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- Upfront news: HEALTHCARE QUALITY Web site Poll
- Good to Know - FDA Charts Rise in Enforcement Actions Against Public Health Threats;
"Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age: Checklist for Your Next Checkup" and "Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age: Checklist for Your Next Checkup"
- Data: National rates for the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs); HCUP 2001 Nationwide Inpatient Sample Data; 2002 Data from MEPS on Insurance Coverage; **Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics; The Digest of Education Statistics, 2002; NGA, NASBO RELEASE DATA ON STATE BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2002, 2003; 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA ON U.S. BIRTHS AVAILABLE;
ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION KIDS COUNT MATERIALS; State Health Facts Online; Child Trends DataBank!
- Internet: Online auction fraud; Forcing Libraries to Filter; ALA Opposes Filters; TOOLS TO HELP YOU BUILD A HEALTHIER LIFE!!!
- Top Ten Causes of Death: Cancer - Chemotherapy and biotherapy; Cardiovascular Disease -
PREVENTION EXPERTS URGE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING FOR ALL ADULTS AGE 18 AND OLDER;
vitamin supplements & cancer or heart disease; Study of Heart Disease Patients Treated for Depression and Low Social Support Finds No Survival Benefit but Significant Improvement in Depression and Social Functioning; New heart guidelines; Diabetes - Comparison of Three Insulin Regimens...for Treating Type 2 Diabetes; Kidney Disease - Kidney Cancer
- Adolescent Health - Teen Pregnancy and Athletic Involvement; FDA Recommends Antidepressant Paxil Not be Used in Those Under 18
- AIDS: Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection; Structure of HIV-Neutralizing Antibody Solved; Hepatitis G Virus Co-Infection Slows Progression from HIV Infection to AIDS: The Potential Role of Cytokines; Testing in the United States;
FDA Approves a Once Daily Protease Inhibitor for HIV Infection
- Consumer Health: Pets and Pet Health; Iron Overload and Hemachromatosis; Group B Streptococcal Disease (GBS); Fireworks; Workplace Eye Safety
- Environmental Health: Children's Environmental Health; Report Recommends Steps to Reduce Dietary Dioxin Exposure; Electromagnetic Fields; Household Products Database
- Epidemiology: MMWR News
- Grants: INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON NEW HEALTH FOUNDATIONS; RESOURCES FOR BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES
- Healthcare Economics: The Institute of Medicine's (IOM)"Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America," FACT SHEET DISCUSSES IMPACT OF MEDICAID REFORM PROPOSALS; Institute for Health Freedom news; "Home Health Information Resource for Medicare", CMS issues updates;
THREE NEW REPORTS ON SCHIP ENROLLMENT RELEASED; June 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Calculator
- Healthcare Quality: Fifth Issue of AHRQ WebM&M Is Available Online; Study Suggest Home Visits by A Nurse-Health Advocate Team Can Improve Maternal and Infant Outcomes Even for Inner-City, Low-Income, Minority Families; NICE Clinical guidelines; NGC guidelines; newly revised 2004 Joint Commission Medicare/Medicaid Certification-Based LTC Accreditation Standards;
Partnership for Human Research Protection, Inc. Brochure Now Available; Comments Sought On Proposed Protocol For Eliminating Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Patient Surgery; National Quality Forum; Pneumococcal immunization
- Health Education: Summer Health and Safety Tips; Water Safety; Food Safety; SAMHSA RELEASES SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS GUIDE; Your Kidneys and How They Work; Anatomy
- Health Services: POLICY BRIEF ASSESSES ROLE OF HEALTH CENTERS AS SAFETY NET PROVIDERS;
Study Links Higher Physician Supply to Limits on Non-Economic Damages; Patient Safety Problems in Hospitalized Children are Substantial
- Infectious Disease: Monkeypox Virus Infections; West Nile Virus
- Maternal Child Health: Promoting Access to Prenatal Care: Lessons from the California;
U.S. BIRTH RATE DECLINES TO RECORD LOW IN 2002; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PARADOX IN PERINATAL OUTCOMES AMONG IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS
- Men's Health: Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT); Vasectomy and Cancer Risk
- Minority Health: NEW REPORT ON RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CARE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE SURVEY AVAILABLE FROM AUCD MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL; CHECKLIST DESIGNED TO ASSIST STATES AND COMMUNITIES IN PROVIDING CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CASE STUDIES OF PROGRAMS REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES; ACTION KIT AVAILABLE TO HELP STATES WITH LANGUAGE SERVICES
- Nutrition: FDA to Encourage Labeling, Competition to Aid in Healthy Diet Choices; Food Labels Will Provide Information on Trans Fat; Questions and Answers about Trans Fat Nutrition Labeling; Weight Loss Surgery
- Occupational Health: Ergonomics
- Oral Health: NEW RESOURCES ON ACCESS TO ORAL HEALTH CARE; TOOLS FOR STARTING OR IMPROVING A DENTAL CLINIC
- Professional Public Health Education: SURVEY ASSESSES CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
- Public Health Research: Research on Coronary Heart Disease Often Doesn't Report Findings on Women; STUDY DESCRIBES CURRENT STATUS OF CHILD DEATH REVIEW IN THE UNITED STATES
- Women's Health: National Survey of Women About Their Sexual Health; Vaginal birth after cesarean; Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers; Questions and Answers about the Electromagnetic Fields and Breast Cancer on Long Island Study; Five Years of Tamoxifen Best for Most Women
