation strategies”;
  • Adolescent Health. PREVALENCE OF POSITIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SCREEN AMONG ADOLESCENTS;
  • AIDS/HIV. 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update; Public Health Service Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States; “ U.S. regulators join HIV transplant probe”; PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN FOR HISPANIC YOUTH ON THE LINK BETWEEN NON-INJECTION DRUGS AND HIV;
  • Alcohol Abuse. GENE THAT INFLUENCES ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION;
  • Arthritis. Combining Medications Often Best Stategy to Battle Rheumatoid Arthritis;
  • Community Health. PEDIATRICIANS' INVOLVEMENT IN AND PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNITY CHILD HEALTH;
  • Environmental Health. OZONE CAN AFFECT HEAVIER PEOPLE MORE; “EPA is sued by 12 states over reports on chemicals”;
  • Healthcare Economics. Six in ten Americans paying more for health insurance this year than last; Community effects of high uninsured rates affects access and quality of care available to insured residents; Medicare Fee-For-Service Providers: Register Now for the Individuals Authorized Access to CMS Computer Services - Provider Community (IACS-PC); Preventable Hospitalization Costs; "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January - June 2007";
  • Healthcare Quality. Ask Me 3 Brochures; Is Our Pharmacy Meeting Patients' Needs? A Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool User's Guide; Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacy Staff and Patients: A Training Program for Pharmacy Staff; Reconciling Medications Toolkit; Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Initiative; The Informed Decisions Toolbox;
  • Health Education. "Making Your Printed Health Materials Senior Friendly" Tip Sheet;
  • Health Ethics. “Schools ponder role as child nears death”;
  • Immunizations. “Judge’s letter produces inoculations, and anger”;
  • Infectious Disease. 2008 Influenza (Flu) Season Resources for Health Care Professionals; Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB) Fact Sheet; Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) Fact Sheet;
  • Maternal Child Health. WEB SITE LAUNCHED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH AND RELATED RESOURCES; STRESS AND COPING AMONG MOTHERS OF VERY-LOW-BIRTHWEIGHT CHILDREN AT AGE 8; SUMMARY OF STATE LAWS RELATED TO SUDDEN INFANT DEATH UPDATED; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; DIFFERENCES IN MORTALITY BETWEEN LATE-PRETERM AND TERM INFANTS; 5-2-1-Almost None: Childhood Overweight References for Primary Care Providers;
  • Minority Health. MORE ACCURATE METHOD OF ESTIMATING BREAST CANCER RISK IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN DEVELOPED; Minority Women More Likely Than White Women To Have Pain Related to Certain Type of Breast Cancer; Washington, D.C., Data Show Blacks Make Up Large Proportion of Those With HIV/AIDS;
  • Nutrition. Food Safety for Moms to Be Toolkit; School Foods Report Card 2007; “Wild or farmed? Salmon eaters want to know”;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed. Cutting-Edge Legal Preparedness for Chronic Disease Prevention;
  • Public Health Research. “Influence of the HIPAA Privacy Rule on health research”;
  • Public Health Surveillance. International Health Regulations: considerations for public health surveillance;
  • Respiratory Disease. COPD Learn More Breathe Better Resource Kit; NexProfiler Healthcare Treatment Tools for: Hayfever, Asthma, COPD, Non-Small Cell Cancer, and Small Cell Cancer; NexProfiler Tools for Cancer Treatment; Quick Reference Pocket Guide: Stepwise Approach for Managing Asthma in Adults and Children Older Than 5 Years of Age: Treatment;
  • School Health. School Food Guide;
  • Senior Health. The ABCs of Providing the Initial Preventive Physical Examination quick reference chart; HIGH-TRAUMA FRACTURES IN MEN AND WOMEN; TRAINING GUIDE FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING HELPS OLDER ADULTS FIND HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE; Detecting depression in older adults with dementia; Evidence-based practice guideline. Exercise promotion: walking in elders; Nursing management of hearing impairment in nursing facility residents;
  • STDs. Updated synthesis Screening for and Management of Chlamydial Infection;
  • Substance Abuse. Quick Guide for Administrators Based on TIP 45: Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment; Quick Guide for Clinicians Based on TIP 45: Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment; Screening and Assessment for Family Engagement, Retention, and Recovery (SAFERR) Guidebook; dministration (U.S.); Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Trauma Patients;
  • Women's Health. EVIDENCE FOR THE EFFECTS OF HORMONES ON MOOD IN WOMEN; Depression During and After Pregnancy: A Resource for Women, Their Families, and Friends; DEPRESSION LINKED TO BONE-THINNING IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN;
  • Worksite Wellness. TOOLKIT EXAMINES HOW IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN BENEFITS AN EMPLOYER'S BOTTOM LINE;
  • CT Public Health. The Have and Have Nots: The Uninsured in CT; Connecticut Health Care Spending: An Update; Good News – 55,000 fewer uninsured in CT last year; Comparison of Managed Care Organizations in Connecticut 2007;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. State Report Cards State Report Cards
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  • News You Can Use: FDA - Nonoxynol 9 OTC Contraceptive Products; Possibility of severe and sometimes incapacitating bone, joint, and/or muscle (musculoskeletal) pain in patients taking bisphosphonates; Safety and effectiveness of "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy," or "BHRT" products; Mutual Aid Website;
  • Data: CORRECTION OF REPORT NUMBER for"Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2006";Health Preparedness State Rankings; PUBLIC HEALTH IN NEW YORK CITY; Health for all Ages updates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: NEW BIOMARKER FOR PREDICTING LIVER CANCER SPREAD AND SURVIVAL; Follow-up imaging of bladder carcinoma; Hepatic malignancy; Pretreatment staging of invasive bladder cancer; Pretreatment staging prostate cancer; Renal cell carcinoma staging;
    Cardiovascular Disease. Screening for carotid artery stenosis: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement; Heart failure in adults; Suspected congenital heart disease in the adult; Task Force Recommends Against Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis in Adults without Symptoms;
    Diabetes. Effectiveness, Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications; Diabetes Care: Tools and Resources on Clinical Guidelines, Comprehensive Visits, and Periodic Examinations; Diabetes Prevention and Management Toolkit;
    High Blood Pressure. Task Force Reaffirms Recommendation for High Blood Pressure Screening for All Adults; SAMHSA updates; The 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH);
  • Adolescent Health. SEXUAL EXPERIENCE AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENTS;
  • AIDS/HIV. Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents;
  • Arthritis. Choosing Pain Medicine For Osteoarthritis (Consumer Guide);
  • Consumer Health. Door-to-Doc Patient Safety Toolkit;
  • Emergency Preparedness. Public Health Mutual Aid Agreements -- A Menu of Suggested Provisions;
  • Family Health. Practice parameter for the assessment of the family; Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with depressive disorders; Summary of recommendations for clinical preventive services;
  • Healthcare Economics. Quick Reference Chart “Steps to Accessing CMS Enterprise Applications for Provider Organizations; The Home Health Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet;
  • Healthcare Quality. Many Employers Not Seeking More Value for Their Health Care Dollars;
  • Health Literacy. HRSA UNVEILS FREE ONLINE HEALTH LITERACY TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
  • Health Services. PEDIATRIC AUTOPSIES USING FAMILY-CENTERED CRITERIA; Scheduling Toolkit for Medical Professionals; Communicating Critical Test Results Toolkit; Implementing a Program of Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals; The Emergency Department Pharmacist as a Safety Resource; Trainings, Drills, Exercises: Hospital and Primary Care Centers Tabletop Toolkit;
  • Infectious Disease. Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and other Hospital-Acquired Infections; Tuberculosis (TB); Human Papillomavirus (HPV); NIAID EXPERTS SEE DENGUE AS POTENTIAL THREAT TO U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH;
  • Influenza. Stay At Home Toolkit for Influenza;
  • Maternal Child Health. DEVELOPMENTAL SURVEILLANCE AND SCREEENING IN PRIMARY CARE; PRECONCEPTION AND PREGNANCY KNOWLEDGE PATH; THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIMARY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN SUPPORTING NEWBORN SCREENING;
  • Minority Health. The Pandemic Influenza Planning Workbook: A Planning Guide for American Indian/Alaska Native Communities;
  • Nutrition. Trans Fat; Menu Labeling; Breastfeeding;
  • Obesity. NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ON CHILD AND ADOLESCENT OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY; STATE AND REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT OBESITY;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed. HRSA UNVEILS FREE ONLINE HEALTH LITERACY TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; The Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) in Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals Fact Sheet; The Present On Admission (POA) Indicator Reporting by Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals Fact Sheet;
  • Public Health Research. “Improving Population Health: The Uses of Systematic Reviews”; INFORMATION ON "PARTICIPATING IN CLINICAL TRIALS" NOW AVAILABLE ON NIHSENIORHEALTH.GOV;
  • School Health. Wellness Policies; College Mental Health;
  • Senior Health. Many Osteoporosis Medications Prevent Fractures, but None Is Proven Best; Partnering With Your Doctor: A Guide for Persons With Memory Problems and Their Caregivers;
  • Women's Health. Women’s Health Insurance Coverage fact sheets; Antibiotic prophylaxis for gynecologic procedures; Pelvic organ prolapse; Gynecologic herpes simplex virus infections; Human papillomavirus; Intrauterine device; Management of abnormal cervical cytology and histology; Management of endometrial cancer; Pregestational diabetes mellitus; Ultrasonography in pregnancy; Urinary incontinence in women; Cervical cytology screening; Cervical insufficiency; Chronic pelvic pain; Diagnosis and treatment of gestational trophoblastic disease; Multiple gestation: complicated twin, triplet, and high-order multifetal pregnancy; Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy; Prophylactic antibiotics in labor and delivery; Routine prenatal care; Osteoporosis and bone mineral density;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Fitness Resources on the Net
90February 15, 2008
  • News You Can Use: Adverse Reactions Linked to Botox; New Safety Warnings for Chantix; My Family Health Portrait; Family Health History Toolkit;
  • Data: Health Characteristics of the Asian Adult Population: United States, 2004-2006; HIV Infection in the United States Household Population Aged 18–49 Years: Results from 1999–2006; Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control—Continued Disparities in Adults: United States, 2005–2006;
  • Top Killers: Cancer. Staging and follow-up of ovarian cancer; Anal cancer; Resectable rectal cancer.
    Cardiovascular Disease. NEW GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIPID LEVELS, RISK FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; NEW PIECE TO THE PUZZLE OF HUMAN HEIGHT; Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism; ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/non ST-Elevation myocardial infarction; ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care for noncardiac surgery; Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute heart failure syndromes;
    Diabetes. FOR SAFETY, NHLBI CHANGES INTENSIVE BLOOD SUGAR TREATMENT STRATEGY IN CLINICAL TRIAL OF DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; Guideline for the care of the older adult with diabetes;
    High Cholesterol. NEW GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIPID LEVELS, RISK FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. Treatment of hyperlipidaemia: aims and selection;
    Tobacco.“Supreme Court to consider shield for drug, cigarette firms”;
  • Adolescent Health. HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND UTILIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS;
  • AIDS/HIV. “Fair play or morality play?”; HIV infection; HIV and Mental Health: The Hidden Epidemic in People with HIV Infection; Mental Health Screening: A Quick Reference Guide for HIV Primary Care Clinicians; Screening Tools for Completing Mental Health Assessments in HIV Primary Care Settings;
  • Consumer Health. Are You Getting Ready For Surgery?; Clear and Effective Patient Education: A Guide for Improving Health Communications in the Hospital Setting;Hand Washing: Tips For Washing Away Illness; Keeping You From Falling: Don't Let a Fall Be Your Last Trip; Make Your Hospital Stay a Safe Stay!; Your Medicine, You Can Never Be Too Safe: Tips For Using Medication Safely;
  • Drug Abuse. Screening for illicit drug use: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.
