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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
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