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- Good to know: FDA News Digest - SCHERING-PLOUGH, Serono Inc., FDA PREGNANCY REGISTRY.
LASIK news.
- Quote, Modern Healthcare request for info
- Internet - "W32/Klez.gen@MM" virus,Using the Internet for Health Care Decision-Making;
SPANISH-VERSION FDA FACT SHEETS NOW ONLINE
- Data - RWJF NEW RESOURCES FROM STATE COVERAGE INITIATIVES; HRSA RELEASES WOMEN'S HEALTH USA 2002 DATABOOK; 2002 KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK RELEASED
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Diabetes Medlineplus links
- Adolescent Health - ROLE OF TV IN INFLUENCING ADOLESCENT SEXUAL DECISION-MAKING; SEX DIFFERENCES IN PRIMARY CARE CLINICIANS' MENTAL HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
STUDY ASSESSES EFFECTS OF TERRORISM ON ADOLESCENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF DYING; Teen stats
- AIDS - Guidelines from MMWR regarding Antiretroviral Agents and Opportunitistic Infections
- Asthma -Update on National Asthma Guidelines Released
- Child Health - Toxic Chemicals Seen Contributing To Increased Childhood Illness; IMPROVING FOSTER CARE; he Cost of Raising a Child; Numbers of Foster Parents Declining;
CHILD CARE WORK FORCE STATISTICS
- Epidemiology - The Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies - Anthrax; Medline Plus links for Biological and Chemical Weapons; MMWR reports
- Grants - AHRQ's Grants On-Line Database (GOLD)
- Healthcare Economics - Health care strongly related to income levels; Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace 2002
- Healthcare Quality - New practice guideline; Health Privacy Project; HIPAA news;
COMMONWEALTH FUND RELEASES HEALTH CARE QUALITY CHARTBOOK; New National Survey Data Detail Quality of Health Care for Children
- Health Education - Editorial: Media Undermine Anti-Smoking Efforts; Study: Some Anti-Smoke Ads Don't Work
- Health Services - Health Facilities - National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2000 Outpatient Department Summary; Direct Link Between Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Safety; NEW SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO SOLVE NURSING SHORTAGE
- Healthy People 2010 - Healthy Campus 2010
- Infectious Disease - MEDLINEplus Links for Hepatitis A and B
- Injury Prevention - NHTSA's BUCKLE UP AMERICA WEEK; Motorcycle accident survival and helmet use
- Maternal Child Health - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance
- Mental Health - USPSTF Issues Recommendation on Screening Adults for Depression
- Men's Health - National Men's Health Week; HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG MEN OF COLOR
- Minority Health - RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH CARE USE AMONG U.S. CHILDREN WITH FREQUENT EAR INFECTIONS; RACE AS A MODERATOR OF PARENT AND FAMILY OUTCOMES
- Nutrition - Fat Substitutes; Broccoli Good For You; Carcinogen Found In Organically Grown Wheat Used As Chicken Feed; Compound Identified In Grapes May Fight Cancer And Diabetes; Calorie-Packed Pizza
- Public Health Practice - DHHS's Best Practices Web page
- Public Health Research - Public Comment on EPC Report on Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence
- School Health - Updated Guidelines for Diagnosis, Management of Asthma; Effects of the World Trade Center Attack on NYC Public School Students
- Senior Health- The Current Status Of Elder Abuse In The United States
- Women's Health - Medline Plus Links to Breast Cancer; Use Tamoxifen Cancer Therapy;
Menstruation and Premenstrual Syndrome; FDA SITE ON PREGNANCY REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FAILS TO MEET MANY WOMEN'S NEEDS
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site- Share your expertise as a member of the "Public Health Expertise Network of Mentors" (P.H.E.N.O.M.)
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- Breaking News from the NHLBI - NHLBI Stops Trial of Estrogen Plus Progestin Due to Increased Breast Cancer Risk, Lack of Overall Benefit; Task Force Urges Clinicians and Patients to Discuss Pros and Cons of Taking Prescription Medicines to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk; HRT Risks Outweigh Benefits; Australian Government Warns Against Long-Term Use Of Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Good to know from FDA News Digest - COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF FDA AND 1ST AMENDMENT; NEW SUGAR SUBSTITUTE APPROVED; FDA ISSUES STATEMENT ON ACRYLAMIDE IN FOODS; WARNINGS STRENGTHENED FOR BREAST CANCER DRUG NOLVADEX; NEW TEST GAUGES CHOLESTEROL IN SKIN; FDA CLEARS TWO GLUCOSE TEST METERS; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WARNED ABOUT COUNTERFEIT PROCRIT; IMPORTED SHRIMP AND CRAYFISH SAMPLING INCREASED; JCAHO Not HIPAA Enforcer; U.S. Facing Influx Of Counterfeit Drugs; Bad Dreams May Hold Good Advice; Summer/Seasonal Warnings - Chemistry Of Tanning darker complexions.
- Internet - Manhattan Research; NWHIC WEB SITE; FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT ALCOHOL ABUSE AND TREATMENT; JOINT COMMISSION DEBUTS ENHANCED WEBSITE
- Data - State Health Facts Online (Kaiser Family Foundation); NATIONAL SURVEY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH 2000 DATA AVAILABLE; MEPS Chartbook on "The Uninsured in America: 1996-2000"; HCUP's State Inpatient Databases (SID); MEPS Compendium of Tables.
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Cancer: U.S. Cancer Mortality Rates Reflect Changing Socioeconomic Patterns; Familydoctor.org; MedlinePlus Cancer Links; Diabetes: MedlinePlus Links; Diabetes and Heart-Disease Risk: Either Doctors Aren't Telling Patients, Or Patients Aren't Listening Doctors say they are telling their diabetic patients about their high risk for heart disease, but many patients say they are unaware of the risk; National Guideline Clearinghouse - Updated guidelines for diabetes-related conditions; Heart Disease - Angina
- Adolescent Health - STUDY ASKS ADOLESCENTS ABOUT FACTORS THEY BELIEVE WILL INFLUENCE THEIR FUTURES; HIV/AIDS and Youth
- AIDS - Origin of the AIDS Virus; Nonoxynol-9 Ineffective In Preventing HIV Infection;
Young HIV Carriers Unaware Of Virus; Exposure To Hepatitis C Has No Effect On Antiretroviral Treatment Outcomes In HIV Patients
- Child Health - CDC RELEASES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGING CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING; REPORT DOCUMENTS RURAL CHILD POVERTY IN AMERICA; Infant and Toddler Development
New Lessons in How Brain Acquires Language
- Consumer Health - Misleading information for consumers about health risks; MedlinePlus - New Over-the-Counter Medicine Label
- Environmental Health - CDC/NCEH: Managing Elevated Pb-B in Young Children Recommendations Managing Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Young Children
- Epidemiology - MMWR News
- Family Health - Caregiver Study
- Grants - Finance Project Guides; Fundraising Principles
- Healthcare Economics - A Profile of Federally Funded Health Centers Serving a Higher Proportion of Uninsured Patients; Medical errors and ineffective treatments cost US employers $390 billion/year; Preliminary results on CT’s uninsured from OHCA survey; CT Ombudsman’s survey on managed care; Medicare: Utilization of Home Health Care by State
- Healthcare Quality - New guidelines; Expanding Patient-Centered Care To Empower Patients and Assist Providers; National Health Care Quality Report Fact Sheet Available;
Supreme Court upholds state laws allowing outside medical review of HMO decisions – second opinions; Local Codes: What Are They -- And What Do They Mean To You?; To Identify or to De-Identify; JCAHO Not HIPAA Enforcer; H I P A A / LAW : Legal Q/A Covered Entities as Employers -- How Does HIPAA Apply? Information Management: Challenges in Managing and Preserving Electronic Records.
- Health Services - 2000 National Hospital Discharge Survey; Health Facilities
- Healthy People 2010 - current state plans; Companion Documents and Resources
- Infectious Disease - Smallpox Immunization
- Maternal Child Health- National Governors Association (NGA) "MCH Update"; REPORTS LOOK AT ROLES OF LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN MCH SERVICES; Evidence-based clinical practice guideline.
- Men's Health - Overtreating Prostate Cancer; Poor More Likely To Die From Cancer
- Minority Health - STUDY LINKS LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME WITH HEALTH AND SCHOOL ISSUES AMONG ASIAN-AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS; Study On Suicide Reveals Faith, Social Ties As 'Protective' For Older African Americans; Learn More About Suicide; PROVIDER'S GUIDE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MORE CULTURAL GROUPS
- Nutrition - Acrylamide In Food; Studies Suggest Vitamin-Rich Foods May Reduce Alzheimer's Risk: Nutrition News
- School Health - AMA Adopts Anti-Bully Measure
- Senior Health - How The Five Senses Change With Age, HHS Report Promotes Benefits Of Physical Activity For Older Americans; AHRQ/CDC Report on Physical Activity in Older Americans; Research Shows That Elderly With Osteoarthritis Can Become More Responsible for Their Care and Improve Their Quality of Life
- Women's Health -"Health For the Home Front," Women's Health Weekly Organizer for 2003;
The Prevention Guide; HRT And Heart Attacks; New guidelines - Chemoprevention of breast cancer: recommendations and rationale; Promotion of emotional well-being during midlifel
USPSTF Urges Clinicians and Patients To Discuss Pros and Cons of Taking Prescription Medicines To Reduce Breast Cancer Risk; Breast Cancer Drug Could Cause Uterine Cancer, FDA Warns; NHLBI Stops Trial of Estrogen Plus Progestin Due to Increased Breast Cancer Risk, Lack of Overall Benefit; Questions and Answers: Use of Hormones After Menopause; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Uterine Fibroids; Big New Study: No Link Between Breast Cancer And The Pill; DESPITE KNOWLEDGE OF BENEFITS, WOMEN NOT CONSUMING RECOMMENDED FOLIC ACID; Updated guidelines - Breast cancer treatment; Domestic violence; Preventive services for adults ; Preventive services for children and adolescents; Six Gene Mutations For Breast Cancer Discovered; Stress Not Linked To Breast Cancer Relapse
- CT Public Health News - Managed Care Ombudsman releases 2001 Annual Report
- Betty's Web site - "Public Health Expertise Network of Mentors" (P.H.E.N.O.M.)
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- HOW'S YOUR KNOWLEDGE; WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DEGREE MAKES
- Good to know: From FDA - Colorectal Cancer Drug Approved, Nationwide Alert - Brand Romaine Lettuce, Norplant System, Cochlear Implant
- Internet: Personal Health & Genetic Information; on-line Health Advocacy Toolbox; Updated AHRQ Child Health Toolbox; UPDATED RESOURCE ABOUT CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE AND ACCESS TO CARE; HHS, National Adoption Center Launch Internet Adoption Service; "E-Health: Navigating The Internet For Health Information"; redesigned JCAHO website
- Data: NEAR-MISS MATERNAL MORBIDITY; diagnostic cardiac catheterization; new AHRQ releases; Trends and Patterns in Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation; AHRQ Puts HIV Health Care Use Statistics Online; The Health, United States; NATIONAL INFANT MORTALITY RATE DECLINES, BUT DISPARITY INCREASES; The Child Trends Databank; Parental Drinking; National Priorities Project Database;"Fast Facts on Welfare Policy"; COLLECTION OF RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA BY HEALTH PLANS
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Colorectal Cancer Screening, Management of Cancer Symptoms; Management of Stroke;
Dietary Whole Grains May Benefit In Prevention And Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes; Health Literacy and Diabetes Outcomes; Smoking Cessation and Heart Disease; Omega-3 Fatty Acids; American Heart Association Updates Heart Attack, Stroke Prevention Guidelines; Socioeconomic Factors Affect Blood Pressure; NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study Finds Strong Link Between Overweight/Obesity And Risk For Heart Failure
- Adolescent Health: Teen Suicide; Social Skills Among Teens;
Sexual Health Communication
- Consumer Health: AHRQ's CERTs Program; Dads and Daughters Call for Removing Poisonous Chemicals from Cosmetics
- Epidemiology: West Nile Virus; MMWR news
- Family Health: Working Moms And Child Development; Cigarette Marketing Can Undermine Good Parenting
- Grants: AHRQ Grants On-Line Database (GOLD)
- Healthcare Economics: NUMBER OF UNINSURED CHILDREN DROPPED BETWEEN 1997 AND 2001
- Healthcare Quality; Fact Sheet on Improving Quality in Child and Adolescent Health; Quick Tips Cards; Nursing Homes: Quality of Care More Related to Staffing than Spending; AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators - A Software Tool; HIPAA Standards
- Health Economics: Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiariesl; Seniors and Prescription Drugs; Geographic Cost Adjustments; Medicare Home Health Agencies
- Health Education: Smoking Cessation; Cigarette Smoking Among Adults--United States, 2000
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- Health Promotion: USPSTF Issues Recommendation on Physical Activity
- Health Services: Congress Passes Nurse Reinvestment Act; Overcoming Disparities In Health
- Maternal Child Health: DHHS Best Practice Web page; Health And Human Rights; MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH;
Prenatal Screening and Newborn Strep B Infections
- Men's Health: Men, Women And Memory; Guideline - testicular cancer
- Mental Health: Depression; Gambling; Keeping Your Emotional Health; Living Together Before Marriage May Hurt - Not Help - Chances Of Successful Match
- Minority Health: HHS Launches New Bilingual Effort To Expand Health Insurance Coverage For Hispanic Children; THE INSURANCE GAP AND MINORITY HEALTH CARE
- Nutrition: Cancer Risk and Starch; Chinese Diet Pills Suspected Of Sickening Hundreds More Women
- School Health: IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS; PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AMONG "TWEENS"; VERB; Web Sites That Espouse Anorexia; School Children with Asthma
- Senior Health: Elderly and Suicide
- Women's Health: Using Medication To Prevent Breast Cancer; Guidelines - baseline staging tests in primary breast cancer; Screening for breast cancer; Women's Health Initiative: Estrogen Plus Progestin Study Stopped Due to Increased Breast Cancer Risk, Lack of Overall Benefit; Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project; Hormone Replacement Therapy - Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer; Domestic Violence; Men, Women And Memory; Non-Surgical Sterilization For Women; LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS FOR FEMALES
- CT Public Health News - Connecticut health care spending third highest in nation
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - P.H.E.N.O.M. (Public Health Expertise Network of Mentors)Online Directory is now available. http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenom.htm, http://www.bettycung.net/Phenomdes.htm; Public Health E-News Index Page http://www.bettycjung.net/Enindex.htm; Public Health E-News Information Page http://www.bettycjung.net/Endocument.htm
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- Good to know...HHS Issues Report Showing Dramatic Improvements In Americans' Health Over Past 50 Years; From MMWR - September 11, 2001-related Special Issue; HELPING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS COPE WITH TRAGEDY: COMMEMORATING SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 (numerous resources);
www.ForHealthFreedom.org - Medical Record privacy; Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day - September 24!; FDA News - FDA to Merge Review of Drugs and Biological Pharmaceuticals, Fenfluramine, Gonorrhea Test Kits, Contaminated Honey Import Scheme, Foods Center Announces New System for Tracking Adverse Events FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Internet: INTERNET FRAUD, NEW HEALTH WEB SITE FOR GIRLS LAUNCHED
- Data: Health, United States, 2002 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans,"Women's Health USA 2002", NCHS PROVIDES DATA FOR INFANT MORTALITY IN 2000
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cancer - Herbal Dietary Supplement Alters Metabolism Of Chemotherapy Drug; Cardiovascular Disease - National Survey Details Americans' Experiences With Health Care for Chronic Conditions; Diabetes - New Net links,
Whole Grains Reduce Long-Term Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Men, AHRQ Stats; Heart Disease -
Hormone Replacement Therapy Does Not Prevent Or Reduce The Rate Of Developing Heart Disease, Smoking - New Net links
- Adolescent Health - AUTHORS EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF FAMILY FACTORS ON BEHAVIORS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DIFFICULTIES AMONG OVERWEIGHT ADOLESCENTS; STUDY FINDS ADOLESCENTS WITH MORE-AUTHORITATIVE PARENTS STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY TOBACCO-INDUSTRY ADVERTISING; STUDY FINDS MANDATORY PARENTAL NOTIFICATION FOR PRESCRIBED CONTRACEPTIVES WOULD IMPEDE GIRLS' USE OF SEXUAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES; NHLBI Study Finds Dramatic Decline in Physical Activity Among African-American and White Girls
- Consumer Health - Forget It! Study Says Ginkgo Doesn't Improve Memory
- Dental Health - Infection Control: The Use and Handling of Toothbrushes, Task Force on Community Preventive Services Releases Oral Health Recommendations
- Environmental Health - EPA: Diesel Exhaust May Cause Cancer; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Epidemiology - Bioterrorism/Disaster Preparedness Links, Radiation Preparedness, latest from MMWR; New Evidence Report Summary on Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Available; WEST NILE VIRUS ALERT
- Family Health - Joint Commission Resources (JCR) today announced the publication of How to Recognize Abuse and Neglect; Sex, Intimacy And Family Life; Why Men Abduct Children: Past Cases Offer Clues; The Costs of Raising a Baby
- Healthcare Quality - Solicitation of Measures for AHRQ's New National Quality Measures Clearinghouse(tm); AHRQ new systematic evidence reviews on hormone replacement therapy (HRT); Final federal medical privacy rules issued
- Health Economics - Consumer Reports on the hazards of buying individual health policies
- Health Education- NEW BRIGHT FUTURES NUTRITION MATERIALS AVAILABLE
- Health Services - AHRQ Releases Bioterrorism Preparedness Research and Tools to Help Clinicians
- Healthy People 2010 - Regional Healthy People 2010, part of the Public Health Foundation's ongoing Healthy People 2010 Assistance Initiative
- Infectious Disease - Clinical prevention guidelines. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002; West Nile Virus Links
- Maternal Child Health - MMWR news; Adverse Effects Of Fetal Exposure To Maternal Smoking Uncovered In Genetically Susceptible Children
- Men's Health - Prostate Diseases; Three Physiological Measures Linked To Longevity in Men
- Mental Health - Suicide Choice Said A Control Issue
- Nutrition - Trans Fat Data To Be Added To Food Labels, Honey Fights Cholesterol As Well As Some Fruits And Vegetables, Almonds Have Cholesterol Benefits; Nutritional Value Of Water Studied; 'Jolly Fat' Hypothesis Doesn't Carry Weight; New Broccoli Compound Appears Promising Against Breast Cancer; Eating Disorders
- Public Health Research - Making sense of polls; Two New Hormone Replacement Therapy Reviews Support Findings of Recently Halted Clinical Trial
- School Health - General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; Back to School Tips
- Women's Health - Management of postmenopausal osteoporosis: position statement of The North American Menopause Society; Study Finds No Association Between Intake Of Dairy Products And Breast Cancer Risk, Breast Cancer - Mammograms in Women Age 40 to 49: Results of The Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Study, Screening for Breast Cancer: Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, From MMWR Special Issue on Women and Smoking,
SURGEON GENERAL RELEASES REPORT ON WOMEN AND SMOKING, Estrogen Plus Progestin Study Stopped Due to Increased Breast Cancer Risk, Lack of Overall Benefit, Endometriosis Pelvic Pain Relief Study
- CT Public Health News - Managed Care Ombudsman launches new website
- P.H.E.N.O.M. (Public Health Expertise Network of Mentors)Online Directory is now available.
