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- News: HAPPY 2004 - Celebrate the seaon all year round: http://www.bettycjung.net/Greetings.htm; Final edition of #41; http://www.bettycjung.net/Kudos.htm; http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/praiseworthy3.pdf;
Questions from subscribers - SUBJECT: top ethical issues in Health Care for 2003, Mary Allbright
- Good to Know - MEDICARE LEGISLATION BECOMES LAW; SOMETHING IS MISSING FROM GOVERNMENT CHECKS; SIMPLIFYING BENEFITS FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; CHARTS FOR ALL AGES; Push Comes to Shove: Passengers and Travel Workers Call Rudeness a Real Problem
- Data: Official statistics and info from the US government; "Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2000; MEPS, HCUP; Child Trends DataBank
- Internet - AHRQ/CERTs Collaboration with AAHP-HIAA on New Web Site "The Tools and Techniques of Improved Medication Use, The Public Health Foundation (PHF) PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCE CENTER (PHIRC); FirstGov en Español; Fedinfo - HOW TO STOP THE POP UP;
Student.Gov Infosource - Consumer Privacy Protection; Protect against Identity Theft; Do Not Call Registry; Federal Web Site Privacy Policies; FTC Consumer Protection; Privacy Act: The Privacy Act of 1974
- op Ten Causes of Death - Latest News; Cancer - Cancer Control PLANET; Cardiovascular Disease - Management of Newly Detected Atrial Fibrillation; Diagnosis of chest pain; Intrapartum fetal heart rate management; Treatment of acute myocardial infarction; Heart Disease Goes beyond the Heart; New Stats Show Heart Disease Still America's No. 1 Killer, Stroke No 3; Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting with suspected lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis; Kidney Disease - Overview of Kidney Diseases in Children; Tobacco - Tobacco Cessation Toolkit for Employers; Smokefree.gov
- Adolescent Health - Tobacco Use And Public Health: Federal Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use among Youth
- AIDS - Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection; 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.
- Children Health - Daily cigarette smoking fell by one-half; Well-care visits for different agegroups
- Consumer Health - Maximizing Patient Safety in the Medication Use Process. Practice Guidelines and Best Demonstrated Practices; Over-the-Counter Medicines: What's Right for You?
About Your Medicines; New Year's Resolutions: Strategies from Mayo Clinic Specialists; Preventing Disease and Staying Healthy; ONE STOP SOURCE FOR RECALLS; THE FLU: FACT OR FICTION Groan; December is Seasonal Depression Awareness Month; Seasonal Affective Disorder; Aim for a Healthy Weight Web; 2004 National Health Observances; 2004 editions of Federal Health Information Centers and Clearinghouses; Toll-free Numbers for Health Information; Possible Long-Term Effects of Stimulants on Brain and Behavior; Prescription Drug Abuse
- Drug Abuse - METHAMPHETAMINE WITHDRAWAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN CHANGES SIMILAR TO THOSE SEEN IN DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY; Amphetamine Abuse
- Environmental Health - Getting the Environment Mercury-Free?
- Epidemiology - MMWR updates
- Fitness - Young Adult Fitness Protects Heart Health in Middle Age; Exercise for Children;
Heart Diseases--Prevention
- Grants - Web Resource for Federal Grants - Grants.Gov Web Site
- Healthcare Economics - Medicare Program news; "Health Insurance Coverage in America: 2002 Data Update"; "The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care"; "The Uninsured: A Primer, Key Facts About Americans Without Health Insurance"; Rising copays force some patients to forego medications; Increased cost sharing falls hardest on low-income and sicker patients; Employers plan to shift costs and risk to workers
- Healthcare Quality - ASHP guidelines on preventing medication errors with antineoplastic agents; The National Healthcare Quality Report and the National Healthcare Disparities Report;
QualityTools(tm); TASK FORCE WORKING GROUP ENCOURAGES PATIENT-PROVIDER PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT PREVENTIVE CARE; AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs), Version 2.1, Revision 3; JACHO's 2004 National Patient Safety Goals; AHRQ's Health plan members' experiences; Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net; Understanding Needs for Health System Preparedness and Capacity for Bioterrorist Attacks
- Health Education - HEALTH BEHAVIOR INFORMATION TRANSFER (HABIT)'s EFFECTIVE HEALTH MESSAGES DON'T PREACH
- Health Services - Choosing Cosmetic Plastic Surgery; Acupuncture; Exposure to Blood. What Health-Care Workers Need to Know
- Infectious Disease - SARS case in southern China 5 January 2004; E. Coli Infections;
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs); Tuberculosis (TB); Smallpox: What Every Clinician Should Know
- Mad Cow Disease - Questions and Answers Regarding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); New Variant CJD; FDA Statement on Rendered Products Derived from BSE Cow in Washington State; FDA Statement on New Measures against BSE; Mad Cow Disease: A Health Threat to Humans?
