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- News You Can Use. Health Map Disease Alert; General Information on Floods;
Keeping Food and Water Safe After a Disaster; Worker Safety after a Flood;
- Data. Cholesterol level among adults: US, 1988-2006; Hypertension among adults: US, 1988-2006; Overweight/obesity among adults: US, 1988-2006; Mortality by cause, child and adolescent: US/state, 2000-2005l; Injury mortality: US/state, 2000-2005; NHIS Early Release report on key health indicators; 2005 BRFSS Web-Enabled Analysis Tool (WEAT); Health Coverage Chartbook; Health Status, Health Costs & Budgets, Managed Care and Health Insurance, and Women’s Health; Births and Prenatal Care; Smoking and Public Place Smoking Bans; Adult Immunization; Obesity, Disability, and Asthma; Mental Health Agency Expenditures; Long-Term Care Tax Incentives; Mandated Benefits in Private Insurance; Custom Data Sheets Available on GlobalHealthFacts.org;
- Top Killers. Diabetes: HEARING LOSS IS COMMON IN PEOPLE WITH DIABETES; MLN Matters article - Medicare Provides Coverage of Diabetes Screening Tests; Task Force Updates Recommendation on Type 2 Diabetes; New Spanish-Language Consumer Guide Compares Oral Diabetes Medications; RACIAL DISPARITIES IN DIABETES MELLITUS CARE;
- Adolescent Health. TRENDS IN FAST FOOD INTAKE DURING THE TRANSITION
FROM ADOLESCENCE TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD; TRENDS IN CIGARETTE USE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS;
- Asthma. Increasing numbers of adults who are admitted to the hospital for other conditions also have asthma;
- Child Health. READING, MATH SCORES UP FOR 4TH AND 8TH GRADERS; Increases Seen in Teen Birth, Low Birth Weight; AN ASSESSMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM INDICATORS;
- Emergency Preparedness. Shelter Evaluation Tool;
- Environmental Health. “Chemical law has global impact”; CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR ADULTS EXPOSED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER;
- Healthcare Economics. State, Regional, and National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage for People Under 65 Years of Age: National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2007;
Americans spent $11 billion on doctors’ bills, prescription drugs, and other medical care to relieve allergy symptoms; Fast-Rising Hospital Charges for Infectious Diseases Have Implications for Medicare; WHY YOUNG ADULTS ARE UNINSURED;
- Healthcare Quality. Health Care Efficiency Measurement;
- Health Services. SAFETY NET HEALTH CENTERS;
- Injury Prevention. “Marriage license tax targets domestic violence”;
- Maternal Child Health. RESULTS FROM THE FIRST SURVEY OF BREASTFEEDING-RELATED MATERNITY PRACTICES CONDUCTED IN THE UNITED STATES; SAFETY OF DENTAL TREATMENT IN PREGNANT WOMEN; IMPACT OF A PRENATAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM ON PERINATAL OUTCOMES;
- Mental Health. Teenage Visitors Encouraged to Seek Help for Depression, Drugs and Dating Violence;
- Nutrition. GAO Food Safety Report;
- Senior Health. SCIENTISTS ISOLATE A TOXIC KEY TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN HUMAN BRAINS;
- Women's Health. Plain-Language Guides Compare Medications for Treatment of Osteoporosis Are Available; SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIMIZATION HISTORY AND SEXUAL RISK
INDICATORS IN "MOSTLY HETEROSEXUAL" AND HETEROSEXUAL YOUNG WOMEN; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND NEONATAL MORTALITY IN BLACK WOMEN AND WHITE WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH OUTCOMES IN U.S. HOSPITALS; UTILITY OF A RISK-FACTOR-BASED APPROACH TO HPV CATCH-UP VACCINATION;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site.
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