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- Great to tell - I am so pleased to announce that Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health recommends subscribing to this newsletter
- Good to know - From the FDA: Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; Website FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; FDA Notifies Foreign Website Operator of Potential Violations; FDA Official Testifies on Agency Response to West Nile Virus in Blood; FDA And FSIS Issue Health Advisory About Listeria
- Data: Kids Count Census Data Online; 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); DATA FOR YOUTH ON ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND ILLICIT DRUG USE AND MENTAL HEALTH; 2001 year-end edition (U.S. HIV and AIDS cases reported through December 2001) of the "HIV/AIDS ; Children and Children stats; AHRQ Data Show Rising Hospital Charges, Falling Hospital Stays;
Child Health Toolbox; MEPS Data Products; Statistical Brief #3: Children's Health Care Quality, Fall 2002; Statistical Brief #5: Medical Care and Treatment for Chronic Conditions, 2000;
Chartbook #10: Changes in Job-Related Health Insurance, 1996-99; Tables of the Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Estimates from the 2000 MEPS Insurance Component Survey; MEPS HC-033A 1999 Prescribed Medicines File; MEPS HC-033D 1999 Hospital Inpatient Stays File.
- Internet: Your Health: Take Care of It; New website for health care consumers – HealthCareCoach.com; Helping Kids Interpret Media
- Top 10: Cancer - Gene Mutation Increases Cancer Risk; Cardiovascular Disease - Waist Circumference As A Predictor Of Cardiovascular Risk; Liver Disease - What You Need to Know About Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer; Smoking - Girl Smokers At Higher Risk ; Could Double Chances Of Breast Cancer
- Adolescent Health - Warning Signs of potential mental health problems in teens and pre-teens; Closeness to Mom Can Delay First Sex Among Younger Teens; Teen Sexual Health; Most Teens First Had Sex At Home; Decline In Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students From 1991-2001
- AIDS - HIV-1 Positive Mothers Taking Vitamin A Increase Risk Of Transmitting HIV To Newborns; Condoms To Be Distributed Free As Part Of Pacific Nation's Campaign To Tackle HIV/AIDS
- Best Practices - Public Health - state health agencies measure and manage public health performance
- Epidemiology - News from MMWR
- Family Health - Order Birth Affects Behavior Of Adults; Kids' Meanness Might Mean Health Risks When They Grow Up; Weight management counseling of overweight adults; Families matter: Husbands and wives likely to share health status
- Healthcare Economics - Medicaid Enrollment in 50 States December 2001 Data Update
- Healthcare Quality - The Maternal and Child Health Library Web site; Joint Commission Resources (JCR) - A Practical Guide to Documentation in Behavioral Health Care, 2nd Edition;
CULTURALLY COMPETENT HEALTH CARE; IMPACT OF U.S. OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH'S RECOMMENDED STANDARDS ON HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS ANALYZED; IOM RELEASES GUIDANCE FOR NATIONAL HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES REPORT; HOSPITAL COSTS LEADING DRIVER OF HEALTH CARE COST INCREASE TWO YEARS IN A ROW; JCAHO.Org - significant changes to its accreditation process for health care organizations; JCAHO Website Update, Standards for Clinical Laboratories; Information Technology: Greater Use of Best Practices Can Reduce Risks in Acquiring Defense Health Care System; AAP POLICY STATEMENT DEFINES MEDICAL HOME
- Health Economics - changes in ICD-9-CM; Medicaid Spending Growth: Results from a 2002 Survey; IOM RELEASES "Health Insurance Is a Family Matter"; "Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations Issued"
- Health Education -National Health Observances
- Health Policy - Divided On Smallpox Policy
- Health Services - JCAHO Offers Nursing Shortage Solutions; Long-Term Care: Availability of Medicaid Home and Community Services for Elderly Individuals Varies Considerably.
- Healthy People 2010 - Regional Healthy People 2010 Events and Priorities
- Infectious Disease - Smallpox, Smallpox Vaccine and Immunization Facts
- Men's Health - Gene For Deadly Prostate Cancer; Men At Higher Stroke Risk Than Women, Study Finds More Intensive Screening Doesn't Lead to Fewer Prostate Cancer Deaths
- Mental Health - HRSA REPORTS ON STRATEGIES TO FIGHT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PRIMARY CARE;
People May Draw More Support From Furry Friends Than Spouses, Human Allies; Introverted Persons Are More Likely To Become Tired At Work
- Minority Health - Genetic Double-Whammy In Blacks May Explain Their Higher Rate Of Heart Failure
- Nutrition - Dietary Guidelines for Americans; Agency Proposes Action Plan for Studying Acrylamide in Foods
- School Health - Child Hunger and its Effect on Children; CDC Issues Smallpox Vaccination Clinics Guide; Screening for elevated blood lead levels in children
- Women's Health - Heart Diseases; Hormone Replacement Therapy
Questions and Answers on the Use of Hormones After Menopause for Osteoporosis and Recent; Infertility; Endometriosis; Study: Breast Self-Exam Is Unproven; AHRQ Announces New Domestic Violence Program Assessment Tool for Hospitals; STUDY HIGHLIGHTS LATINO WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVES ON DIABETES, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND HEALTH; Si Tiene Diabetes, Cuide Su Corazon (If You Have Diabetes, Take Care of Your Heart); Diet Rich In Soy Protein Lowers Estrogens Associated With Breast Cancer; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Screening for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: recommendations and rationale; 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; Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002; TASK FORCE URGES ROUTINE OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING FOR WOMEN 65 AND OLDER TO IDENTIFY THOSE AT RISK FOR FRACTURE; Smoking Associated With Increased Risk Of Cervical Cancer Among Human Papillomavirus-Infected Women; HPV Linked To Cervical Lesions; Survey: Women Taking More Folic Acid; Majority Of Ovarian Tumors With BRCA2 Mutations Also Have BRCA1 Mutations
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Wellness Research Projects; http://www.bettycjung.net/Wellindex.htm; http://www.bettycjung.net/Welltalk.htm;
http://www.bettycjung.net/Well1.htm; http://www.bettycjung.net/Well2.htm; http://www.bettycjung.net/Well3.htm; http://www.bettycjung.net/Well4.htm
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- Good to know - FDA News - Avoid Nonprescription Decorative Contact Lenses; Blood Supply & West Nile Virus; Metaboloss Diet, Metaboloss Fat Burner, and Vanquish brand acetaminophen; Buying Foreign Medicines; Kirkman's HypoAllergenic
Taurine Capsules; Questions and Answers on Opiate Addiction Treatments; Subutex and Suboxone; Reuse Single-Use Devices; Ephedra; Contraceptive Injection Recalled; Portal Page Debuts; Gefitinib
- Internet - FirstGov - Finding Services; FDA Website; Federal Citizen Information Center
- Top Ten Causes of Death: Latest News - CVD - Congestive heart failure in adults guidelines; NHBLI - NEW RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILDHOOD AND ADULT OBESITY ON THE RISE / NEW SITE FOR USING GROWTH CHARTS; Diabetes -
New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG) Primary care guidelines for the management of core aspects of
diabetes care; MMWR - Diabetes focus; Kidney Disease - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Management of chronic kidney disease and pre-ESRD in the primary care
- AIDS/HIV - FDA Approves Rapid HIV Test Kit
- Consumer Health - How do you prepare for medical tests/procedures; household Disinfectant Potential Cause Of Antibiotic Resistance; 13 ways to cut your health care costs; Purchasing Medications Outside the US
- Epidemiology - Latest from MMWR
- Family Health - Personal Safety for Children: A Guide for Parents; FACT SHEET SERIES FOCUSES ON CHILDREN, THE MEDIA, AND HEALTH
- Healthcare Economics - Drug costs; CMS - Medicare's home health consolidated billing policies; New ONLINE RESOURCES FROM BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD; Medicare and Prescription Drugs, October 2002
- Healthcare Quality - From AHRQ Revision 2 of the "Guide to Prevention Quality Indicators: Hospital Admission for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions",AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) software in SPSS format; IOM Medical Errors report; AHRQ Solicits Comments on National Healthcare Disparities Report Measures; HEALTH LITERACY REPORT AVAILABLE FROM COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS; CMS will be responsible for enforcing the transaction and code set standards of HIPAA; Nursing Home Staffing Standards
- Health Education - Genetic Testing Guide
- Health Policy - Medical Privacy Rule
- Health Services - Skilled Nursing Facilities; Online Data Grades Nursing Home Care; Low hospital nurse staffing ratios associated with higher mortality; More Surgical Patients Die When Nurses' Caseloads Increase; Health Facilities; CDC Releases New Hand-hygiene Guidelines; Studies find that doctors interrupt patients after only 22 seconds, on average
- Infectious Disease - Smallpox; Ring Vaccination
- Maternal Child Health - Primary Care Services: Promoting Optimal Child Development from Birth to Three Years; Drinking And Pregnancy; Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) Prevention of group B streptococcal infection in newborns
- Mental Health - National Center on Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Formed; Parents Talk About Raising Children in Today's America
- Minority Health - HHS EXPANDS INFORMATION FOR AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES ON CONSUMER-ORIENTED HEALTHFINDER® WEB SITE
- Physical Health - Exercising Too Much Can Make You Weaker
- School Health - NEW RESOURCES ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND TERRORISM;"Aftereffects of Terrorism - Mental Health,"
Guidelines for school programs to prevent skin cancer
- Women's Health - Many Women Quit Hormone Therapy; Long-Term Estrogen Replacement Therapy In Postmenopausal Women & Alzheimer's Disease; Psychological, Physical Abuse Equally Harmful To Health; TASK FORCE ISSUES CAUTION ON COMBINED HORMONE THERAPY; Antiperspirants And Breast Cancer; Ovarian Cancer (PDQ): Prevention; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy for the primary prevention of chronic conditions: recommendations and rationale;
Standards for breast conservation therapy in the management of invasive breast carcinoma; Standards for the management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS); Maternal Alcohol Use During Pregnancy May Increase Offspring's Breast Cancer Risk; Mammography Frequently Detects Noninvasive Tumors
- CT Public Health - CT’s Office of Health Care Access - A Continuing Look at the Uninsured: Utilization of Health Care Services Among Working-Age Adults (19 to 64 years)
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Women's Health expanded - http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth.htm (Main index page to get you to all the others); http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth1.htm (Women's Health - General Resources);
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth2.htm (Women's Health - Life Cycle and Other Issues); http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth3.htm (Women's Health - Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer and Heart Disease)
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- Good to Know: New Food Safety and Inspection Service; FDA Proposal Would Put Sun Warning on Cosmetics Containing AHA
- Data: PRENATAL CARE MEASURES; CHILD HEALTH USA 2002 RELEASED; Health, United States, 2002 Updated Tables; NEW DATA AVAILABLE ON STATE INJURY INCIDENCE AND COSTS; The Asthma Data and Surveillance Information Sheet; HSRR Database; MEPS Statistical Brief: The Uninsured in America, 1996-2001
- Internet: See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information; President Bush Signs Child Internet Safety Legislation; Historic Nutrition Information Resource On-Line; Federal Citizen Information Center; NEW KNOWLEDGE PATH ON CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NUTRITION NOW AVAILABLE
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cardiovascular Disease - American Diabetes Month;
ATP III Final Report on Cholesterol Issued; Postural Tachycardia Syndrome; Arrhythmia; isorders
Giant Cell Arteritis; Steady Exercise The Key To Heart Benefits; Inflammation Triggers Heart Attacks; Tips On Lowering Heart Inflammation; Heart Failure; High Blood Pressure; New Guidelines Focus on Fish, Fish Oil, Omega-3 Fatty Acids; Comparison of C-Reactive Protein and Low-Density Lipoprotein; Diabetes - NIH Reports Progress in Diabetes Research
- Adolescent Health - STUDY ASSESSES THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS ON ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
- AIDS/HIV: AIDS Main Killer Of South Africa Women; U.S. 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
- Consumer Health: Rheumatoid Arthritis - Chinese Thunder God Vine; About Your Medicines
Prescriptions; End-of-Life Care: Questions and Answers
- Environmental Health: Help Yourself to a Healthy Home; Environmental Health
- Epidemiology - news from MMWR
- Healthcare Economics: CMS Launches Nursing Home Quality Initiative; Health Insurance
Understanding Your Health Plan's Rules; Understanding Your Insurance Coverage; Health Insurance; Revision 2 of the "Guide to Prevention Quality Indicators: Hospital Admission for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions"; Reducing Costs in the Health Care System: Learning From What Has Been Done
- Healthcare Quality: Medical Errors: Practicing Physician and Public Views; AHRQ To Launch Online Patient Safety Journal; AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) software is now available in SPSS format
- Health Education: New Easy-To-Read Smoking Cessation Publications Available
- Health Services: Joint Commission Modifies ORYX Requirements for Long Term Care, Home Care, Behavioral Health Care Organizations; CMS Recognizes Joint Commission Accreditation for Critical Access Hospitals; New on-line nursing home report card allows consumers to compare quality
- Mental Health: PRESIDENT'S MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION RELEASES INTERIM REPORT
- Men's Health: Biking And Infertility; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes there is insufficient scientific evidence to promote routine prostate screening for all men and inconclusive evidence that early detection improves health outcomes
- Minority Health: NIDA ANNOUNCES 2003 RESOURCE CALENDAR FOR ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS; Education Levels Rise for Hispanic Immigrants; CONTRAST BETWEEN FOREIGN-BORN AND NATIVE-BORN BLACK INFANT MORTALITY
- Nutrition: FDA Releases Preliminary Data on Acrylamide in Foods; Atkins Diet; Cholesterol: Diet Tips for Children with High Cholesterol
- Public Health Practice: Public Health Foundation - INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE; REPORT EXAMINES THE EDUCATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
- School Health: Exercise for Children
- Women's Health: Cervical Cancer Vaccine; Birth Control And Breast Cancer; Mammograms Find Heart Disease; Herbal Menopause Treatments Ineffective; Fish Oil And Heart Disease; In The News: Estrogen, Progestin And Breast Cancer; Should You Be Tested for Osteoporosis? Study of Menopausal Women with Heart Disease Finds No Benefit, Potential for Harm from Hormone Therapy and Antioxidant Vitamins; Questions and Answers About Black Cohosh and the Symptoms of Menopause; Study of Menopausal Women with Heart Disease Finds No Benefit, Potential for Harm from Hormone Therapy and Antioxidant Vitamins; Alcohol, Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy, and Breast Cancer; HRT, Alcohol And Breast Cancer
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web site: Wellness - current topics of interest
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- Supercourse CD-Rom Offer;Questions from subscribers;Great to tell; Good to Know - from Healthfinder; Poison hotline; Unsafe blood
- Data: REPORT HIGHLIGHTS INFORMATION ON FERTILITY PATTERNS AND MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS AMONG AMERICAN WOMEN; MEPS Data Products - MEPS HC-039: 2000 Full Year Population Characteristics; MEPS HC-040: 2000 Jobs File; Statistical Brief #6 - The Uninsured in America, 1996-2001; MEPS 1997 and 2000 Geo-Coded Files; 2000 MEPS-HC/ 1999 & 1998 NHIS Link File.
- Internet - NEW MEDICAL HOME SCREENING AND SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM WEB SITE AVAILABLE
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cardiovascular Disease - USPSTF Recommends Dietary Counseling for Adults With High Cholesterol and Other Risk Factors for Chronic Disease; People With Chronic Conditions Continue To Smoke; Study Raises Questions About HRT in Diabetic Women;
Heart Diseases--Prevention; NHLBI Study Finds Traditional Diuretics Better Than Newer Medicines for Treating Hypertension; Findings of the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). Diabetes - Basic guidelines for diabetes care; Recommendations for healthcare system and self-management education interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality from diabetes. Tobacco - Sick Smokers Who Can't Quit.