  • Emergency Preparedness. “Disaster plan is set for release”; “Guide to evacuate region reveals limitations”; Pandemic Influenza Guide; The Curricula for Simulated Obstetric Emergency Response Drills & Safety (CORDS);
  • Family Health. 1) Immunizations. 2) Immunization update; Preventive services for adults; Preventive services for children and adolescents;
  • Healthcare Economics. The Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet; Consumer Financial Incentives Guide for Employers and Other Health Care Purchasers; nation's 10 most expensive medical conditions; “Guided Pathways to Medicare Resources for Medicare Fee-for-Service Health Care Professionals.”; The NPI is here; Modifications to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code set;
  • Healthcare Quality. Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality; Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: A User's Guide; 2007 CAHPS® Health Plan Survey Chartbook; CAHPS In-Center Hemodialysis Survey and Reporting Kit; Clinician & Group Survey and Reporting Kit 2007; Physicians Want to Learn from Medical Mistakes But Say Current Error-Reporting Systems are Inadequate; “Consent forms that patients can understand”;
  • Health Literacy. IDEAS FOR CREATING CLEAR, EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND ORAL HEALTH MATERIALS;
  • Health Services. “Nurse admits plucking body parts from 244 corpses for resale”;
  • Maternal Child Health. Management of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and postpartum: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline; INFLUENCES OF INDIVIDUAL- AND NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS ON HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND ADEQUACY OF WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY; Healthy Habits for Life: Child Care Resource Kit; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION AND POSTNEONATAL INFANT MORTALITY;
  • Minority Health. TRENDS IN INFANT MORTALITY AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WHITES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD DEPRIVATION AND PRETERM BIRTH BY RACE; American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Resource Kit;
  • Nutrition. “Popcorn eater sues Kroger claiming flavoring caused lung ailment”. Eating disorders among children and adolescents;
  • Obesity. ‘Costs of Obesity’ Report; Metabolic syndrome;
  • Occupational Health. NIOSH Mine Safety Report;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed. The ABCs of Providing the Initial Preventive Physical Examination;
  • School Health. SPECIAL LEGAL ISSUE ON LAWS AND POLICIES RELATED TO SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS; School Infectious Disease Plans; “A CDC review of school laws and policies concerning child and adolescent health”; “States push for cyberbully controls”;
  • Senior Health. Osteoarthritis of the knees; Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias;
  • Women's Health. The USPSTF recommends against screening for bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women at low risk for preterm delivery; MATERNAL DEPRESSION AS A RISK FACTOR AFFECTING CHILD WELL-BEING AND SCHOOL READINESS; SURGEON GENERAL RELEASES REPORT ON WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH; EFFECTS OF CUEING ON HEALTH PROFESSIONALS' DISCUSSION OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; BodyWorks: A Toolkit for Healthy Girls and Strong Women;
  • Worksite Wellness. “Wellness programs may face legal tests”;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Favorite Movies Sites
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  • News You Can Use: Food Safety - Recall of Beef products; Spiriva and Foradil inhalation powder capsules;
  • Data: Cesarean section in 2005; buying online prescription drugs; MEPS Tabular Data: 2005 State-Level Medical Expenditure Data; 2005 MEPSnet/Household Component Data; Statistical Brief #192: Estimates of Health Care Expenditures for the 10 Largest States, 2005; Statistical Brief #193: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005; Statistical Brief #194: Average Annual Health Care Use and Expenses for Shingles among the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003-2005; Statistical Brief #195: Dental Expenditures in the 10 Largest States, 2005; Statistical Brief #196: Prescription Drug Expenditures in the 10 Largest States for Persons under Age 65, 2005; Statistical Brief #197: Medical Expenditures of the Non-Elderly by Age and Insurance Status, 2004; Statistical Brief #198: The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005; Statistical Brief #199: The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for the Medicare Population Age 65 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005; Statistical Brief #200: Comparing Population Characteristics of Persons Purchasing Prescribed Drugs from Mail Order Pharmacies with Persons Purchasing Prescribed Drugs from Other Outlets, 2005; Research Findings #28: Demographics and Health Care Access and Utilization of Limited-English-Proficient and English-Proficient Hispanics; 2006 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) released;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Family History Cancer Risk Assessment: JamesLink.
    Cardiovascular Disease: High Blood Cholesterol Newest Offering on NIHSeniorHealth Website; Chest pain that does not appear to be a heart attack; Heart Health Toolbox; Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Clinical Pathway; Ideal Discharge of Heart Failure Patients: A Hospitalist Checklist;
    Tobacco: SMOKING'S EFFECTS ON GENES MAY PLAY A ROLE IN LUNG CANCER DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL;
  • Adolescent Health. THE ROLE OF PARENTAL CONSENT IN ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE RESEARCH; TEENS WITH TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION MORE LIKELY TO GET BETTER WITH SWITCH TO COMBINATION THERAPY;
  • Alcohol Abuse. BRAIN STRESS SYSTEM PRESENTS POSSIBLE TREATMENT TARGET FOR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE; QUANTITY AND FREQUENCY OF DRINKING INFLUENCE MORTALITY RISK; States weighing lower age to drink;
  • Child Health. THE INFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE SOCIAL RISK FACTORS ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH; INCIDENCE OF UNINTENTIONAL STRANGULATION DEATHS FROM THE "CHOKING GAME; MANUAL PROVIDES GUIDANCE IN CHOOSING PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING INSTRUMENTS;
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs. CHARTBOOK REPORTS NEW FINDINGS FROM NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
  • Consumer Health. Bill proposes ‘scarlet letter’ for DUIs; Donation Basics; Transplantation Basics;
  • Disaster Preparedness. U.S. : states better prepared for disasters;
  • Environmental Health.2008 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws; Climate change: the public health response;
  • Flu. 1918 Influenza Information; Pandemic Influenza Toolkit; NIH SCIENTISTS FIND WHY FLU VIRUS SPREADS IN COLD WEATHER;
  • Genomics. CHANGES IN ADULT STEM CELLS MAY UNDERLIE RARE GENETIC DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH ACCELERATED AGING; ZEBRAFISH PROVIDE USEFUL SCREENING TOOL FOR GENES, DRUGS THAT PROTECT AGAINST HEARING LOSS;
  • Healthcare Economics. Consumer Financial Incentives: A Decision Guide For Purchasers;
  • Healthcare Quality. Modest Health Care Quality Gains Outpaced by Spending; Many lawsuits against pharmacies settled in silence; Video on Communicating with Your Doctor; Video on Personal Health Records; State Health Policy Survey Report: 2007 Guide to State Adverse Event Reporting Systems; Preventing Wrong-Site Surgery Toolkit;
  • Health Literacy. Health Literacy Fact Sheets;
  • Health Services. Hospitals now must report serious staph cases to officials;
  • Infectious Disease. The up side of the SARS outbreak;
  • Injury Prevention. Epidemiology Triangle Worksheet;
  • Maternal Child Health. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TOOL TO SCREEN FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS; RISK FACTORS FOR SIDS AND APPARENT LIFE-THREATENING EVENTS; THE EFFECTS OF LATE-PRETERM BIRTH AND MATERNAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS ON NEWBORN MORBIDITY RISK ;
  • Mental Health. Federal, state mental health laws could collide; Mental Health Court Guidance Document;
  • Nutrition. Consumer food labeling suits reinstated; Court ruling, contaminated milk raise questions about using sewage plant wastes as fertilizer; March is National Nutrition Month®;
  • Oral Health. ORAL HEALTH IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN; FOUNDATIONS' ROLE IN IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH;
  • Respiratory Diseases. Task Force Recommends Against Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry;
  • Senior Health. Providing Comfort at the End of Life; IMPROVED COGNITIVE HEALTH AMONG OLDER AMERICANS;
  • STDS. Improving Chlamydia Screening: Strategies from Top Performing Health Plans;
  • Women's Health. NLM AND ORWH ANNOUNCE NEW NIH WEB SITE SOURCE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH INFORMATION; NIDDK PUBLISHES RESOURCES ABOUT BLADDER PROBLEMS; WHI FOLLOW UP STUDY CONFIRMS HEALTH RISKS OF LONG-TERM COMBINATION HORMONE THERAPY OUTWEIGH BENEFITS FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; NEWLY IDENTIFIED GENETIC VARIATIONS MAY AFFECT BREAST CANCER RISK; STUDY OF TARGETED THERAPIES FOR BREAST CANCER ESTABLISHES MODEL FOR GLOBAL CLINICAL TRIALS; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BREASTFEEDING DURATION AND LOWER PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AMONG WOMEN IN MIDLIFE; SCREENING FOR BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS IN PREGNANCY;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Site Index
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  • News You Can Use. Warning About "Total Body" Liquid Supplements; WARNINGS section of prescribing information for Exubera;
  • Data. 1993-1996 NHIS Family Resources Supplement data files; Preliminary estimates for 15 selected health measures for 2007 NHIS; Updated Health Data for all Ages; NHIS Health Insurance;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AND CPR ARE EQUALLY HELPFUL FOR SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IN THE HOME; AGGRESSIVELY LOWERING CHOLESTEROL AND BLOOD PRESSURE MAY REVERSE ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN ADULTS WITH DIABETES;
    Kidney Disease: KIDNEY DISEASE NEWEST OFFERING ON NIHSENIORHEALTH;
    Tobacco: Big Tobacco’s Guinea Pigs: How an Unregulated Industry Experiments on America’s Kids and Consumers; Tobacco Law Information; Car Smoking Report; Model Tobacco Policies; “Appeals court panel throws out class action over light cigarettes”;
  • Adolescent Health. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HAVING SEX AT A YOUNG AGE WITH AN OLDER PARTNER AND SELECTED OUTCOMES IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD; NATIONAL DATA ON MEASURES OF ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH; EXPERIENCES OF BEING "20-SOMETHING" TODAY VS. IN EARLIER DECADES; HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 MIDCOURSE REVIEW EXAMINES PROGRESS IN CRITICAL AREAS OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH;
  • AIDS/HIV. HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States; “Anti-human-trafficking law sparks debate in India”;
  • Alcohol Abuse. ONLINE VIDEO PROGRAM TRAINS CLINICIANS TO HELP PATIENTS WHO DRINK TOO MUCH;
  • Asthma. GENE LINKED TO INHERITED BLOOD BIOMARKER ASSOCIATED WITH ASTHMA;
  • Child Health. PEDIATRICIANS ALERTED TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL NATURE OF UNDERAGE DRINKING; NEW BULLYING-PREVENTION TOOLKIT RELEASED; EFFORTS TO INTEGRATE MENTAL HEALTH AND ORAL HEALTH INTO CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE;
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs. National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Chartbook 2005-2006;
  • Consumer Health. “States ‘recycle’ meds to battle costs”; "Consumer protection law defective, study finds”;
  • Disaster Preparedness. “In a massive disaster, care will be scarce”; Pandemic Planning Update: Update 5;
  • Environmental Health. “Law will bring monitoring changes”; “EPA issues new rules on lead paint”;
  • Eye Health. AMERICANS LACK CRITICAL FACTS ABOUT MAINTAINING EYE HEALTH Disparities are Greatest among Hispanics;
  • Healthcare Economics. Health insurance consumes 7.8% of total US employee compensation, second only to wages and salaries; Consumer directed health plans continue to attract healthier, wealthier members;
  • Healthcare Quality. AHRQ annual quality and health disparity reports find mixed results; Upward Trend for Hospital Patient Safety Culture, Highlights Areas to Focus Improvement; Transforming Hospitals Into High Reliability Organizations;
  • Health Services. “Telemedicine may violate Guam law”; “On the frontline of abuse”;
  • Immunizations. “More families are shunning inoculations”;
  • Infectious Disease. Measles outbreaks in the United States; "Superbug defies antibiotics”; “State to be sued by hepatitis B carriers, who top 1 million”;
  • Injury Prevention. U.S. hospitals treated 308,200 people for attempted suicide, assault, rape, abuse, and other violence-related trauma in 2005 at a cost of $2.3 billion; “Cellphone law may not make roads safer”;
  • Maternal Child Health. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOOD SECURITY IN INFANCY AND ATTACHMENT AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN TODDLERHOOD;
  • Mental Health. PAST CHILD ABUSE PLUS VARIATIONS IN GENE RESULT IN POTENT PTSD RISK FOR ADULTS; The effectiveness of antidepressants;
  • Minority Health. WIDE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH COVERAGE AMONG ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, WITH UNINSURED RATES FOR SOME SUBGROUPS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE UNITED STATES;
  • Nutrition. “Humane Society Sues USDA over mad-cow safety rules”;
  • Obesity. INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG OBESITY-PREVENTION BEHAVIORS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • Occupational Health. “Reprimanded miner sues over safety issue”;
  • Oral Health. 31 percent of low-income children ages 2 to 5 have dental cavities that don't get treated by a dentist;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. Public Health Emergency Law and Forensic Epidemiology CD-ROM; NUTRITION TRAINING FOR MCH PROFESSIONALS;
  • School Health. “Cafeteria inspections falling short”; “A different kind of student exam”;
  • TB. World TB Day is March 24;
  • Women's Health. GRIEF SUBSEQUENT TO AN EARLY MISCARRIAGE; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERNAL CAFFEINE INTAKE AND MISCARRIAGE RISK;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Report Cards
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  • News You Can Use: Aging baby boomers intensify looming health care workforce shortage; “Better safe than sorry, Ottawa says of plastic ban”;
  • Data. 1992-2006 Concatenated Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)
  • Top Killers. Diabetes: Built Environment Health Study.