- Men's Health - Combined Drug Therapy Prevents Progression of Prostate Enlargement Helps Men at High Risk Avoid Surgery; Prostate Diseases; Oral Medications for Erectile Dysfunction: Explore Your Options; Impotence
- Mental Health - American Psychiatric Association (APA) - assessment and treatment of patients with suicidal behaviors; National Inventory of Mental Health Quality Measures;
Depression; Suicide Facts; Suicide
- Nutrition - Interactive Menu Planner; Consumer Alert: FDA Plans Regulation Prohibiting Sale of Ephedra-Containing Dietary Supplements and Advises Consumers to Stop Using these Products; Dietary Supplements; Garlic: Can It Lower Blood Pressure? Herbal Supplements: How They're Labeled and Regulated; Herbal Medicine; AAP: No to Soft Drinks in Schools; Child Nutrition; Mood and Food: Understand the Relationship; NCCAM Consumer Advisory on Ephedra
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/ephedra/consumeradvisory.htm
- Obesity - Aim for a Healthy Weight.
- Occupational Health - Needlestick! Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids
- Public Health Research - NICE produces new leaflet about patient consent for procedures
- School Health - Panel Approves OTC Emergency Contraception; Senate Approves Nutrition/Physical Activity Bill; Who’s Enrolled in SCHIP?
- Senior Health - Expand Your Mind: A Healthy Habit for Healthy Aging; Seniors' Health Issues; FOUR IN TEN SENIORS & SIX IN TEN ADULTS OVERALL DON'T KNOW MEDICARE BILL PASSED & SIGNED; Assessment of function: of critical importance to acute care of older adults; Evaluating excessive sleepiness in the older adult; Mealtime difficulties for older persons: assessment and management; Assessing cognitive function; Medication in older adults; Preventing falls in acute care; Preventing pressure ulcers and skin tears
- Women's Health - CDC Issues 2001 Assisted Reproductive Technology Success Rates; Infertility; Updated guideline on estrogen and progestogen use in peri-and postmenopausal women; Breast cancer screening; Cervical cancer screening; Chlamydia screening; Screening for chlamydia trachomatis
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- CT Public Health - Yale-New Haven and Bridgeport Hospitals free care
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Healthcare Resources on the Net
http://www.bettycjung.net/Healthcare.html; Healthcare Quality Index Page
http://www.bettycjung.net/Hcquality.htm
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- Good to Know - February is American Heart Month, and the Heart Truth Campaign; February 6th declared National Wear Red for Women Day
- Data - Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality Rose in 2002; MEPS datasets; Statistical Briefs;
New Report Highlights U.S. Medical Cost Due to Injuries; The State of Standards
- Internet - ConsumerWebWatch.Org criteria for credible Web sites and investigative reports;
National Cancer Institute: How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet: Questions and Answers
- Top Ten Causes of Death: Cancer - Staging: Questions and Answers; Types of Cancer, Living with Cancer, Cancer Statistics, Cancer Support Services, National Breast Cancer Centre, other Australian cancer resources. Cardiovascular Disease - New Study Estimates Potential Savings Gained by Expanding Use of Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure Patients; new American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement guidelines; New Blood Tests for Detecting Heart Disease, Cardiomyopathy, Dissolving Left Atrial Clots in Patients with Mitral Stenosis, Mitral Valve Prolapse. Diabetes - Relationship Between Diabetes, Obesity, and Chronic Disease, American Diabetes Association 2004 diabetes care, Most People with Diabetes Do Not Meet Treatment Goals: Study Finds Little Improvement in Last Decade, High Homocysteine Levels Increase Risk for Heart Attacks in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Coffee Drinkers at Lower Risk for Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Self-Care: Strategies to Reduce Your Risk of Complications, Staying Motivated: Sticking to Your Diabetes Eating Plan,
Association of the Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease in U.S. Adults, Metabolic Syndrome, NICE issues clinical guideline on type II diabetes - prevention and management of foot problems. Hypertension - Melatonin May Have an Effect on Nocturnal Blood Pressure. Kidney Disease - Associations of Newer Cardiac Risk Factors with Chronic Kidney Disease. Stroke - Preconditioning the Brain May Protect against Stroke. Tobacco - HHS Announces National Smoking Cessation Quitline Network
- Adolescent Health - BMI AND OVERWEIGHT IN ADOLESCENTS IN 15 COUNTRIES, FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTRACEPTIVE USE WITHIN ADOLESCENTS' FIRST SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, Drinking: It Can Spin Your World Around: Facts for Teens, Science Says Factsheets
- Alcohol - Effects of Drinking on the Risk for Diabetes and Its Complications, Child Passenger Deaths Involving Drinking Drivers, Alcohol Consumption
- Children Health - Childhood Illnesses: The Usual Suspects, Infant and Toddler Health,
Children's Health, Early Fevers Associated with Lower Allergy Risk Later in Childhood, Allergy,
Asthma in Children; Childhood immunizations; Milk Matters Web Games for Kids and Teens
- Consumer Health - Questions and Answers on Using Over-the-Counter (OTC) Analgesics/Antipyretics; Pain; Food and Drug Administration (U.S.) - Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online. Tips and Warnings for Consumers
- Drug Abuse - Prescription Drugs: OxyContin Abuse and Diversion and Efforts to Address the Problem; Drug Addiction; Drug Abuse; MDMA Use May Increase Risk for Cardiac Valve Disease; Club Drugs; Cocaine Abuse
- Environmental Health - Winter Wise Tips; Safety Issues; What You Should Know About Reducing Diesel Exhaust from School Buses; Air Pollution
- Epidemiology - MMWR Reports
- Family Heslth - NEW GUIDE HELPS AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES COPE WITH CRISES; Changes in Children's Well-Being and Family Environments; Who Are "Fragile Families" and What Do We Know About Them?; Undocumented Children