- Adolescent Health- One Voice 2002: America's Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy;The Maternal and Child Health Library; NEW EDITION OF THE ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED
- Child Health - CHILDREN NOT RECEIVING RECOMMENDED PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE
- Consumer Health - Higher Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs Have Dangerous Consequences
- Epidemiology - News from MMWR
- Healthcare Economics - NEW STUDY FINDS PHYSICIANS LESS LIKELY TO PROVIDE CARE FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS; NEW REPORT STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF RETAINING HEALTH INSURANCE; ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION INTRODUCES THE SYNTHESIS PROJECT; STUDY EXAMINES FACTORS INFLUENCING CHILDREN'S RECEIPT OF RECOMMENDED MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE
- Healthcare Quality - Version 2.1, revision 2 (January 10, 2003) of the AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicators software is now available on the AHRQ QI website; AHRQ AND AAP PARTNER TO HELP PREVENT MEDICAL ERRORS RELATED TO CHILDREN; AHRQ Launch of Online Patient Safety Journal Coming Soon; NEJM Study on 1-Day Hospital Maternity Stays; New Resources Address Medical Errors; Quality of Life
- Health Services - Fewer Physicians Taking Uninsured Patients
- Infectious Disease - Public Willingness To Be Vaccinated Against Smallpox Depends On Whether Physicians Choose To Get Vaccinated And Whether Deaths Result From Early Waves Of Vaccination
- Maternal Child Health - Study in Large HMO Found that Infants Discharged 1 Day after Birth Fared as Well as Those with Longer Hospital Stays; TWO NEW REPORTS SHOW MORE WOMEN RECEIVING ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE; REPORT EXAMINES STATE-SPECIFIC TRENDS IN U.S. LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN BORN OUTSIDE THE 50 STATES AND DC
- Mental Health - Abusive Supervisors May Get Employees To Meet Deadlines At The Expense Of Their Company's "Bottom Line"
- Men's Health - Men Can Reduce Stroke Risk By Eating Fish
- Minority Health - 2002 National Survey of Latinos
- Nutrition - FDA'a Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition initiative, Obesity In Middle Age Cuts Years Off Life
- Physical Fitness - Recommendations to increase physical activity in communities
- Public Health Practice - New Tool Available for Making Strategic Decisions about Service Delivery
- School Health - CHHCS Resources Update New powerpoint presentations; Expanding Dental Health Services through School-Based Health Centers; Summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations; New and Expanded Garfield "Star Sleeper" Web Site Launched
- Women's Health - AHRQ Releases New Women's Health Care Fact Book; 2001 consensus guidelines for the management of women with cervical cytological abnormalities; Women and Smoking: Sensory Factors, Attitudes About Weight, Phase of Menstrual Cycle All Key To Quitting;
HIV, Pregnancy and AZT; AIDS and Pregnancy; Pregnancy: What To Expect When Your Due Date Has Passed; Study in Large HMO Found that Infants Discharged 1 Day after Birth Fared as Well as Those with Longer Hospital Stays; Labor and Delivery; Pregnancy; Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer; Heart Disease and Women; Test Helps Predict Breast-Cancer Survival
- CT Public Health News - State Budget Crisis web page
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Web site Poll Statistics from previous years are now archived; Web site Statistics, from 1999 to 2002 are now available
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- Good to Know: FDA Proposes Two Regulations Related to Food Bioterrorism; FDA Proposes New Warning for Over-the-Counter Contraceptive Drugs Containing Nonoxynol-9; Certain Gene-Therapy Trials Temporarily Halted FDA; FDA Survey Finds Physicians Have Mixed Views on Direct-to-Consumer Rx Ads; FDA, SAMHSA Join to Alert Public to Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse; New Task Force Aims to Improve Consumer Nutrition Information; FDA Approves New Labels for Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy
- Data: AHRQ Releases New Evidence Report on Autopsy; FDA Issues Guidance for Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data in Clinical Trials for FDA Regulated Products; Cancer (General)
Statistics for 2003; Data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs are now available; NEW DATA PROFILE ON RURAL AND URBAN HEALTH
- Internet: PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY FROM IDENTITY THEFT IN THE CYBER REALM; GET YOUR WRONGS RIGHTED...; New NWHIC Homepage is Launched; latest HON's survey results have been released
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cardiovascular Disease - USPSTF Recommends Dietary Counseling for Adults With High Cholesterol and Other Risk Factors for Chronic Disease; Heart Disease Resources on the Net for Heart Attack, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Heart Diseases--Prevention. Diabetes - TASK FORCE ISSUES TWO RECOMMENDATIONS ON SCREENING FOR DIABETES IN ADULTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN, Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus, Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults, High Blood Sugar Linked To Lost Memory, AHA Issues Guide For Community-Wide Cardiovascular Health, Take the Diabetes Quiz, Control your weight to prevent diabetes (or control it) by eating the right fats and carbohydrates. Tobacco
- Adolescent Health - Homosexuality: Facts for Teens, Gay/Lesbian Health
- AIDS - Guidelines for Performing Single-Platform Absolute CD4+ T-Cell Determinations with CD45 Gating for Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON (r)
- Bioterrorism - Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness, Biodefense and Bioterrorism
- Child Health - Children's Page, CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY (CPS) WEEK MATERIALS AVAILABLE
- Consumer Health - About Your Medicines
- Family Health - Family History Has Limited Predictive Value For Asthma Risk, Study Finds Bed Sharing among Parents and Infants on the Rise, Parenting
- Healthcare Economics - CMS issues updates to the list of codes; LOW-COST REFORMS COULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE COVERAGE; The Access Project's "Paying for Health Care When You're Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer?" http://www.kff.org/consumerguide/;
Consumer Reports - on Hospital Care
- Healthcare Quality - HHS DIRECTS HOSPITALS TO FOCUS ON MEDICAL ERRORS; TWO NEW CULTURAL COMPETENCE GUIDES FOR MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS AVAILABLE; AHRQ-Funded IOM Report Outlines Priority Areas for Transforming Health Care Quality; NEW IOM REPORT HIGHLIGHTS 20 KEY AREAS TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; AHRQ Launch of Online Patient Safety Journal Coming Soon; AHRQ-funded Study Examines Risk Factors For Retained Instruments and Sponges After Surgery; AHRQ Releases New Evidence Report on Autopsy; The Consumer Guide to Handling Disputes with Your Employer or Private Health Plan, 2003 Update; MEDICAL INTERPRETATION ERRORS COMMON ACCORDING TO TWO NEW REPORTS; Cultural Competence Guides for Managed Care Plans Available; A Guide to Developing Assistance Programs for Health Care Consumers; Patient Issues
- Health Education - New Information in Spanish Available; TRAINING MODULE PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN PEDIATRIC MANAGED CARE CONTRACTING
- Health Policy - HRSA Reorganzation Notice Posted
- Health Services - NEW PREVENTION MATERIALS FROM AHRQ; Hospital Apologizes For Mastectomy Error
- Infectious Disease - MMWR Reports; What Are Cold Sores?
- Maternal Child Health - NEW CSHCN PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE
- Men's Health - Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Male Latex Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Prostate Cancer More Advanced in Men Who Smoke
- Minority Health - Compendium of Cultural Competence Initiatives in Health Care
- Nutrition - RESEARCHERS ASSESS BEHAVIORAL VALIDATION, PRECURSORS, AND CONCOMITANTS OF PICKY EATING IN CHILDHOOD; Turning Up the Heat on Acrylamide; Behavioral counseling in primary care to promote a healthy diet
- Women's Health - Men and Women Are Different; Women's Health (General); Researchers Discover How Embryo Attaches to the Uterus; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Loss; Chemotherapy in Women with Breast Cancer; USPSTF Recommends Regular Cervical Cancer Screening But Supports Less Frequent Screening for Some Women; Risk Factors and Treatment in Women with Coronary Artery Disease; Effects of Age, Breast Density, and Hormone Therapy on the Accuracy of Screening Mammograms; Mammography; Study: Girls More Easily Addicted To Drugs
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - http://www.bettycjung.net/Kudos.htm
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- News: http://www.bettycjung.net/Kudos.htm; The Supercourse CD; Questions from subscribers;
recommended by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
- Good to Know - FDA Standards for Dietary Supplements; new laboratory blood test to rule out a heart attack; Ephedra; How much is a Volunteer's time worth???? What you need to save to fund health costs in retirement
- Data - Stroke; Characteristics of Health Insurance for U.S. Workers; Revision of CSHCN Sampling Weights
- Internet - Powerful New Search Engine for National Service-Learning Clearinghouse; HealthierUS.Gov; healthfinder® Web site; FDA Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cancer - American Cancer Society Takes On Fat;
National Organizations That Offer Services to People With Cancer and Their; Cardiovascular Disease - NHLBI Study Finds Possible New Indicator Of Heart Disease; Lipid management in adults; Ibuprofen And Heart Patients; Diuretics And High Blood Pressure; FDA Clears New Lab Test to Help Rule Out Heart Attack; Low Dose Warfarin Prevents Recurrence of Blood Clots NHLBI Stops Study; Elevated Homocysteine in Heart Patients Linked with Higher Stroke Risk; Coronary Disease; National Heart Foundation of New Zealand- A guideline for the management of heart;
Diabetes - Screening Adults for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Diabetes, Living With Type 2 Diabetes; Directory of Diabetes Organizations, Diabetic Eye Problems, Diabetic Foot, Diabetic Nerve Problems, Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetic Diet, Control Your Diabetes for Life. Tobacco - Tobacco use prevention and cessation for adults and mature adolescents, Tobacco use prevention and cessation for infants, children and adolescents
- Adolescent Health - “double standard”; The Young Adolescent Learner
- Family Health - The Grandparent’s and Other Relative Caregiver’s Guide to Raising Children with Disabilities
- Healthcare Economics - NEW STUDY ASKS "WHO PAYS FOR MEDICAL CARE FOR THE UNINSURED?", AHRQ Stats; KFF's Health Insurance Coverage in America: A 2001 Data Update (#4070),
The Uninsured and Their Access to Care (#142004)
- Healthcare Quality - AHRQ WebM&M Online Patient Safety Journal Launched, New AHRQ Research in Action Highlights Tools and Resources for Better Health Care, AHRQ's New National Quality Measures Clearinghouse(tm) Launched, 4Woman.Gov's A Guide for Patients and Families Improving Healthcare Quality, Americans Need to Become Fully Informed about the Federal Medical Privacy Rule, AHRQ Workshops on HIPAA Privacy Rule
- Health Services - On Physicians and Care Management Guidelines, Partnership for Prevention
Maternal Child Health - REPORT EXAMINES COMMUNICATION AMONG STATE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMS, TWO NEW CSHCN RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE; REPORT HIGHLIGHTS TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH; NEW AND UPDATED KNOWLEDGE PATHS AVAILABLE ON A VARIETY OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH TOPICS
- Mental Health - Alcohol Consumption And Intimate Partner Violence
- Nutrition - Legislation to Regulate Dietary Supplements
- School Health - new Parents' Resource Center
- Women's Health - Breast disease. Guide to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, Depression. A guide to diagnosis and treatment, Osteoporosis. Guide to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, Screening test to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections -- 2002, Migraine headache, Preterm birth prevention, Routine prenatal care; PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDRESSING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, Infections and Pregnancy, Abortion in the U.S., Abortion, Perimenopause: Beginning of Menopause, Menopause, Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk, Ovulation Calculator,
Healthy Pregnancy, The First Trimester, Frequently Asked Questions about Women's Health, The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women - 2003 Edition, The Heart Truth for Women Brochure, The Heart Truth for Women Fact Sheets, WEB SITE OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT DES EXPOSURE; Cervical cancer screening, Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk, Questions and Answers About the Pap Test, Cervical Cancer, Known Health Effects for DES (Diethylstilbestrol) Daughters, Race and Ethnicity Affect Breast Cancer Outcome, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer (PDQ): Prevention,
Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Marked Risk For Heart Attack
- CT Public Health News - Yale-New Haven sued by AG over free bed funds, Policymaker Brief on free bed funds and DSH across CT hospitals, Who are CT’s uninsured? – OHCA brief
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Diabetes Resources on the Net
http://www.bettycjung.net/Diabetes.htm; Favorite Movie Sites http://www.bettycjung.net/Movies.htm
- [Happy Birthday,JG!!!]
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- Good to Know - Financial Assistance for Medical Care; Protect Yourself; Prepare for emergencies and disasters; protect yourself by learning about chemical, biological and radiological weapons; SHOW SUPPORT FOR U.S. TROOPS; COULD YOU BE A VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT?;
FDA Alerts - Illegal Marketing of Street Drug Alternatives; Bar Codes for Drugs, Blood; New Adverse Reaction Reporting, Misrepresented Claims for Cancer Drug, Counterfeit Anemia Drug Procrit; latest FDA Consumer Magazine Available Online
- Data - TWO NEW STUDIES EXAMINE RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH; AHRQ - Patient
Safety Indicators software in SAS format; PSI software; HCUP 2000 Kids' Inpatient Database Available; IMPROVING STATE INJURY SURVEILLANCE
- Internet - Evaluating Health Information; Military Campaign Underway; FirstGov.gov Personnel Locators; International Governments; Greatly Improved FirstGov.gov Reference Page; Contact Elected Officials (email the President, for example), Get It Done Online: An A to Z Guide, Americans Living and Traveling Abroad (Also A to Z), Frequently Asked Questions (Auto recalls, for example, or how to buy savings bonds), THE NATIONAL QUALITY MEASURES CLEARINGHOUSE (NQMC); ASTHO RELEASES BIRTH DEFECTS AND DISABILITY RESOURCE GUIDE; National Service Resource Center (NSRC) website; Health Sourcebook for Journalists 2003
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cancer - Cancer Vaccine Primer; Cardiovascular Disease - Cocaine Abuse; Diabetes - March 25 is American Diabetes Alert Day, Risk Test, Massachusetts guidelines for adult diabetes care, NATIONAL PLAN SEEKS TO REDUCE IMPACT OF DIABETES ON WOMEN; Liver Disease - Alcohol Impairment Chart, Typical Behaviors
- Adolescent Health - STUDENTS' HOMES OFTEN THE SOURCE OF FIREARMS USED IN SCHOOL-ASSOCIATED VIOLENT EVENTS; A Conceptual Framework for Adolescent Health, New Medical Records Privacy Rule: The Interface with Teen Access to Confidential Care, National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy,
American Teens: A Special Look at "What Works" in Adolescent Development, Most Parents Unaware That Teens Can Be Treated for STDs, Receive Contraception Without Their Involvement, Strong Religious Views Decrease Teens' Likelihood of Having Sex
- AIDS/HIV - Drug for Advanced HIV Is First in New Class of Treatments
- Child Health - ANNUAL REPORT OF CHILD MALTREATMENT DATA RELEASED, STUDY INVESTIGATES CAUSES OF INJURY IN INFANTS, AUTHORS EXAMINE USE OF ABSOLUTE VS. RELATIVE STANDARDS IN ASSESSING ASSOCIATION BETWEEN POVERTY AND INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY, From MedlinePlus
Child Development
- Environmental Health - Chemical Weapons, Pfiesteria Infections
- Family Health - National Public Health Week - Obesity, APHA Food and Nutrition Section Website on Overweight in Childhood, Connect for Kids.Org - war/terrorist resources, Resource Family Mentoring, GUIDES AVAILABLE TO ASSIST PARENTS AND TEACHERS IN TALKING WITH CHILDREN ABOUT WAR
- Grant Money - KaBOOM! 2003 Playground Challenge Grant Program
- Healthcare Economics - Shared Destiny: Effects of Uninsurance on Individuals, Families and Communities; The Consequences of Medical Debt; uninsured cancer patients spend far less total on treatment but far more out of pocket; health insurance premiums have grown faster than health costs; Changes in Health Care Coverage 2000-2001'; Is it Real? Private Long-Term Care Insurance: Who Should Buy It and What Should They Buy; ANALYSIS OF INSURANCE COVERAGE AMONG NON-ELDERLY AMERICANS
- Healthcare Quality - HHS REPORT DETAILS PROBLEMS RELATED TO WORSENING MEDICAL LITIGATION CRISIS; MEDICAL ERRORS AFFECT HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN; National Quality Measures Clearinghouse(tm); How and Why Nonprofits Use Outcome Information
- Health Education - What Teens Can Do to Promote the National Day
- Health Policy- STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THE FEDERAL MEDICAL PRIVACY RULE? The Global Threat Of New And Reemerging Infectious Diseases: Reconciling U.S. National Security And Public Health Policy
- Health Services - GAO study finds hospital emergency dept. crowding serious
- Healthy People 2010 - May is Healthy Vision Month
- Infectious Disease - LATEST SARS AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION from WHO, CDC, MedlinePlus; From MMWR
- Maternal Child Health - LINKED DATA SET USED TO ANALYZE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING; Risks Associated with Low Birth Weight; Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Available
- Men's Health - Real Men, Real Depression; Men's Health (General)
- Minority Health - Hydroxyurea Therapy Improves Survival in Most Severely Affected Sickle Cell Patients; SERVICE LAUNCHED TO HELP HISPANIC FAMILIES CONNECT WITH HEALTH SERVICES AND INFORMATION; EFFECTS OF INSURANCE AND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON ACCESS AND QUALITY OF CARE FOR HISPANICS; HHS LAUNCHES SPANISH HOTLINE TO ASSIST HISPANICS WITH HEALTH ISSUES
- Nutrition - RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PROMOTE NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH 2003
- Public Health Research - Understanding Risk: What Do Those Headlines Really Mean? Clinical Trials
- School Health - Parents Resource Center; Guidance for School Students Exposed to SARS;
Teen People/ National Campaign Contest for Teens
- Women's Health - FDA to Examine Combination Products Used to Treat Hot Flashes; American Society of Clinical Oncology technology assessment of pharmacologic interventions for breast cancer risk reduction including tamoxifen, raloxifene, and aromatase inhibition; American Society of Clinical Oncology technology assessment on the use of aromatase inhibitors as adjuvant therapy for women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer; Diabetic Women Gain Significant Health Benefits from Eating Fish; FDA Approves Lower Dose of Postmenopausal Drug Prempro; Abortion
Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk; What You Need to Know about Breast Cancer;
NCI Study Estimates More Than 2 Million Women Could Benefit from Tamoxifen; Breast Cancer
- CT Public Health News - OHCA Report; State suspends vaccination program until April 14;CT study finds Hartford area hospitals do not offer available free care funds
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Web site Medical Search Engines
http://www.bettycjung.net/Wsmedse.htm
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- Now recruiting for Fall, 2003 - Be part of P.H.E.N.O.M.; CSTE Diabetes and/or Cardiovascular Teams; The Supercourse CD
- Good to Know - FDA Commends Industry Group Action to Report Counterfeit Drugs; FDA, FTC Crack Down on Bogus SARS Prevention Products
- Data - Cancer (General); Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality; AHRQ Issues Two MEPS Statistical Briefs on Insurance Coverage Provided by Small and Large Businesses; National Center for Health Statistics released revised sampling weights for the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs; new site on the DHHS website; CSTE 2001 NATIONALLY NOTIFIABLE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ASSESSMENT
- Internet - http://www.spamlaws.com/us.html; Science and Technology at firstgov.gov; CDC LAUNCHES NEW MINORITY HEALTH WEBSITE