- CT Public Health: 2003 Hartford Health Survey findings; "A Research Perspective on the Child Care Workforce in Connecticut"
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Phsoftware.htm (Public Health Statistical and Mapping Software)
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- News: Nurse Epidemiologists on the Front Lines of Fighting Disease
http://www.nursezone.com/stories/SpotlightOnNurses.asp?articleID=10734; HEALTHCARE QUALITY poll
- Good to Know - FDA Rule Will Help Speed Access to Generic Drugs; FDA Initiative Aims to Protect Consumers from Counterfeit Drugs; Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Prescription Drugs on Internet; N.Y. Man Convicted of Selling Phony Cancer Cure Over the Internet; DON'T CALL ME, I'LL CALL YOU
- Data - KAISER, HRSA RELEASE NEW REPORTS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH; CDC RELEASES SUMMARY HEALTH STATISTICS FOR U.S. CHILDREN; First Data from 2002 National Survey of America's Families;
New at the Child Trends DataBank; Americas Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2003; How Children Are Doing: The Mismatch Between Public Perception and Statistical Reality;
AHRQ data and stat reports
- Internet - Terrorism Database Now Available Online
- Technology - Library of Congress WISE Guide; TECHNOLOGY IMPLANTABLE HUMAN TRACKING CHIP LAUNCHED
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News - Cardiovascular Disease: Tooth Loss May Be Early Warning Sign of Cardiovascular Disease; Benefits of Losartan in Patients with Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy but No Vascular Disease; New Evidence Report Summary on Heart Failure Treatment; Prevention Experts Urge High Blood Pressure Screening for All Adults Age 18 and Older; new ACC/AHA 2002 guidelines; new European Society of Cardiology guidelines; New Blood Test Can Help Predict Coronary Heart Disease Risk; Management of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions; Men with 3 of 5 Metabolic Abnormalities Risk Diabetes, Heart Disease; Early Heart Disease in Parents Linked to Thicker Artery Walls in Offspring;
Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke; Changes in Deep Brain Tissue Signal an Increased Risk for Strokes. Diabetes - Guidelines and recommendations for laboratory analysis in the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus; What I Need to Know about Eating and Diabetes; Diabetic Diet.
Kidney Disease - High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease, High Blood Pressure. Liver Disease -
Free Materials from CDC's Viral Hepatitis Resource Center; MedlinePlus liver resources.
Lung Disease - Help Put Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) on the National Agenda
- AIDS - Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents; Alternating Drug Regimens to Treat HIV Infection; Revised Guidelines Will Ease Selection of HIV/AIDS Treatments; New Guidelines Aim to Help Health Care Providers Incorporate HIV Prevention into Ongoing Care of Persons Living with HIV; AIDS--Living with AIDS; Alternating Drug Regimens to Treat HIV Infection; Revised Guidelines Will Ease Selection of HIV/AIDS Treatments; Incorporating HIV Prevention into the Medical Care of Persons Living with HIV; Recommendations of CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the
National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious
Diseases Society of America
- Bioterrorism - Facts about Abrin, Paraquat, Strychnine, Sodium Azide, Chemical Weapons,
Biodefense and Bioterrorism; Ensuring the Safety and Security of the Nation's Food Supply
- Consumer Health - Evaluating Your Risk: How Likely Are You to Catch an Infectious Disease?
Infection Control
- Environmental Health - Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers; Asbestos/Asbestosis
- Epidemiology - MMWR news
- Grants - Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number
- Healthcare Economics - Final Rule for Electronic Submission of Medicare Claims; newest version of the HH PPS grouper software and documentation; GAO report: Medical Malpractice Insurance: Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Increased Premium Rates
- Healthcare Quality - GAO REPORTS ON THE MANY FACTORS BEHIND RISING MALPRACTICE INSURANCE RATES; HHS Announces Campaign With Hospitals and Physicians to Distribute Information About Safer Health Care; NCQA Releases Quality Compass(r) 2003, Enhanced Quality Dividend Calculator; Tool Compares Plans' Impact on Health-Related Costs; Quality Compass 2003; Quality Dividend Calculator, Compass Edition; Quality Dividend Calculator, Online Edition; Guidelines from
Singapore Ministry of Health; Senate Passes Bill to Establish Error Reporting System;
Updated interim CDC guidance for use of smallpox vaccine, cidofovir, and vaccinia immune globulin (VIG) for prevention and treatment in the setting of an outbreak of monkeypox infections. New guidelines from Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; GAO report -
Nursing Home Quality: Prevalence of Serious Problems, While Declining, Reinforces Importance of Enhanced Oversight; HHS demonstration to reward hospitals for quality care; UNIVERSAL PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED FOR PREVENTING WRONG SITE, WRONG PROCEDURE, WRONG PERSON SURGERY; JOINT COMMISSION ANNOUNCES 2004 NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS; Emergency Department Expert Charting System (EDECS) Improves Documentation Rates for Children
- Health Education - 4Woman.Gov Breastfeeding resources; NHLBIHIN - Sleep Educational Materials
- Health Services - NEW STUDY FINDS MANY DON'T BENEFIT FROM MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