- Fitness - Yoga: Moving and Breathing Your Way to Relaxation; Exercise and Physical Fitness
- Grants - Youth Service America grant opps
- Healthcare Economics - Survey finds one in ten large companies eliminated health benefits for new retirees last year, twice as many likely to do the same in the next 3 years; Analysis of the increase in uninsured Americans 2000-2002 – who lost the most? Assessing Proposals for Major Health Insurance Reform. Principles for Eliminating Uninsurance; MCH LIBRARY RELEASES NEW EDITION OF HEALTH INSURANCE AND ACCESS TO CARE KNOWLEDGE PATH; 2004 Medicare Advantage Monthly Capitation Rates, Demographic Factors, Rescaling Factors & Risk Factor Tables; Enhanced Set of Quality Measures Now Available at Medicare?s Easier-To-Use Nursing Home Compare; Facts about Upcoming New Benefits in Medicare: Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003; women's health coverage for the years 2001 and 2002
- Healthcare Quality - AHRQ WebM&M Is Now Online; National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information; The Tools and Techniques of Improved Medication Use; KidsWalk-to-School. A Guide to Promote Walking to School; Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit; Guidelines from Focus On Therapeutic Outcomes, Inc., Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network; JACHO's 2004 National Patient Safety Goals
- Health Information - New FDA Draft Guidances Aim to Improve Health Information; Evaluating Health Information
- Health Policy - Health Action 2004 tool kit
- Health Services - Task Force Finds Insufficient Evidence to Recommend Screening for Thyroid Disease; Helping Patients With Alcohol Problems. A Health Practitioner's Guide; Registered Nurses Association of Ontario guidelines; Financial Assistance for Cancer Care;
Cancer--Living with Cancer
- Healthy People - Healthy Vision Month 2004 site
- Infectious Disease - Avian influenza A(H5N1) Global surveillance guidelines; Foodborne Diseases; AHRQ's Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections Site; An Introduction to Sexually Transmitted Infections; CDC revised guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); Hepatitis B and C
- Maternal Child Health - Prenatal Care, Kids in Action: Active Start Physical Activity Guidelines for Babies, Infants and Toddlers; Beyond Baby Fat; Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Mental Health - Improving Performance Measurement for Alcohol and Drug Services; Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Traumatic Memories Recalled Differently by PTSD Sufferers; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder; Bipolar Disorder
- Men's Health - Updated guideline synthesis on Screening for Prostate Cancer.
- Minority Health - Sexual Trends Among Low-income Black Urban Youth; Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet; HEALTH SERVICES UTILIZATION AMONG ASIAN AMERICAN CHILDREN
- Nutrition - Trans Fat Now Listed with Saturated Fat and Cholesterol on the Nutrition Facts Label; Dietary Fats; Food Labeling; Infant and Toddler Nutrition; Calcium; Extra-Virgin Olive Oil: Does It Have More Health Benefits?; Dietary Fats; FDA Issues Regulation Prohibiting Sale of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids; Dietary Supplements
- Obesity - FEASIBILITY OF LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX DIET AS PRACTICE-BASED TREATMENT FOR OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN; Healthy Weight Week; Aim for a Healthy Weight; Managing your weight;
Healthy Weight Week; Maintaining a healthy weight begins in childhood; Obesity Costs States Billions in Medical Expenses; New Data Available That Show Relationship Between Diabetes, Obesity, and Chronic Disease
- Oral Health - CDC RELEASES UPDATED INFECTION-CONTROL GUIDELINES FOR DENTAL HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
- Prions - NIAID Research on Prion Diseases, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Public Health Law - State Minor Consent Laws
- Public Health Research - Applying Public Health Strategies to Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: A Potential Approach to Genetic Disorders; FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Providing More Information on Investigational Treatment; Clinical Trials
- Senior Health - Medicare Education Campaign; Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center; Inhibiting Enzyme Increases Bone Density; Osteoporosis
- Sexual Health - Sexual Health - Not just safe sex; Sexuality; Family Planning and Fertility; Puberty; Safe Sex; Sexual Abuse and Assault; Sexual Health for Men; Sexual Health for Women; Sexually Transmitted Infections
- School Health - AAP PUBLISHES POLICY STATEMENT ON SOFT DRINKS IN SCHOOLS; Sex, Drugs, and Delinquency in Urban and Suburban Public Schools; NICHD LAUNCHES MILK MATTERS WEB GAMES FOR KIDS; Web Site Aims to Educate Kids about Calcium; "Sex Education in America,"
- Senior Health - Conquering Everyday Aches and Pains; Pain; Arthritis; Assisted Living;
Alzheimer's Caregivers; Patient Assistance Programs for Rheumatology-Related Drugs
- Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health; Health Education - GUIDELINES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION IN WOMEN; Friday, February 6, 2004, is National Wear Red Day;
Brigham and Women's Hospital guidelines - Infertility; Obesity in women. A guide to assessment and management; Lower extremity musculoskeletal disorders. A guide to diagnosis and treatment;
Neurobehavioral Legacy of Prenatal Tobacco Exposure; Pregnancy and Substance Abuse; FDA Takes Action against Foreign Websites Selling Counterfeit Contraceptive Patches; Birth Control;
Uterine Fibroids; FDA Updates Hormone Therapy Information for Post Menopausal Women; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Mastectomy; Blood Clot in the Breast (Mondor's Disease); Breast Diseases;
Cervical Cancer and Pap Test Information; Cervical Cancer
- CT Public Health - Consumer Health Action Network
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - What's New Pages Revamp; It's Oscar Time....