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News - Cancer - New Drug Treats Most Common Type of Lung Cancer; Cancer Alternative Therapy; Cardiovascular Disease - new guidelines; NHLBI Study Finds All-In-One Approach To Lifestyle Changes Effectively Lowers Blood Pressure; Drug-Releasing Stent Helps Keep Opened Arteries from Reclogging; various heart diseases; New Hypertension Guidelines "JNC 7" ; Diabetes - Eliminate Disparities in Diabetes; New diabetes guidelines; Tobacco - New Zealand National Health Committee Guidelines for smoking cessation
- Adolescent Health - Free Resources for Community Conversations about Teens; Race as a Factor in Juvenile Arrests; Teen Violence; Improving Mental Health: Tips for Teens and Parents
AIDS/HIV - Eliminate Disparities in HIV and AIDS
- Bioterrorism - HHS Offers Guidance on Air-Filtration, Air-Cleaning Systems to Guard Buildings against Attacks; FDA Issues Final Two Proposed Food Safety Regulations
- Child Health - Child Safety Summer Safety Tips, 'Pediatrics' Examines the Crucial Role of Mothers in Children's Health; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; Bed Sharing with Siblings, Soft Bedding, Increase SIDS Risk; Adolescent Obesity Largely Caused by Lack of Physical Activity: New Findings and Future Study; National Institute of Medicine Announces Obesity Research Project; Taking the Fizz Out of School Soda Contracts: A Guide to Community Action; Parent Survey on Children's Health and Fitness; ARTICLE PRESENTS FINDINGS ON THE HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF SEVERELY OBESE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality
- Child Welfare - Questions to Ask about Infants and Toddlers in Child Welfare; Foster Children Placed with Relatives Often Receive Less Government Help; Finding Permanent Homes for Foster Children: Issues Raised by Kinship Care; Fast Facts on Kinship Care
- Community Health - PUBLICATION SERIES TO HELP SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL PREVENTION EFFORTS IS RELEASED
- Consumer Health - Questions and Answers About Homeopathy; Alternative Medicine
- Continuing Ed Opportunities - The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI);
Conference Announcement - Cspinet.org
- Environmental Health - NEARLY HALF THE NATION'S POPULATION LIVES IN COUNTIES WITH UNHEALTHY OZONE LEVELS, REPORT FINDS; Air Pollution State of the Air 2003
- Epidemiology - latest from MMWR; From MedlinePlus - SARS
- Family Health - May is National Foster Care Month; Celebrating Families
- Grants - The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse - Funding resources, and searchable database
- Healthcare Economics - OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING HEALTH INSURANCE FOR CHILDREN AVAILABLE;
HEALTH CARE COSTS TOP LIST OF PEOPLE’S PERSONAL WORRIES
- Healthcare Quality - AHRQ and NCPIE Produce New Tool to Help Consumers Reduce Medication Errors; New Evidence Report Summary on Health Care Working Conditions; Research in Action Synthesis on Tools for Managed Care; Third Issue of AHRQ WebM&M is Online Now; New national guidelines
- Health Education - May is National Physical Fitness and Sports; ASTHO RELEASES FACT SHEETS ON DISABILITY AND HEALTH
- Health Policy - HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health; HIPAA Survives a Court Challenge;
ARTICLE DISCUSSES EFFECT OF NEW MEDICAL RECORDS PRIVACY RULE ON ADOLESCENTS? ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL CARE; HHS Outlines Its Procedures for Enforcing HIPAA
- Health Services - Research in Action Synthesis on End-of-Life Care Available, THE NATIONAL QUALITY MEASURES CLEARINGHOUSE (NQMC): E-MAIL UPDATE; The 2003 Guidelines for Survey Activities for Long Term Care Medicare/Medicaid Certification-Based Surveys
- Infectious Disease - SARS, Smallpox
- Maternal Child Health - Two New Evidence Report Summaries on Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children Are Available; GAO REPORTS ON STATE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMS; TFAH REPORT SHOWS IMPROVEMENT IN BIRTH DEFECTS MONITORING IN MOST STATES
- Men's Health - New DNA Test May Predict Outlook in Prostate Cancer Patients; Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study; DES: Questions and Answers; Testicular Cancer
- Minority Health - CDC Minority populations pages; NEW KNOWLEDGE PATH TO SPANISH LANGUAGE HEALTH RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE; FACTS ON SEXUAL ACTIVITY, PREGNANCY, AND CHILDBEARING AMONG LATINO ADOLESCENTS ARE AVAILABLE; Spanish Resources for Parents; FDA, Hispanic Health Group Announce Improved Information Access
- Nutrition - Do You Know How Food Portions Have Changed in 20 Years? Obesity Study Due Next Year; Teen Herbicide
- Oral Health - NEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR HEAD START ORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NATION'S ORAL HEALTH RECEIVES A "C" FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING; PUBLICATION LISTS NEW ORAL-HEALTH-RELATED MATERIALS
- Physical Health - Wellness Starts with Physical Activity
- Professional Education - REPORT FOCUSES ON EFFORTS TO INTEGRATE CORE COMPETENCIES INTO HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
- School Health - IMPROVING HEALTH THROUGH THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; Stop the Bullying: Some Tips; BULLYING IS ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER VIOLENT BEHAVIORS, STUDY SUGGESTS; ISSUE BRIEF PRESENTS CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH ON ABSTINENCE EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN; LOW BLOOD LEAD CONCENTRATIONS ARE INVERSELY ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDREN?S IQ SCORES, STUDY FINDS; Guidelines for referral to pediatric surgical specialists; Head lice; Smallpox vaccine; When inflicted skin injuries constitute child abuse
- Women's Health - HHS Urges Women To Get Regular Preventive Checkups; NOW AVAILABLE FROM NWHIC - National Women's Health Week Information Packets; Women, Work and Family Health: A Balancing Act; New Report Shows Link Between Community Environment and Women's Health Outcomes;
Women's Health (General); Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age; Vaginal Cancer; DES: Questions and Answers; Vaginal Cancer; Cervical Cancer
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Infectious Diseases - http://www.bettycjung.net/Phsited.htm
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- News: Be part of P.H.E.N.O.M.;Supercourse CD; Questions from subscribers; HEALTHCARE QUALITY Web site poll
- Data: NUMBER OF BLACK CHILDREN IN EXTREME POVERTY; CONSORTIUM LAUNCHES PUBLIC HEALTH DATA STANDARDS WEB SITE; POCKET GUIDES PROVIDE STATISTICS ON THE EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND
ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF MINORITY CHILDREN; KIDS COUNT Pocket Guides on Latino and African-American Children; AHRQ optional supplemental software
- Internet: Pharmatrack, Inc. lawsuit; Women aged 40 to 54 are the most likely female searchers for health information online; Denmark's E-Health education program for staff; physicians and Net use; Growing Up Wired Survey; STUDY FINDS E-MAIL AND INTERNET USE FOR HEALTH PURPOSES LESS REVALENT THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT; WEB SITE LAUNCHED TO HELP PARENTS PROMOTE THEIR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH; Lodging a complaint against a company
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News - Cancer: Bone Marrow Cancer and Velcade (bortezomib); LANDMARK COOPERATIVE FEDERAL STUDY DEFINES THE ROLE OF LUNG SURGERY
IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE EMPHYSEMA; Cardiovascular Disease: High Blood Pressure info;
Coronary Disease info; Diabetes: Diabetes Under-Treated in Medicare Patients; Diabetes and Pregnancy; Diabetes info; Kidney Disease: Kidney disease info; Tobacco: Smokeless Tobacco
- Adolescent Health: HISPANIC ADOLESCENTS ARE EXPOSED TO MORE ALCOHOL ADVERTISING THAN NON-
HISPANIC ADOLESCENTS; SURVEY ASSESSES YOUNG PEOPLE'S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD
SEX AND SEXUAL HEALTH; Alcohol and Youth; Early Alcohol Use is a Warning Sign; Sharing Medication Among Teenage Girls: Potential Danger to Unplanned/Undiagnosed Pregnancies; Teenage Pregnancy info
- Asthma: Key clinical activities for quality asthma care: recommendations of
the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
- Child Health: Caffeine and Kids; CHADD, CDC ANNOUNCE OPENING OF FIRST NATIONAL AD/HD RESOURCE CENTER; Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families (2003); Child Safety
- Child Welfare: Child and Family Services: Key Issues Affecting the Management of Its
Foster Care Cases
- Consumer Health: SARS info; What You Should Know about Herbal and Dietary Supplement Use and Anesthesia
- Emergency Preparedness: Giving Birth "In Place": Emergency Preparedness for Childbirth;
Disasters and Emergency Preparedness
- Environmental Health: Prussian Blue; Radiation Exposure
- Epidemiology: MMWR news
- Family Health: KIDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT; Car Safety Seats; Motor Vehicle Safety
- Healthcare Economics: Health care costs predicted to continue steep rise
- Healthcare Quality: NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM FINDS CONSENSUS ON 30 PATIENT SAFETY PRACTICES;
pain management; Setting the Standard: The Joint Commission & Health Care Safety and Quality;
NATIONAL QUALITY MEASURES CLEARINGHOUSE (NQMC)UPDATES
- Health Education: Are You Taking Action to Help Your Overweight or Obese Patients to
Lose Weight?
- Health Policy: Status of Postmarketing Studies
- Health Services: JCAHO resources
- Infectious Disease: Prevention and control of influenza; Latest info regarding SARS, West Nile Virus, Hantavirus Infections, Monkeypox Virus Infections, Rotavirus Infections
- Maternal Child Health: STUDY EXAMINES RISK FACTORS FOR SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;
Reports and Summaries on Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children;
Genetic Disorders; Growth Disorders; Metabolic Disorders; Infant and Newborn Care
- Men's Health; AHRQ Men's Health Fact Sheet; FDA Assesses Irregularities Involving the Handling of Certain Unapproved Imported Viagra Products; Impotence
- Minority Health: Genetic Risk Factor Found for Lupus in African American Women; HHS Expands Online Health Information for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders; Asian American Health
- Nutrition: Food Allergy; Statement on BSE Cow in Alberta, Canada; Food Safety
- Senior Health: Older Adults: Depression and Suicide Facts; Depression; Seniors' Health (General); Screening for dementia in older adults
- Women's Health: WOMEN BENEFIT MORE FROM QUITTING SMOKING THAN MEN; RATES OF DEMENTIA INCREASE AMONG OLDER WOMEN ON COMBINATION HORMONE THERAPY; Study Doesn't Warrant Changes in Use of Estrogen/Progestin, WHIMS Study on Estrogen/Progestin; Domestic Abuse: Help Is Available;
Domestic Violence; Maternal Obesity and Risk for Birth Defects; Fertility Treatments and Craniosynostosis, California, Georgia, and Iowa, 1993-1997; Birth Defects; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Menopause Years; Herbal products for Menopause; Updated Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Released; Inflammatory Breast Cancer; ISSUE BRIEF LOOKS AT IMPACT OF WOMEN'S MULTIPLE ROLES ON HEALTH AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING; Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative (CCOPGI)
- CT Public Health: Consumer Health Action Network website
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: A Brief Introduction to Epidemiology Lecture Series
http://www.bettycjung.net/Bite.htm
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- Upfront news: HEALTHCARE QUALITY Web site Poll
- Good to Know - FDA Charts Rise in Enforcement Actions Against Public Health Threats;
"Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age: Checklist for Your Next Checkup" and "Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age: Checklist for Your Next Checkup"
- Data: National rates for the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs); HCUP 2001 Nationwide Inpatient Sample Data; 2002 Data from MEPS on Insurance Coverage; **Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics; The Digest of Education Statistics, 2002; NGA, NASBO RELEASE DATA ON STATE BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2002, 2003; 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA ON U.S. BIRTHS AVAILABLE;
ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION KIDS COUNT MATERIALS; State Health Facts Online; Child Trends DataBank!
- Internet: Online auction fraud; Forcing Libraries to Filter; ALA Opposes Filters; TOOLS TO HELP YOU BUILD A HEALTHIER LIFE!!!
- Top Ten Causes of Death: Cancer - Chemotherapy and biotherapy; Cardiovascular Disease -
PREVENTION EXPERTS URGE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING FOR ALL ADULTS AGE 18 AND OLDER;
vitamin supplements & cancer or heart disease; Study of Heart Disease Patients Treated for Depression and Low Social Support Finds No Survival Benefit but Significant Improvement in Depression and Social Functioning; New heart guidelines; Diabetes - Comparison of Three Insulin Regimens...for Treating Type 2 Diabetes; Kidney Disease - Kidney Cancer
- Adolescent Health - Teen Pregnancy and Athletic Involvement; FDA Recommends Antidepressant Paxil Not be Used in Those Under 18
- AIDS: Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection; Structure of HIV-Neutralizing Antibody Solved; Hepatitis G Virus Co-Infection Slows Progression from HIV Infection to AIDS: The Potential Role of Cytokines; Testing in the United States;
FDA Approves a Once Daily Protease Inhibitor for HIV Infection
- Consumer Health: Pets and Pet Health; Iron Overload and Hemachromatosis; Group B Streptococcal Disease (GBS); Fireworks; Workplace Eye Safety
- Environmental Health: Children's Environmental Health; Report Recommends Steps to Reduce Dietary Dioxin Exposure; Electromagnetic Fields; Household Products Database
- Epidemiology: MMWR News
- Grants: INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON NEW HEALTH FOUNDATIONS; RESOURCES FOR BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES
- Healthcare Economics: The Institute of Medicine's (IOM)"Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America," FACT SHEET DISCUSSES IMPACT OF MEDICAID REFORM PROPOSALS; Institute for Health Freedom news; "Home Health Information Resource for Medicare", CMS issues updates;
THREE NEW REPORTS ON SCHIP ENROLLMENT RELEASED; June 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Calculator
- Healthcare Quality: Fifth Issue of AHRQ WebM&M Is Available Online; Study Suggest Home Visits by A Nurse-Health Advocate Team Can Improve Maternal and Infant Outcomes Even for Inner-City, Low-Income, Minority Families; NICE Clinical guidelines; NGC guidelines; newly revised 2004 Joint Commission Medicare/Medicaid Certification-Based LTC Accreditation Standards;
Partnership for Human Research Protection, Inc. Brochure Now Available; Comments Sought On Proposed Protocol For Eliminating Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Patient Surgery; National Quality Forum; Pneumococcal immunization
- Health Education: Summer Health and Safety Tips; Water Safety; Food Safety; SAMHSA RELEASES SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS GUIDE; Your Kidneys and How They Work; Anatomy
- Health Services: POLICY BRIEF ASSESSES ROLE OF HEALTH CENTERS AS SAFETY NET PROVIDERS;
Study Links Higher Physician Supply to Limits on Non-Economic Damages; Patient Safety Problems in Hospitalized Children are Substantial
- Infectious Disease: Monkeypox Virus Infections; West Nile Virus
- Maternal Child Health: Promoting Access to Prenatal Care: Lessons from the California;
U.S. BIRTH RATE DECLINES TO RECORD LOW IN 2002; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PARADOX IN PERINATAL OUTCOMES AMONG IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS
- Men's Health: Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT); Vasectomy and Cancer Risk
- Minority Health: NEW REPORT ON RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CARE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE SURVEY AVAILABLE FROM AUCD MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL; CHECKLIST DESIGNED TO ASSIST STATES AND COMMUNITIES IN PROVIDING CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CASE STUDIES OF PROGRAMS REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES; ACTION KIT AVAILABLE TO HELP STATES WITH LANGUAGE SERVICES
- Nutrition: FDA to Encourage Labeling, Competition to Aid in Healthy Diet Choices; Food Labels Will Provide Information on Trans Fat; Questions and Answers about Trans Fat Nutrition Labeling; Weight Loss Surgery
- Occupational Health: Ergonomics
- Oral Health: NEW RESOURCES ON ACCESS TO ORAL HEALTH CARE; TOOLS FOR STARTING OR IMPROVING A DENTAL CLINIC
- Professional Public Health Education: SURVEY ASSESSES CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
- Public Health Research: Research on Coronary Heart Disease Often Doesn't Report Findings on Women; STUDY DESCRIBES CURRENT STATUS OF CHILD DEATH REVIEW IN THE UNITED STATES
- Women's Health: National Survey of Women About Their Sexual Health; Vaginal birth after cesarean; Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers; Questions and Answers about the Electromagnetic Fields and Breast Cancer on Long Island Study; Five Years of Tamoxifen Best for Most Women
- CT Public Health: 2003 Hartford Health Survey findings; "A Research Perspective on the Child Care Workforce in Connecticut"
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Phsoftware.htm (Public Health Statistical and Mapping Software)
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- News: Nurse Epidemiologists on the Front Lines of Fighting Disease
http://www.nursezone.com/stories/SpotlightOnNurses.asp?articleID=10734; HEALTHCARE QUALITY poll
- Good to Know - FDA Rule Will Help Speed Access to Generic Drugs; FDA Initiative Aims to Protect Consumers from Counterfeit Drugs; Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Prescription Drugs on Internet; N.Y. Man Convicted of Selling Phony Cancer Cure Over the Internet; DON'T CALL ME, I'LL CALL YOU
- Data - KAISER, HRSA RELEASE NEW REPORTS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH; CDC RELEASES SUMMARY HEALTH STATISTICS FOR U.S. CHILDREN; First Data from 2002 National Survey of America's Families;
New at the Child Trends DataBank; Americas Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2003; How Children Are Doing: The Mismatch Between Public Perception and Statistical Reality;
AHRQ data and stat reports
- Internet - Terrorism Database Now Available Online
- Technology - Library of Congress WISE Guide; TECHNOLOGY IMPLANTABLE HUMAN TRACKING CHIP LAUNCHED
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News - Cardiovascular Disease: Tooth Loss May Be Early Warning Sign of Cardiovascular Disease; Benefits of Losartan in Patients with Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy but No Vascular Disease; New Evidence Report Summary on Heart Failure Treatment; Prevention Experts Urge High Blood Pressure Screening for All Adults Age 18 and Older; new ACC/AHA 2002 guidelines; new European Society of Cardiology guidelines; New Blood Test Can Help Predict Coronary Heart Disease Risk; Management of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions; Men with 3 of 5 Metabolic Abnormalities Risk Diabetes, Heart Disease; Early Heart Disease in Parents Linked to Thicker Artery Walls in Offspring;
Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke; Changes in Deep Brain Tissue Signal an Increased Risk for Strokes. Diabetes - Guidelines and recommendations for laboratory analysis in the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus; What I Need to Know about Eating and Diabetes; Diabetic Diet.
Kidney Disease - High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease, High Blood Pressure. Liver Disease -
Free Materials from CDC's Viral Hepatitis Resource Center; MedlinePlus liver resources.
Lung Disease - Help Put Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) on the National Agenda
- AIDS - Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents; Alternating Drug Regimens to Treat HIV Infection; Revised Guidelines Will Ease Selection of HIV/AIDS Treatments; New Guidelines Aim to Help Health Care Providers Incorporate HIV Prevention into Ongoing Care of Persons Living with HIV; AIDS--Living with AIDS; Alternating Drug Regimens to Treat HIV Infection; Revised Guidelines Will Ease Selection of HIV/AIDS Treatments; Incorporating HIV Prevention into the Medical Care of Persons Living with HIV; Recommendations of CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the
National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious
Diseases Society of America
- Bioterrorism - Facts about Abrin, Paraquat, Strychnine, Sodium Azide, Chemical Weapons,
Biodefense and Bioterrorism; Ensuring the Safety and Security of the Nation's Food Supply
- Consumer Health - Evaluating Your Risk: How Likely Are You to Catch an Infectious Disease?