- Infectious Disease - Legionellosis in France; Cholera in Liberia; Influenza in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Established Infectious Disease Control Measures Helped Contain Spread, But a Large-Scale Resurgence May Pose Challenges; Updated Interim U.S. Case Definition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); Travel Alerts; West Nile, Monkeypox
- Maternal Child Health - EPSDT KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; RESEARCH BRIEF PRESENTS FINDINGS ON PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF CHILD WELL-BEING; The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend
structured education and counseling programs to promote breastfeeding; FREE BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION PACKETS NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND CHINESE; New guidelines from
American Academy of Pediatrics, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; NEW EDITION OF THE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; NATIONAL NEWBORN SCREENING REPORT; Child Maltreatment;
Child Abuse
- Men's Health - Impotence
- Mental Health - PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH REPORT CALLS FOR SYSTEM CHANGES;
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) new Childrends Program Kit; Suicide Attempts in Adults Influence Suicidal Tendencies in Their Children
- Minority Health - Homeless Health Concerns; Health Disparities Experienced by American Indians and Alaska Natives and other health issues
- Nutrition - Study finds regular pizza eaters less likely to get cancer; Labeling Requirement Dropped for Snack Food Fat Substitute Olestra; Dietary Supplements
- Physical Fitness - PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS LAUNCHES NEW INTERACTIVE WEB SITE
- Professional Public Health Education - ONLINE WORKSHOP ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION LAUNCHED
- Public Health Practice - "Best Practice Toolbox" Helps Nonprofits Manage Volunteers;
National Center for Cultural Competence Tools and Products
- Public Health Research - NHLBI Study Tests Novel Ways to Help Americans Keep Weight Off
- Women's Health - 2004 WOMEN'S HEALTH DAYBOOK, "Wellness Starts With You: Women's Steps to a Healthier U.S."!!! FREE 4GIRLS.GOV POSTERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM NWHIC!! CONSUMER CHECKLIST DESIGNED TO HELP WOMEN STAY HEALTHY AND PREVENT DISEASE; New Report Revises Birth and Fertility Rates for the 1990s Uses 2000 Census Population Estimates to Improve Accuracy; REPORT ASSESSES ROLE OF STATE POLICY IN SHAPING WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE; Relationship between Use of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs (Statins) and Osteoporosis in Women after Menopause; AUTHORS EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF TREATMENT ON LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY WOMEN WITH DEPRESSION; Breast Cancer Risk Among Young Women with Hodgkin Disease; Value of Radiation Confirmed in Early Breast Cancer
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Women's Health - More pages to visit
Women's Health Index Page (There always has to be a table of contents...)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth.htm
Women's Health - General Resources (If you don't know exactly what you are looking for, check this page)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth1.htm
Women's Health - Life Cycle Health Issues (Topics dealing the many changes women experience throughout life that affects their health)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth2.htm
Women's Health - Health Issues (Health and Social issues such as sexually transmitted diseases, osteoporosis, domestic violence, to name a few)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth3.htm
Women's Health - Breast Cancer (Now has its own page)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth4.htm
Women's Health - Cervical Cancer (Now has its own page)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth5.htm
Women's Health - Heart Disease (Now has its own page)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth4.htm
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- News: Supercourse CD; HEALTHCARE QUALITY poll; 2003-2004 Public Health Expertise Network of Mentors (PHENOM) is now available online
- Data: County-Level Data on Teen Births; NCHS - Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 1999; Child Trends DataBank news; NCHS - National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs; WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA; National Center for Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs Web site; UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENTS' SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS; Employment Situation Summary: Jobs Remain Scarce
- Internet: Internet and E-Mail Survey Favors Physician Telephone Advice over Nurse Practitioner Telephone Advice; Nurses Do Not Delay Significant Medical Treatment when Compared with Pediatricians; PATIENTS CAN LEARN SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS VIA THE INTERNET; Trauma Overload; Help With Healing, on the Web; BRIGHT FUTURES ANNOUNCES NEW WEB SITE
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News. Cancer: What Do These Cancer Classifications Mean?
Antioxidants and Cancer: The Jury's Still Out; Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers; Cancer Alternative Therapy; NCI Designated Cancer Centers;
Cancer Chemotherapy: prostate cancer; invasive breast cancer; head and neck cancer; clinically resectable rectal cancer; lung cancer; Use of amifostine; Use of bisphosphonates in women with breast cancer; Use of raltitrexed (Tomudex) in the management of metastatic colorectal carcinoma; SPECT Scan; Surgery & Cancer; PROGRESS SHOWN IN DEATH RATES FROM COMMON CANCERS, DISPARITIES REMAIN; Death rates from the four most common cancers - lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal.