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- Happy Birthday, JG!!! Many more...
- Data - Chronic Disease Prevention (CDP) Databases;Teen Pregnancy: A Decade of Decline; AHRQ new MEPS data products;
DATABASE ON BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE; INFANT MORTALITY RATE FOR 2002
- Internet - Cross-Agency Portals
- Top Ten Causes of Death. Cancer - Singapore, Finnish guidelines; Cardiovascular Disease - AHRQ, AHA/ACC, Finnish, European, VA/DOC guidelines; Treadmill Testing, EKG, and CT Scans Not Recommended for Screening Patients at Low Risk for Heart Disease; NHLBI STUDY FINDS IMPLANTED DEFIBRILLATOR REDUCES HEART FAILURE DEATHS. Diabetes - new guidelines. HYpertension - new guidelines. Stroke - EARLY TREATMENT CONFIRMED AS KEY TO STROKE RECOVERY. singapore guidelines.
- Adolescent Health - DATA AND TRENDS ON PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND ABORTION AMONG U.S. ADOLESCENTS; ESTIMATE DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS OF STDS AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; ROLE OF CULTURE IN YOUTH VIOLENCE
- AIDS - CDC guidelines; Technical Assistance Costing Tool (TACT). A Resource to Help Clinicians and Health Care Organizations Identify Costs In Providing HIV/AIDS Care
- Bioterrorism - AHRQ Briefs on Bioterrorism and Health System Preparedness; STATES' BIOTERRRORISM PREPAREDNESS CAPACITIES
- Children Health - New Guidelines for Diagnosing, Managing Ear Infections in Children; AHRQ Fact Book Examines Care of Children and Adolescents in U.S. Hospitals; NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO PREVENT BULLYING AND YOUTH VIOLENCE; Bullying resources; Radiation disasters and children; Blood lead toxicity screening
- Consumer Health - eMedicine Consumer Health; FDA Warns about Counterfeit Drugs; FDA to Require Bar Codes on Drugs; Anitbiotics; Healthy living
- Drug Abuse - Increased Inhalant Abuse by Children
- Epidemiology - MMWR news
- Family Heslth - Summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations; Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule-United States, January-June 2004; Screening for family and intimate partner violence
- Fitness- Overweight Is Becoming Leading Cause of Preventable Death; State-based Physical Activity Program Directory;
Exercise and Physical Fitness
- Healthcare Economics - CMS newly designed web resource for Mammography Services; CMS URGES STATES TO ADOPT DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, AGENCY WILL MATCH STATE COSTS
- Healthcare Quality - NQMC Measure Index; Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies;
NGC - collection of over 1100 evidence-based guidelines from more than 200 nationally and internationally-known guideline developing organizations; NQMC CD-ROM Tutorial; MS Word Downloads at the National Guideline Clearinghouse; Updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the 2004 National Patient Safety Goals
- Health Education - nutrition resources; NHLBI heart-healthy recipes, interactive menu planner; FDA trans fat information;
- Health Literacy - Council of State Governments (CSG's) Health Literacy Tool Kit
- Health Services - Ambulatory Patient Safety Toolkit; Screening for thyroid disease; STRATEGIES TO INCREASE DIVERSITY AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
- Infectious Disease - CDC - Incorporating HIV prevention into the medical care of persons living with HIV. Public health guidance for community-level preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); Treatment of tuberculosis; Bird Flu Being Watched for Possible Human Transmission; Yellow fever in Liberia; Dengue fever in Indonesia
- Maternal Child Health - National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
- Mental Health - Schizophrenia; Post-hospitalization care for mental illness/substance abuse; Satisfaction with referral for mental health/substance abuse care
- Nutrition - Fad Diets: What You Need to Know; Over-The-Counter Weight-Loss Products; Weight Loss and Dieting
- Obesity - MEDIA'S ROLE IN CHILDHOOD OBESITY
- Occupational Health - Work Loss Data Institute
- Oral Health - CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH RESOURCES
- Public Health Research - NEW TOOL AVAILABLE TO MEASURE CHILDREN'S OWN HEALTH PERCEPTIONS
- Senior Health - Advance Care Planning: Preferences for Care at the End of Life; Improving Treatment Decisions for Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia; National Institute on Aging. Health Information
- School Health - Study Finds Cardiovascular Risk in Youth Overweight; School Violence Prevention; Family Violence Prevention Fund; National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center; A Good Time: After-School Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy; Faith Matters: How African-American Faith Communities Can Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy; BAM! Body and Mind; Surgeon General Urges Attention to Childhood Obesity
- Women's Health - NEW STUDY FINDS BABIES BORN TO MOTHERS WHO DRINK ALCOHOL HEAVILY MAY SUFFER PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE;
RECOMMENDATIONS ON SCREENING FOR FAMILY AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; STUDY SHOWS LINK BETWEEN ANTIBIOTIC USE AND INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER; NIH Asks Participants in Women's Health Initiative Estrogen-Alone Study to Stop Study Pills, Begin Follow-up Phase; Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy for Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions; Screening for Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy; Screening for Chlamydial Infection; Cervical cancer; AUTHORS DEFINE RISK FOR UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AND ASSESS EFFECTIVENESS OF FAMILY PLANNING REFERRAL AND INTEREST IN EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AMONG WOMEN WITH STDS
- CT Public Health - ACORN study of hospital language barriers, includes CT; OHCA annual report on CT hospitals’ finances for fiscal year 2002; OHCA analysis of 2001 data on CT and employer-based health insurance
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Informational feeds: Latest national and international news feeds are on the Home Page http://www.bettycjung.net/ ; Latest in quality assurance and quality improvement news feeds are on the Healthcare Quality Issue Page http://www.bettycjung.net/Hcquality3.htm ; Latest in available grants http://www.bettycjung.net/Grants.htm
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- Good to know - Social Security payout; Youth Voting
- Data: Statistical Briefing Book; State Performance Measures on Teen Pregnancy
- Internet: Cross-Agency Portals; NIHSeniorHealth.gov; NIH LAUNCHES LIFEWORKS; Social Medicine Portal; National Quality Measures ClearinghouseTM; 10 Tips on Evaluating Immunization Information
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News. Cancer: guidelines, colorectal cancer; Anal Cancer; Cancer Statistics for 2004; Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers. Cardiovascular Disease: guidelines; Accuracy of Adult Patients' Reports of Their Parents' Medical Histories; Canada Acute Myocardial Infarction and Congestive Heart Failure.
