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- Good to know: FDA advisory - non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug products (NSAIDs); FDA & VeriChip; NIH HALTS USE OF
COX-2 INHIBITOR IN LARGE CANCER PREVENTION TRIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS IN PATIENTS TAKING BLOOD THINNING MEDICATIONS;
SAMHSA - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK
- Data: Trends in Teen Drug Use; Marital Status and Health: United States, 1999-2002; Latest Statistical Briefs
- Internet: Phishing; SAMHSA’s Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Latest News. Cancer: Colon cancer, hepatic colorectal metastases; gastric cancer.
Cardiovascular Disease: Preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes; Ischemic heart disease; Angina pectoris;
Aortic regurgitation; Aortic stenosis; Arrhythmia; Atherosclerosis; Myocardial infarction; Venous thromboembolism (VTE);
Heart failure. Diabetes: Islet Transplantation in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus; clinical practice guideline for the
management of diabetes mellitus; DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE GENE STUDIES; AHRQ Diabetes Care Resource Guide; Diabetes mellitus
stats; Diabetes Mellitus Patient Checklist - Version 1; Rhabdomyolysis Common in DKA. Hypertension stats. Tobacco: Cigarette
makers target teens; Quit Smoking: Consumer Interactive Tool; Tobacco cessation stats; “Medicare to add help for smokers”
- Adolescent Health: Teens Say Parents Most Influence Their Decisions About Sex; Preventing Violence and Related
Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents; ECONOMIC COST OF ADOLESCENTS' LOSS OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN OBTAINING
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES; MCH PROGRAM CAPACITY TO SUPPORT ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS; TRENDS ON SEXUAL ACTIVITY, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, AND CHILDBEARING AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND WOMEN;
ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY INTENTIONS AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES
- AIDS: 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; Treating opportunistic infections among HIV-infected adults and
adolescents.
- Alternative Medicine: ACUPUNCTURE RELIEVES PAIN AND IMPROVES FUNCTION IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
- Bioterrorism: Checklists on Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies
- Child Health: Children with Special Health Care Needs Account for 42 Percent of Children's Medical Costs; BUILDING A
QUALITY-OF-CARE INITIATIVE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality
(NICHQ)
- Consumer Health: New Consumer Reports website can help you save money on drugs; No Panacea - Ever More Popular Gastric
Bypass Surgery Offers Rapid Weight Loss; “Scientists split on need for tighter toxin rules”
- Diaster Preparedness: TSUNAMIS; Notice for Travelers; What We Learn about Smallpox from Movies – Fact or Fiction;
CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES
- Drug Abuse: Trendy partygoers quaff date-rape drug”
- Environmental Health: “Cut mercury levels, agency says”; “Exotic pets reported under law”
- Epidemiology: MMWR news
- Grants: SAMHSA Notices of Grant Funding and Requests for Applications No Longer Published in Federal Register
- Healthcare Economics: Drug Companies Offer Prescription Savings to Uninsured; Americans Worried About Health Care Costs;
Most uninsured Americans are not aware of safety net providers in their area; Medicare Replacement Drug Demonstration
- Healthcare Quality: “Evidence-Based Medicine” is Managed Care Masquerading as Science; Transition Plan from "Rule of 6";
Revised Verification of Licensure, Certification, Registration Standards; New JCAHO Online Resources; Toolkit: Implementation
of Clinical Practice Guidelines; Closing the Quality Gap; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Inpatient Quality
Indicators Version 2.1, Revision
- Health Policy: Awards in malpractice lawsuits; ONLINE TUTORIAL WOMEN'S HEALTH
CARE
- Health Services: Why patients sometimes don’t show up for appointments
- HIPAA: HIPAA Privacy Complaint Filed Against LA Times & County Health Dept.; Heavyweight Boxer Mesi Sues for Breach of
Medical Privacy; Publication Dates of HIPAA Rules; Confusion Surrounds New National Provider ID
- Maternal Child Health: risk factors for preterm birth; Chronic hypertension in pregnancy; Diagnosis and management of
preeclampsia and eclampsia; Fetal macrosomia; Gestational diabetes; Management of recurrent early pregnancy loss; Prenatal
diagnosis of fetal chromosomal abnormalities.
