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- 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 -
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- 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
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- 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
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