Diabetes: Diabetic Coma: When Blood Sugar Extremes Aren't Treated; Hyperglycemia and Diabetes: What to Watch Out for; Gene Variants May Increase Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes; Study Will Identify Best Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth; Glycemic-Index Diet. Hypertension: May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month; "Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure" (JNC7); Risk Factors: Reduce Your Odds of Developing High Blood Pressure; Adopting a Treatment Strategy: Making Lifestyle Changes to Control Blood Pressure. Stroke: Acute stroke: mortality rate. Tobacco: Study Shows Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Greater for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children; Secondhand Smoke; Online Guide to Quitting; “Population strategies to prevent smoking”
- Adolescent Health: Science Says research briefs; Virginity Pledges; TRENDS IN HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR ADOLESCENTS; Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign; Alcohol Awareness Month - April 2004
- AIDS - AIDS fact sheet; Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents.
- Alcohol - US PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS PRIMARY CARE CLINICIANS SCREEN AND COUNSEL ADULTS TO PREVENT MISUSE OF ALCOHOL
- Bioterrorism - Anthrax
- Children Health - Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake May Benefit Bone Health in Preteen Girls; Immunization Laws;
Vaccine Safety; 10 Tips on Evaluating Immunization Information; Child Nutrition; Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families;
Child Safety; Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now!; Juvenile Suicides; UPDATES ON TRENDS IN CHILD WELL-BEING;
NATIONAL STATISTICS ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT;HEALTH CARE TRENDS FOR U.S. CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
- Consumer Health - Over-the-Counter Medicines; FDA Enhances Safeguards For Consumers Who May Have Special Sensitivities to Certain Commonly Used Over-the-Counter Drug Ingredients; medical guidelines for the clinical use of dietary supplements and nutraceuticals; “Seat belts not enough to save lives in rollovers”
- Drug Abuse - A Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free; Post-hospitalization care for substance abuse: Data on Drug Related Deaths in 34 Metro Areas; HHS Launches Crackdown on Products Containing Andro; FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Cautions for Use of Antidepressants in Adults and Children;
- Environmental Health Air Pollution - Engine Manufacturers on Target to Meet More Stringent 2007 Clean-Diesel Regulations
- Epidemiology - MMWR News; Cancer Clusters
- Family Heslth - Parenting is Prevention; The National Fatherhood Initiative
- Fitness - Questions and Answers: Physical Activity and Cancer
- Genetics - INTERNATIONAL SEQUENCING CONSORTIUM LAUNCHES ONLINE RESOURCE; NIH AND FDA LAUNCH NEW HUMAN GENE TRANSFER RESEARCH DATA SYSTEM
- Healthcare Economics - New Fact Sheets Explain Medicare Changes; CMS Health Insurance Portability and Accountabliity Act (HIPAA) X12 837 Health Care Claim Implementation Guide (IG) Edits; Satisfaction with health maintenance organization (HMO) customer service; GAO report finds health insurance scams widespread and growing; Medicaid less costly than private insurance
- Healthcare Quality - "Privacy law a bitter pill; critics say it protects medical files but can hinder care”;Patient Issues - Effects of Telling Patients about Medical Errors; FDA Announces Measures to Improve Generic Drug Access; FDA Launches New Easy-to-Use Drug Information Web Site; The Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Clinicians' Network, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Latest Issue of AHRQ WebM&M Is Now Online
- Health Education - Preventive counseling and education; Preventive services; Tobacco use prevention and cessation
- Health Policy - New federal poverty level guidelines effective April 1st; ONLINE RESOURCE TARGETED TO HEALTH POLICY/PUBLIC HEALTH ACADEMIC COMMUNITY LAUNCHED; Big changes likely at CDC as agency looks to the future; States are using tobacco funds for everything but health
- Health Literacy - IOM and AHRQ reports find 90 million Americans with limited health literacy, document the risks, and make recommendations; Two New Health Literacy Reports
- Health Services - New guidance will improve supportive and palliative care services for adults with cancer; New CDC report finds ER visits up 23% in last ten years while the number of ERs dropped by 15%
- Infectious Disease - Screening for hepatitis C in adults: recommendation statement; Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care--Associated Pneumonia, 2003; Epidemic/epizootic West Nile virus in the United States: guidelines for surveillance, prevention, and control; Healthy Swimming
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/
- Maternal Child Health - Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Greater for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children; Infant and Toddler Development;Loratadine and Hypospadias: Data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study;
Birth Defects: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Men's Health - Real Men, Real Depression; Erectile Dysfunction; Prostate Enlargement: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia;
Urinary Incontinence in Men
- Mental Health - Controversial Study Withdrawn Suggesting Link between Autism and MMR Vaccine; Autism; Child Sexual Abuse; Post-hospitalization care for mental illness