    Stroke. Hospitalizations for ischemic stroke fell 33 percent between 1997 and 2005.
    Tobacco. “Prisons brace for fallout of smoking ban”; Tobacco Legal Update; Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence;
  • Adolescent Health. CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENTS WITH AND WITHOUT BEDROOM TVS; STATES' EFFORTS TO SAFEGUARD ADOLESCENTS' CONFIDENTIALITY; Estimates of Older Teens Driving Under the Influence; Teen Driving Safety Survey;
  • AIDS/HIV. "Black Americans and HIV/AIDS"; "Latinos and HIV/AIDS"; "Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States" -- highlights the challenges for women living with and at risk for HIV; “Records show state-mandated HIV testing of prostitutes, clients is sporadic”;
  • Child Health. CHILDREN AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA;
  • Child Welfare. TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING AN ONGOING CHILD-MALTREATMENT-SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance; Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements;
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs: INFANTS AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; SHARING OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMS OF SERVICES;
  • Disaster Preparedness. Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Guidance;
  • Environmental Health. Smog Health Report; National Air Quality Report;
  • Genomics. Senate passes genetic nondiscrimination act”;
  • Healthcare Economics. People who buy their own health insurance; Something is not always better than nothing in health insurance; Statehealthfacts.org updated;
  • Healthcare Quality. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE-LEVEL HEALTH CARE REFORM TO ADDRESS HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; THE ABILITY OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS TREATING HIGH PROPORTIONS OF MINORITY PATIENTS TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY CARE;
  • Maternal Child Health. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PREMATURE INFANT SURVIVAL, DISABILITY; PREGNANCY RATES FOR 1990-2004; CORRELATION BETWEEN CARDIORESPIRATORY EVENTS AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS FOR SIDS; EFFECTS OF CRASH CHARACTERISTICS AND MATERNAL RESTRAINT ON FETAL OUTCOMES AFTER MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; THE INCREASED USE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY DURING PREGNANCY;KEY FINDINGS ON BREASTFEEDING IN THE UNITED STATES; MOTHERS' HIGH NORMAL BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS PLACE INFANTS AT RISK FOR BIRTH PROBLEMS;
  • Mental Health. CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITY FOCUSES ON CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION; MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO HELP PROGRAMS PLAN LOCAL ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH;
  • Nutrition. constitutionality of New York City ’s calorie-posting requirement for restaurants of a certain size and type; Food Safety Report; 5 restaurants in Manhattan get citations over calories”;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. 101 Tutorials;
  • School Health. Schools combat smoking;
  • Senior Health. NIHSENIORHEALTH OFFERS TIPS ON EATING WELL AS YOU GET OLDER; Medicare provides coverage of bone mass measurements for beneficiaries at clinical risk for osteoporosis;
  • Women's Health. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHLAMYDIA SCREENING OF YOUNG WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES; AN INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE OBSTETRICAL CARE;
  • Worksite Wellness. "Smoke-Free Workplaces: The Impact of House Bill 4163 on the Restaurant and Bar Industry in Michigan ,”; Industrial Farm, Public Health Report;
  • CT Public Health. Health care becoming “employer of last resort”; Survey finds 76% of CT cardiologists cite a great need for health care reform;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Public Health Expertise Network of Mentors (PHENOM) Program
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  • Data. Health, United States, 2007 updated tables; Kaiser New Online Tool;
  • Top Killers. Diabetes: ACCORD CLINICAL TRIAL PUBLISHES RESULTS; LONG-TERM PESTICIDE EXPOSURE MAY INCREASE RISK OF DIABETES; Task Force Updates Recommendation on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Screening; BENEFITS AND HARMS OF SCREENING FOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS. Stroke: Hospitalizations for ischemic stroke stats. Tobacco: SMOKERS FLOCK TOGETHER AND QUIT TOGETHER; Better Tools to Help Smokers Quit; CLUSTERS OF GENETIC VARIANTS LINKED TO DISTINCT TREATMENT RESPONSES FOR SMOKING CESSATION;
  • Adolescent Health. PROGRAMS PROVEN TO AFFECT THE BEHAVIORS OR SEXUAL HEALTH OUTCOMES OF YOUNG PEOPLE; STATES' EFFORTS TO SAFEGUARD ADOLESCENTS' CONFIDENTIALITY; STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE; 2007 NATIONAL YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY; CHANGING ROLE OF GENES AND ENVIRONMENT IN PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE FROM EARLY ADOLESCENCE THROUGH MIDDLE ADULTHOOD;
  • AIDS/HIV. “35-year sentence for HIV-positive spitter worries some”;
  • Alternative Medicine. TIME TO TALK ABOUT CAM: Health Care Providers and Patients Need To Ask and Tell;
  • Child Health. LOCAL ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH; ONLINE VERSION OF BRIGHT FUTURES GUIDELINES;
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs. HEALTH DISPARITIES AND ACCESS TO CARE FOR CSHCN;
  • College Health. “Penn State to require course on alcohol abuse”;
  • Drug Abuse: SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY A BRAIN MECHANISM UNDERLYING PERSISTENT COCAINE CRAVING; Motor Carrier Safety Report;
  • Ethics. “At one university, tobacco money is a secret”;
  • Healthcare Economics. Lower-income children made almost twice as many visits to hospital emergency departments than higher-income children in 2005; “New Florida law allows low-cost health policies”;
  • Healthcare Quality. About 12 percent of America’s 228 million adults have the skills to manage their own health care proficiently; “Hospitals face hand-washing crackdown”; Tutorial: Measuring Health Care Quality; Reducing Medical Errors Issue Module; Physicians' Failure To Address Cultural Needs of Patients Leads to Racial Health Care Disparities;
  • Health Disparities. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE-LEVEL HEALTH CARE REFORM TO ADDRESS HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY;
  • Health Services. COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO STEMMING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT USE FOR NON-URGENT CARE;
  • Injury Prevention. STRATEGIES AND TOOLS CREATED TO AID COMMUNITIES IN PLANNING BICYCLE-SAFETY PROGRAMS; INJURIES OF INFANTS TREATED IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; Traffic Injury Report;
  • Maternal Child Health. COUNTRY-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERVENTIONS PROVEN TO REDUCE MORTALITY AMONG MOTHERS, NEWBORNS, OR CHILDREN;
  • Mental Health. CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION;
  • Minority Health. THE ABILITY OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS TREATING HIGH PROPORTIONS OF MINORITY PATIENTS TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY CARE;
  • Obesity. OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY KNOWLEDGE PATH; RECENT TRENDS IN HIGH BMI FOR U.S. CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • Public Health Research. ENHANCEMENTS TO PEER REVIEW;
  • Women's Health. NEW TOOLS ON EMOTIONAL HEALTH; IMPROVING CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND PROVISION; THE PREVENTION OF PERTUSSIS, TETANUS, AND DIPHTHERIA AMONG PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN AND THEIR INFANTS; PARENTING PRACTICES AND PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF YOUNG ADOLESCENT URBAN GIRLS' ALCOHOL AND SEXUAL BEHAVIORS; NEIGHBORHOODS' INFLUENCE ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MATERNAL AGE AND BIRTHWEIGHT;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Wellness Index
95July 15, 2008
  • News You Can Use. Health Map Disease Alert; General Information on Floods; Keeping Food and Water Safe After a Disaster; Worker Safety after a Flood;
  • Data. Cholesterol level among adults: US, 1988-2006; Hypertension among adults: US, 1988-2006; Overweight/obesity among adults: US, 1988-2006; Mortality by cause, child and adolescent: US/state, 2000-2005l; Injury mortality: US/state, 2000-2005; NHIS Early Release report on key health indicators; 2005 BRFSS Web-Enabled Analysis Tool (WEAT); Health Coverage Chartbook; Health Status, Health Costs & Budgets, Managed Care and Health Insurance, and Women’s Health; Births and Prenatal Care; Smoking and Public Place Smoking Bans; Adult Immunization; Obesity, Disability, and Asthma; Mental Health Agency Expenditures; Long-Term Care Tax Incentives; Mandated Benefits in Private Insurance; Custom Data Sheets Available on GlobalHealthFacts.org;
  • Top Killers. Diabetes: HEARING LOSS IS COMMON IN PEOPLE WITH DIABETES; MLN Matters article - Medicare Provides Coverage of Diabetes Screening Tests; Task Force Updates Recommendation on Type 2 Diabetes; New Spanish-Language Consumer Guide Compares Oral Diabetes Medications; RACIAL DISPARITIES IN DIABETES MELLITUS CARE;
  • Adolescent Health. TRENDS IN FAST FOOD INTAKE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM ADOLESCENCE TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD; TRENDS IN CIGARETTE USE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS;
  • Asthma. Increasing numbers of adults who are admitted to the hospital for other conditions also have asthma;
  • Child Health. READING, MATH SCORES UP FOR 4TH AND 8TH GRADERS; Increases Seen in Teen Birth, Low Birth Weight; AN ASSESSMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM INDICATORS;
  • Emergency Preparedness. Shelter Evaluation Tool;
  • Environmental Health. “Chemical law has global impact”; CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR ADULTS EXPOSED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER;