- Mental Health: clinical practice guideline for the management of post-traumatic stress.
- Minority Health: Community and Faith-Based Groups: Essential Prevention Partners
- Nutrition: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005; EATING AT FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS MORE THAN TWICE PER WEEK IS ASSOCIATED
WITH MORE WEIGHT GAIN AND INSULIN RESISTANCE IN OTHERWISE HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS; TOOL KIT PROVIDES COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR
LAUNCHING FOLIC ACID CAMPAIGN; Nutritional management in long-term care: development of a clinical guideline; Rough It;
High Fiber Equals Lower Risks
- Obesity: Obesity Linked to U.S. Residency; Big Tummy Could Mean Big Trouble; Managing Obesity: A Clinician's Aid
- Occupational Health: Guidelines for the prevention, identification and management of occupational asthma; “NIOSH report
details dangers of carbon dioxide in confined spaces”
Occupational Hazards (12/30/04) Josh Cable
- Oral Health: “Pfizer to spend $2 million to replace ads that countered floss”
- Public Health Research: “Tobacco industry research grants spur debate”
- School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): USDA Cautions on School Food Contracts; Updating Hepatitis B; The State
View of the School Obesity Epidemic; Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, United States, January-June
2005; InFocus: Bullying—Is It Part of Growing Up, or Part of School Violence; Avian Flu Fact Sheet; Teen Drug Use Declined in
2004; Psychotropic Drugs and Children – Use, Trends, and Implications for Schools; “For kids, trek to school not like it used
to be”
- Senior Health: Exercise Combats Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults hile reducing their risk for heart disease;
Retirees and Businesses Paying More For Retiree Health Coverage
- Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; “The bride was 7: In the heart of
Ethiopia, child marriage takes a brutal toll”; Antibiotic prophylaxis for gynecologic procedures; Emergency oral
contraception; Management of infertility caused by ovulatory dysfunction; Medical management of abortion; Prenatal diagnosis
of fetal chromosomal abnormalities; Use of botanicals for management of menopausal symptoms; Measuring the Quality of Breast
Cancer Care in Women. Summary, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment; INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP WOMEN MAKE
BIRTH DECISIONS
- Connecticut Public Health: New fact sheet – “I’m not uninsured, so it doesn’t affect me, right?”
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Blog Index, http://www.bettycjung.net/Blogindex.htm
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- Good to know: Drug Firms Join to Help Uninsured; THE TOGETHER Rx ACCESS™ CARD AT A GLANCE; KFF's Social Security survey
is run and
- Data: Correction: Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000; AHRQ Stats;
Teen Pregnancy, Birth, Abortion Rates Decline
- Internet: Health Disparities Collaboratives
- Top Ten Causes of Death. Cancer: New guidelines for colon and rectal cancer; LIST OF CANCER-CAUSING AGENTS GROWS. Cardiovascular Disease: DIRECT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND PERIODONTAL BACTERIA; new guidelines; Plant Protein Mimics Hormone That Mitigates Diabetes and Obesity. Diabetes: American Diabetes Association Regarding the President's Budget Request; new guidelines; In Addition to A1c Levels, Cardiovascular Disease and Depression May Increase Health Care Costs in Adults with Diabetes; Diabetes-Cancer Link; Use of Diabetes Drugs May be Linked to Risk of Heart Failure;Diabetes: A By-product of America's Obesity Epidemic; Heart Risk Factors & Diabetes; Diabetes Spotted at an Earlier Age. Tobacco: ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc, et al. Stroke: New guidelines
- Adolescent Health: SOCIAL NORMS AND FRIENDS' INFLUENCES ON WEIGHT-CONTROL BEHAVIORS AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS; EFFECTIVENESS OF A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INTERVENTION FOR ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION IN PRIMARY CARE CLINICS
- AIDS: Treating opportunistic infections among HIV-exposed and infected children: recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America; other new guidelines
- Bioethics: The National Institutes of Health has adopted new rules prohibiting scientists from outside employment with pharmaceutical and biotech companies and from holding stock in them; NIH ANNOUNCES SWEEPING ETHICS REFORM