- Minority Health - LATINOS IN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, NEW YORK, FLORIDA, AND NEW JERSEY; GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES; HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES; BILINGUALISM; ASSIMILATION AND LANGUAGE; Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.; Office of Minority Health Resource Center; Improving Depression Care Has Long-Lasting Benefits for African Americans and Hispanics
- Nutrition - FDA to Stop the Selling of Products Claiming to Cure "Over 650" Diseases; Questions and Answers: Androstenedione; Low-Carbohydrate Diets: Are They Safe and Effective?; Revised Consumer Advisory on Methylmercury in Fish;
What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish; Caffeine: How Does It Affect Blood Pressure?; FDA Warns Distributors of Dietary Supplements Promoted Online for Weight Loss; Ban on Sales of Ephedra Goes into Effect
- Obesity - FDA'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN ADDRESSING OBESITY; Screening for Obesity in Adults: Recommendations and Rationale; Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers
- Occupational Health - “Is snack food hurting the workers who make it?”
- Public Health Practice - USE OF CORE COMPETENCIES ON THE RISE
- Public Health Research - Community-based Participatory Research: How to bridge the divide between researchers and communities; CHALLENGES IN CONDUCTING MEDICAL RECORDS RESEARCH DURING HIPAA TRANSITION; MAKING SURE THE DATA TELLS THE TRUTH - What Works? How Do We Know?; Performance Measures in Out-of-School Time Evaluation; JAMA is now offering free full text access from 6 months to 5 years after publication; NIH and FDA Launch New Human Gene Transfer Research Data System
- School Health - Best Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth; What Kids Say About: Bullying; Child Behavior Disorders;
Child Mental Health; INFORMATION ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES USED TO EVALUATE OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS; EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL-BASED SUICIDE-PREVENTION PROGRAM EVALUATED; Sensible Approaches to Children's Weight Problems; Arkansas Releases First Results of Mandated Body Mass Screening of Students
- Senior Health - "Census Bureau Estimates Number of Adults, Older People and School-Age Children in States";
"Cognitive ability in childhood and cognitive decline in mid-life: longitudinal birth cohort study," "Living with Grief: Alzheimer's Disease," Community design: the next step to an active society?; NEIGHBORHOOD INFLUENCES ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OLDER ADULTS; Advance directives: protecting patient's rights; Depression in older adults; Discharge planning for the older adult; Urinary incontinence; Enrollment Begins for Osteoarthritis Initiative; STUDY IDENTIFIES PREDICTORS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE LONGEVITY
- Women's Health - Anorexia Nervosa; Eating Disorders; Switch to Exemestane Better Than Long-Term Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer Study; Breast Cancer Research resources; Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer: Recommendations and Rationale; Screening for Breast Cancer. What's New from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF); The Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Mammography Beyond Age 65: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; NIH ASKS PARTICIPANTS IN WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE ESTROGEN-ALONE STUDY TO STOP STUDY PILLS, BEGIN FOLLOW-UP PHASE; WHI resources: FDA Statement on Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy; Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy (NHLBI); FDA Plans to Evaluate Results of Women's Health Initiative Study for Estrogen-Alone Therapy; STUDY SHOWS LINK BETWEEN ANTIBIOTIC USE AND INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER;
2001 consensus guidelines for the management of women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: Premenstrual Syndrome;
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Screening for Family Violence; Hormone Replacement Therapy: Who Should Take It and What Are the Alternatives?; Hysterectomy: Benefits and Alternatives; Hysterectomy Leads to Better Outcomes and Greater Patient Satisfaction Than Medicine for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding; Breast cancer treatment; Diagnosis and management of infertility;
Management of initial abnormal Pap smear; Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women; Cervical cancer screening; Updated guideline synthesis on Breast Cancer Screening
- CT Public Health - New website with resources on health care relationships
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Health Care Quality Issues - http://www.bettycjung.net/Hcquality3.htm
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- BECOME AN ONLINE PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR
- Data: New Report on the State of Children's Health Care; CHARTBOOK SYNTHESIZES DATA ON THE QUALITY OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE; Consumers and the Safety Net
- Technology: COMPUTERS COMBAT DISEASE: NEW MODELING GRANTS TARGET EPIDEMICS, BIOTERROR
- Top Ten Causes of Death: Cancer - latest guidelines. Cardiovascular Disease: Fish Oil Helps Fight Heart Disease; Anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents in acute ischemic stroke: report of the Joint Stroke. Diabetes - Managing diabetes in the long-term care setting. Tobacco - The cardiovascular risks of secondhand smoke.