  • Healthcare Economics. State, Regional, and National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage for People Under 65 Years of Age: National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2007; Americans spent $11 billion on doctors’ bills, prescription drugs, and other medical care to relieve allergy symptoms; Fast-Rising Hospital Charges for Infectious Diseases Have Implications for Medicare; WHY YOUNG ADULTS ARE UNINSURED;
  • Healthcare Quality. Health Care Efficiency Measurement;
  • Health Services. SAFETY NET HEALTH CENTERS;
  • Injury Prevention. “Marriage license tax targets domestic violence”;
  • Maternal Child Health. RESULTS FROM THE FIRST SURVEY OF BREASTFEEDING-RELATED MATERNITY PRACTICES CONDUCTED IN THE UNITED STATES; SAFETY OF DENTAL TREATMENT IN PREGNANT WOMEN; IMPACT OF A PRENATAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM ON PERINATAL OUTCOMES;
  • Mental Health. Teenage Visitors Encouraged to Seek Help for Depression, Drugs and Dating Violence;
  • Nutrition. GAO Food Safety Report;
  • Senior Health. SCIENTISTS ISOLATE A TOXIC KEY TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN HUMAN BRAINS;
  • Women's Health. Plain-Language Guides Compare Medications for Treatment of Osteoporosis Are Available; SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIMIZATION HISTORY AND SEXUAL RISK INDICATORS IN "MOSTLY HETEROSEXUAL" AND HETEROSEXUAL YOUNG WOMEN; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND NEONATAL MORTALITY IN BLACK WOMEN AND WHITE WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH OUTCOMES IN U.S. HOSPITALS; UTILITY OF A RISK-FACTOR-BASED APPROACH TO HPV CATCH-UP VACCINATION;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Public Health Software
96August 15, 2008
  • Data. 2007 Survey of Adult Transition and Health (SATH) released; NHANES 99+ Examination Data; NHANES 99+ Laboratory Data; NHANES 99+ Examination Data; NHANES 99+ Laboratory Data; Lab 05 Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (L05_C 2003-2004); Employer-Based Premiums; Tax Deductions for Health Insurance; Medicare Service Use; Childhood Immunizations and Diabetes; Disability and Physical Activity; Newborn Screening; Violent Crime; Medical Malpractice; Physician Assistants and Registered Nurses; Medical School Graduates; Food Stamp Program; Gross State Product; FACT SHEET ON ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS RELEASED;
  • Top Killers. cancer: HOW DORMANT TUMOR CELLS BECOME ACTIVE IN LATER YEARS. Diabetes: NIDDK RESOURCE HELPS GUIDE WOMEN WITH DIABETES THROUGH HEALTHY PREGNANCIES;
  • Adolescent Health. SAMSA Report “Underage Alcohol Use: Findings from the 2002 – 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health."; Adolescents, not parents, to decide on HIV testing”;
  • Alcohol Abuse. “Supreme Court says hosts not responsible for adult drinkers”;
  • Chronic Disease. Number of Working Age Adults with Major Chronic Conditions Grew 25 Percent Over 10 Years;
  • Drug Abuse. LoNG LASTING IMPRESSION: NEW STUDY FINDS PERSISTENT BRAIN CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO COCAINE DEPEND ON THE EXPECTATION OF REWARD;
  • Emergency Preparedness. Columbia University Report on Model State Emergency Health Powers Act; Resources for Home Health Care Response During a Flu Pandemic;
  • Fitness. CHILDREN'S PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DROPS FROM AGE 9 TO 15;
  • Genomics. “Gene testing questioned by regulators”;
  • Healthcare Economics. Tutorial on Expanding Health Coverage to the Uninsured; Reference Library: The Uninsured; Reference Library: Role of the States in Health Policy;
  • Injury Prevention. Hospital Stays Resulting from Excessive Heat and Cold Exposure Due to Weather Conditions in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2005;
  • Maternal Child Health. Task Force Recommends Screening For Hearing Loss in All Newborns; CURRENT INFORMATION AND TRENDS ON THE NATION'S HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRE-PREGNANCY MATERNAL OBESITY AND RISK OF INFANT DEATH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY AND THE RISK OF EARLY FETAL DEATH; HOW SUDDEN OR UNEXPECTED DEATHS MAY BE PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT FOR PHYSICIANS; MATERNAL AND INFANT CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH INFANT SLEEP POSITIONING;
  • Nutrition. “Anheuser to stop selling alcoholic energy drinks”; Keeping a Food Diary Doubles Diet Weight Loss;
  • Oral Health. STATE FLUORIDATION DATA FOR 1992-2006;
  • Senior Health. Advice for Older Adults on Staying Safe in Hot Weather Risk of Heat-Related Problems Increases with Age; AHRQ and AARP Team to Help Adults Over 50 Stay Healthy; Tip Sheet: Can We Prevent Aging?;
  • Urology. NEW RESOURCES ABOUT UROLOGIC AND KIDNEY DISORDERS;
  • Women's Health. RESOURCE HELPS GUIDE WOMEN WITH DIABETES THROUGH HEALTHY PREGNANCIES; PROS AND CONS OF SEEKING CHLAMYDIA AND GONORRHEA SCREENING IDENTIFIED BY YOUNG WOMEN;
  • Worksite Wellness. “Buck up, sicko”;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site U.S. Government Statistics
97September 15, 2008
  • News You Can Use: DHS' READY CAMPAIGN AND 2,700+ COALITION MEMBERS URGE AMERICANS TO PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES DURING FIFTH ANNUAL NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH; CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK PROMOTIONAL PLANNER AVAILABLE; NTP FINALIZES REPORT ON BISPHENOL A;
  • Data: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary, National Health Statistics Reports, no. 3, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary, National Health Statistics Reports, no. 4, 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, National Health Statistics Reports, no. 5, Emergency Department Visits by Persons Recently Discharged from U.S. Hospitals, National Health Statistics Reports, no. 6, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, National Health Statistics Reports, no. 7, Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006, National Health Statistics Report, no. 8;
  • Top Killers. Tobacco: How to Make Your Home Smoke-Free;
  • Adolescent Health. OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; PROGRAM STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ADOLESCENTS' SELF-CONCEPT;
  • Emergency Preparedness. Pandemic Influenza Preparedness; DHHS and DHS Pandemic Vaccination Guidance;
  • Fitness. DETERMINANTS OF PHYSICAL INACTIVITY AND SEDENTARY BEHAVIORS AMONG U.S.-BORN AND IMMIGRANT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • Healthcare Economics. ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL SURVEY DATA ON ACCESS TO CARE AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND TIMELY CARE FOR CHILDREN IN MANAGED CARE MEDICAID;
  • Health Disparities. INITIATIVE TO EXAMINE THE SOCIAL MISSION OF MEDICAL EDUCATION;
  • Immunology. NIH SCIENTISTS FIND A NOVEL MECHANISM THAT CONTROLS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOIMMUNITY;
  • Influenza. BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA CAUSED MOST DEATHS IN 1918 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC;
  • Maternal Child Health. The National Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Resource Center; BABY SAFETY MONTH (SEPTEMBER 2008); IMPACT OF C-SECTION ON MORTALITY RATES AMONG VERY PRETERM INFANTS; EFFORTS TO SUPPORT PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS AND REDUCE DROPOUT RATES;
  • Mental Health. LARGEST STUDY OF ITS KIND IMPLICATES GENE ABNORMALITIES IN BIPOLAR DISORDER; MOLECULAR SWITCH BOOSTS BRAIN ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA;
  • Minority Health. SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN MEXICAN-AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN-AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS;
  • Nutrition. KEY GAPS REMAIN IN UNDERSTANDING HEALTH EFFECTS OF VITAMIN D; “Los Angeles stages a fast food intervention”;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. Public Health Emergency Law v. 3.0; Forensic Epidemiology v. 3.0; Coordinated Implementation of Community Response Measures (Including Social Distancing) to Control the Spread of Pandemic Respiratory Disease: A Guide for Developing an MOU for Public Health, Law Enforcement, Corrections, and the Judiciary; A Framework for Improving Cross-Sector Coordination for Emergency Preparedness and Response: Action Steps for Public Health, Law Enforcement, the Judiciary, and Corrections; Menu of Suggested Provisions for Public Health Mutual Aid Agreements; Inventory of Mutual Aid Agreements and Related Resources; National Action Agenda for Public Health Legal Preparedness; Social Distancing Law Assessment Template;
  • School Health. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL-BASED VIOLENCE-PREVENTION PROGRAMS;
  • Women's Health. SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WORKPLACE CHALLENGES OF WOMEN IN THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site. Critiquing a Web site
98October 15, 2008
  • News You Can Use: FDA - Melamine contaminated infant formula; Intimate Partner Violence: Encouraging Disclosure and Referral in the Primary Care Setting In this issue; NEW WEB SITE FOR PARENTS ON MEDICAL RESEARCH STUDIES FOR CHILDREN;
  • Data: "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January - March 2008; Kaiser Family Foundation data Updates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer. NCI STUDY TO DETERMINE IF BIOMARKERS CAN HELP GUIDE TREATMENT FOR LUNG CANCER; Task Force Finds Several Methods Equally Effective for Colorectal Cancer Screening. Diabetes. Modified Insulin Most Effective for Controlling Post-Meal Blood Sugar Levels; Tobacco. With New Matchbooks; SMOKING PATTERNS AND USE OF CESSATION INTERVENTIONS DURING PREGNANCY;
  • Adolescent Health: PATTERNS AND TRENDS IN THE U.S. ADOLESCENT BIRTH RATE;
  • Arthritis. DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS GLUCOSAMINE AND/OR CHONDROITIN FARE NO BETTER THAN PLACEBO IN SLOWING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS;
  • Child Health. NIDCD LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT THE HEARING OF TWEENS; The 80th annual observance of Child Health Day (October 6, 2008) focuses on the fundamental necessity of a year-round program of healthy eating and physical activity to secure a healthier future for children.