- Child Health: Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule: United States, 2005; WEB SITE LAUNCHED TO ADVANCE BOOSTER SEAT SAFETY EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY;
HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION AND EXPENDITURE PATTERNS FOR CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM IN REDUCING ASTHMA-RELATED CHILD MORBIDITY; new guidelines
- Consumer Health: NYC HEALTH DEPT. WARNS AGAINST USE OF “SKIN-LIGHTENING” CREAMS CONTAINING MERCURY OR SIMILAR PRODUCTS WHICH DO NOT LIST INGREDIENTS; “Drinking water aboard airliners worsens”; Who uses seatbelts (and who doesn’t)
- Diaster Preparedness: CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES; CHEMICAL AGENTS; TSUNAMIS; Hepatitis E Information Specific to Tsunami Survivors; Hepatitis A Information Specific for Tsunami Survivors; Worker Fact Sheet: Pesticide Safety Guidance; Tsunamis: Public Health Issues;
Tsunami Disaster: Health Information for Humanitarian Workers; Fact Sheet: Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance System; Guidance for Americans Living in Areas Affected by Earthquakes and Tsunami; Food Safety after a Tsunami; LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES
- Drug Abuse: Fighting an illegal drug through its legal source
- Epidemiology: MMWR weekly reports; Cryptosporidiosis Surveillance --- United States 1999--2002; Giardiasis Surveillance; Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection-Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV in the United States: Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Grants: Apply for Grants Electronically from SAMHSA
- Healthcare Economics: 2 million Americans suffered medical bankruptcy in 2001; Section 911 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA); KFF's Medicare 101 Tutorial, Medicare Drug Benefit Tutorial, Medicare Basics Reference Library, Uninsured tutorial; Influenza Treatment Demonstration Project; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recent updates of the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)
- Healthcare Quality: TOP HOSPITALS FOR COMMON PROCEDURES; Some push to make hospitals disclose rates of infection; AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators Version 2.1, Revision 3; “State hospitals report 20 deaths from mistakes”
- Health Policy: 2006 Budget for Health and Human Services; DEEP CUTS IN FEDERAL GRANTS IN FY 2006 BUDGET WILL SQUEEZE STATES AND LOCALITIES; Medical Liability System Hinders Improvements In Patient Safety: Joint Commission Expert Panel Offers Solutions To Crisis
- Health Services: End-of-Life Care Report; new guidelines
- Infectious Disease: Hepatitis A; Cholera; Influenza - Who Should Get Flu Vaccine This Season – new translations Spanish, Vietnamese, and Tagalog; Key Facts About Flu Vaccine - new translations; AVIAN INFLUENZA
- Maternal Child Health: PRENATAL CARE KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS REVISES POLICY STATEMENT ON BREASTFEEDING; new guidelines
- Men's Health: Some Prostate Cancer Drugs Involve Risks; new guidelines
- Mental Health: New guidelines - Alcohol screening, Major depressive disorder, Substance use disorder, treatment of patients with acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder
- Minority Health: Health Disparities Collaboratives; IN A HEALTHIER NATION, DISPARITIES PERSIST, CDC SAYS; Center for Disease Control and Prevention's 28th annual report to Congress and the President on the state of the nation's health; "Health, United States, 2004"; "Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans --- United States";
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness & Information Day
- Nutrition: NEW DIETARY GUIDELINES RELEASED; RESOURCE ON ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PUBLISHED; New Dietary Guidelines Recommend More Exercise, Less Sugar; “Obesity weighs heavily on colas; Industry studies how to fight back in health debate”
- Obesity: Prevention and management of obesity (mature adolescents and adults; Vending Machine Industry Aims at Obesity
- Occupational Health: STATE BREASTFEEDING AND MATERNITY LEAVE LEGISLATION
- Public Health Continuing Ed: Kaiser Family Foundation's tutorials; CMS.gov -
(1) "The Guide to Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers, and Other Health Care Professionals", (2) "Expanded Benefits", (3) "Adult Immunizations",(4) "Bone Mass Measurements",(5) "Cancer Screenings",(6) "Glaucoma Screening"
- Public Health Research: NIH CALLS ON SCIENTISTS TO SPEED PUBLIC RELEASE OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- Respiratory Disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. National clinical guideline on management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary care.