Infection Control
- Environmental Health - Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers; Asbestos/Asbestosis
- Epidemiology - MMWR news
- Grants - Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number
- Healthcare Economics - Final Rule for Electronic Submission of Medicare Claims; newest version of the HH PPS grouper software and documentation; GAO report: Medical Malpractice Insurance: Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Increased Premium Rates
- Healthcare Quality - GAO REPORTS ON THE MANY FACTORS BEHIND RISING MALPRACTICE INSURANCE RATES; HHS Announces Campaign With Hospitals and Physicians to Distribute Information About Safer Health Care; NCQA Releases Quality Compass(r) 2003, Enhanced Quality Dividend Calculator; Tool Compares Plans' Impact on Health-Related Costs; Quality Compass 2003; Quality Dividend Calculator, Compass Edition; Quality Dividend Calculator, Online Edition; Guidelines from
Singapore Ministry of Health; Senate Passes Bill to Establish Error Reporting System;
Updated interim CDC guidance for use of smallpox vaccine, cidofovir, and vaccinia immune globulin (VIG) for prevention and treatment in the setting of an outbreak of monkeypox infections. New guidelines from Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; GAO report -
Nursing Home Quality: Prevalence of Serious Problems, While Declining, Reinforces Importance of Enhanced Oversight; HHS demonstration to reward hospitals for quality care; UNIVERSAL PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED FOR PREVENTING WRONG SITE, WRONG PROCEDURE, WRONG PERSON SURGERY; JOINT COMMISSION ANNOUNCES 2004 NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS; Emergency Department Expert Charting System (EDECS) Improves Documentation Rates for Children
- Health Education - 4Woman.Gov Breastfeeding resources; NHLBIHIN - Sleep Educational Materials
- Health Services - NEW STUDY FINDS MANY DON'T BENEFIT FROM MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
- Infectious Disease - Legionellosis in France; Cholera in Liberia; Influenza in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Established Infectious Disease Control Measures Helped Contain Spread, But a Large-Scale Resurgence May Pose Challenges; Updated Interim U.S. Case Definition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); Travel Alerts; West Nile, Monkeypox
- Maternal Child Health - EPSDT KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; RESEARCH BRIEF PRESENTS FINDINGS ON PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF CHILD WELL-BEING; The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend
structured education and counseling programs to promote breastfeeding; FREE BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION PACKETS NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND CHINESE; New guidelines from
American Academy of Pediatrics, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; NEW EDITION OF THE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; NATIONAL NEWBORN SCREENING REPORT; Child Maltreatment;
Child Abuse
- Men's Health - Impotence
- Mental Health - PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH REPORT CALLS FOR SYSTEM CHANGES;
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) new Childrends Program Kit; Suicide Attempts in Adults Influence Suicidal Tendencies in Their Children
- Minority Health - Homeless Health Concerns; Health Disparities Experienced by American Indians and Alaska Natives and other health issues
- Nutrition - Study finds regular pizza eaters less likely to get cancer; Labeling Requirement Dropped for Snack Food Fat Substitute Olestra; Dietary Supplements
- Physical Fitness - PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS LAUNCHES NEW INTERACTIVE WEB SITE
- Professional Public Health Education - ONLINE WORKSHOP ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION LAUNCHED
- Public Health Practice - "Best Practice Toolbox" Helps Nonprofits Manage Volunteers;
National Center for Cultural Competence Tools and Products
- Public Health Research - NHLBI Study Tests Novel Ways to Help Americans Keep Weight Off
- Women's Health - 2004 WOMEN'S HEALTH DAYBOOK, "Wellness Starts With You: Women's Steps to a Healthier U.S."!!! FREE 4GIRLS.GOV POSTERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM NWHIC!! CONSUMER CHECKLIST DESIGNED TO HELP WOMEN STAY HEALTHY AND PREVENT DISEASE; New Report Revises Birth and Fertility Rates for the 1990s Uses 2000 Census Population Estimates to Improve Accuracy; REPORT ASSESSES ROLE OF STATE POLICY IN SHAPING WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE; Relationship between Use of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs (Statins) and Osteoporosis in Women after Menopause; AUTHORS EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF TREATMENT ON LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY WOMEN WITH DEPRESSION; Breast Cancer Risk Among Young Women with Hodgkin Disease; Value of Radiation Confirmed in Early Breast Cancer
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - Women's Health - More pages to visit
Women's Health Index Page (There always has to be a table of contents...)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth.htm
Women's Health - General Resources (If you don't know exactly what you are looking for, check this page)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth1.htm
Women's Health - Life Cycle Health Issues (Topics dealing the many changes women experience throughout life that affects their health)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth2.htm
Women's Health - Health Issues (Health and Social issues such as sexually transmitted diseases, osteoporosis, domestic violence, to name a few)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth3.htm
Women's Health - Breast Cancer (Now has its own page)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth4.htm
Women's Health - Cervical Cancer (Now has its own page)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth5.htm
Women's Health - Heart Disease (Now has its own page)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Womenhealth4.htm
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- News: Supercourse CD; HEALTHCARE QUALITY poll; 2003-2004 Public Health Expertise Network of Mentors (PHENOM) is now available online
- Data: County-Level Data on Teen Births; NCHS - Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 1999; Child Trends DataBank news; NCHS - National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs; WOMEN'S HEALTH DATA; National Center for Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs Web site; UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENTS' SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS; Employment Situation Summary: Jobs Remain Scarce
- Internet: Internet and E-Mail Survey Favors Physician Telephone Advice over Nurse Practitioner Telephone Advice; Nurses Do Not Delay Significant Medical Treatment when Compared with Pediatricians; PATIENTS CAN LEARN SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS VIA THE INTERNET; Trauma Overload; Help With Healing, on the Web; BRIGHT FUTURES ANNOUNCES NEW WEB SITE
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News. Cancer: What Do These Cancer Classifications Mean?
Antioxidants and Cancer: The Jury's Still Out; Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers; Cancer Alternative Therapy; NCI Designated Cancer Centers;
Cancer Chemotherapy: prostate cancer; invasive breast cancer; head and neck cancer; clinically resectable rectal cancer; lung cancer; Use of amifostine; Use of bisphosphonates in women with breast cancer; Use of raltitrexed (Tomudex) in the management of metastatic colorectal carcinoma; SPECT Scan; Surgery & Cancer; PROGRESS SHOWN IN DEATH RATES FROM COMMON CANCERS, DISPARITIES REMAIN; Death rates from the four most common cancers - lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal.
- Cardiovascular Disease: 2003 National Cholesterol Education Month Kit;Black Women &
Coronary Heart Disease; Hypertensive Crisis; Calcification of the Pericardium; Survival After Cardiac Arrest; Risk Factors for Heart Disease; Cardiovascular Disease: A Blueprint for Understanding the Leading Killer; Venostasis; Stroke; Transient Ischemic Attack; NICE clinical for heart failure; HIGHER PREVALENCE OF HEART DISEASE IN BLACK WOMEN, LOWER STANDARD OF CARE;
COMBATING RISING OBESITY RATES; Obesity; Risk Syndrome Found in One Million Overweight Teens;
Fair Warning for Fat Peddlers; What Congress Could Do to Counter Obesity
- Diabetes: Monitoring of Diabetes; Overweight & Obese Americans Don't Believe They Are At Risk for Diabetes; Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults; Diabetic Kidney Problems; Tobacco: PET Scans Show Cigarette Smoke Affects Peripheral Organs; Global Youth Tobacco Survey Geographic Information System (GIS)
- AIDS: Marijuana & Viral
- Adolescent Health: 4GIRLS.GOV POSTERS; Severe Childhood ADHD May Predict Alcohol, Substance Use Problems in Teen Years;Alcohol and Youth
- Arthritis: Pain in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile chronic arthritis;
interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain; management of rheumatoid arthritis
- Consumer Health: Phytoestrogens and Bone Health; Herbal Medicine; Home Healthcare Medical Devices: A Checklist; Assistive Devices
- Drug Abuse: Amphetamine or Cocaine Exposure May Limit Brain Cell Changes That Normally Occur with Life Experiences; Amphetamine Abuse; Cocaine Abuse; Club Drugs
- Environmental Health: Low Birth Weight and Residential Proximity to PCB-Contaminated Waste Sites; Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Questions and Answers;
Mercury
- Epidemiology: WHO and MMWR news
- Fitness: Moderate Physical Activity Promotes Weight Loss
- Grants: Requirement of DUNS Number
- Healthcare Economics: CMS Program Memorandum AB-03-136
- Healthcare Quality: Sixth Issue of AHRQ WebM&M Is Online; Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Data Initiative's Interpretative Guide; 5 Steps to Safer Health Care; pulmonary embolism guidelines; evaluation and management of patients presenting to the emergency department in early pregnancy; Role of progestogen in hormone therapy for postmenopausal women; Lung cancer guidelines; diabetes guidelines
- Health Education: Five Steps to Safer Health Care
- Health Services: Employers embracing disease management and health promotion to address skyrocketing costs; HMOs better at providing preventive services, especially for consumers with less education
- Infectious Disease: NIAID OPENS INNOVATIVE TREATMENT STUDY FOR WEST NILE VIRUS: Dengue and Dengue Hemmorhagic Fever; West Nile Virus: Blood Transfusion, Organ Donation and Blood Donation Screening Information: Questions and Answers; Basic Information about SARS; STDS
- International Health: NIAID LAUNCHES MALARIA VACCINE TRIAL IN AFRICA
- Maternal Child Health: Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement; Prenatal testing
- Men's Health: Levitra, to Treat Impotence FDA-approved; Male Breast Cancer; Peyronie's Disease;Male Genital Disorders
- Minority Health: NEW SPANISH FAQs NOW AVAILABLE
- Nutrition: Antioxidants and Cancer: The Jury's Still Out; Dietary Fats; 5 A Day Month; Slow Metabolism: Is There Any Such Thing? Weight Loss/Dieting; Dietary Guidelines Web site
- Obesity: STUDY SUPPORTS PREVIOUS FINDINGS ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND FOOD INSECURITY
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- Occupational Health: Preventing Deaths, Injuries and Illnesses of Young Workers
- Professional Public Health Education: Online Continuing Medical Education Programs on Obesity
- Senior Health: New Prevalence Study Suggests Dramatically Rising Numbers of People with Alzheimer's Disease; Living longer won't necessarily mean higher health care costs; Treating Elderly Flu Sufferers Worth the Cost; Age bias undermines treatment of breast cancer; "Neighborhood 'walkability'; range of treatment options to elderly cancer patients; specialist shortage; AARP RESOURCES ON AGING
- Women's Health: Gynecological Cancers; VITAMIN-MINERAL SUPPLEMENT USE AMONG U.S. WOMEN;
SURVEY SHOWS MAJORITY OF CHILDBEARING AGED WOMEN NOT TAKING FOLIC ACID; Tubal Ligation: The Right Form of Birth Control for You? Birth Control/Contraception; Menopause; Pregnancy and Substance Abuse; PREENATAL BROCHURE; AIDS and Pregnancy; Ovarian Cancer; First-line chemotherapy; Management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast; WHI Observational Study Suggests Increased Physical Activity Reduces Breast Cancer Risk; Breast Cancer
- CT Public Health: the cost of nursing home care
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Phenomstats - http://www.bettycjung.net/Phenomstats.htm; Consumer Health Info Index
http://www.bettycjung.net/Consumer.htm
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- Good to Know - How to Protect Yourself in a Terrorist Attack; FDA Takes Action Against Two Companies Importing Unapproved Drugs; FDA Warns Companies About Selling Unapproved Version of Accutane; Milk Processors Warned to Remove 'Hormone Free' From Labels; Campaign to Inform Women About Risks, Benefits of Hormone Therapy; HHS report focuses on prevention cost savings for businesses; Homework: Too Much or Not Enough?
- Data - Health, United States, 2003 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans;
STATE-LEVEL SCHOOL HEALTH POLICIES DATABASE AVAILABLE ONLINE; CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES POPULATION-BASED DATA ON HEALTH INSURANCE AND ON POVERTY; Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), Version 2.1, Revision 2; AHRQ Unveils New Data Books and Online Tool to Help Monitor the Nation's Health Care Safety Net; MEPS data products;Statistical Brief # 24 - The Uninsured in America 1996-2002, Statistical Brief #22: Use of Mammography as a Cancer Screening Tool, 2001;
Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2001; Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) State-by-state information about AIDS; FAMILIES LIVING IN TOUGH TIMES - Poverty Rates Rising for American Families
- Internet - HEALTHY FAMILIES AMERICA LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE; State Graphics Page - FirstGov.gov; Wage and Hour Issues
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cancer - Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers; Cardiovascular Disease - Aortic Dissection, Heart Attack; Low-Dose Aspirin Is Best Choice for Cutting Bleeding Risks; Daily Aspirin Therapy
- Diabetes - National Committee for Quality Assurance - Comprehensive diabetes care; NICE.Org UK diabetes guidance; Prevent Diabetes Problems from MedlinePlus; Liver Disease -
Liver Cancer; Stroke: Daily Aspirin Therapy, Diabetes and Hypertension Combo Invite Silent Stroke; Saying "Yes" to Regular Physical Activity Says "No" to Stroke; Low-Dose Aspirin Is Best Choice for Cutting Bleeding Risks; Personal Computers Bring High-Tech Stroke Evaluation to Rural Areas; Stroke; Tobacco - New Study Shows State Tobacco Control Programs Cut Cigarette Sales; Smoking: How Does It Cause Wrinkles? Smoking
- AIDS - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN'S ABUSE EXPERIENCE AND THEIR HIV STATUS
- Adolescent Health - Virginity is highly valued among teens today; SURVEY EXAMINES MARIJUANA USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS WHO SMOKE; Teens Say Parents Most Influence Their Sexual Decisions New Polling Data and "Tips for Parents" Released
- Consumer Health -- Flu Season, Emergencies, Trans Fats, and October Health Observances;
Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide); Herbal Supplements: Consider Safety, Too; Herbal Medicine; Consumer Reports ranks consumer satisfaction with HMOs/PPOs; Prescription Drug and Other Assistance Programs; FDA Issues Advisory on Star Anise "Teas"; FDA Offers Food Safety Information for Expected Power Outages and Flooding from Hurricane Isabel; Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults
- Drug Abuse - NIDA for Teens
- Environmental Health - ABCs of Asbestos in Schools; Air Quality Continues to Improve: New Report and Data; Backyard Burning: Human Health; Air Pollution; FDA Approves First New Drug Application for Treatment of Radiation Contamination Due to Cesium or Thallium; Radiation Exposure
- Epidemiology - MMWR news
- Fitness - Saying "Yes" to Regular Physical Activity Says "No" to Stroke; Exercise/Physical Fitness
- Healthcare Economics - Medicare Eligibility Tool; Medicare; 2001 health insurance; PC Pricer news; Medical Malpractice Insurance: Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Premium Rate Increases; Medicare: Most Beneficiaries Receive Some but Not All Recommended Preventive Services; Health Insurance Coverage in Rural America
- Healthcare Quality - Injuries in Hospitals Pose a Significant Threat to Patients and a Substantial Increase in Health Care Costs; Adolescent immunization status; Asthma; Childhood immunization status; Kids in Medicaid Managed Care Get Lower-Quality Care than Privately Insured; U.S. Census Numbers on Health Coverage are Released; Joint Commission Modifies Disease-Specific Care Certification Performance Measurement Requirements
- Health Services - REPORT ASSESSES IMPACT OF HEALTH CENTERS ON REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES;
REPORT PRESENTS TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE AND THEIR EFFECT ON HEALTH
Infectious Disease - Infectious Diseases: Gaps Remain in Surveillance Capabilities of State and Local Agencies; Vaccinating Every Child with Asthma Could Prevent Nearly 100,000 Hospitalizations; Flu Shot Locator; Nasal Flu Vaccine Approved; Influenza; First Test Approved to Help Detect West Nile Virusl; West Nile Fever; West Nile Virus; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO PROMOTE APPROPRIATE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS
- Maternal Child Health - REPORT INVESTIGATES INCREASE IN DELAWARE'S INFANT MORTALITY RATES;
ARTICLE ASSESSES MINORITY YOUNG WOMEN'S KNOWLEDGE AND PREVENTION PRACTICES RELATED TO NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NIEHS-Funded Researchers Find Low-Level Ozone Increases Respiratory Risk of Asthmatic Children
- Mental Health - Support Groups Offer Understanding, Information
- Nutrition - Trans Fats; Artificial Sweeteners; FDA Issues Advisory on Star Anise "Teas";
FDA Offers Food Safety Information for Expected Power Outages and Flooding from Hurricane Isabel; Food Safety; Liver Injury in 12 Patients Taking the Herbal Weight Loss Aids Chaso or Onshido; Herbal Medicine; What's in the Bottle? An Introduction to Dietary Supplements;
Dietary Supplements; Herbal Supplements: Consider Safety, Too; South Beach Diet; Weight Loss/Dieting
- Senior Health - Lack of Physical Activity Contributing to "Super-Sized" Older Adults
- Sexual Health - NEW RESOURCES ON STATE SEX EDUCATION POLICIES AVAILABLE
- Violence - First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation Findings from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services; First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws
- Women's Health - Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue; AUTHORS EXPLORE EFFECT OF EXERCISE ON OVERWEIGHT, SEDENTARY WOMEN; Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers; Mittelschmerz;
Menstruation and Premenstrual Syndrome; Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers; Children of Abused Parents Have More Behavior Problems; Domestic Violence; Breast Cancer; NEW TREATMENT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES LONG-TERM OUTLOOK FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS; Breast Cancer Deaths on the Decline; National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: Reducing Mortality Through Screening; New Treatment Significantly Improves Long-term Outlook For Breast Cancer Survivors; Study Links Obesity to Cervical Cancer
- CT Public Helath - Census finds 359,892 Connecticut residents uninsured in 2002; up 16,432 from 2001
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web site - Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities
http://www.bettycjung.net/Phce.htm
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- News: http://www.bettycjung.net/ deemed "Praise Worthy" by ConsumerWebWatch; 11/4/03 issue of the Wall Street Journal (B3) and in the 11/5/03 issue of the New York Times (C3); listed on: http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/praiseworthy3.pdf
- Good to Know - http://www.thecommunityguide.org/; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, Q and A: Poison Treatment in the Home;Results of Nationwide Undercover Survey Released; Babies Saturated With Media; MEDIA USE AMONG VERY YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES
- Data - ANNUAL SURVEY OF CHILD HEALTH STATISTICS, Child Trends DataBank -Lead Poisoning, AHRQ Chartbook Highlights Data on Health Care Expenses
- Internet - Supreme Court to Hear Internet Case; new "Public Health and Prevention" Web
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News. Cancer: Skin Cancer; Metastatic Cancer: Questions and Answers; Questions and Answers about Radon and Cancer; Lung Cancer.
- Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary artery stents for the treatment of coronary artery disease; Chronic heart failure: Management of chronic heart failure in adults in primary and secondary care; FDA Advises Physicians of Adverse Events Associated with Cordis Cypher Coronary Stents; ApoB: A Better Marker for Heart Disease Risk Than "Bad" Cholesterol; Unusual Fatigue May Be Warning Symptom of Heart Attack in Women; Keep the Beat: A New Collection of Heart Healthy Recipes ? Just in Time for the Holidays; Beta-blocker treatment after heart attack; Cholesterol management after acute cardiovascular events; PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION BY TRAINED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS INCREASES SURVIVAL FOR VICTIMS OF CARDIAC ARREST; Poor Neighborhood Linked to Poor Heart Attack Survival; Men's Social Isolation Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risk.
- Diabetes: November is American Diabetes Month; GAD (Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase) Test: An Early Screening Test for Type 1 Diabetes? Prevalence of Self-Reported Heart Disease and Stroke among U.S. Adults with and without Diabetes; Ambulatory care management of diabetes; Comprehensive diabetes care; Evidence-based nutrition principles and recommendations for the treatment and prevention of diabetes and related complications; Management of diabetes in correctional institutions; Management of dyslipidemia in adults with diabetes. Physical activity/exercise and diabetes mellitus. Report of the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus; Screening for type 2 diabetes; Standards of medical care for patients with diabetes mellitus; The prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes; Translation of the diabetes nutrition recommendations for health care institutions; Treatment of hypertension in adults with diabetes.