- Cardiovascular Disease: 2003 National Cholesterol Education Month Kit;Black Women &
Coronary Heart Disease; Hypertensive Crisis; Calcification of the Pericardium; Survival After Cardiac Arrest; Risk Factors for Heart Disease; Cardiovascular Disease: A Blueprint for Understanding the Leading Killer; Venostasis; Stroke; Transient Ischemic Attack; NICE clinical for heart failure; HIGHER PREVALENCE OF HEART DISEASE IN BLACK WOMEN, LOWER STANDARD OF CARE;
COMBATING RISING OBESITY RATES; Obesity; Risk Syndrome Found in One Million Overweight Teens;
Fair Warning for Fat Peddlers; What Congress Could Do to Counter Obesity
- Diabetes: Monitoring of Diabetes; Overweight & Obese Americans Don't Believe They Are At Risk for Diabetes; Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults; Diabetic Kidney Problems; Tobacco: PET Scans Show Cigarette Smoke Affects Peripheral Organs; Global Youth Tobacco Survey Geographic Information System (GIS)
- AIDS: Marijuana & Viral
- Adolescent Health: 4GIRLS.GOV POSTERS; Severe Childhood ADHD May Predict Alcohol, Substance Use Problems in Teen Years;Alcohol and Youth
- Arthritis: Pain in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile chronic arthritis;
interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain; management of rheumatoid arthritis
- Consumer Health: Phytoestrogens and Bone Health; Herbal Medicine; Home Healthcare Medical Devices: A Checklist; Assistive Devices
- Drug Abuse: Amphetamine or Cocaine Exposure May Limit Brain Cell Changes That Normally Occur with Life Experiences; Amphetamine Abuse; Cocaine Abuse; Club Drugs
- Environmental Health: Low Birth Weight and Residential Proximity to PCB-Contaminated Waste Sites; Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Questions and Answers;
Mercury
- Epidemiology: WHO and MMWR news
- Fitness: Moderate Physical Activity Promotes Weight Loss
- Grants: Requirement of DUNS Number
- Healthcare Economics: CMS Program Memorandum AB-03-136
- Healthcare Quality: Sixth Issue of AHRQ WebM&M Is Online; Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Data Initiative's Interpretative Guide; 5 Steps to Safer Health Care; pulmonary embolism guidelines; evaluation and management of patients presenting to the emergency department in early pregnancy; Role of progestogen in hormone therapy for postmenopausal women; Lung cancer guidelines; diabetes guidelines
- Health Education: Five Steps to Safer Health Care
- Health Services: Employers embracing disease management and health promotion to address skyrocketing costs; HMOs better at providing preventive services, especially for consumers with less education
- Infectious Disease: NIAID OPENS INNOVATIVE TREATMENT STUDY FOR WEST NILE VIRUS: Dengue and Dengue Hemmorhagic Fever; West Nile Virus: Blood Transfusion, Organ Donation and Blood Donation Screening Information: Questions and Answers; Basic Information about SARS; STDS
- International Health: NIAID LAUNCHES MALARIA VACCINE TRIAL IN AFRICA
- Maternal Child Health: Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement; Prenatal testing
- Men's Health: Levitra, to Treat Impotence FDA-approved; Male Breast Cancer; Peyronie's Disease;Male Genital Disorders
- Minority Health: NEW SPANISH FAQs NOW AVAILABLE
- Nutrition: Antioxidants and Cancer: The Jury's Still Out; Dietary Fats; 5 A Day Month; Slow Metabolism: Is There Any Such Thing? Weight Loss/Dieting; Dietary Guidelines Web site
- Obesity: STUDY SUPPORTS PREVIOUS FINDINGS ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND FOOD INSECURITY
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- Occupational Health: Preventing Deaths, Injuries and Illnesses of Young Workers
- Professional Public Health Education: Online Continuing Medical Education Programs on Obesity
- Senior Health: New Prevalence Study Suggests Dramatically Rising Numbers of People with Alzheimer's Disease; Living longer won't necessarily mean higher health care costs; Treating Elderly Flu Sufferers Worth the Cost; Age bias undermines treatment of breast cancer; "Neighborhood 'walkability'; range of treatment options to elderly cancer patients; specialist shortage; AARP RESOURCES ON AGING
- Women's Health: Gynecological Cancers; VITAMIN-MINERAL SUPPLEMENT USE AMONG U.S. WOMEN;
SURVEY SHOWS MAJORITY OF CHILDBEARING AGED WOMEN NOT TAKING FOLIC ACID; Tubal Ligation: The Right Form of Birth Control for You? Birth Control/Contraception; Menopause; Pregnancy and Substance Abuse; PREENATAL BROCHURE; AIDS and Pregnancy; Ovarian Cancer; First-line chemotherapy; Management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast; WHI Observational Study Suggests Increased Physical Activity Reduces Breast Cancer Risk; Breast Cancer
- CT Public Health: the cost of nursing home care
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Phenomstats - http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenomstats.htm; Consumer Health Info Index
http://www.bettycjung.net/Consumer.htm
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- Good to Know - How to Protect Yourself in a Terrorist Attack; FDA Takes Action Against Two Companies Importing Unapproved Drugs; FDA Warns Companies About Selling Unapproved Version of Accutane; Milk Processors Warned to Remove 'Hormone Free' From Labels; Campaign to Inform Women About Risks, Benefits of Hormone Therapy; HHS report focuses on prevention cost savings for businesses; Homework: Too Much or Not Enough?