- School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): Diagnosis and Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Primary Care for School Age Children and Adolescents; Academic Outcomes and School-Based Health Care Centers; CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH MONTH RESOURCE AVAILABLE; STATE LEGISLATURE AND HEALTH AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS COLLABORATE TO ESTABLISH SEX ED GUIDELINES; Society for Adolescent Medicine Takes Position on Bullying;
New Treatment Protocol for Mental Health/Substance Abuse Disorders
- Senior Health: New guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease and Pre-ESRD in Primary Care;
Screening for Glaucoma in the Primary Care Setting; adult degenerative joint disease (DJD); Task Force Recommends that Male Smokers Between the Ages of 65 and 75 Be Screened for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; As of Jan. 1, Medicare recipients are now eligible for a one-time comprehensive physical exam and cardiovascular and diabetes screening; CMS - Medicare Drug Benefit and Medicare Advantage Program final rules; Harmful Drug-drug and Drug-disease Interactions Among the Elderly; AHRQ Finds Potentially Inappropriate Prescription Drug Use in Nursing Homes Associated With Deaths of Elderly Residents; Couch Potatoes in Their 40s Risk Alzheimer's Later ; Diabetes, High Cholesterol, Smoking May Damage Brain; Seniors' Views Of Medicare Drug Law
- Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Recommendations for estrogen and progestogen use in peri- and postmenopausal women; FACT SHEET HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR STABLE AND RELIABLE SAFETY NET HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR WOMEN; National Wear Red Day: Taking Women's Health to Heart; Domestic violence; Menopause and hormone therapy (HT); ACR Appropriateness Criteria[tm] for appropriate imaging work-up of palpable breast masses
- Connecticut Public Health: OHCA releases 2004 household survey on CT health coverage;
President’s federal budget proposal; Important Consumer Resource -- Attorney General’s Prescription Drug Price Finder
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Movies http://www.bettycjung.net/Movies.htm
Oscar Watch
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- Happy Birthday, JG!
- Good to know: Shocking! No. 1 Source of Identity Theft; Forms.gov; Accreditation of U.S. Schools; “In case of attack, who would run the Legislature?”
- Data: Statistical Briefs; "Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2003";
Statehealthfacts.org updates; U.S. Has One of Worst Rates of Child Poverty
- Internet: A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the Nation; MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAM LAUNCHES WEB SITE; NIH Public Bulletin
- Top Ten Causes of Death - Cancer: ZINC DEFICIENCY LINKED TO INCREASED RISK OF LESS-COMMON FORM OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER;
New cancer guidelines. Cardiovascular Disease: New guidelines. Diabetes: Diabetes Triples Risk of Liver Cancer; Adiponectin May Cut Heart Disease Risk in Men with Diabetes; Diabetic Ketoacidosis: As Dangerous As It Sounds. Hypertension: Diuretics show benefit in treating hypertension, especially among diabetics. Stroke: New guidelines. Tobacco: NHLBI Study Shows Smoking Cessation Programs Improve Survival, “California’s anti-smoking law prompts many to quit”, Burton v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; “New York hits online sellers of cigarettes”; “State nails smokers who didn’t pay taxes”
- Adolescent Health: NEW PARTNERSHIP EXAMINES FEDERALLY FUNDED ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROGRAMS; Countering a Tech-Savvy Teen Stereotype
- AIDS: “HIV strain adds urgency to changes in City AIDS program”; Antiretroviral postexposure prophylaxis after sexual, injection-drug use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV in the United States: recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; RI and NY guidelines
- Alcohol Abuse: STUDY ASSOCIATES ALCOHOL USE PATTERNS WITH BODY MASS INDEX; “Battle over liquor just beginning”