- Hypertension: NHLBI Study Finds Hostility, Impatience Increase Hypertension Risk; Effects of Blood Pressure Measurements on Mortality. Kidney Disease: Kidney Failure and Cardiovascular Disease; Kidney Failure and Dialysis. Liver Disease: Genetics of Alcoholism. Lung Disease:
JAMA Patient Page: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Stroke: AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION AND JCAHO COLLABORATE ON JCAHO'S PRIMARY STROKE CENTER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. Tobacco: HEALTH STATUS AND HEALTH POLICY INDICATORS RELATED TO SMOKING AMONG WOMEN AND GIRLS; Genetic Variation May Increase Nicotine Craving and Smoking Relapse
- AIDS: Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in pediatric HIV infection; Task Force recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-1-infected women for maternal health and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV-1 transmission in the United States.
- Adolescent Health: TOOLKIT HELPS INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; NEW WEB SITE HELPS ADOLESCENTS UNDERSTAND HOW DRUGS AFFECT THE BRAIN AND THE BODY; FFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL-BASED VS. HOSPITAL-BASED PRENATAL CARE FOR PREGNANT ADOLESCENTS,
Boredom and Stress May Lead Youth to Drugs,"Teen Parents: Resources to Support and Promote Self-Sufficiency, Resources for Welfare Decisions; Using the Workforce Investment Act to Support Out-of-School Time Initiatives, Strategy Brief; Correlation of Sexual Activity/Substance Abuse and Team Sport Participation Among Adolescents; Three New Science Says Fact Sheets Available - * Characteristics of Teens' First Sexual Partner * The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents * Characteristics of Effective Curriculum-Based Programs
- Children Health: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN CHILDHOOD AND CAROTID ARTERY THICKNESS IN YOUNG ADULTS
- Consumer Health: Pediatricians' Safety Tips for the Holidays; Medicines by Design; About Your Medicines; National Study on Role of Media in the Lives of Children Age 6 Months to 6 Years; Health News and the American Public, 1996 -- 2002; Online 50-State Database Provides Comprehensive Source on Medicaid Benefits
- Drug Abuse: FDA Statement on THG (Tetrahydrogestrinone); Anabolic Steroids
- Environmental Health: EFFECTS OF OZONE AND FINE PARTICLES ON SYMPTOMS AND MEDICATION USE AMONG CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA; Formaldehyde and Cancer: Questions and Answers; Air Pollution; Questions and Answers about Dioxins; Environmental Health
- Epidemiology (See also Infectious Disease): Bioterrorism: Public Health Response to Anthrax Incidents of 2001
- Family Health: Parent Power
- Fitness: Heart-Strengthening Pace: Brisk but Comfortable; Exercise/Physical Fitness
- Healthcare Economics: Medical Personal Plan Finder; Medicare Drug Plan Raises Cost, Privacy Concerns; Americans’ concerns about health care growing; More women working longer for health benefits; Poor health literacy cost US $32 to $58 billion in additional health care spending in 2001
- Healthcare Quality: Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Evaluate Claims of Treatment Success; Health Fraud; Choice of Statistical Analysis Can Change the Results of Studies of the Relationship between Hospital and Surgeon Volume and Outcomes of Cancer Surgery; Latest Issue of AHRQ WebM&M Is Now Online
- Health Services: Physician Workforce: Physician Supply Increased in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas but Geographic Disparities Persisted; RESOURCES UPDATED FOR CLINICIAN'S HANDBOOK; Recent rise in ER crowding due to people with insurance, not the uninsured; IOM report highlights danger of nurses working long hours; Medicare.gov offers comparative quality info on home health agencies; Home Health Compare; Who Is Eligible for Medicaid? Organ Transplantation
- Infectious Disease: Hot Tub Lung; FDA Issues Guidance on Evaluating the Safety of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs to Help Prevent Creating New Resistant Bacteria; Bacterial Infections; Risk Assessment Reinforces That Keeping Ready-to-Eat Foods Cold May Be the Key to Reducing Listeriosis; Listeria monocytogenes Risk Assessment: Questions and Answers;
Listeria Infections
- Maternal Child Health: AUTHORS ANALYZE SURVEILLANCE DATA FROM EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS;Apnea, sudden infant death syndrome, and home monitoring; Eye examination in infants, children, and young adults by pediatricians; Health supervision for children with Turner syndrome; Physicians' roles in coordinating care of hospitalized children; Prevention of rickets and vitamin D deficiency: new guidelines for vitamin D intake; New Study Identifies Gene Signaling Puberty; Child Development; Postpartum care; Prenatal care; America's Children and the Environment; Holiday Safety Tips, 2003; Child Safety
- Men's Health: The management of benign prostatic hyperplasia; The management of priapism;
PSA Levels: Can They Rise after Prostate Removal?; Prostate Diseases; NIA STATEMENT ON IOM TESTOSTERONE REPORT
- Mental Health: TREATMENT PROVIDERS NEED TO BE AWARE THAT A MYRIAD OF HEALTH PROBLEMS OFTEN ACCOMPANY SUBSTANCE ABUSE; Exercise Eases Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression; Depression
- Minority Health: THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE "NIH STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN AND BUDGET TO REDUCE AND ULTIMATELY ELIMINATE HEALTH DISPARITIES, FISCAL YEARS 2002-2006; NEW SPANISH-LANGUAGE WEB SITE DETAILS ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES; Parents' Resource Center Handouts Now in Spanish!
- Nutrition: STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISSUES HEALTH WARNING ON LEAD-CONTAMINATED CHAPULINES (GRASSHOPPERS); CREATE-A-DIET; Dietary Supplements; Bacteria and Foodborne Illness; Food Contamination/Poisoning; Flax: What Are the Health Benefits? Dietary Fiber
- Oral Health: PEDIATRIC ORAL HEALTH LEARNING MODULES AVAILABLE; DATA RESOURCE CENTER RELEASES NEW PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT DISSEMINATION OF ORAL HEALTH DATA
- Public Health Research: 20 questions to critically evaluate polls
- School Health: Depression in Kids: How Is It Treated? Government Report Analyzes School Violence Data; CHILDHOOD OBESITY: WHAT THE RESEARCH TELLS US
- enior Health: National Alzheimer's Disease Month November 2003; Scientists Pinpoint Gene Influencing Age-at-Onset of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's; Alzheimer's Disease; Cataract: What You Should Know; Cataract; Glaucoma: What You Should Know; Glaucoma; Age-Related Macular Degeneration: What You Should Know; Macular Degeneration; Major New Finding on Genetics of Parkinson's Disease Zeroes In on Activity of Alpha Synuclein; Parkinson's Disease; Macular Hole; Macular Pucker; Retinal Disorders; Chronic Pain: Exercise Can Bring Relief; Pain;
Quality of Medical Care for Patients Older Than Age 65 Years; Seniors' Health Issues
- Women's Health: Inadequate Treatment of Breast Cancer Deadly for Elderly Women; U.S. Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abortions on the Decline; Abortion; Working during Your Pregnancy: Tips for the Mom-to-Be; Is Pregnancy after Breast Cancer Safe? Pregnancy;
JAMA Patient Page:Infant Feeding; Prevention and treatment of violence against women: systematic review and recommendations; Menopause and Hormones; Hormone Replacement Therapy;
NIH-Funded Centers to Seek Early Environmental Exposures That May Lead to Breast Cancer; ACS guidelines for breast cancer screening: update 2003; American Cancer Society guideline for the early detection of cervical neoplasia and cancer; CERVICAL CANCER RISK ASSOCIATED WITH SCREENING EVERY 3 YEARS VERSUS YEARLY; COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF APPROACH TO IMPROVE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING; WOMEN'S SYMPTOMS ARE NEW OR DIFFERENT PRIOR TO HEART ATTACK; The Heart Truth - Online Toolkit
- CT Public Health: New hospital debtors’ handbook – Know Your Rights
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Wellness Web site
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- Happy Holidays! Enjoy the Snow Globe; Supercourse CD; ConsumerWebWatch.Org cites http://www.bettycjung.net/ as "Praise Worthy" in Wall Street Journal and New York Times;
Jossey-Bass Publishers; Good to Know - Latest Flu Facts
- Data: black children and public health insurance; 2001 State Inpatient Database; new MEPS data products; Statistical Briefs; MEPS Chartbook; MEPS Web Site Enhancements; THE FACTS ON FAMILIES, AT YOUR FINGERTIPS; The National Center for Children in Poverty's LIFT Website; National Priorities Project; Child Trends; Kids Count Data; HCUP Fact Book: "Care of Children and Adolescents in U.S. Hospitals; CDC Press Release: Latest Cancer Incidence Report Shows Prostate Leading Cancer Among Men, Breast Cancer Leads for Women; Health, United States, 2003;
National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs; Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News: Cancer - How to Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer; Latest Cancer Incidence Report Shows Prostate Leading Cancer among Men, Breast Cancer Leads for Women; Cardiovascular Disease - How to Keep Your Heart Healthy;
Heart Diseases--Prevention; Decongestants and High Blood Pressure; Diabetes - Use of Common Laboratory Tests to Identify People with Insulin Resistance; High Risk of Narrowed Blood Vessels in Legs for People with Diabetes, National Diabetes Statistics, Diabetic Eye Problems,
Diabetic Foot, Kidney Disease of Diabetes, Diabetic Kidney Problems, Diabetic Nerve Problems;
Pancreatic Islet Tranplantation, Juvenile Diabetes, Slide Show: How to Check Your Feet for Diabetes Complications; Hypertension - Microalbuminuria Increases Risk for Heart Attacks and Strokes in Hypertensive Patients, High Blood Pressure; Tobacco - United States Preventive Services Task Force Counseling to prevent tobacco use and tobacco-caused disease; Tobacco Control Programs and Policies Lower Smoking Rates, ASSIST Evaluation
- Adolescent Health - Sexual Attitudes and Behavior of Male Teens, Teen Pregnancy Rate Down 25% During the 1990s, Teen Mental Health, ADOLESCENTS' LEVEL OF LINGUISTIC ACCULTURATION AND THEIR WELL-BEING
- AIDS: Overall Increase in HIV Diagnoses
- Children Health: Children, Asthma, and Air Pollutants, Asthma in Children, Helping Children Cope with Holiday Stress: Tips for Parents, Child Mental Health, Children's Mental Health Resource Kit, DIABETES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED, SELF-CARE AMONG U.S. CHILDREN, CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT PREDICTORS OF MAJOR DEPRESSION, MEDIA USE AMONG VERY YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN CHILDHOOD AND CAROTID ARTERY THICKNESS IN YOUNG ADULTS
- Consumer Health: Tips for Holiday Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Food Safety and Food Security: What Consumers Need to Know, Dangers of Inhalants, U.S. Breastfeeding Rates at All-Time Recorded High, What's Under Your Kitchen Sink? Role of Environmental Hazards in Premature Birth, Echinacea Not Effective in Treating Children's Colds: New Study Results, Herbal Medicine, Death Rates for Some Cardiac and Cancer Surgeries May Be Linked to Surgeons' Experience, Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service
- Environmental Health: High School Environmental Center
- Epidemiology: MMWR
- Family Health: Tips for Healthy New Year's Resolutions
- Fitness: Core Strengthening: More Than Just a Crunch, Exercise/Physical Fitness, "The Shape We're In", Teen Athletes and Performance-Enhancing Substances: What Parents Can Do,
Sports Fitness, JAMA Patient Page: Concussion in Sports, Sports Injuries
- Healthcare Economics: Medicare legislation, Medicare Rx Drug Debate, Twice as Many Americans have Unstable Health Coverage as are Uninsured, Disease Management Saves Money,
How Does the Recent Medicare Reform Legislation Impact My Medicare Coverage? How Does the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act Change Medicare?
- Healthcare Quality: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PEDIATRIC PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, JCAHO Approves Strengthened Infection Control Standards, 2004 Standards Crosswalks, New Managing Patient Flow standard, Joint Commission's Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery
- Health Education: DISTANCE LEARNING TOOL PROVIDES STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH PROMOTION IN PEDIATRICS, PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPS STATE-SPECIFIC EPSDT TRAINING AND RESOURCES, new guidelines
- Health Services: expedited review by a Quality Improvement Organization (QIO)
- Infectious Disease: U.S. Syphilis Rates Climb for Second Consecutive Year, Syphilis
- Maternal Child Health: AUTHORS EXPLORE RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY IN MOTHERS AGES 50 AND OLDER
- Men's Health: Frequently Asked Questions about Testosterone and the IOM Report, FDA Approves Third Drug to Treat Erectile Dysfunction, Impotence, FDA Approves New Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer, Early Prostate Cancer: Questions and Answers
- Mental Health: Mental Health Dictionary, Mental Health
- Musculoskeletal Disease: New guidelines for the NHS on the management of multiple sclerosis in primary and secondary care set to improve services for patients, AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee, Upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders
- Nutrition: FDA Tips to Prevent Foodborne Illness This Holiday Season, Food Contamination/Poisoning, Genetic Engineering: The Future of Foods? Food Safety, Carbohydrates,
Dietary Proteins, Dietary Sodium, Dietary Supplements, FTC Releases Guidance to Media on False Weight-Loss Claims, Weight Loss/Dieting
- Obesity: TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS THAT CLINICIANS SCREEN ADULTS FOR OBESITY, Task Force Recommends that Clinicians Screen Adults for Obesity, Obesity, Minority Youths Are More Likely To Be Overweight
- Occupational Health: Critical Warning Signs of Workplace Violence Not What Employees Expect, Occupational Health
- Oral Health: Unmet Dental Need, DATA RESOURCE CENTER RELEASES NEW PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT DISSEMINATION OF ORAL HEALTH DATA
- Professional Health Education: HCUP Web Seminar in January 2004, Occupational Health for Healthcare Providers
- School Health: Comprehensive School-Based Health Programs, Improving the Health of Elementary School-Aged Children: What's Happening at School? Improving Children's Health: Making Community-School Partnerships Work
- Senior Health: "Effect of Improving Depression Care on Pain and Functional Outcomes Among Older Adults With Arthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial," "End-of-Life Care and the Effects of Bereavement on Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia"
- Women's Health: FDA Approves Ovcon 35 as the First Chewable Oral Contraceptive Tablet for Women, Birth Control/Contraception, Cardiovascular disease in women: a guide to risk factor screening, prevention and management, Common gynecologic problems: a guide to diagnosis and treatment, Exercise Builds Bone Mass in Postmenopausal Women Whether or Not They Use Hormone Therapy, Menopause, Cost-Effectiveness of Mammography in Women Older than 65 Years of Age, Mammography, NICHD Funds Major Effort to Determine Extent and Causes of Stillbirth, Pregnancy Loss, Jumping Exercises Increased Bone Mass in Elementary School Girls
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Wellindex.htm
http://www.bettycjung.net/Welltalk.htm
- © Copyright 1999 - 2003 Betty C. Jung All rights reserved.
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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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- BECOME AN ONLINE PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR
- Data: Social Security Info; Statistical Briefs;HCUPnet software tool; MEPS
data;
- Internet Resources: NIH LAUNCHES EXPANDED HEALTH INFORMATION WEB SITE;
TECHNOLOGY FOR LONG TERM CARE WEB SITE; NIH website updated – Genetic Basics;
Updated AHRQ Child Health Toolbox;
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Cardiovascular Disease - PARENTAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION INCREASES RISK IN OFFSPRING; Management of newly detected atrial fibrillation and evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention for women; Update on Cholesterol Guidelines: More-Intensive Treatment Options for Higher Risk Patients. Hypertension - Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation,
and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Tobacco - "Is smokeless safer?" "UN Study sees `deadly nexus' in tobacco use and poverty"; SURGEON GENERAL RELEASES REPORT AND COMPANION RESOURCES ON THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING
- Adolescent Health - Reducing Youth Violence; AAP ISSUES CLINICAL REPORT ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND ADOLESCENTS; THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES TO ADOLESCENTS; A SOCIAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY AMONG CHILDREN; ADOLESCENT-VIOLENCE-RELATED BEHAVIORS ACROSS FIVE
COUNTRIES; new fact sheet on children, youth and psychotropic
drugs
- AIDS/HIV - ANALYSIS SHOWS INFANTS OF MOTHERS INFECTED WITH HIV FACE NEARLY
CONSTANT RISK FOR HIV INFECTION FOR DURATION OF BREASTFEEDING. PREVIOUSLY, RESEARCHERS THOUGHT RISK DIMINISHED AS INFANTS GREW OLDER; "The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic," "The Global Impact of HIV/AIDS on Youth" MULTIVITAMINS DURING PREGNANCY AND AFTER BIRTH DELAY PROGRESSION OF HIV IN WOMEN; AIDSinfo
- Bioterrorism - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE (EPR) WEBSITE; BT Guidebook
- Consumer Health - UNDERUSING MEDICATIONS BECAUSE OF COST MAY LEAD TO ADVERSE HEALTH
OUTCOMES
- Continuing Ed - PLAGUE TRAINING MODULE
- Family Health - WEB SITE PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR PARENTS TO HELP THEIR DAUGHTERS
DEVELOP BONE-HEALTHY HABITS; FATHER INVOLVEMENT IN HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START; Families and adoption: the pediatrician's role in supporting communication
- Healthcare Economics - "Women's Health Insurance Coverage," "NEW ENROLLEE RIGHTS, NEW PROVIDER RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE (MA) PROGRAM"; Dialysis Facility Compare
- Healthcare Quality - Physicians rarely ask if patients can afford prescriptions; Health Care Team Members Often Disagree on What Constitutes a Medical Error; Benchmarks for the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs), Version 2.1, TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS AGAINST ROUTINE SCREENING OF ADULTS FOR BLADDER CANCER AND OF ADOLESCENTS FOR SCOLIOSIS
- Health Policy - Developing Data-Driven Capabilities to Support Policymaking.
Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net.