  • Chronic Disease. Chronic Care Business Model Toolkit;
  • College Health. “2 withdraw from petition to rethink drinking age”;
  • Genomics. ONLINE RESOURCE BRIEFS ON GENETICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY GENE VARIANT INVOLVED IN ISOLATED CLEFT LIP;
  • Healthcare Quality. Prevent Dangerous Blood Clots; New Advances in Patient Safety Compendium; Guide on Adoption of Health Care Innovations; AHRQ’s 2008 Guide to Clinical Preventive Services; Patient Safety Organization Interim Guidance; Survey to Assess Nursing Home Safety Culture; International Health Profiles (NEW);
  • Health Policy. Health Care Ranks Second Behind the Economy as the Issue Independents Would Most Like to Hear the Presidential Candidates Discuss;
  • Infectious Disease. Pandemic Flu Storybook; “A Killer in Ontario ’s Hospitals,”
  • Maternal Child Health. VARIATION IN VERY PRETERM BIRTH RATES BY RACE ACROSS METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS; CHANGES IN SIDS INCIDENCE IN CALIFORNIA FROM 1989 TO 2004; STATE VARIATIONS IN BREASTFEEDING RATES; CONTRIBUTION OF STATE ECONOMIES TO PRONE INFANT SLEEP PLACEMENT AMONG BLACK MOTHERS;
  • Mental Health. LINK BETWEEN BRAIN SYSTEMS IMPLICATED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA;
  • Minority Health. Asian-Americans Less Likely Than Others To Seek Treatment for Mental Health Illnesses; RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF PAST SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH; INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE POSTPARTUM OUTCOMES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN;
  • Obesity. ASSOCIATIONS RELATED TO CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT OBESITY; TREATMENTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE; Behavioral Modification Programs Help Obese Children Manage Their Weight;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. Continuity of Court Operations Planning Guide Course; Kaiser Family Foundation updates;
  • Research Ethics. NIH ANNOUNCES INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR ENHANCING PEER REVIEW ACTIVITY;
  • Senior Health. Parkinson's Disease Information Added to NIHSeniorHealth Web Site;
  • STDs. New Recommendations on Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections;
  • Thyroid Health. NIDDK PUBLISHES FACT SHEETS ABOUT THYROID DISORDERS;
  • Women's Health. New Computer-Based Tools Will Help Make Best Use of Genetic Breast Cancer Tests; NEW EDITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KNOWLEDGE PATH; FREQUENCY OF CHLAMYIDIA SCREENING AND TESTING AMONG WOMEN IN OUTPATIENT CLINICS;
  • What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site Fitness
99November 15, 2008
  • Data: America's Health Starts with Healthy Children: How Do States Compare?; NHANES data; NHANES Web Tutorial; INFANT MORTALITY RATES; KFF's State Fiscal Distress; Child Deaths; Cerebrovascular Disease Deaths; Medicaid Budget Policy; Supplemental Security Income (SSI); Medicare Enrollment; Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs); Medicare Advantage (MA); Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs); Rural Health Clinics; Hypertension and Arthritis; HIV/AIDS Funding; Ryan White Program;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Colorectal Cancer Screening; PROSTATE CANCER PREVENTION STUDY SHOWS NO BENEFIT FOR USE OF SELENIUM AND VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTS. Heart Disease: THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE. Lung Disease: GROWING AWARENESS OF COPD, NATION'S FOURTH LEADING KILLER;
  • Adolescent Health. REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS AND MOTIVATION AMONG ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT MALES;
  • Child Health. DATA AND TRENDS ON ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AMONG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES; JUVENILE JUSTICE;
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs. BENEFITS OF THE MEDICAL HOME FOR CSHCN;
  • Epidemiology. IMPROVING CAUSE OF DEATH REPORTING;
  • Fitness. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS;
  • Genomics. LARGE-SCALE GENETIC STUDY SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON LUNG CANCER, OPENS DOOR TO INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT STRATEGIES;
  • Healthcare Economics. Interactive Medicare Health Plan Tracker; More Than 2 Million Children with Insured Parents Are Uninsured; Most Are Low or Middle Income;
  • Healthcare Quality. Vast Majority of People Did Not See or Use Comparative Health Care Quality Information Last Year;
  • Maternal Child Health. Task Force Recommends Interventions to Promote and Support Breastfeeding; SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR MATERNITY PRACTICE; EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIMARY CARE INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE BREASTFEEDING; EFFECTIVENESS OF SIDS-REDUCTION TRAINING FOR CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS; INFANT SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS AND PRACTICES; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FAN USE AND SIDS RISK;
  • Mental Health. THREE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR CHILDHOOD ANXIETY DISORDERS;
  • Minority Health. TEACHING TOOLS FOSTER SCIENCE AND DIABETES EDUCATION IN NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOOLS; SAFE SLEEP PUBLICATIONS MADE AVAILABLE IN SPANISH;
  • Public Health Practice. Integrating Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Primary Medical Care;
  • Senior Health. LEUKEMIA INFORMATION ADDED TO NIH WEB SITE ABOUT SENIOR HEALTH; AGE-RELATED EYE DISEASE STUDY;
  • STDs. New recommendations on behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections;
  • Women's Health. TOOLS FOCUS ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY EATING FOR RURAL YOUNG AND ADULT WOMEN; The Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness Initiative;
100December 15, 2008
  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
  • News You Can Use. Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020; Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study Fails to Show Benefit in Preventing Dementia in the Elderly; ADHD MEDICATIONS DO NOT CAUSE GENETIC DAMAGE IN CHILDREN;
  • Data. BRFSS Chronic Disease and the Environment Data; New Inventory of HHS Quality Measures Released; MEPS HC-105: 2006 Full Year Consolidated Data File; MEPS HC-104: 2006 Medical Conditions File; MEPS HC-102I: Appendix to MEPS 2006 Event Files; MEPS HC-036BRR: MEPS 1996-2006 Replicates for Calculating Variances File; MEPS HC-036: MEPS 1996-2006 Pooled Estimation Linkage File; MEPS HC-103: 2006 Person Round Plan Public Use File; MEPS HC-102A: 2006 Prescribed Medicines File; MEPS HC-102D: 2006 Hospital Inpatient Stays File; MEPS Tabular Data: 2006 New MEPS Household Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top Therapeutic Classes, by Total Expenditures and Total Purchases; 2006 New MEPS Household Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures and Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Purchases; MEPS Methodology Report #23: Design, Methods, and Field Results of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Provider Component (MEPS MPC) - 2006 Calendar Year Data; Statistical Brief #223: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for State and Local Governments, by Census Division, 2006; Statistical Brief #224: Differences in Access to Care for Non-Hispanic Asian and Non-Hispanic White Children, 2002-2005; Statistical Brief #225: Characteristics of Non-Hispanic Asian and Non-Hispanic White Adults Uninsured for 6 to 12 Months during a Year, 2002-2005;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: ANNUAL REPORT TO THE NATION FINDS DECLINES IN CANCER INCIDENCE AND DEATH RATES; SPECIAL FEATURE REVEALS WIDE VARIATIONS IN LUNG CANCER TRENDS ACROSS STATES; REVIEW OF PROSTATE CANCER PREVENTION STUDY SHOWS NO BENEFIT FOR USE OF SELENIUM AND VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTS. Tobacco: Master Settlement Agreement Update.
  • Adolescent Health. STUDY COMPARES SEXUAL ORIENTATION GROUP DIFFERENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALCOHOL USE BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS;
  • AIDS/HIV. HIV Testing Laws Compendium; Tutorial: Understanding HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data in the United States (NEW); Tutorial: The Current State of the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic; TUTORIAL- Women and HIV in the U.S.; HIV/AIDS in the U.S.: The Basics; Volunteering on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic;
  • Alcohol Abuse. Global Alcohol Strategy.
  • Child Health. RISK FACTORS FOR INJURIES IN YOUNG CHILDREN;
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs. THE HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND THE FAMILY IMPACT OF AUTISM;
  • Consumer Health. Factors That Drive or Prevent Consumers from Using Health IT;
  • Family Health. TOOLS RELEASED TO HELP ENSURE QUALITY HEALTH CARE AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES RAISING CHILDREN; - Family tool; Provider tool; - User's guide;
  • Fitness. Community Physical Activity Programs Are Money Well Spent;
  • Healthcare Economics. FACT SHEET ANSWERS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT EPSDT;
  • Healthcare Quality. The ICD-10-Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System Fact Sheet;
  • Infectious Disease. STUDY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN PLAGUES FINDS COMMON FEATURES; WHO Guidelines for Tuberculosis and Air Travel;
  • Immigrant Health. STATE-LEVEL HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND USE AMONG CHILDREN IN U.S. IMMIGRANT FAMILIES;
  • Maternal Child Health. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GLUCOSE SCREENING, MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN, AND BIRTHWEIGHT; DEPRESSION DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRENATAL DEPRESSION AND RISK OF PRETERM DELIVERY; Snapshot on Employer-Based Health Coverage Highlighting Key Differences Between Small and Large Firms; AAP UPDATES TRAINING ON CREATING A SAFER SLEEP ENVIRONMENT TO PREVENT SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; MARCH OF DIMES GRADES STATES ON PREMATURE BIRTH: NATION GETS A D; NURSES' EXPERIENCES WITH CARING FOR FAMILIES COPING WITH PERINATAL LOSS;
  • Mental Health. VARIATIONS IN ADMISSION PRACTICES FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA;
  • Minority Health. AHRQ and AARP Team to Provide AHRQ Preventive Health Guides for Spanish-Speakers over 50; New Spanish-Language Guide Explains Safe and Effective Use of Blood Thinners; CURRICULUM AIMS TO DECREASE INCIDENCE AND IMPROVE CARE OF DIABETES AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES; RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH KNOWLEDGE PATH;
  • Public Health Practice. Thank You Public Health Professionals!;
  • Senior Health. Complementary & Alternative Medicine Information Added to NIHSeniorHealth Web Site; Medical Fitness to Drive Report; “New Bibb cemetery ordinance draws national attention”; Flu Shot Reminder;
  • Women's Health. Women are more likely than men to be hospitalized for chest pain for which doctors cannot find a cause; ONLINE RESOURCE BRIEF ON WOMEN'S HEALTH; Women's Health Policy: Coverage and Access to Care, Tutorial; U.S. Health Care Costs, Issue Module; Health Care in New Orleans, Tutorial;
101January 15, 2009
  • News You Can Use. STATE-BY-STATE ANALYSIS OF THE NATION'S HEALTH FOCUSES ON THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND OVERALL HEALTH OUTCOMES;
  • Data. NHANES: Prevalence of overweight, obesity and extreme obesity among adults: United States, trends 1976-80 through 2005-2006; Ophthalmology - Frequency Doubling Technology; Ophthalmology - Retinal Imaging;Osteoporosis; Lab 06 Acrylamide and Glycidamide; Lab 40 Second Day Standard Biochemistry Profile, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, and Luteinizing Hormone; Anthropometric Procedures Video Now Online; Lab 40 Biochemistry Profile and Hormones; Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry. NHIS: Early Release report on key health indicators; 2008 EDITION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA BOOK RELEASED; Child Injury Report. The World Health Organization and UNICEF have released World Report; Statehealthfacts.org: Unemployment Rate; Cost of Living Variation; Income Taxes; State Fiscal Distress; Food Stamp Program; SCHIP Allotments and Projected Shortfalls; Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) Penetration; Medical Malpractice; Disability Prevalence (NEW); Teen Deaths; Breast and Cervical Cancer Deaths;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease - Cardiovascular conditions cost U.S. hospitals $57.9 billion in 2006—about 40 percent more than in 1997. Diabetes - New Study Reveals Large Gaps in Diabetes Care in New York City.
  • AIDS/HIV. HIV Testing Laws Compendium.
  • Disaster Preparedness. Disease, Disaster, Bioterrorism Report.
  • Environmental Health. "Our smog is worse than we thought”
  • Fitness.COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY-BASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS;
  • Genomics. GENE ABNORMALITY FOUND TO PREDICT CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; NIH EXPANDS OPEN-ACCESS DATASET OF GENETIC AND CLINICAL DATA TO INCLUDE ASTHMA; SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY NEW CONGENITAL NEUTROPENIA SYNDROME AND CAUSATIVE GENE MUTATION;
  • Healthcare Economics. "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January - June 2008.”
  • Health Services. Crowding and Staffing Shortages Imperil Safety in Hospital Emergency Departments; New Web Resource Aims to Connect Primary Care, Public Health Providers and Patients;
  • Maternal Child Health. STUDY INVESTIGATES PREGNANCY INTERVALS AND PERINATAL OUTCOMES AMONG WOMEN DELAYING THE INITIATION OF CHILDBEARING; THE EFFECTS OF CONTACT WITH STILLBORN INFANTS ON MATERNAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; INFERTILITY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN AND PROPOSES WAYS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM;
  • Mental Health. DATABASE TRACKS AUTISM LEGISLATION;
  • Minority Health. MCH LIBRARY RELEASES NEW EDITION OF KNOWLEDGE PATH ON SPANISH-LANGUAGE HEALTH RESOURCES;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. Isolation and Quarantine Training; America’s Health Care Safety Net Tutorial (NEW); Issue Module (NEW); Tutorial: Reproductive Health Policy;
  • Public Health Resource. OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE;
  • Senior Health. Healthy Aging: Lessons from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.