- Data - Health, United States, 2003 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans;
STATE-LEVEL SCHOOL HEALTH POLICIES DATABASE AVAILABLE ONLINE; CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES POPULATION-BASED DATA ON HEALTH INSURANCE AND ON POVERTY; Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), Version 2.1, Revision 2; AHRQ Unveils New Data Books and Online Tool to Help Monitor the Nation's Health Care Safety Net; MEPS data products;Statistical Brief # 24 - The Uninsured in America 1996-2002, Statistical Brief #22: Use of Mammography as a Cancer Screening Tool, 2001;
Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2001; Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) State-by-state information about AIDS; FAMILIES LIVING IN TOUGH TIMES - Poverty Rates Rising for American Families
- Internet - HEALTHY FAMILIES AMERICA LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE; State Graphics Page - FirstGov.gov; Wage and Hour Issues
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cancer - Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers; Cardiovascular Disease - Aortic Dissection, Heart Attack; Low-Dose Aspirin Is Best Choice for Cutting Bleeding Risks; Daily Aspirin Therapy
- Diabetes - National Committee for Quality Assurance - Comprehensive diabetes care; NICE.Org UK diabetes guidance; Prevent Diabetes Problems from MedlinePlus; Liver Disease -
Liver Cancer; Stroke: Daily Aspirin Therapy, Diabetes and Hypertension Combo Invite Silent Stroke; Saying "Yes" to Regular Physical Activity Says "No" to Stroke; Low-Dose Aspirin Is Best Choice for Cutting Bleeding Risks; Personal Computers Bring High-Tech Stroke Evaluation to Rural Areas; Stroke; Tobacco - New Study Shows State Tobacco Control Programs Cut Cigarette Sales; Smoking: How Does It Cause Wrinkles? Smoking
- AIDS - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN'S ABUSE EXPERIENCE AND THEIR HIV STATUS
- Adolescent Health - Virginity is highly valued among teens today; SURVEY EXAMINES MARIJUANA USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS WHO SMOKE; Teens Say Parents Most Influence Their Sexual Decisions New Polling Data and "Tips for Parents" Released
- Consumer Health -- Flu Season, Emergencies, Trans Fats, and October Health Observances;
Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide); Herbal Supplements: Consider Safety, Too; Herbal Medicine; Consumer Reports ranks consumer satisfaction with HMOs/PPOs; Prescription Drug and Other Assistance Programs; FDA Issues Advisory on Star Anise "Teas"; FDA Offers Food Safety Information for Expected Power Outages and Flooding from Hurricane Isabel; Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults
- Drug Abuse - NIDA for Teens
- Environmental Health - ABCs of Asbestos in Schools; Air Quality Continues to Improve: New Report and Data; Backyard Burning: Human Health; Air Pollution; FDA Approves First New Drug Application for Treatment of Radiation Contamination Due to Cesium or Thallium; Radiation Exposure
- Epidemiology - MMWR news
- Fitness - Saying "Yes" to Regular Physical Activity Says "No" to Stroke; Exercise/Physical Fitness
- Healthcare Economics - Medicare Eligibility Tool; Medicare; 2001 health insurance; PC Pricer news; Medical Malpractice Insurance: Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Premium Rate Increases; Medicare: Most Beneficiaries Receive Some but Not All Recommended Preventive Services; Health Insurance Coverage in Rural America
- Healthcare Quality - Injuries in Hospitals Pose a Significant Threat to Patients and a Substantial Increase in Health Care Costs; Adolescent immunization status; Asthma; Childhood immunization status; Kids in Medicaid Managed Care Get Lower-Quality Care than Privately Insured; U.S. Census Numbers on Health Coverage are Released; Joint Commission Modifies Disease-Specific Care Certification Performance Measurement Requirements
- Health Services - REPORT ASSESSES IMPACT OF HEALTH CENTERS ON REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES;
REPORT PRESENTS TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE AND THEIR EFFECT ON HEALTH
Infectious Disease - Infectious Diseases: Gaps Remain in Surveillance Capabilities of State and Local Agencies; Vaccinating Every Child with Asthma Could Prevent Nearly 100,000 Hospitalizations; Flu Shot Locator; Nasal Flu Vaccine Approved; Influenza; First Test Approved to Help Detect West Nile Virusl; West Nile Fever; West Nile Virus; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO PROMOTE APPROPRIATE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS
- Maternal Child Health - REPORT INVESTIGATES INCREASE IN DELAWARE'S INFANT MORTALITY RATES;
ARTICLE ASSESSES MINORITY YOUNG WOMEN'S KNOWLEDGE AND PREVENTION PRACTICES RELATED TO NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NIEHS-Funded Researchers Find Low-Level Ozone Increases Respiratory Risk of Asthmatic Children
- Mental Health - Support Groups Offer Understanding, Information
- Nutrition - Trans Fats; Artificial Sweeteners; FDA Issues Advisory on Star Anise "Teas";
FDA Offers Food Safety Information for Expected Power Outages and Flooding from Hurricane Isabel; Food Safety; Liver Injury in 12 Patients Taking the Herbal Weight Loss Aids Chaso or Onshido; Herbal Medicine; What's in the Bottle? An Introduction to Dietary Supplements;
Dietary Supplements; Herbal Supplements: Consider Safety, Too; South Beach Diet; Weight Loss/Dieting
- Senior Health - Lack of Physical Activity Contributing to "Super-Sized" Older Adults
- Sexual Health - NEW RESOURCES ON STATE SEX EDUCATION POLICIES AVAILABLE
- Violence - First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation Findings from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services; First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws
- Women's Health - Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue; AUTHORS EXPLORE EFFECT OF EXERCISE ON OVERWEIGHT, SEDENTARY WOMEN; Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers; Mittelschmerz;
Menstruation and Premenstrual Syndrome; Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers; Children of Abused Parents Have More Behavior Problems; Domestic Violence; Breast Cancer; NEW TREATMENT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES LONG-TERM OUTLOOK FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS; Breast Cancer Deaths on the Decline; National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: Reducing Mortality Through Screening; New Treatment Significantly Improves Long-term Outlook For Breast Cancer Survivors; Study Links Obesity to Cervical Cancer
- CT Public Helath - Census finds 359,892 Connecticut residents uninsured in 2002; up 16,432 from 2001
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web site - Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities
http://www.bettycjung.net/Phce.htm
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- News: http://www.bettycjung.net/ deemed "Praise Worthy" by ConsumerWebWatch; 11/4/03 issue of the Wall Street Journal (B3) and in the 11/5/03 issue of the New York Times (C3); listed on: http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/praiseworthy3.pdf
- Good to Know - http://www.thecommunityguide.org/; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, Q and A: Poison Treatment in the Home;Results of Nationwide Undercover Survey Released; Babies Saturated With Media; MEDIA USE AMONG VERY YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES
- Data - ANNUAL SURVEY OF CHILD HEALTH STATISTICS, Child Trends DataBank -Lead Poisoning, AHRQ Chartbook Highlights Data on Health Care Expenses
- Internet - Supreme Court to Hear Internet Case; new "Public Health and Prevention" Web
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News. Cancer: Skin Cancer; Metastatic Cancer: Questions and Answers; Questions and Answers about Radon and Cancer; Lung Cancer.
- Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary artery stents for the treatment of coronary artery disease; Chronic heart failure: Management of chronic heart failure in adults in primary and secondary care; FDA Advises Physicians of Adverse Events Associated with Cordis Cypher Coronary Stents; ApoB: A Better Marker for Heart Disease Risk Than "Bad" Cholesterol; Unusual Fatigue May Be Warning Symptom of Heart Attack in Women; Keep the Beat: A New Collection of Heart Healthy Recipes ? Just in Time for the Holidays; Beta-blocker treatment after heart attack; Cholesterol management after acute cardiovascular events; PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION BY TRAINED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS INCREASES SURVIVAL FOR VICTIMS OF CARDIAC ARREST; Poor Neighborhood Linked to Poor Heart Attack Survival; Men's Social Isolation Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risk.
- Diabetes: November is American Diabetes Month; GAD (Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase) Test: An Early Screening Test for Type 1 Diabetes? Prevalence of Self-Reported Heart Disease and Stroke among U.S. Adults with and without Diabetes; Ambulatory care management of diabetes; Comprehensive diabetes care; Evidence-based nutrition principles and recommendations for the treatment and prevention of diabetes and related complications; Management of diabetes in correctional institutions; Management of dyslipidemia in adults with diabetes. Physical activity/exercise and diabetes mellitus. Report of the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus; Screening for type 2 diabetes; Standards of medical care for patients with diabetes mellitus; The prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes; Translation of the diabetes nutrition recommendations for health care institutions; Treatment of hypertension in adults with diabetes.
- Hypertension: NHLBI Study Finds Hostility, Impatience Increase Hypertension Risk; Effects of Blood Pressure Measurements on Mortality. Kidney Disease: Kidney Failure and Cardiovascular Disease; Kidney Failure and Dialysis. Liver Disease: Genetics of Alcoholism. Lung Disease:
JAMA Patient Page: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Stroke: AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION AND JCAHO COLLABORATE ON JCAHO'S PRIMARY STROKE CENTER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. Tobacco: HEALTH STATUS AND HEALTH POLICY INDICATORS RELATED TO SMOKING AMONG WOMEN AND GIRLS; Genetic Variation May Increase Nicotine Craving and Smoking Relapse
- AIDS: Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection; 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.
- Adolescent Health: TOOLKIT HELPS INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; NEW WEB SITE HELPS ADOLESCENTS UNDERSTAND HOW DRUGS AFFECT THE BRAIN AND THE BODY; FFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL-BASED VS. HOSPITAL-BASED PRENATAL CARE FOR PREGNANT ADOLESCENTS,
Boredom and Stress May Lead Youth to Drugs,"Teen Parents: Resources to Support and Promote Self-Sufficiency, Resources for Welfare Decisions; Using the Workforce Investment Act to Support Out-of-School Time Initiatives, Strategy Brief; Correlation of Sexual Activity/Substance Abuse and Team Sport Participation Among Adolescents; Three New Science Says Fact Sheets Available - * Characteristics of Teens' First Sexual Partner * The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents * Characteristics of Effective Curriculum-Based Programs
- Children Health: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN CHILDHOOD AND CAROTID ARTERY THICKNESS IN YOUNG ADULTS
- Consumer Health: Pediatricians' Safety Tips for the Holidays; Medicines by Design; About Your Medicines; National Study on Role of Media in the Lives of Children Age 6 Months to 6 Years; Health News and the American Public, 1996 -- 2002; Online 50-State Database Provides Comprehensive Source on Medicaid Benefits
- Drug Abuse: FDA Statement on THG (Tetrahydrogestrinone); Anabolic Steroids
- Environmental Health: EFFECTS OF OZONE AND FINE PARTICLES ON SYMPTOMS AND MEDICATION USE AMONG CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA; Formaldehyde and Cancer: Questions and Answers; Air Pollution; Questions and Answers about Dioxins; Environmental Health
- Epidemiology (See also Infectious Disease): Bioterrorism: Public Health Response to Anthrax Incidents of 2001
- Family Health: Parent Power
- Fitness: Heart-Strengthening Pace: Brisk but Comfortable; Exercise/Physical Fitness
- Healthcare Economics: Medical Personal Plan Finder; Medicare Drug Plan Raises Cost, Privacy Concerns; Americans’ concerns about health care growing; More women working longer for health benefits; Poor health literacy cost US $32 to $58 billion in additional health care spending in 2001
- Healthcare Quality: Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Evaluate Claims of Treatment Success; Health Fraud; Choice of Statistical Analysis Can Change the Results of Studies of the Relationship between Hospital and Surgeon Volume and Outcomes of Cancer Surgery; Latest Issue of AHRQ WebM&M Is Now Online
- Health Services: Physician Workforce: Physician Supply Increased in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas but Geographic Disparities Persisted; RESOURCES UPDATED FOR CLINICIAN'S HANDBOOK; Recent rise in ER crowding due to people with insurance, not the uninsured; IOM report highlights danger of nurses working long hours; Medicare.gov offers comparative quality info on home health agencies; Home Health Compare; Who Is Eligible for Medicaid? Organ Transplantation
- Infectious Disease: Hot Tub Lung; FDA Issues Guidance on Evaluating the Safety of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs to Help Prevent Creating New Resistant Bacteria; Bacterial Infections; Risk Assessment Reinforces That Keeping Ready-to-Eat Foods Cold May Be the Key to Reducing Listeriosis; Listeria monocytogenes Risk Assessment: Questions and Answers;
Listeria Infections
- Maternal Child Health: AUTHORS ANALYZE SURVEILLANCE DATA FROM EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS;Apnea, sudden infant death syndrome, and home monitoring; Eye examination in infants, children, and young adults by pediatricians; Health supervision for children with Turner syndrome; Physicians' roles in coordinating care of hospitalized children; Prevention of rickets and vitamin D deficiency: new guidelines for vitamin D intake; New Study Identifies Gene Signaling Puberty; Child Development; Postpartum care; Prenatal care; America's Children and the Environment; Holiday Safety Tips, 2003; Child Safety
- Men's Health: The management of benign prostatic hyperplasia; The management of priapism;
PSA Levels: Can They Rise after Prostate Removal?; Prostate Diseases; NIA STATEMENT ON IOM TESTOSTERONE REPORT
- Mental Health: TREATMENT PROVIDERS NEED TO BE AWARE THAT A MYRIAD OF HEALTH PROBLEMS OFTEN ACCOMPANY SUBSTANCE ABUSE; Exercise Eases Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression; Depression
- Minority Health: THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE "NIH STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN AND BUDGET TO REDUCE AND ULTIMATELY ELIMINATE HEALTH DISPARITIES, FISCAL YEARS 2002-2006; NEW SPANISH-LANGUAGE WEB SITE DETAILS ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES; Parents' Resource Center Handouts Now in Spanish!