- Health Services - Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based Approach
- Infectious Disease - SMALLPOX: Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines (Version 3.0);
2004 WNV Activity in the United States; Emerging Infectious Disease Journal Article: Estimating Time and Size of Bioterror Attack; THE CONTINUAL CHALLENGE OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Maternal Child Health - NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS SHOWS THAT NEWBORNS ARE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO DNA DAMAGE FROM POLLUTION THAN THEIR MOTHERS; Quality of Health Care for Children and Adolescents: A Chartbook; Evaluate a Rash Illness Suspicious for Smallpox;
Guidelines for infection control in dental health-care settings-2003; Interim guidelines for the evaluation of infants born to mothers infected with West Nile virus during pregnancy; Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); 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
- Mental Health - Suicide and Attempted Suicide; Methods of Suicide Among Persons Aged 10--19 Years --- United States, 1992--2001; Suicide Attempts and Physical Fighting Among High School Students --- United States, 2001; School-Associated Suicides --- United States, 1994--1999; Suicide Among Hispanics --- United States, 1997--2001; Suicide and Attempted Suicide --- China, 1990--2002; Guidelines; Screening for Depression. What's New from the USPSTF; Screening for Obesity in Adults. What's New from the USPSTF
- Minority Health - RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT STATES' ROLE IN ELIMINATING
DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE; AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH: A NEW NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE WEBSITE; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FROM IMMIGRANT FAMILIES JUST AS LIKELY TO
SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AS AMERICAN-BORN PEERS; MILLIONS OF HISPANICS AT INCREASED RISK FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES
- Nutrition - Routine Vitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cancer and Cardiovascular
Disease; STUDY REVEALS INCONSISTENCIES IN ASSESSING MOTHERS' BELIEFS OR BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDHOOD OBESITY;
- Public Health Law - New: Roadmap of State Quarantine Laws.
- Public Health Research - AMA, Medical Journals Call for Disclosure
on Drug Trials
- School Health - Self-Medication for Asthma
- Senior Health - Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia Available; PEOPLE WITH EARLY AD CAN STILL LEARN
- Women's Health - Breast and cervical cancer detection - screening mammography statistics; ESTROGEN-ALONE HORMONE THERAPY COULD INCREASE RISK OF DEMENTIA IN
OLDER WOMEN
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site - http://www.bettycjung.net/Sitemap.htm
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- 2004 - 2005 PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR DIRECTORY coming 8/25/2004
- Good to know: GET YOUR WRONGS RIGHTED
- Data: MEPS Statistical Briefs; Child Trends DataBank - After-School Activities; ABLES
Web version of Worker Health chartbook, 2004
- Internet Resources: College Finder (US Dept of Education); State Department for Students (US Dept of State); MedLine Plus (National Library of Medicine);National Criminal Justice Reference Service (US Dept of Justice); Featured Sites: Last Minute Vacations; AHRQ announces the redesign of the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) Web site; SHOW ME THE MONEY; DON'T BE FOOLED BY FUEL-SAVING GADGETS; GET ON-THE-SPOT ANSWERS FROM UNCLE SAM; HHS ANNOUNCES 10-YEAR PLAN FOR HEALTH IT
- Top Ten Causes of Death: Cancer - Colorectal Cancer Screening; Websites on CAM dangerous for cancer patients. Cardiovascular Disease - new guidelines; "Disparities in Cardiac Care; new guidelines. Diabetes - new guidelines. Hypertension: new guidelines.
Liver Disease - Screening for Hepatitis C in Adults. Stroke - new guidelines. Tobacco -
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence--Clinician's Packet. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence-A Systems Approach. You Can Quit Smoking. Information Kit for Consumers.“Camel’s ‘Kauai Kolada’ cigarettes stir outrage”
- Adolescent Health: PREVALENCE OF AND RISK FACTORS FOR DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENTS; SEX DIFFERENCES IN ADOLESCENT EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL ADVERTISING IN MAGAZINES
- Alcohol Abuse: US Dept of Labor stats
- Bioterrorism: Estimating Time and Size of Bioterror Attack; Identifying and Measuring Chemical Agents in Humans;
New AHRQ Bioterrorism Preparedness Tool; CDC Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation; 9-11 Commission Releases Report;
Regionalization of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
- Children's Health: NEW KNOWLEDGE PATH ON MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; INSURANCE COVERAGE, BURDEN, AND ADEQUACY FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; Pocket Guide to Good Health Care for Children
- Chronic Disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Diagnosis and treatment of adult degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the knee
- Community Health: effectiveness of strategies for preventing violence; Preventing skin cancer; healthy social environments.
- Consumer Health: Prescription drug cost burdens; consumers’ perceptions of costs for health services inaccurate; HEALTH CANADA WARNS CANADIANS NOT TO USE SESA HAIR SUPPLEMENT
- Continuing Ed: SMALLPOX - Vaccine Storage and Handling Web Course
- Environmental Health: ABLES; Lead Poisoning Associated with Ayurvedic Medications; Childhood Lead Poisoning from Commercially Manufactured French Ceramic Dinnerware
- Epidemiology: MMWR news
- Grants: COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
- Healthcare Economics: “Revised policy treats obesity under Medicare”; Medicare Preventive Services; Uninsured up as employment shifts from manufacturing to service sector and fewer workers can afford employer benefits; One in seven American families struggle to pay medical bills; Near-elderly uninsured at significantly higher risk of death; US Supreme Court rules out state court negligence claims against HMOs; Reputations of HMOs and drug companies fall further; Study finds 5% of health spending is fraudulent
- Healthcare Quality: New AHRQ Patient Safety E-Newsletter; Joint Commission Program Specific 2005 National Patient Safety Goals; Joint Commission's Newly Enhanced Quality Check® Helps Americans Choose Health Care Services; Joint Commission Announces Standardized Performance Measure Set for Primary Stroke Centers;National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA's) Report Card for Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organizations; EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS ON PRIMARY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS’ BEHAVIORS
- Health Education: Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among Selected Local Areas --- United States, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002
- Health Policy: NEW DATABASE FOCUSES ON GENETIC POLICY AND LAWS; “Insurance plan requires weight loss”
- Health Services: "Gingrich calls for ‘virtual public health service"; EFFECTS OF INSURANCE COVERAGE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER CAPACITY ON ACCESS TO CARE; HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SELF-EFFICACY AND ADOLESCENT PREVENTIVE SERVICES
- Infectious Disease: new guidelines
- Maternal Child Health: DoD/VA clinical practice guideline for management of uncomplicated pregnancy; New Study on Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Mental Health: Practice guideline for the assessment and treatment of patients with suicidal behaviors; LARGEST EVER COMORBIDITY STUDY REPORTS PREVALENCE AND CO-OCCURRENCE OF ALCOHOL, DRUG, MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS; LANDMARK SURVEY REPORTS ON THE PREVALENCE OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS IN THE UNITED STATES
- Minority Health: Strategies for Improving Minority Healthcare Quality; MILLIONS OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES AT INCREASED RISK FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES
- Nutrition: Nutrition Screening Initiative guidelines
- Obesity: “Panel weighs higher premiums for fat workers”; “Obesity fuels their fervor”; “Louisiana passes bill to study childhood obesity in schools”; RISK FACTORS FOR CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT
- Physical Activity: Some Programs To Increase Exercise Have Lasting Benefits
- Public Health Law: “New environmental cops: state attorneys general”
- Public Health Practice: The future of the public’s health: Vision, values, and strategies”
- School Health: Second FDA Study Seems to Confirm Suicide Risk from Some Antidepressants; Keeping Kids Drug Free; Diagnosis and management of acute otitis media; Protective eyewear for young athletes; Recommendations for influenza immunization of children; CDC Says Fear Keeps More Kids From School
- Senior Health: "Flu patch may save elderly; "Definition Of Retirement Changes For Americans,"; "End-of-life treatment decisions might not be consistent with patients' advance directives"
- STDs: Screening for syphilis infection: recommendation statement
- Women's Health: Breast Cancer Chemoprevention; Screening for Cervical Cancer; Infertility. A guide to evaluation, treatment and counseling; Obesity in women. A guide to assessment and management; Diagnosis of breast disease; Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of failure to progress in obstetrical labor; Breast cancer screening; Diagnosis and treatment of cervical carcinomas; Management of preterm labor. other new guidelines; National Sexual Violence Resource Center: Resources; Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women.
- Workplace Health: Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace
- Connecticut Public Health: Connecticut Ensures Safe Staffing for Hospitals: SAGA scheduled to convert to managed care system; OHCA survey finds that 61% of CT small employers offer health benefits
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Biostatistics and Statistics Resources -
http://www.bettycjung.net/Statsites.htm
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- 2004 - 2005 PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR DIRECTORY now online; SCSU MPH Program
- Good to know: STOCK TIPS SCAM ALERT; Red Flags on Education - Testing: One Measure Among Many?; HURRICANES; DISASTERS; Key Facts about Flood Issues
- Data: NEW REPORT MAPS WOMEN'S HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES; State Health Facts Online Adds Prescription Drug Data; MEPs datasets; Statistical briefs; A Statistical Portrait of Well-Being in Early Adulthood!; NEW WEB SITE FEATURES INTEGRATE DETAILED PERINATAL HEALTH DATA; REDESIGNED WEB SITE ENHANCES PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
- Internet Resources: New National Guideline ClearinghouseTM CD-ROM Tutorial; SSA Website news
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News. Cancer: Poor Quality Websites on CAM dangerous for cancer patients; SCIENTISTS ESTABLISH DATABASE OF GENES ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER DRUG RESISTANCE. Cardiovascular Disease: Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team data; Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement data; New CHF guidelines; Update of NCEP Cholesterol guidelines. Diabetes: new guidelines; National Diabetes Quality Improvement Alliance data; Factors Affecting Adherence to a Diabetic Medical Regimen in Adolescents with Type 1 Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus; Effect of AC2993. Hypertension: INCREASING NUMBER OF ADULTS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. Lung Disease: COPD guidelines. Tobacco: One million Chinese deaths make it wrong; Updated guideline synthesis Tobacco Use Cessation and Prevention
- Adolescent Health: "Science Says" research brief; Sex on Television Influences Teen Behavior; Discovery Health: Teen Sex; adolescent health research; COMBINATION TREATMENT MOST EFFECTIVE IN ADOLESCENTS WITH DEPRESSION; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE AND YOUTH ASSETS
- AIDS: Women Get Fewer HIV Drugs Even When They Are Privately Insured
- Bioterrorism: September is National Preparedness Month; ANTHRAX info; Facts about the LRN; Disaster Planning Drills and Readiness Assessment. Bioterrorism and Health System Preparedness; Optimizing Surge Capacity: Hospital Assessment and Planning; Optimizing Surge Capacity: Regional Efforts in Bioterrorism Readiness; Addressing the Smallpox Threat: Issues, Strategies, and Tools; Training of Hospital Staff To Respond to a Mass Casualty Incident.
- Children's Health: new American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines; AHRQ REDESIGNS WEB-BASED TOOL FOR MEASURING QUALITY IN CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS; Bullying Has Serious Effects on Girls; Child Headaches and Treatments; Dealing with Temper Tantrums; Sexual Activity in Teens Linked to Substance Abuse; Many Pediatricians Not Diagnosing Obesity in Children;
Addressing Speech Problems Early; Brain Function and Ability Improves with Proper Teaching for Children with Reading Disabilities; Intelligence Linked to Instrument Playing in Young Children; Manhattan Institute (MI) claims that the national graduation rate is incorrect and dropping; Studies Show Families Not Spending Enough Time Together as a Family
- Consumer Health: “Safety gap grows wider between SUVs and cars”; HealthinSite resources for Hearing Impairments and hearing loss; Protest your hearing; Should I Enter a Clinical Trial? A Patient Reference Guide for Adults with Serious or Life-Threatening Illness
- Disaster Preparedness: HURRICANE RECOVERY; Water Quality; Handwashing; For Health Care Providers: Guidelines for the Management of Acute Diarrhea; Worker Safety in a Power Outage; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR BUSINESS
- Environmental Health: “Some bottled water isn’t better, states fear”
- Epidemiology: MMWR weekly news and special reports
- Healthcare Economics: Estimating the Size of the Uninsured and Other Vulnerable Populations in a Local Area. Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net; Five medical conditions account for 31% of growth in health spending; Nine million fewer Americans had employer-sponsored health insurance in 2003 than in 2001; Health costs now surpass all other employee benefits; RENDS REPORT ON HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
More information about the Covering Kids & Families Back-to-School; Special Edition Medlearn Matters article on the subject of "Incident To" services
- Healthcare Quality: First Volume of Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Review Series, "Closing the Quality Gap," Is Available; ntegrated State Data Systems; Mapping Tools for Monitoring the Safety Net; Presenting Information to Decisionmakers: A Guide For Policy Analysts; Using Administrative Data To Monitor Access, Identify Disparities, and Assess Performance of the Safety Net; Data for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net;
Evaluating Domestic Violence Programs; National Healthcare Disparities Report; National Healthcare Quality Report; Concerns About Inappropriate Medication Prescribing for Elderly Patients; New Standards For HCSS Certification Program; Smoking Cessation Practices In Hospitals; New "Status of Standards Field Reviews" Webpage
- Health Education: Preventive counseling and education
- Health Policy: CDC Reorganization; Consumer Health Advocacy Toolbox -- Voter Registration Toolkit
- Health Services: Flu Gallery; Nursing shortage driven by shortage of nursing school faculty; US emergency room visits up sharply while total number of ERs down; Changing health systems rough on nurses’ personal health
- Infectious Disease: WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV); What You Need to Know about Mosquito Repellent; Maps of West Nile Virus Activity; WNV Fact Sheet; LASSA FEVER; RABIES; EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
- Maternal Child Health: Some Pregnant Women Are Prescribed Drugs Which May Be Considered Unsafe During Pregnancy; MCH LIBRARY RELEASES NEW RESOURCES ON BULLYING AND MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY; PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING HEALTHY PEOPLE LOW BIRTHWEIGHT AND INFANT MORTALITY GOALS; 13 Percent of Children Have Special Health Care Needs
- Men's Health: NIH STUDY TO COMPARE PROSTATE SURGERY AND DRUGS
- Mental Health: Major depression in adults for mental health care data; Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia.
- Minority Health: Cardiovascular Risk in the Filipino Community: Formative Research from Daly City and San Francisco, California; REACH 2010 Surveillance for Health Status in Minority Communities --- United States, 2001 -- 2002; ACCESS TO AND USE OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES BY HISPANIC WOMEN
- Nutrition: END OF SUMMER FOOD SAFETY TIPS; September is National Cholesterol Education Month
- Obesity: NIH RELEASES RESEARCH STRATEGY TO FIGHT OBESITY EPIDEMIC
- Physical Activity: Fit for Fall: New Online Program Promotes Physical Activity in English or Spanish Know someone who wants to get fit for fall?
- Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: CDC TRAINING MODULE New Web-Based Training Course from DPDE/NIP: Smallpox
- Public Health Law: “TB patient may be jailed for refusing treatment”; “Supreme Court sharpens liability of alcohol servers”
- Public Health Practice: Local Data Collection Strategies for Safety Net Assessment;
Assessing Safety Net Provider Financial Health: A Simple Measurement Tool; Assessing the Financial Health of Hospitals.
- School Health: "Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed. A Guide for School Personnel."; School health research; Hepatitis B Vaccination Urged: Parents are being urged to add hepatitis B vaccination to their "back to school" lists by the federal Department of Health and Human Services; SAT Scores Steady Overall, Up for Hispanics; "With Diploma in Hand: Hispanic High School Seniors Talk about their Future"; Get statistics on the achievement gap in our Education Fact File
- Senior Health: Assessment processes for older people; Prevention of hip fracture amongst people aged 65 years and over; The assessment and management of cardiovascular risk; The diagnosis and management of soft tissue knee injuries: internal derangements;
Fall prevention for older adults; Hydration management; Progressive resistance training;
STUDY SHOWS PLACING RELATIVE WITH DEMENTIA INTO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY DOES LITTLE TO EASE THE EMOTIONAL BURDEN OF CAREGIVERS; Acute change of condition in the long-term care setting; COPD management in the long-term care setting; Depression; Falls and fall risk;
Osteoporosis; Pain management in the long-term care setting.
- STDs: Depo Provera May Increase Risk of STDs; DEPO PROVERA APPEARS TO INCREASE RISK FOR CHLAMYDIAL AND GONOCOCCAL INFECTIONS
- Women's Health: Management of osteoporosis. A national clinical guideline; SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE PROBABILITY OF DEATH FROM BREAST CANCER AND OTHER CAUSES FOLLOWING DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNE THERAPY FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER POSSIBLE; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS AND HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE
- Workplace Health: Next year employers will reduce health benefit cost increases 24% by shifting more costs to consumers, cutting benefits and limiting choices; Skyrocketing health benefit costs preventing job growth
- Connecticut Public Health: Policymaker Issue Brief #12 -- 365,754 Connecticut residents uninsured in 2003; CDC report card finds CT women are comparatively healthy
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/ is now 5 years old...
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- Good to know: SCSU's MPH Program; November - Vote!
- Data: Methodology of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System; Report Maps Women's Health in the United States;
REVISED SET OF CHRONIC DISEASE INDICATORS RELEASED; early school success and child well-being; Early Child Development in
Social Context: A Chartbook; MEPS Publications - 3 Statistical Briefs
- Internet Resources: 2005 WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE
- Top Ten Causes of Death. Cancer: new guidelines. Cardiovascular Disease: KIDNEY AND HEART DISEASE LINK; Evaluation of
primary care patients with chronic stable angina: guidelines from the American College of Physicians; Calculate Your Body
Mass Index (BMI); Screening for Coronary Heart Disease: Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; more
guidelines. Diabetes: new guidelines. High Cholesterol: new medical management guidelines; National Cholesterol Education
Program - Check Your Cholesterol and Heart Disease I.Q.; Live Healthier, Live Longer. Cholesterol-Lowering Medications and
You; Questions and Answers About the New Food Label: Saturated Fat, Trans Fat, and Cholesterol; Lipid screening in adults.
Hypertension: stats, medical management of adults with essential hypertension. Liver Disease: Chronic hepatitis B, Diagnosis,
management, and treatment of hepatitis C; Management of adult patients with ascites due to cirrhosis. Tobacco: Counseling
Plus Pharmacotherapy Improves Smoking Cessation Success; “Secret memo sought by U.S. in tobacco suit”. Preventive care and
screening, tobacco control.
- Adolescent Health: YOUTH DRINKING TRENDS STABILIZE, CONSUMPTION REMAINS HIGH; ADOLESCENTS' ATTITUDES ABOUT COPING AND
HELP-SEEKING STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORS; NEW EDITION OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION
KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; New Resources Available from the National Campaign; REPORT HIGHLIGHTS STATE HEALTH AND EDUCATION
INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES TO ADVANCE ADOLESCENT HEALTH; Preventing HIV, STD, and Teen Pregnancy in Schools; MEASURES OF SEXUAL
ORIENTATION IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH SURVEYS
- AIDS: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW APPROACHES TO MANIPULATING AIDS VIRUS
- Alcohol Consumption: Task Force Recommends That Primary Care Clinicians Screen and Counsel Adults to Prevent Misuse of
Alcohol; Preventive care and screening: percentage of patients who were queried about and screened for problem drinking
- Arthritis: Osteoarthritis of the knee stats
- Bioterrorism: September 11: Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack; New Guide Helps
Communities Prepare for Vaccine and Drug Dispensing in the Event of Bioterrorism or Other Public Health Emergency; Chemical
Agents: Facts about Personal Cleaning and Disposal of Contaminated Clothing, Facts about Evacuation, Facts about Sheltering
in Place; Fact sheets, along with translations in Spanish, German, Tagalog, Chinese, and French are now available for the
following chemical agents: Cyanide, Nitrogen Mustards, Sulfur Mustard, Ricin, Sarin; VX.