102February 15, 2009
  • Call for participants: Muhlenberg College, SCSU
  • Data. NHANES 1999+ Examination; PUBLISHED RESOURCES FOR UNDERSTANDING AND USING CHILD AND YOUTH INDICATORS; CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND REPORT ON KEY CHILD DATA; The Health Data for All Ages (HDAA) website 2007 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services; Demographics and the Economy, Medicaid & SCHIP, and Health Status;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs Increases Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Adults. Diabetes: HUGE BURDEN OF DIABETES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG FOR POORLY CONTROLLED TYPE 2 DIABETES. Kidney Disease: MEASUREMENT OF KIDNEY FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH KIDNEY DISEASE IMPROVED. Tobacco: Tobacco Control Report; BELIEFS ABOUT HEALTH EFFECTS OF THIRDHAND SMOKE;
  • Adolescent Health. THE MEDIA'S INFLUENCE ON ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;
  • AIDS/HIV. ANTI-HIV GEL SHOWS PROMISE IN LARGE-SCALE STUDY IN WOMEN; AIDS and Human Rights Review;
  • Alcohol Abuse. Drinking Age Laws and Driving Report;
  • Child Health. HEALTH CARE ASPECTS OF TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD FOR YOUTH WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
  • Community Health. TOOL FOR IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH;
  • Consumer Health. Toymakers assail costs of new law;
  • Disaster Preparedness. ABA Disaster Law Resources;
  • Drug Abuse. DRUG ABUSING OFFENDERS NOT GETTING TREATMENT THEY NEED IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM;
  • Fitness. ESTIMATES VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS;
  • Healthcare Economics. NEW REPORTS AND OTHER RESOURCES ON TRENDS IN CHILDREN'S HEALTH COVERAGE;
  • Healthcare Quality. New Web Site on Emerging Issues in Medical Therapeutics;
  • Health Services. It’s the law: California patients can have an interpreter at their side;
  • Injury Prevention. Child Injury Report;
  • Maternal Child Health. RESOURCE CENTER COMPILES INFORMATION ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH FOR FIRST RESPONDERS;
  • Mental Health. THE CO-OCCURRENCE OF DRUG ABUSE DISORDERS AND OTHER MENTAL ILLNESSES;
  • Obesity. WEIGHT LOSS IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE WOMEN REDUCES URINARY INCONTINENCE;
  • Oral Health. ORAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE PATH;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. Public Health Law 101;
  • Public Health Research. SUPPORT CELLS, NOT NEURONS, LULL THE BRAIN TO SLEEP; Some ignore law to prevent pools from being child deathtraps;
  • Senior Health. New Exercise & Physical Activity Guide from NIA; HYPOTHERMIA: A COLD WEATHER RISK FOR OLDER PEOPLE;
  • STDs. Sex-partner antibiotics pilot program seems to be working
103March 15, 2009
  • Data. NHANES 1999+ Laboratory; NHANES Web Tutorial - Preparing an Analytic Dataset Course; 2006 National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery; Stata Files For 2006; BRIEFS FOCUS ON DISPARITIES IN CHILD HEALTH; Trends in Child Health, 1997-2006: Assessing Black-White Disparities;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY LAUNCHES NEW PROJECT TO DEVELOP BLOOD TESTS FOR HEART DISEASE; HEART-HEALTHY, REDUCED-CALORIE DIETS PROMOTE LONG-TERM WEIGHT LOSS Regardless of Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrate Content. Diabetes: AHRQ Releases Diabetes Cost Calculator. Tobacco: COMBINATION OF GENES AND PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO SMOKING INCREASES TEENS' RISK OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; Smoking ban hits home. Truly; Jury: Florida smoker died because of addiction;
  • Adolescent Health. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ADOLESCENT BEDTIME AND WAKE TIME; ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER, SPORTS PARTICIPATION, AND FUTURE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN ADOLESCENTS;
  • Alcohol Abuse. RETHINKING DRINKING OFFERS TOOLS TO ASSESS AND CHANGE RISKY DRINKING HABITS;
  • Consumer Health. The junk food wars; Court upholds the City’s rule requiring some restaurants to post calorie counts;
  • Genomics. COULD GENETICS IMPROVE WARFARIN DOSING?;
  • Healthcare Economics. MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS SAY FAMILY SKIMPED ON MEDICAL CARE BECAUSE OF COST IN PAST YEAR; WORRIES ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF CARE RISE;
  • Healthcare Quality. IOM HIPAA Report; Insufficient Evidence Recommendations of the Task Force;
  • Maternal Child Health. INFORMATION ABOUT PROVIDING WOMEN WITH ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES; DATABASE PROVIDES STATE-BY-STATE INFORMATION ABOUT POLICIES AND INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT YOUNG CHILDREN; NETWORK COMPILES RESOURCES AND TOOLS ON LOW BIRTHWEIGHT AND PREMATURITY; ACOG REVISES CLINICAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ON STILLBIRTH FOR OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGISTS; TRENDS IN ACCIDENTAL SUFFOCATION AND STRANGULATION IN BED AMONG INFANTS DURING 1984-2004; RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INFECTION, HEALTH, AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; USING THE INTERNET TO SCREEN FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION;
  • Minority Health. FILM RELAYS STUDY FINDINGS ON CHILDBEARING AMONG LATINA ADOLESCENTS IN CALIFORNIA;
  • Prison Health. Delaware Department of Corrections Report;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. Tutorial: Health Insurance and Access to Health Care – The Evidence;
  • Public Health Ethics. Trials for parents who chose faith over medicine;
  • Public Health Workforce. WEB SITE PROVIDES ACCESS TO HEALTH WORK FORCE INFORMATION;
  • Senior Health. Older Adults and Alcohol: A New Easy-to-Read Resource.
104 April 15, 2009
  • Data. Availability of State Identifiers for 1963-1972 NHIS, State/County Identifiers for 1973-1978 NHIS, via the NCHS Research Data Center; NHIS Early Release report on key health indicators; National Survey of Adoptive Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NSAP-SN) data; MEPS Statistical Brief Examines the Level of Health Expenditures over Time;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Brain cancer hospitalizations; Preventing Colorectal Cancer: Colonoscopy Screening Every 10 Years. Cardiovascular Disease: SURGERY TO RESHAPE VENTRICLE IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS OFFERS NO ADDED BENEFIT OVER BYPASS SURGERY; EXERCISE IS SAFE, IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE; Task Force Recommends Using Aspirin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease When the Benefits Outweigh the Harms; Lower Risk of Death and Heart Attack in Patients with Drug-Coated Stent Implants Compared to Those with Bare Metal Stents; NYC Health Department Airs New Campaign Targeting Parents Who Smoke. Diabetes: Plain Language Comparison of Insulin Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes Are Available; March 24th is Diabetes Alert Day.Tobacco: Flavored Tobacco Products Law Synopsis;
  • Adolescent Health. Task Force Recommends Screening Adolescents for Clinical Depression ; ONLINE RESOURCE BRIEF ABOUT ADOLESCENT HEALTH; SOCIAL MARKETING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE ADOLESCENTS' HEALTH CARE USE; TRENDS IN FAST FOOD INTAKE AMONG ADOLESCENTS;
  • Alcohol Abuse. CHARACTERISTICS OF SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN WITH FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME OR INCOMPLETE FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME;
  • Child Health. POLICY AND PROGRAM SOLUTIONS TO CHILD HOMELESSNESS;
  • Consumer Health. Massachusetts Drowsy Driving Report;
  • Disaster Preparedness. Recommendations for Safeguarding Children During Public Health Emergencies; Surge Capacity Disaster Planning Tool;For next disaster, more help for victims;
  • Drug Abuse. Prescription Drug Report;
  • Environmental Health. BC Sewer System Report;
  • Genomics. GENE SCAN SHOWS BODY'S CLOCK INFLUENCES NUMEROUS PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS;
  • Healthcare Economics. Primer on Health Care Costs; Role of New COBRA Subsidies In Helping Families Of Laid-Off Workers To Retain Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits; Economic Strain On Health Coverage and Medicaid During The Recession; Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January - September 2008;
  • Healthcare Quality. New Survey to Assess Medical Office Safety Culture; IOM HIPAA Privacy Rule Report; Health Reform Legal Solutions; State reports hospital errors that shouldn't happen; Tax Subsidies for Health Care; Tutorial: The Public and Health Care Reform;
  • Health Policy. Research and Policy Making Guide;
  • Infectious Diseases. New TB Data on GlobalHealthFacts.org;
  • Maternal Child Health. Task Force Recommends Primary Care Counseling to Promote Breastfeeding; HOW TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN; PARENT BROCHURE ON INFANT SLEEP;
  • Nutrition. Ireland Folic Acid Report;
  • Obesity. Milbank Quarterly Report Obesity Issue; HOW BELIEFS ABOUT THE CAUSES OF OBESITY AFFECT SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC POLICY;
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommends High-Intensity Behavioral Counseling to prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections;
  • Women's Health. FIRST SISTER STUDY RESULTS REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY LIVING; GENETIC VARIATIONS THAT MAY INCREASE RISH OF BREAST CANCER;
105May 15, 2009
  • News You Can USe. Swine Flu H1N1; Health Data Interactive (HDI);
  • Data. 2008 BRFSS Data and Documentation, and Online Tables; 1999+ NHANES data; new Kaiser data;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease: May is American Stroke Month;
  • Adolescent Health. ADOLESCENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SCREEN-BASED MEDIA USE, AND HEALTH INDICATORS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA;
  • AIDS/HIV. Murder verdict in HIV case sets off alarm;
  • Child Health. State Children’s Health Legislation Report; TASK FORCE UPDATES RECOMMENDATION ON SCREENING FOR DEPRESSION;
  • Consumer Health. Plain-Language Guides on Treatments for Osteoarthritis of the Knee;
  • Disaster Preparedness. School Preparedness Analysis;
  • Environmental Health. Climate Change and Public Health Publication;
  • Genomics. ONLINE TOOLKIT PROVIDES STANDARD MEASURES FOR GENOME AND POPULATION STUDIES;
  • Healthcare Economics. Six in Ten Say Family Put Off Medical Care Due to Cost;
  • Healthcare Quality. AHRQ and Ad Council Encourage Consumers to Ask Questions and Get More Involved in Their Health Care; Patient Safety Organizations Fast Facts;
  • Maternal Child Health. ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE PATTERNS BEFORE AND DURING PREGNANCY AND PREDICTORS OF CESSATION;
  • Minority Health. OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY DISPARITIES AMONG U.S. IMMIGRANT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • Occupational Health. Did popcorn flavoring hurt woman’s lungs?;
  • Public Health. World Health Day 2009 Videos;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. Tutorial on The Public and Health Care Reform, A Primer on Tax Subsides for Health Care, Expanding Health Coverage to the Uninsured; Compendiums: U.S. Health Care Costs, Health Information Technology, Addressing the Nursing Shortage, The Uninsured, International Health Systems, Research Tools;
  • School Health. California schools’ risks rise as vaccinations drop; Public schools to send home weight reports;
  • Senior Health. Medicare Information for Caregivers Now Available on NIHSeniorHealth;
106June 15, 2009
  • Data. NHIS (1986-2004) LINKED MORTALITY FILES: RESTRICTED-USE DATA FILES; National Survey of Children’s Health; UPDATED NHANES III LINKED MORTALITY FILE: RESTRICTED-USE DATA FILE; Smoking, Alcohol Use, and Illicit Drug Use Reported by Adolescents Aged 12-17 years, United States, 1999-2004; One-Third of U.S. Adults Embraced Most Heart Healthy Behaviors in 1999-2002; Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among Adults 20 Years of Age and Over, by Sex, Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Body Mass Index: United States, 2003-2006; Cardiovascular Fitness (CVX_C 2003-2004); Release 32A. Surplus Sera Laboratory Component: Dialkylphosphates; Health of U.S. Adults (2007); Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007; Statehealthfacts.org updated; KEY INDICATORS OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH;
  • Top Killers. Diabetes: A1C values in nondiabetic adults predict incident diabetes, cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, and total mortality. Tobacco: CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED WHEN PARENTS SMOKE AT HOME;
  • Adolescent Health. PREVENTION PROGRAM HELPS TEENS OVERRIDE A GENE LINKED TO RISKY BEHAVIOR; EATING BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES AMONG FOOD-INSECURE ADOLESCENTS; PRIMARY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS' RATES OF SCREENING FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AMONG ADOLESCENTS;
  • Alternative Medicine. ACUPUNCTURE-LIKE TREATMENTS IMPROVE OUTCOMES COMPARED TO USUAL CARE FOR LOW BACK PAIN;
  • Children Health. 10 TIPS ON TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT SWINE FLU;
  • Consumer Health. Is your child abusing prescription drugs?; How NOT to get pregnant;
  • Drug Abuse. NIDA LAUNCHES DRUG USE SCREENING TOOLS FOR PHYSICIANS - NIDAMED Helps Doctors Provide the Best in Medical Care;
  • Family Health History. FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY RESOURCES;
  • Genomics. GENETIC STUDY CONFIRMS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM'S ROLE IN NARCOLEPSY; NEW GENETIC IMMUNE DISORDER IN CHILDREN;
  • Healthcare Economics. Expanding Medicaid to Cover More Low-Income and High-Need Americans as Part of Health Reform; Medicare's Fiscal Challenges; Medicare Buy-In Option To Help Uninsured Older Americans;
  • Healthcare Quality. Most Staff Not Reporting Medical Errors in Hospitals; GUIDANCE AND TOOLS AVAILABLE TO HELP PEDIATRIC PRACTICES QUALIFY AND QUANTIFY CARE IN THE MEDICAL HOME;
  • Health Education. PERIODIC PROMPTS AND REMINDERS IN HEALTH-PROMOTION AND HEALTH-BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS;
  • Kidney Disease. COMBINATION OF ASPIRIN AND AN ANTI-CLOTTING DRUG REDUCES RISK OF DIALYSIS ACCESS FAILURE; BIRTH DEFECTS OF THE KIDNEY EXPLAINED;
  • Maternal Child Health. KEY PROTEINS NEEDED FOR OVULATION; FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 MATERNAL HEALTH OBJECTIVE; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS RELEASES STATEMENT ON ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; THE PROCESSES CONTRIBUTING TO BREASTFEEDING DECISIONS AMONG WOMEN; THEORY-BASED STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CONTRACEPTIVE USE;
  • Minority Health. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHNICITY AND NATIVITY STATUS AND PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT;
  • Neurological Health. TIMING OF IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN WITH AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; PRENATAL, PERINATAL, AND NEONATAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH AUTISM;
  • Rural Public Health. RURAL PUBLIC HEALTH;
  • School Health. ORAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR THE SCHOOL SETTING; OBESITY PREVENTION IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT; THE DEGREE OF FIDELITY IN PROVIDING SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING IN A SCHOOL-BASED SETTING;
  • Senior Health. Living with Adult Children Doesn’t Help Elders Preventive Health;
  • Women's Health. THE PERSISTENCE AND PREDICTORS OF ELEVATED DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN WOMEN WITH YOUNG CHILDREN;
  • Worksite WEllness. EMPLOYEE TIP SHEET FEATURES WELLNESS VISIT SCHEDULES FOR HEALTH PLANS AND WORKSITE PROGRAMS;
107July 15, 2009
  • Data. Two Special Topic websites on Physical Activity and Tobacco; Statehealthfacts.org updates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: SECOND GENE LINKED TO FAMILIAL TESTICULAR CANCER. Diabetes: Lantus (insulin glargine). Hypertension: Cut the Salt! And lower your blood pressure and risk of heart attack and stroke.