- Nutrition: STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISSUES HEALTH WARNING ON LEAD-CONTAMINATED CHAPULINES (GRASSHOPPERS); CREATE-A-DIET; Dietary Supplements; Bacteria and Foodborne Illness; Food Contamination/Poisoning; Flax: What Are the Health Benefits? Dietary Fiber
- Oral Health: PEDIATRIC ORAL HEALTH LEARNING MODULES AVAILABLE; DATA RESOURCE CENTER RELEASES NEW PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT DISSEMINATION OF ORAL HEALTH DATA
- Public Health Research: 20 questions to critically evaluate polls
- School Health: Depression in Kids: How Is It Treated? Government Report Analyzes School Violence Data; CHILDHOOD OBESITY: WHAT THE RESEARCH TELLS US
- enior Health: National Alzheimer's Disease Month November 2003; Scientists Pinpoint Gene Influencing Age-at-Onset of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's; Alzheimer's Disease; Cataract: What You Should Know; Cataract; Glaucoma: What You Should Know; Glaucoma; Age-Related Macular Degeneration: What You Should Know; Macular Degeneration; Major New Finding on Genetics of Parkinson's Disease Zeroes In on Activity of Alpha Synuclein; Parkinson's Disease; Macular Hole; Macular Pucker; Retinal Disorders; Chronic Pain: Exercise Can Bring Relief; Pain;
Quality of Medical Care for Patients Older Than Age 65 Years; Seniors' Health Issues
- Women's Health: Inadequate Treatment of Breast Cancer Deadly for Elderly Women; U.S. Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abortions on the Decline; Abortion; Working during Your Pregnancy: Tips for the Mom-to-Be; Is Pregnancy after Breast Cancer Safe? Pregnancy;
JAMA Patient Page:Infant Feeding; Prevention and treatment of violence against women: systematic review and recommendations; Menopause and Hormones; Hormone Replacement Therapy;
NIH-Funded Centers to Seek Early Environmental Exposures That May Lead to Breast Cancer; ACS guidelines for breast cancer screening: update 2003; American Cancer Society guideline for the early detection of cervical neoplasia and cancer; CERVICAL CANCER RISK ASSOCIATED WITH SCREENING EVERY 3 YEARS VERSUS YEARLY; COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF APPROACH TO IMPROVE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING; WOMEN'S SYMPTOMS ARE NEW OR DIFFERENT PRIOR TO HEART ATTACK; The Heart Truth - Online Toolkit
- CT Public Health: New hospital debtors’ handbook – Know Your Rights
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Wellness Web site
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- Happy Holidays! Enjoy the Snow Globe; Supercourse CD; ConsumerWebWatch.Org cites http://www.bettycjung.net/ as "Praise Worthy" in Wall Street Journal and New York Times;
Jossey-Bass Publishers; Good to Know - Latest Flu Facts
- Data: black children and public health insurance; 2001 State Inpatient Database; new MEPS data products; Statistical Briefs; MEPS Chartbook; MEPS Web Site Enhancements; THE FACTS ON FAMILIES, AT YOUR FINGERTIPS; The National Center for Children in Poverty's LIFT Website; National Priorities Project; Child Trends; Kids Count Data; HCUP Fact Book: "Care of Children and Adolescents in U.S. Hospitals; CDC Press Release: Latest Cancer Incidence Report Shows Prostate Leading Cancer Among Men, Breast Cancer Leads for Women; Health, United States, 2003;
National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs; Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cancer - How to Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer; Latest Cancer Incidence Report Shows Prostate Leading Cancer among Men, Breast Cancer Leads for Women; Cardiovascular Disease - How to Keep Your Heart Healthy;
Heart Diseases--Prevention; Decongestants and High Blood Pressure; Diabetes - Use of Common Laboratory Tests to Identify People with Insulin Resistance; High Risk of Narrowed Blood Vessels in Legs for People with Diabetes, National Diabetes Statistics, Diabetic Eye Problems,
Diabetic Foot, Kidney Disease of Diabetes, Diabetic Kidney Problems, Diabetic Nerve Problems;
Pancreatic Islet Tranplantation, Juvenile Diabetes, Slide Show: How to Check Your Feet for Diabetes Complications; Hypertension - Microalbuminuria Increases Risk for Heart Attacks and Strokes in Hypertensive Patients, High Blood Pressure; Tobacco - United States Preventive Services Task Force Counseling to prevent tobacco use and tobacco-caused disease; Tobacco Control Programs and Policies Lower Smoking Rates, ASSIST Evaluation
- Adolescent Health - Sexual Attitudes and Behavior of Male Teens, Teen Pregnancy Rate Down 25% During the 1990s, Teen Mental Health, ADOLESCENTS' LEVEL OF LINGUISTIC ACCULTURATION AND THEIR WELL-BEING
- AIDS: Overall Increase in HIV Diagnoses
- Children Health: Children, Asthma, and Air Pollutants, Asthma in Children, Helping Children Cope with Holiday Stress: Tips for Parents, Child Mental Health, Children's Mental Health Resource Kit, DIABETES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED, SELF-CARE AMONG U.S. CHILDREN, CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT PREDICTORS OF MAJOR DEPRESSION, MEDIA USE AMONG VERY YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN CHILDHOOD AND CAROTID ARTERY THICKNESS IN YOUNG ADULTS