- Consumer Health: Teen’s death prompts movement for state road-rage law; “Government requires safer switches on power
windows”
- Drug Abuse: Diagnosis and management of substance use disorders.
- Environmental Health: “Lead levels in water misrepresented across U.S.; Cleaning Up Our Land, Water and Air
- Epidemiology: MMWR news
- Healthcare Economics: 2004 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey; "The Economic Downturn and Changes in Health
Insurance Coverage, 2000-2003"; Economic Incentives for Preventive Care; CCI Edit files for Hospital Outpatient PPS, CMS "
Clinical Laboratory Information Resource for Medicare" Web page
- Healthcare Quality: Joint Commission’s ORYX® Core Measures and CMS’ 7th Scope of Work Quality of Care Measures will now
be called Hospital Quality Measures; Health Care Working Conditions on Patient Safety; AHRQ Quality Indicators for Hospital-
Level Public Reporting or Payment
- Health Services: BEST PRACTICES FOR ADDRESSING OVERCROWDING IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; Nursing facility chronic
care; Clinical practice guidelines for the maintenance of patient physical safety in the intensive care unit: use of
restraining therapies; Guidelines for the inter- and intrahospital transport of critically ill patients; Guidelines on
critical care services and personnel: recommendations based on a system of categorization of three levels of care; Surviving
sepsis campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock; Care of Children and Adolescents in U.S.
Hospitals; Interactive Preventive Services Selector; Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator; Clinical policy: critical issues in
the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with seizures; Clinical practice
guidelines for quality palliative care
- HIPAA: Feds Get First HIPAA Privacy Conviction; HHS' HIT Efforts & Barriers to Adoption; Court Upholds Seizure of
Limbaugh's Medical Records, Disappoints ACLU; First-Year Experiences Under HIPAA Privacy;House Passes Prescription Drug
Monitoring Biill
- Infectious Disease: INFLUENZA UPDATES; Public Health Legal Preparedness Materials; Interim Influenza Vaccination
Recommendations, 2004-05 Influenza Season; West Nile Virus; Questions and Answers/2004-05 flu season: Vaccine supply; Fact
Sheet: What Everyone Should Know About Flu and the Flu Vaccine; Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for
physicians and other health care professionals
- Maternal Child Health: Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis Evaluation of Benefits and Risks and Recommendations for
State Newborn; CHILDREN FOLLOW SAME STEPS TO LEARN VOCABULARY, REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE SPOKEN;PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS
OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
- Men's Health: AUA guideline on the pharmacologic management of premature ejaculation.
- Mental Health: “Quebec workplace bully law may become standard”; Depression
- Minority Health: Racial / Ethnic Health Disparities; MILLIONS OF ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS AT INCREASED RISK
FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES; "BODY & SOUL: A CELEBRATION OF HEALTHY EATING & LIVING"
- Nutrition: COMPENDIUM OF DIETARY RESEARCH QUESTIONS PUBLISHED; “Laws will prevent sale of food labeled as ‘low-carb’” <
/LI>
- Obesity: “Overweight in Arkansas? State will let kids know”; NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN AND
ADOLESCENTS RELEASED
- Occupational Health: “2 porn producers get safety citations”; “Companies get tough with smokers, obese to trim costs” <
/LI>
- Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: Medlearn Matters "Information and Education Resources for Medicare Providers,
Suppliers, and Physicians"
- Public Health Research: new searchable Inventory of Qualitative Research in Nutrition and Physical Activity
- School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): FDA Panel Urges Strong Warnings on Anti-Depressants for Children: list of
school health guidelines and program information by state; TOOL DESIGNED TO HELP SCHOOLS ESTABLISH BEST PRACTICES IN
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PARTICIPATION IN HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- Senior Health: Many Chronically Ill Patients Don't Tell Their Doctors That They Limit Use of Prescription Drugs Because
of Cost; Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia; Management of osteoporosis; Medical management of adults with osteoarthritis.
- STDs: City sues sex worker to get HIV treatment
- Women's Health: Domestic violence; National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program; Preventive care and
screeningl; “New federal rules gather data about battered women”
- Connecticut Public Health: CT HMO complaints down, Updated CT HMO report card out; CT workers’ health premiums rose four
times faster than wages in last four years, Reports on health care and the presidential elections; CT pays 12.2% more than
some states for drugs in Medicaid program
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: http://www.bettycjung.net/Seniorhealth.htm
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- Good to know: http://www.performancexpress.org/0411/ HPT@work - Betty C. Jung's Web site; phishing attack; NEW CHECK LAW IS COMING; "MY MONEY" TOOL KIT; DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
- Data: AHRQ Data Products; MEPS Publications; Two New Indicators from the Child Trends DataBank
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Cancer: new guidelines. Cardiovascular Disease: ACE Inhibitors Not Needed for Many Heart Disease Patients; new guidelines. Diabetes: Very Little of the Variation in Quality of Diabetes Care Is Explained by Practice Factors. High Cholesterol:
new guidelines. Hypertension: new guidelines. Liver Disease: new guidelines. Tobacco: U.S. court crimps big tobacco suit”; SMOKERS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS INCLUDING NICOTINE DEPENDENCE CONSUME MOST U.S. CIGARETTES
- Adolescent Health: Youth Violence and Health-Risking Social Behaviors; -LONGITUDINAL PREDICTORS OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL DATING VIOLENCE IN ADOLESCENCE; Physically Abused Teens Have More Behavior Problems and are More Likely to Report Externalized Behavior than Internalized Behavior
- AIDS: Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents.
- Alcohol Abuse: “Drinking deaths draw attention to old campus problem”
- Bioterrorism: New AHRQ Bioterrorism Issue Brief Available; Prescriptions for Antibiotics to Prevent Anthrax Were Uncommon Following the 2001 Anthrax Attacks; Computer Staffing Model for Bioterrorism Response
- Child Health: Therapeutic foster care for the prevention of violence; SCARE TACTICS FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION ARE HARMFUL; The Value of Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity in Our Schools; ANTIDEPRESSANTS AGAIN MAKING HEADLINES; A Whole Family Approach to Meds; CHARTBOOK DETAILS SELF-REPORTED PREVALENCE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 COMPANION DOCUMENT FOCUSES ON CRITICAL HEALTH OBJECTIVES FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; Children Who Learn a Second Language Learn faster and Have More Dense Brain Matter
- Consumer Health: Washington’s primary seatbelt law; preventive health care guidelines; Talking About Medicare – A consumer guide
- Drug Abuse: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INHALANT ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE AMONG U.S. ADOLESCENTS;
Diagnosis and management of substance use disorders
- Environmental Health: National pesticide practice skills guidelines for medical & nursing practice; Radiation Information Report: New Report Assesses Agencies' Capacity to Respond to Public Information Needs on Radiation
- Epidemiology: MMWR news; Syndromic Surveillance
- Flu: CMS flu shots, CDC guidelines
- Grants: social justice
- Healthcare Economics: 2003 Kaiser Health Insurance survey; CMS announced a 2.3 percent increase in Medicare payment rates to home health agencies for calendar year 2005
- Healthcare Quality: Specification Manual for National Hospital Quality Measures; Joint Commission, CMS To Make Common Performance Measures Identical; Joint Commission Issues Alert on Patient Awareness Under Anesthesia; NPSGs' Rationales, Interpretive Guidelines Available; AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), Version 2.1, Revision 2; New Survey Helps Hospitals Measure and Improve Patient Safety Culture; Two studies highlight importance of doctors’ interpersonal skills in effective care delivery
- Health Education: Fit for Fall: New Online Program (in English and Spanish) Promotes Physical Activity
- Health Services: Nursing Conditions, Patient Satisfaction Linked; Hospital guidelines; Organ Donation in the 21st Century
- Healthy People 2010: Public Health Partners Website; Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project; Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
- HIPAA: FDA Approves Chip Implant for Health Records; CA Lawmakers Want Victims of Security Breach Notified Directly
- Infectious Disease: Three Easy Steps To Prevent Infections
- Maternal Child Health: PROGRESS IN MEETING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 GOALS FOR SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY; New Indicator on Breastfeeding!; Genetic cancer risk assessment and counseling;
Fetal Exposure to Common Solvents May Affect Brain Development; Smoking During Pregnancy Down; Report Card on Quality Improvement for Children's Health Care
- Men's Health: Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Mental Health: Major depressive disorder (MDD) stats
- Nutrition: Portion Control Induces Greater Weight Loss Than Other Behaviors; Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for physicians nd other health care professionals
- Obesity: “Feds: Obesity raising airline fuel costs”; YOUNG ADULTS WHO MAINTAIN THEIR WEIGHT, EVEN IF OVERWEIGHT, HAVE LOWER RISK FACTOR LEVELS FOR HEART DISEASE IN EARLY MIDDLE AGE; Obesity-related costs responsible for 27% of rise in per-capita health costs from 1987 to 2001; bariatric surgery
- Physical Activity: Physical activity in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases
- Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM LAUNCHES WEB SITE; TRAIN: Online Training Resource for Public Health Professionals; PEDIATRICIANS NEED MORE TRAINING ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- Public Health Law: Halko (1966)
- Public Health Practice: Online Library of Infrastructure Resources Now Available
- School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): new guidelines; Youth Suicide Prevention Law;
COMPILATION OF SCHOOL HEALTH GUIDELINES
- Senior Health: Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card Program & Transitional Assistance (TA) Program; "Talking About Medicare," SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT ENCOURAGES PROMOTION OF BONE HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN
- STDS: Chlamydial urethritis and cervicitis; RATES OF CHLAMYDIA SCREENING AMONG SEXUALLY ACTIVE FEMALES
- Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health:LARGE PORTION OF LATE-STAGE BREAST CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH ABSENCE OF SCREENING; Diagnosis and management of basic infertility; uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women; Breast cancer treatment; CHANGES IN U.S. FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; Cervical cancer screening; Management of initial abnormal Pap smear;
Cervical cancer screening; Breast Cancer Resource Guide for Minority Women; Breast Cancer (PDQ(r): Treatment; Cancer Facts. Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers; American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Detailed Guide; Breast Cancer: Know the Facts About Your Risk; Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Patients; Domestic violence; What You Need To Know About Mammograms and Breast Cancer; Diagnosis and management of basic infertility; Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women; New Evidence Report on Breast Cancer Care in Women; RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST IMPOVERISHED WOMEN
- Workplace Health: “Risks of cigarette smoking could include losing your job”
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Que Pasa Page; Blog Index; 2004 What Was New;
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- Good to know: Dialing for Help: State Telephone Hotlines
- Data: Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections; TOOL
FOR ACCESSING WOMEN'S HEALTH STATISTICS; Teen Birth Rate, Mental Health
and Federally Qualified Health Center Data Updates; High School Sports &
gender gap in high school sports participation; Dating; Religion; NHANES
is 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 Food Security data (FSQ); Health, United
States, 2004 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans with
Special Feature on Drugs; 1994-2001 ABLES data; Women's Health USA 2004;
Data Warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging;2001 US Cancer Statistics
- Internet: National Youth Development Information Center Library;
National Health Info Network; Family Strengthening Policy Center; AHRQ
Redesigned Nursing Web Page
- Top Ten Causes of Death. Cancer: Esophageal cancer; Pancreatic
cancer; Screening for lung cancer. Cardiovascular Disease: Change in
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACEI) for Left Ventricular
Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD) Measures (HF-3, AMI-3): Incorporation of
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs); Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
repair; Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) stats; Acute stroke; Carotid
endarterectomy (CEA); Congestive heart failure (CHF);
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG); Percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty (PTCA); Pediatric heart surgery; New Evidence Report on
Congestive Heart Failure; Protein is an Independent Risk Marker for
Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease; Heart failure stats; The role of
vitamin E supplements in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and
cancer. Diabetes: Low Testosterone Linked to Diabetes; Heart Disease
Drops Among People with Diabetes; Lack of Public Awareness About Type 2
Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Dyslipidemia; New Medicare Benefits for
People with Diabetes; DHEA Helps Fight Abdominal Fat; What Triggers DKA
in Type 2 Diabetes? As Obesity Increases in People with Diabetes, So
Does Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. Hypertension facts. Tobacco: AHRQ
CONSUMER TOOL PUTS QUIT PLAN IN A SMOKER'S HANDS; 28th annual Great
American Smokeout; CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION DURING CHILDHOOD AND
PERSISTENCE OF SMOKING THROUGH ADOLESCENCE
- Adolescent Health: NEW EDITION OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NUTRITION
KNOWLEDGE PATH; ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE AS PREDICTOR OF
FUTURE VICTIMIZATION; Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking
Social Behaviors in Adolescents; Youth Violence and Health-Risking
Social Behaviors
- AIDS: Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and
Infected Children
- Alcohol Abuse: Party Planning Tips for Alcohol-Safe Holidays
- Bioterrorism: City and FBI reach agreement on bioterror
investigations; New AHRQ Bioterrorism Issue Brief
- Child Health: STATES' ROLE IN ENSURING HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EARLY
EDUCATION AND CHILD CARE SETTINGS; Helping Kids Cope with Adult Cancer:
Max's Magical Delivery: Fit for Kids DVD; Early Childhood Measures
Profiles; How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001? Foster Care
Adoption in the United States; Child Health Care Quality Toolbox:
Measuring Performance in Child Health; Prenatal screening and diagnosis
for pediatricians
- Consumer Health: Public Education Campaign to Help Consumers Save
on Medicines Best Buy Drugs kicks off by comparing price, effectiveness
in three drug categories; UK Report: Making Healthier Choices Easier;
Preventive services for adults; Preventive services for children and
adolescents; FDA - use of passive radio frequency identification (RFID)
tags for prescription medicine; Health Care Workers Added to Adult
Immunization Recommendations; Auto recall efforts under scrutiny; 40
Percent in U.S. Use Prescription Drugs
- Drug Abuse: Clinical guidelines for the use of buprenorphine in the
treatment of opioid addiction; Substance abuse treatment and family
therapy; SAMHSA's Faith-Based and Community Initiative
- Environmental Health: Collateral damage in the war on rats
- Epidemiology: Abortion Surveillance United States, 2001; MMWR
News
- Family Health: Government Tells Families to Discuss/Document Health
History on Thanksgiving; CHILDREN'S TELEVISION, VIDEO, AND COMPUTER GAME
USE
- Flu: Flu Vaccine Shortage Legal Materials; Influenza Prevention
Toolkit; AVIAN INFLUENZA Recent Outbreaks in Asia; Avian Flu Fact Sheet
- Healthcare Economics: Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs Under New Medicare
Law; Americans are raiding savings and retirement accounts to cover
growing health costs; CMS TAPS NCQA TO MEASURE MEDICARE HEALTH PLANS;
NCQA COMMENTS ON PROPOSED MEDICARE RULES; CMS GRANTS NCQA DEEMING
AUTHORITY FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPOS
- Healthcare Quality: Hospital Staff Nurses Finds High Rate of Errors
and Near Errors; Preventive services for adults, children and
adolescents; NCQA'S STATE OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY REPORT: BIG GAINS, BUT
NOT FOR EVERYONE; CIGNA TO REPORT PPO HEDIS DATA IN 2006; THE NATION'S
BEST PLANS; Nearly Half of All Consumers Are Concerned About Safety of
Health Care; (AHRQ) Prevention Quality Indicators Version 2.1, Revision
4;AHRQ Quality Indicators Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) Version 2.1,
Revision 2 Update; New Survey Helps Hospitals Measure and Improve
Patient Safety Culture; New Language Standard; Hospital Survey on
Patient Safety Culture; PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF HIGH-QUALITY
PEDIATRIC PREVENTIVE CARE
- Health Education: Epilepsy Toolkit; Healthy Behaviors: Addressing
Chronic Disease at Its Roots
- Health Policy: End of Life Report; Reorganizing State Health
Agencies to Meet Changing Needs
- Health Services: FIMR AND OTHER MORTALITY REVIEWS AS TOOLS FOR
ASSESSING MCH SYSTEMS IN COMMUNITIES
- HIPAA: Patient Sues Healthcare System Over Ad Containing PHI; ASC
X12 Web Site Gives Access to Experts' Interpretations on HIPAA
Implementation Guides; HIMSS Creates Industry Standard for Ensuring
Medical Device Security; CMS Releases First in Series of Guidance Papers
on HIPAA Security
- Infectious Disease: SARS Fact Sheet
- Minority Health: Health Coverage for Immigrants; Promising
Strategies to Strengthen Tribal Families; U.S.-BORN MEXICAN AMERICANS
AND NON-HISPANIC WHITES AT INCREASED RISK FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
- Nutrition: Anti-trans fat bill; FDA to launch new rules for food
companies; Can Eating Fruits and Vegetables Help People to Manage Their
Weight? In Battle of Bulge, Soda Companies Defend Against Warning
- Obesity: Nearly Three-Fourths of Americans View Obesity as a
Disease; Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity; Expert panel
on weight loss surgery
- Physical Activity: Physical Activity in Middle Age Cuts Risk of
Early Death
- Public Health Continuing Ed Opps: Childhood Obesity: Combating the
Epidemic CME; Back to Basics: Your A1c; Understanding the QT Interval;
Tools and Techniques of Improved Medication Use
- Public Health Law: Panel wants child death reviews, uniform
reporting from coroners Altman v. City of High Point (2003)
- Public Health Research: GOOGLE INDEXES SCHOLARLY LITERATURE
- School Health: PUBLIC HEALTH LEGAL PREPAREDNESS MATERIALS ON ASTHMA
MEDICATION IN SCHOOLS; NIAAA Updates Alcohol Prevention Website for
Middle Schoolers; Is dodgeball too dangerous for kids? NY lawsuit kicks
playground game into courtroom; Schools will reward kids who eat right;
Healthier Rewards for School Children: A new resource, "Constructive
Classroom Rewards: Promoting Good Habits While Protecting Children's
Health; A Better Education for Children in Care - Practice Guides
- Senior Health: Taking Care of Yourself with Arthritis
- Women's Health: Women far more likely to miss workdays to care for
a sick family member; Women and Domestic Violence: Programs and Tools
That Improve Care for Victims; NEW RESOURCES ON MEDICAID AND WOMEN
RELEASED - What's at Stake? Routine prenatal care; Women and Heart
Disease: More Risk, Less Prevention; Violence Against Women: Identifying
Risk Factors
- Connecticut Public Health: 2004 ranking finds CT as the eighth most
healthy state in US; Survey finds nursing home, home health care and
assisted living significantly more expensive in CT
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Season's Greeting
http://www.bettycjung.net/Greetings.htm
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