  • Adolescent Health. A NATIONAL HEALTH PROFILE OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS;
  • AIDS/HIV. NATIONAL CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO UNITE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN RESPONSE TO AIDS;
  • Children Health. Sports Injuries Caused 1 in 5 Emergency Department Visits for Kids; CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS EXPOSED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER;
  • College Health. AS COLLEGE DRINKING PROBLEMS RISE, EFFECTIVE PREVENTION STRATEGIES;
  • Genomics. GENETIC VARIANT ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER; NEW BIOMARKER METHOD COULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR CANCER;
  • Healthcare Quality. AHRQ Quality Indicators Version 4.0 Modules; INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE ON U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM;
  • Maternal Child Health. KNOWLEDGE PATH ABOUT INFANT MORTALITY AND PREGNANCY LOSS; IOM COMMITTEE UPDATES PREGNANCY WEIGHT GAIN GUIDELINES;
  • Mental Health. MUCH TOUTED "DEPRESSION RISK GENE" MAY NOT ADD TO RISK AFTER ALL;
  • Minority Health. PRENATAL DEPRESSION IN LATINAS IN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO;
  • Neurological Health. MIGRAINES WITH AURA IN MIDDLE AGE ASSOCIATED WITH LATE-LIFE BRAIN LESIONS;
  • Nutrition. Menu Labeling: Does Providing Nutrition Information at the Point of Purchase Affect Consumer Behavior?;
  • Public Health Informatics. LIBRARY CREATES PORTAL TO RESOURCES ON THE ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF HEALTH INFORMATION;
  • School Health. SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAM REDUCES PROBLEM BEHAVIORS IN FIFTH-GRADERS BY HALF;
  • STDs. EFFECTIVENESS OF URGENT CARE INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE CHLAMYDIA SCREENING RATES OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS;
  • Women's Health. RACIAL DISPARITIES IN BREAST CANCER MORTALITY ARE NOT DRIVEN BY ESTROGEN RECEPTOR STATUS ALONE; DIFFERENCES IN THE HEALTH EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN ACROSS THE NATION AND BY STATE;
  • Worksite Wellness. LEANWorks!
108 August 15, 2009
  • Data. MEPS Tabular Data: Tables of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Estimates from the 2008; Analytical Tools: 2008 MEPSnet/Insurance Component Data; Statistical Brief #247: Trends in Health Care Expenditures by Body Mass Index (BMI) Category for Adults in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2001 and 2006; Statistical Brief #248: The Five Most Costly Conditions, 1996 and 2006: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian noninstitutionalized Population; Statistical Brief #249: The Uninsured in America, First Half of 2008: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #250: State Differences in the Cost of Job-Related Health Insurance, 2008; Statistical Brief #251: Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage: Selection and Cost, 2008; MCHB RELEASES NEW EDITION OF CHILD HEALTH USA;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: RISK OF PANCREATIC CANCER LINKED TO VARIATION IN GENE THAT DETERMINES BLOOD TYPE; NEW TECHNIQUE COULD SUSTAIN CANCER PATIENTS' FERTILITY. Diabetes: INTENSIVE GLUCOSE CONTROL HALVES COMPLICATIONS OF LONGSTANDING TYPE 1 DIABETES. Hypertension: RESEARCHERS UNCOVER GENETIC VARIANTS LINKED TO BLOOD PRESSURE IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS. Tobacco: Overview of Legal Issues Affecting Tobacco Control Community; “Hookah lounges serve up culture, controversy”;
  • Adolescent Health. BRAIN EMOTION CIRCUIT SPARKS AS TEEN GIRLS SIZE UP PEERS; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS UPDATES STATEMENT ON THE PEDIATRICIANS' ROLE IN YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION;
  • Alcohol. “New Mexico turns a corner on drunk driving”;
  • Bioethics. “Blood samples raise questions of privacy”;
  • Consumer Health. IMPROVING MEDICATION ADHERENCE;
  • Fitness. Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Toolkit; HOW BEST TO INVOLVE PARENTS IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN;
  • Genomics. NIH LAUNCHES THE HUMAN CONNECTOME PROJECT TO UNRAVEL THE BRAIN'S CONNECTIONS;
  • Health Care Economics. The cost of insuring a family of four with an employer-sponsored health plan in the United States averaged $12,298 in 2008;
  • Infectious Disease. Express Tuberculosis Control Laws; “Health officials inspect clinic that serves porn industry”; DISCOVERY OF NEW TRANSMISSION PATTERNS MAY HELP PREVENT ROTAVIRUS EPIDEMICS;
  • Healthcare Quality. New Snapshots Show States Vary Widely in Providing Quality Health Care;
  • Influenza. DYNASTY: INFLUENZA VIRUS IN 1918 AND TODAY;
  • Maternal Child Health. DELIVERY INDICATIONS FOR LATE PRETERM BIRTHS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON NEONATAL AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS' SIDS KNOWLEDGE AND WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS SIDS WITH PARENTS; CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE INTO THE HEALTHY START PROGRAM EVALUATION;
  • Mental Health. EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION IS GOAL OF LARGEST EVER STUDY OF SUICIDE IN THE MILITARY;
  • Minority Health. New Spanish-language Consumer Guides Compare Treatments for Depression, Prostate Cancer and Other Conditions;
  • Nutrition. AHRQ Evidence Report on the Health Benefits of Vitamin D and Calcium; Report on Menu Labeling; “Calorie counts don’t dissuade most diners”; “Administration issues new rules on egg safety”;
  • Obesity. Payer- and Service-Specific Estimates of Annual Medical Expenditures Attributable to Obesity; Report on Obesity Policies; CHANGES IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE BEHAVIORS REGARDING THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY; The Trust for America ’s Health released F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America 2009;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed. Tutorial: The Process of Health Reform Legislation; Issue Module: U.S. Health Care Costs; Tutorial: The Public and Health Care Reform; Tutorial: A Primer on Tax Subsidies for Health Care; OBESITY PREVALENCE AMONG PRESCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES WITH LOW INCOMES;
  • Public Health Informatics. NIH AND WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION COLLABORATE TO IMPROVE ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION;
  • Senior Health. UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL AGING EXAMINED IN NEW CENSUS BUREAU REPORT COMMISSIONED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING; AHRQ numbers;
  • Women's Health. SUN EXPOSURE MAY TRIGGER CERTAIN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES IN WOMEN;
  • Worksite Wellness. TOOLKIT HELPS EMPLOYERS TAILOR WORKPLACE BREASTFEEDING PROGRAMS AND POLICIES;
  • Betty C. Jung's Web site. Quality of Life Quotes
109September 15, 2009
  • Data. MEPS HC-110B: 2007 Dental Visits; MEPS HC-110C: 2007 Other Medical Expenses; MEPS HC-110H: 2007 Home Health File; NHEA-Aligned MEPS: Projected Expenditure Data Files: 2002-2016; Statistical Brief #252: Characteristics of People Insured through COBRA versus through a Current Job, 2005-2006; Statistical Brief #253: Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Children under Age 18: 2006 versus 1996; Statistical Brief #254: Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Adults Ages 18-44: 2006 versus 1996; Statistical Brief #255: Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Adults Ages 45-64: 2006 Versus 1996; Statistical Brief #256: Trends in Health Care Expenditures for the Elderly Age 65 and Over: 2006 Versus 1996; Statistical Brief #257: Characteristics of Uninsured Workers: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population 19-64 Years of Age, 2006; Statistical Brief #258: The Long-Term Uninsured in America , 2004-2007: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #259: The Uninsured in America , 1996-2008: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65;
  • Top Killers. Cancer. MicroRNAS IN BLOOD MAY BE BIOMARKERS OF PANCREATIC CANCER; NIH STUDY REVEALS NEW GENETIC CULPRIT IN DEADLY SKIN CANCER. Tobacco -Tobacco Control Act Guidance;
  • Adolescent Health. Unplanned Pregnancy As It Relates to Women, Men, Children, and Society; American Indian-Alaska Native Youth and Teen Pregnancy Prevention; Thinking About Our Future: Latino Teens Speak Out About Teen Pregnancy; Rethinking Responsibility: Reflections on Sex and Accountability;
  • AIDS/HIV. U.S. UPDATES CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS AMONG HIV-EXPOSED AND HIV-INFECTED CHILDREN;
  • Child Health. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING BLOOD LEAD SCREENING AMONG CHILDREN; ANALYSIS COMPARES SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL PATTERNS OF ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATION TREATMENT IN THE UNITED STATES;
  • Consumer Health. “Senators seek a ban on texting and driving”;
  • Genomics. PANEL ASSESSES EVIDENCE FOR THE COLLECTION AND USE OF FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY INFORMATION;
  • Global Health. NETWORK OF U.S. GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES;
  • Health Care Economics. Tutorial: Medicaid 101; Health Reform Resources; Tutorial: Expanding Health Coverage to the Uninsured; Issue Module: Primary Care Shortage;
  • Healthcare Quality. consumer tip sheet on medical identity theft;
  • Healthcare Services. Patients Increasingly Leaving Hospitals Against Medical Advice;
  • Influenza. STUDIES IN ANIMALS SUGGEST 2009 H1N1 VIRUS MAY HAVE BIOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE OVER SEASONAL INFLUENZA VIRUSES; Public Health Emergency Declaration; Novel H1N1 Vaccination Recommendations; Federal Guidelines on School Response to Influenza; School Dismissal Monitoring System;
  • Maternal Child Health. NATIONAL CENTER COMPILES RESOURCES ON THE TOPICS OF BEDSHARING AND CO-SLEEPING, SWADDLING, AND SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THE ROLE OF PEDIATRIC RESUSCITATION IN THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SETTING ON IMPROVING CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES; INTERVENTIONS' EFFECTIVENESS AT RESOLVING COUPLES' DEPRESSION AND GRIEF AFTER MISCARRIAGE; Guides to Help Pregnant Women and Doctors Compare Treatments for Gestational Diabetes; IMPACT OF PRENATAL SMOKING CESSATION ON DELIVERY OUTCOMES;
  • Nutrition. HEALTH DEPARTMENT ASKS NEW YORKERS IF THEY’RE "POURING ON THE POUNDS";
  • Obesity. “S.C. case looks on child obesity as child abuse”;
  • Public Health Law. Update of Systematic Reviews of Public Health Laws;
  • Public Health Surveillance. KEY FINDINGS ON CHALLENGES AND PRIORITIES FOR STILLBIRTH SURVEILLANCE;
  • School Health. FLU.GOV FEATURES NEW RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS FOR THE FALL FLU SEASON;
  • Senior Health. SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY TWO GENE VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALZHEIMER'S RISK;
  • Women's Health. OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGISTS' VIEWS AND PRACTICES RELATED TO IMMUNIZATION; PRE-PREGNANCY OVERWEIGHT STATUS BETWEEN PREGNANCIES, AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES.