- Consumer Health: Tips for Holiday Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Food Safety and Food Security: What Consumers Need to Know, Dangers of Inhalants, U.S. Breastfeeding Rates at All-Time Recorded High, What's Under Your Kitchen Sink? Role of Environmental Hazards in Premature Birth, Echinacea Not Effective in Treating Children's Colds: New Study Results, Herbal Medicine, Death Rates for Some Cardiac and Cancer Surgeries May Be Linked to Surgeons' Experience, Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service
- Environmental Health: High School Environmental Center
- Epidemiology: MMWR
- Family Health: Tips for Healthy New Year's Resolutions
- Fitness: Core Strengthening: More Than Just a Crunch, Exercise/Physical Fitness, "The Shape We're In", Teen Athletes and Performance-Enhancing Substances: What Parents Can Do,
Sports Fitness, JAMA Patient Page: Concussion in Sports, Sports Injuries
- Healthcare Economics: Medicare legislation, Medicare Rx Drug Debate, Twice as Many Americans have Unstable Health Coverage as are Uninsured, Disease Management Saves Money,
How Does the Recent Medicare Reform Legislation Impact My Medicare Coverage? How Does the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act Change Medicare?
- Healthcare Quality: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PEDIATRIC PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, JCAHO Approves Strengthened Infection Control Standards, 2004 Standards Crosswalks, New Managing Patient Flow standard, Joint Commission's Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery
- Health Education: DISTANCE LEARNING TOOL PROVIDES STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH PROMOTION IN PEDIATRICS, PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPS STATE-SPECIFIC EPSDT TRAINING AND RESOURCES, new guidelines
- Health Services: expedited review by a Quality Improvement Organization (QIO)
- Infectious Disease: U.S. Syphilis Rates Climb for Second Consecutive Year, Syphilis
- Maternal Child Health: AUTHORS EXPLORE RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY IN MOTHERS AGES 50 AND OLDER
- Men's Health: Frequently Asked Questions about Testosterone and the IOM Report, FDA Approves Third Drug to Treat Erectile Dysfunction, Impotence, FDA Approves New Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer, Early Prostate Cancer: Questions and Answers
- Mental Health: Mental Health Dictionary, Mental Health
- Musculoskeletal Disease: New guidelines for the NHS on the management of multiple sclerosis in primary and secondary care set to improve services for patients, AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee, Upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders
- Nutrition: FDA Tips to Prevent Foodborne Illness This Holiday Season, Food Contamination/Poisoning, Genetic Engineering: The Future of Foods? Food Safety, Carbohydrates,
Dietary Proteins, Dietary Sodium, Dietary Supplements, FTC Releases Guidance to Media on False Weight-Loss Claims, Weight Loss/Dieting
- Obesity: TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS THAT CLINICIANS SCREEN ADULTS FOR OBESITY, Task Force Recommends that Clinicians Screen Adults for Obesity, Obesity, Minority Youths Are More Likely To Be Overweight
- Occupational Health: Critical Warning Signs of Workplace Violence Not What Employees Expect, Occupational Health
- Oral Health: Unmet Dental Need, DATA RESOURCE CENTER RELEASES NEW PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT DISSEMINATION OF ORAL HEALTH DATA
- Professional Health Education: HCUP Web Seminar in January 2004, Occupational Health for Healthcare Providers
- School Health: Comprehensive School-Based Health Programs, Improving the Health of Elementary School-Aged Children: What's Happening at School? Improving Children's Health: Making Community-School Partnerships Work
- Senior Health: "Effect of Improving Depression Care on Pain and Functional Outcomes Among Older Adults With Arthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial," "End-of-Life Care and the Effects of Bereavement on Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia"
- Women's Health: FDA Approves Ovcon 35 as the First Chewable Oral Contraceptive Tablet for Women, Birth Control/Contraception, Cardiovascular disease in women: a guide to risk factor screening, prevention and management, Common gynecologic problems: a guide to diagnosis and treatment, Exercise Builds Bone Mass in Postmenopausal Women Whether or Not They Use Hormone Therapy, Menopause, Cost-Effectiveness of Mammography in Women Older than 65 Years of Age, Mammography, NICHD Funds Major Effort to Determine Extent and Causes of Stillbirth, Pregnancy Loss, Jumping Exercises Increased Bone Mass in Elementary School Girls
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Wellindex.htm
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