- Adolescent Health - Youth suicides: A public health crisis. LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF ADOLESCENT DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM; ACCURACY OF PARENTS' BELIEFS ABOUT CONDOMS AND BIRTH CONTROL PILLS; Study: Teens saw more alcohol ads in 2002
- AIDS/HIV - State, county may require condoms in adult films
- Alcohol Abuse - SAMHSA's Too Smart to Start Initiative
- Bioterrorism - Trends: How prepared are Americans for public health emergencies?
- Children Health - RESOURCE GUIDE HELPS EXPLAIN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AMONG FEMALE CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN REPORTED FOR MALTREATMENT; EFFECTIVENESS OF ATV REGULATIONS FOR CHILDREN; AVERAGE BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS ON RISE AMONG AMERICAN CHILDREN/TEENAGERS; BRAIN FUNCTION OF POOR READERS CAN IMPROVE
- Consumer Health - To Err May Be Human, but What About Those Confusing Drug Names?
- Drug Abuse - ADULT MARIJUANA ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE INCREASED DURING 1990S
- Epidemiology - MMWR News
- Ethics - NIH officials publicly disclose drug company payments and limit their paid consulting with outside companies to 500 hours a year
- Grants - HealthierUS Cooperative Agreement program
- Healthcare Economics - Medicare Secondary Payer fact sheets; Congress mandated the Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Cards and Transitional Assistance Program; TRENDS, BARRIERS, AND POLICY SOLUTIONS IN U.S. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE; Eligibility and Enrollment in Medicaid and State-Funded Coverage for Adults
- Healthcare Quality - Medicare Providers: Their Vendors, Clearinghouses, or Other Third Party Billers, and the HIPAA/Medicare Contingency Plan; Competency Assessment Instrument (CAI); Health plan members' experiences;
- Health Literacy - ACP FOUNDATION AND NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE LAUNCH NATIONAL CONSUMER INFORMATION PROGRAM FOR INTERNISTS AND THEIR PATIENTS; ALMOST HALF OF ALL AMERICANS LACK HEALTH LITERACY
- Health Policy - CDC to change structure slightly; The White House of Office of Management and Budget released a revised version of its proposed guidelines for peer review in federal agencies; The Patient Safety and Quality Information Act
- Health Services - Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses: A Primer for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals; Lower Nurse Staffing Levels Contribute to Poor Patient Outcomes; one in five ER visits are for problems that could have been avoided with adequate primary care
- Infectious Disease - China steps up anti-SARS measures; Emerging Infectious Diseases: Asian SARS Outbreak Challenged International and National Responses
- International Health - Revision of the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations
- Maternal Child Health - ACCESS TO CARE, PROVIDER CHOICE, AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN INFANT MORTALITY; BREASTFEEDING DECREASES INFANT MORTALITY
- Mental Health - depression guidelines; homelessness
- Minority Health - Migrant Clinicians Network; National Center for Farmworker Health; Rural Information Center
- Nutrition - Eating right: Who can afford it?; ACRYLAMIDE HAS REPRODUCTIVE, DEVELOPMENTAL RISKS
- Public Health Research - Advocates Push for Federal Stem Cell Funds; NEW WEB SITE LAUNCHED TO PROMOTE CHILD CARE AND EARLY EDUCATION RESEARCH
- School Health - NIH RELEASES THREE NEW PRECOLLEGE TEACHING MODULES ON ALCOHOL, HUMAN COMMUNICATION, AND SLEEP
- Senior Health - The Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+; National Council on the Aging (NCOA) briefs; "ENHANCED" COUNSELING, SUPPORT INTERVENTIONS SLASH LONG-TERM RISK OF DEPRESSION AMONG AD CAREGIVERS; EEOC rules that companies may cut off health benefits for retirees
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Officers get list of names of actors in sex films; Adult film industry advocates assail L.A. County for taking actors’ HIV records; Update on Genital Herpes
- Women's Health - CURRENT RESEARCH ON CESAREAN SECTION; FACT SHEET HIGHLIGHTS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH AND HEALTH IN WOMEN; REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY OF WIDELY PRESCRIBED ANTIDEPRESSANT IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN; new guidelines
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About... The Chinese Culture.