110October 15, 2009
  • Data. Statehealthfacts.org updates
  • Top Killers. Cancer: SHORT STRAND OF RNA MAY HELP PREDICT SURVIVAL AND RESPONSE TO TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH LIVER CANCER. Cardiovascular Disease: Using Nontraditional Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment; Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Attack, and Stroke Hospitalizations Down Significantly. Diabetes: TREATING EVEN MILD GESTATIONAL DIABETES REDUCES BIRTH COMPLICATIONS. High Cholesterol: Comparative Effectiveness of Lipid-Modifying Agents. Tobacco: Tobacco Control Law; "Tobacco firms sue to block marketing law”;
  • Adolescent Health. RELATIONSHIP FEATURES AND LIKELIHOOD OF CONSISTENT CONDOM USE IN ADOLESCENTS; THE ROLE OF LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND PARENTING;
  • Asthma. Free Tool Helps Calculate Return on Investment from Better Asthma Care;
  • Eye Health. NEW TREATMENT FOUND TO REDUCE VISION LOSS FROM CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION;
  • Genomics. New Rules Protect Patients’ Genetic Information; SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY GENETIC CAUSE OF PREVIOUSLY UNDEFINED PRIMARY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISEASE;
  • Grants. NIH RELEASES NEW TOOL TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON FUNDED GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND PRODUCTS;
  • Health Care Economics. U.S. hospitals spent roughly $56 billion in 2007—16 percent of their overall patient care costs—treating baby boomers ages 55 to 64;
  • Healthcare Services. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2009; HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in the United States, 2007; CMS EMTALA Guidance;
  • Health Information Systems. Consumers’ Perceptions of Electronic Health Information Systems;
  • Health Reform. Health Reform Comparison Tool Now Reflects Proposal From Senate Finance Committee;
  • Infectious Disease. New Health Care-Associated Infections Resource Web Page;
  • Maternal Child Health. PROGRAM SUPPORT AND TRAINING RESOURCE POSTED ONLINE; STATE POLICIES AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG CHILDREN; ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MATERNAL LITERACY LEVELS AND COGNITIVE HOME ENVIRONMENT IN FAMILIES WITH LOW INCOMES; RESOURCES ON ALCOHOL USE IN PREGNANCY AND IT'S IMPACT; RACIAL DISPARITIES IN STILLBIRTH RISK ACROSS GESTATION;
  • Obesity. Local Government Prevention of Childhood Obesity;
  • School Health. Physical education, physical activity and academic performance;
  • Vital Statistics. PATTERNS AND TRENDS IN INFANT MORTALITY;
  • Women's Health. AHRQ Evidence Report on Ductal Carcinoma in Situ; FURTHER RESEARCH TO DETERMINE WHICH DCIS PATIENTS MAY BE CANDIDATES FOR LESS-INVASIVE THERAPY; IMPLICATIONS OF CAFFEINE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH AND PRESENTS DATA ON OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGISTS' KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES; Medications Effective in Reducing Risk of Breast Cancer but Increase Risk of Adverse Effects; Outpatient use of medication and lifestyle counseling to manage osteoporosis;
111November 15, 2009
  • News You Can Use. New Truth in Advertising Rules; Robocall Relief; Reverse Mortgage Warnings;
  • Data. MEPS HC-111: 2007 Person Round Plan Public Use file; MEPS HC-110D: 2007 Hospital Inpatient Stays File; MEPS HC-110A: 2007 Prescribed Medicines File; MEPS HC-110G: 2007 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File; MEPS HC-110F: 2007 Outpatient Visits File; MEPS HC-110E: 2007 Emergency Room Visits File; Statistical Brief #268: Outpatient Prescription Anticoagulants Utilization and Expenditures for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Age 18 and Older, 2007; Statistical Brief #267: Group and Non-Group Private Health Insurance Coverage, 1996 to 2007: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #266: Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Offers and Enrollment, Private Sector by Firm Size, 1998-2008; Statistical Brief #265: Trends in Access to Health Care: Disparities by Poverty Status and Health Insurance, 1996-2006; Statistical Brief #264: Estimates of Health Care Expenditures for the 10 Largest States, 2006; Statistical Brief #263: Dental Expenditures in the 10 Largest States, 2006 Release Date: September 2009; Statistical Brief #262: Prescription Drug Expenditures in the 10 Largest States for Persons under Age 65, 2006; Statistical Brief #261: Offer Rates, Take-Up Rates, Premiums, and Employee Contributions for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2008; Statistical Brief #260: Attitudes toward Health Insurance and Their Persistence over Time, Adults 2006-2007; 2009 CAHPS Health Plan Survey results. State Facts Online: Population Characteristics (NEW); Households in Poverty; Employment Status; Unemployment; Food Stamp Program; State Fiscal Distress; Health Insurance Status (NEW); Coverage Trends; Medicaid Budget Policy; Medicare Population Demographics; Access to Care; Health Care Employment; Minority Population; WOMEN'S HEALTH USA 2009 DATA BOOK RELEASED; ECONOMIC BURDEN OF DISEASE FOR WOMEN; PROMISING DATA ELEMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH TRACKING OF REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOMES; OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS IN USING DEATH CERTIFICATES TO CHARACTERIZE SIDS;
  • Top Killers. Diabetes: A DECADE LATER, LIFESTYLE CHANGES OR METFORMIN STILL LOWER TYPE 2 DIABETES RISK; High Blood Pressure: High Blood Pressure Medicines Show Promise for Treating Heart Disease; Tobacco: Federal Ban on Fruit-Flavored Cigarettes; EFFECTS OF COUNSELING ON PARENTS' ATTEMPTS TO QUIT SMOKING;
  • Adolescent Health. USING NATIONAL HEALTH OBJECTIVES TO MEET ADOLESCENTS' NEEDS; INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO HELP FAMILIES AND PROVIDERS SUPPORT LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENT BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION AND WEIGHT CHANGES OVER TIME; FORMS OF BULLYING BEHAVIORS AMONG U.S. ADOLESCENTS;
  • Child Health. CLINICIANS' PERSPECTIVES ON WELL CHILD CARE; EMPLOYER STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING PRIMARY CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN;
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs. PROGRESS IN MEETING THE HEALTH INSURANCE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
  • Child Welfare. PREVENTING CHILD MALTREATMENT; RESOURCE PROVIDES LEGAL PROFESSIONALS WITH GUIDANCE ON HEALTH NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE;
  • Disaster Preparedness. Public Health Emergency Law FAQs. "Frequently Asked Questions about Public Health Emergency Law"; Crisis Standards of Care in Disaster Situations; Tools to Help Emergency Planners Select Alternate Care Facilities and Transfer Patients During Disasters;
  • Drug ABuse. NEW SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESOURCES TO HELP FILL GAPS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION;
  • Environmental Health. ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS ON WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH;
  • Family Health History. EVIDENCE LINKING FAMILY HISTORY TO IMPROVED HEALTH;
  • Genomics. NHGRI LAUNCHES IMPROVED ONLINE TALKING GLOSSARY OF GENETIC TERMS; NIH-FUNDED RESEARCHERS TRANSFORM EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS INTO HUMAN GERM CELLS;
    • Gastrointestinal Health. MUTATIONS IN TWO GENES THAT CAUSE EARLY-ONSET INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE;
  • Health Care Economics. FINDINGS ON THE STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM;
  • Healthcare Services. The Medicare Physician Guide: A Resource for Residents, Practicing Physicians, and Other Health Care Professionals (October 2009); The Facilitator’s Guide: Companion to Medicare Physician Guide: A Resource for Residents, Practicing Physicians, and Other Health Care Professionals (October 2009);
  • Health Literacy. CAHPS® Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy; Tips on Improving Health Literacy Practices from a New Reader;
  • Maternal Child Health. ONLINE SNAPSHOTS PROVIDE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT STATE MCH PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROVISION OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AND UNINTENDED PREGNANCY; RESOURCE SERVES CHILDREN'S HEALTH COMMUNITY IN INTEGRATING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTO PROMOTING CHILD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING; NATIONAL CENTER COMPILES RESOURCES ON CHILD CARE AND SIDS; GUIDE PROVIDES TIPS ON INFANT SAFETY FOR PARENTS AND OTHER CAREGIVERS;
  • Mental Health. PREVALENCE OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE IN IDENTIFYING LEARNING PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN EVALUATED FOR ADHD;
  • Minority Health. National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders;
  • Oral Health. ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION TOOLS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH;
  • Public Health Research. Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit;
  • Rural Health. ONLINE RESOURCE BRIEF ON RURAL HEALTH;
  • Safety. Public Fire Safety Campaign On Home Smoke Alarms and Residential Fire Sprinklers;
  • School Health. “A crackdown on bake sales in city schools”; THE AVAILABILITY OF FOODS AND BEVERAGES WITH LOWER NUTRITIONAL QUALITY IN SCHOOLS;
  • Senior Health. Falls Send More Than Two Million Seniors to Hospital Emergency Departments;
  • Women's Health. Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for Women;
112December 15, 2009
  • Data. MEPS HC-113: 2007 Full Year Consolidated Data File; MEPS HC-112: 2007 Medical Conditions File; MEPS HC-110I: Appendix to MEPS 2007 Event Files; MEPS HC-036: MEPS 1996-2007 Pooled Estimation Linkage File; MEPS HC-036BRR: MEPS 1996-2007 Replicates for Calculating Variances File; 2007 New MEPS Household Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures and Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Purchases; 2007 New MEPS Household Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top Therapeutic Classes, by Total Expenditures and Total Purchases; Tables of Insurance Component National-Level Summary for Series III and IV from the 2008 MEPS Insurance Component Survey; Statistical Brief #269: Diabetes Management: Tests and Treatments among the Adult U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007; BRIEF COMPARES U.S. AND EUROPEAN INFANT MORTALITY RATES;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Screening for Breast Cancer. Cardiovascular Disease: NHLBI PUBLISHES NEW HEART HEALTHY COOKBOOK. Diabetes: NEW EDITION OF DIABETES KNOWLEDGE PATH AVAILABLE. Tobacco: “The Public Health Impact of Tobacco Product and Advertising Regulation.”;
  • Adolescent Health. THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIORS;
  • Environmental Health. NIH TEAMS UP WITH THE LANCET AND LEADING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE;
  • Epidemiology. APPROACHES TO THE INTEGRATED USE OF DATA BY STD EPIDEMIOLOGISTS;
  • Genomics. BLOOD STEM-CELL TRANSPLANT REGIMEN REVERSES SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN ADULTS;
  • Healthcare Services. Patient Deaths in Hospitals Cost Nearly $20 Billion;
  • Immunizations. ONLINE RESOURCE BRIEF ON IMMUNIZATIONS;
  • Influenza. H1N1 Emergency Authorities Matrix;
  • Maternal Child Health. STUDY LINKS FACTORS TO CHOICE OF INFANT SLEEP POSITION; LINK BETWEEN PREECLAMPSIA AND REDUCED THYROID FUNCTION; BIBLIOGRAPHIES FEATURE ARTICLES ON FETAL MOVEMENT MONITORING AND ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME AND AIR POLLUTION, RACE AND ETHNICITY, AND SMOKING; STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE CARE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR WOMEN WITH PREGNANCY LOSS;
  • Program Evaluation. VARIED STRATEGIES FOR OFFERING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EVALUATION;
  • School Health. Safe Routes to School.

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