http://www.bettycjung.net/Chinese.htm
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- BECOME AN ONLINE PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR - Program Description: http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenomdes.htm; Current Online Directory: http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenom.htm; Profile form: http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenomlogf.htm; Term of service - one year
- Good to know: State Travel and Tourism Sites; America's Hometowns--Cities, Counties and Towns; Social Security Delivers Most Popular Baby Names; Remember: Beneficiaries Can Earn More This Year
- Data: MEPS Stats;Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance; Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-September 2003; The Child Trends DataBank substantially expands its What Works information! 2004 KIDS COUNT Data Book; Statistical Brief #39 - The Uninsured in America; Statistical Brief #40 - Health Insurance Coverage and Income Levels for the U.S. Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65, 2001; AUTHORS ASSESS HOSPITALS' RACE, ETHNICITY, AND PRIMARY LANGUAGE DATA-COLLECTION PRACTICES
- Internet Resources - National Women's Health Information Center; Office of Research on Women's Health (NIH); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S.); Starting Early Starting Smart (SESS); The Cool Spot; Connecting Communities for Better Health Learning Network and Resource Center
- Top Ten Causes of Death: Cancer - ANNUAL REPORT TO THE NATION FINDS CANCER INCIDENCE AND DEATH RATES ON THE DECLINE: SURVIVAL RATES SHOW SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. Cardiovascular Disease - Anticoagulation therapy supplement; Atrial fibrillation; Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for surgical/trauma patients; The Lipid Screening. Diabetes - Care of the patient with diabetes mellitus. 3rd edition. Tobacco - “‘Safer Smokes’ multiply, states probe marketing claims”;
New Surgeon General’s report on tobacco finds new risks; SURGEON GENERAL RELEASES REPORT AND COMPANION RESOURCES ON THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING
- Adolescent Health - NEW EDITION OF ADOLESCENT VIOLENCE PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; ADOLESCENT GIRLS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE TIMING OF THEIR FIRST CONSENSUAL INTERCOURSE; ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL DATA ON PRIORITY HEALTH-RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12; AAP ISSUES CLINICAL REPORT ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND ADOLESCENTS; Adolescents in Many Countries Experience Violence, but U.S. Has More Deaths; Suicide Rate for Children, Teens Drops
- AIDS/HIV - HIV prophylaxis following occupational exposure.
- Alcohol Abuse - ALCOHOL ABUSE INCREASES, DEPENDENCE DECLINES ACROSS DECADE Young Adult Minorities Emerge As High-Risk Subgroups
- Asthma - Asthma care
- Children Health - STUDY EXAMINES TRENDS IN BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; PRINCIPALS' PERCEPTIONS OF AND PRACTICES RELATED TO BULLYING PREVENTION ACTIVITIES; STUDY GRAPHICALLY REVEALS BRAIN MATURATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; 'Metabolic Syndrome' Seen in Obese Children and Adolescents; Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2003; Understanding What Children Say; “Leaving children in hot cars becomes life and death issue”; New spring issue of the Child Indicator!
- Consumer Health - MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF U.S. ADULTS USE COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, ACCORDING TO NEW GOVERNMENT SURVEY
- Drug Abuse - “Drug abusers latch on to popular cold remedy”
- Epidemiology - MMWR
- Family Health - Preventing Dental Caries in Preschool Children; Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse.
- Healthcare Economics - CMS "Use of Group Health Plan Payment System for Medicare Disease Management Demonstration Serving Medicare Fee For Service Beneficiaries"
- Healthcare Quality - Lie to Your Doctor, Fool Yourself; Children Frequently Experience Medical Injuries in Hospitals;
Take NQMC's First Annual Customer Satisfaction Survey; HealthPartners Clinical Indicators; Bureau of Primary Health Care;
The Provider's Guide to Quality & Culture
- Health Education - MCH EDUCATORS' HEALTH PROMOTION CONTENT NEEDS AND INTERESTS
- Health Policy - “Lawmakers set to examine smoking in film”
- Infectious Disease - Measles Are Now Rare, but Outbreaks Happen; “Standing water seen as a menace: Concern over West Nile virus could prompt action on pools”; STUDY OF HYGIENE IN INNER-CITY HOUSEHOLDS IDENTIFIES WHAT HELPS AND WHAT MAY NOT;
- Maternal Child Health - Behavioral Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding. What's New from the USPSTF; Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years: What's New: Overview of Recommendations; Maternity care; Immunization of preterm and low birth weight infants; Prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in children, with special emphasis on American Indian and Alaska Native children.
- Men's Health - SOME MEN WITH LOW PSAS HAVE PROSTATE CANCER: MOST CANCERS FOUND ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT; National Men's Health Week! Overweight and obesity are very common among American men, affecting close to 68 percent of men age 20-74; Screening for Prostate Cancer. What's New from the USPSTF?
- Mental Health - National Child Traumatic Stress Network; Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community; National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women; Toolkit to End Violence Against Women; Screening for suicide risk: recommendation statement; Major depression in adults for mental health care providers; THE COMPLEXITY OF SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE PAUCITY OF RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC
- Nutrition - Weight-control Information Network; ECONOMICS RESEARCH ON OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND ADULTS
- Public Health Practice - AVAILABILITY AND PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES
- School Health - Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years; EFFORTS TO ENABLE SCHOOLS TO HELP PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASE; Release of CDC's School Health Index; Court Rules in Favor of School District on Student Survey
- Senior Health - AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee (phase II); Recommendations for the management of onychomycosis in adults; "IMAGINATION" HELPS OLDER PEOPLE REMEMBER TO COMPLY WITH MEDICAL ADVICE
- Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health; Health Education; Help for Pregnant Smokers. Support and Advice from Your Prenatal Care Provider; Diagnosis of breast disease; Adjuvant systemic therapy for node-negative breast cancer;
Baseline staging tests in primary breast cancer; Capecitabine in stage IV breast cancer; Epirubicin, as a single agent or in combination, for metastatic breast cancer; The role of aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer; The Screening for Breast Cancer; EFFECTIVENESS OF A TELEPHONE PRESCRIPTION SERVICE FOR EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Betty's Blog; http://www.bettycjung.net/Blog1.htm; http://www.bettycjung.net/Blogindex.htm
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