- Asthma: COCKROACH ALLERGENS HAVE GREATEST IMPACT ON CHILDHOOD ASTHMA IN MANY U.S. CITIES
- Bioethics: NEW ETHICS REGULATIONS AT NIH DRAW IRE; U.N. Adopts Resolution on Human Cloning
- Bioterrorism: RADIATION EMERGENCIES; CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES
- Child Health: Child health: percent of children who received at least one HealthCheck examination; Levels of neonatal care; New guidelines; "Media Multi-tasking" Changing the Amount and Nature of Young People's Media Use Bedrooms Have Become Multi-Media Centers Kids Say Parents Don't Set or Enforce Rules on Media Use
- Consumer Health: Your Medicine Cabinet
- Epidemiology: MMWR news
- Genetics: NCI CREATES GENE EXPRESSION DATABASE OF NORMAL HUMAN ORGAN TISSUE
- Grants: New sources from CHHCS Grant Alerts
- Healthcare Economics: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) news; New guides from Kaiser Family Foundation:
The States & Social Security; 52 "Social Security Essentials" fact sheets
- Healthcare Quality: NATIONAL REPORTS FIND FEW IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY CARE; Center for Impact Research Medicare Reform: Widespread Confusion, Uncertain Benefits; Second National Reports on Quality and Disparities Find Improvements in Health Care Quality, Although Disparities Remain; Third Volume of "Closing the Quality Gap" Is Now Available; New Fact Sheet on "30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care" Is Available; Evaluating a Guideline; New Study on Computerized Order Entry Finds Flaws that Could Lead to Errors, Points to Opportunities for Improvement; Study Finds High Rates of Adverse Drug Events in Long-Term Care Facilities
- Health Policy: World Health Organization's Social Determinants of Health; NEW STUDY RANKS AMOUNT AND IMPACT OF FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDS IN EACH STATE; New guides from Kaiser Family Foundation; Senate Passes Genetic Nondiscrimation Act;
TASK FORCE PRESENTS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE
- Health Services: New Study Shows How Health Plans Communicate with Non-English-Speaking Patients; Conducting a Continuing Care Clinic: Handbook for Practice Teams; Group Visit Starter Kit: Improving Chronic Illness Care; Summary of policy recommendations for periodic health examinations; Physical functional health status
- HIPAA: NCHICA Asks OCR to Explain Its HIPAA Complaint Handling Procedures; OCR Posts New FAQ on Disclosing PHI for National Medical Support Notices and Interpreters; Proposal to Update ICD-10 Codes Remains Stalled; US Divided on Privacy Risks of Electronic Medical Records
- Infectious Disease: INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA
- Maternal Child Health: RISK FACTORS FOR PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED HOMICIDE; SURGEON GENERAL RELEASES ADVISORY ON ALCOHOL USE IN PREGNANCY; MOTHERS' EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTANTS LINKED TO CHROMOSOME DAMAGE IN BABIES; “Panel to advise testing babies for 29 diseases”
- Men's Health: TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS THAT MALE SMOKERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 65 AND 75 BE SCREENED FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
- Mental Health: Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense (VA/DoD) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Major Depressive Disorder in Adults; Adult primary care depression guidelines
- Minority Health: THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES; RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL READINESS; Tolerance.org
- Nutrition: “McDonald’s to pay $8.5 million in trans fat lawsuit”
- Occupational Health: “Bill would let boss test your breath”
- School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): “Should report cards list kids’ girth and grades?”; College Results Online (The Education Trust); “An ounce of prevention, or pounds of cruelty?”; “Schoolyard bullies get nastier online”
- Senior Health: Accurate Social Security Benefits Calculator; NCOA's Center for Healthy Aging Launches Online Resources; “Elderly drivers may face stricter state regulations”
- STDs: EFFECT OF EXPEDITED TREATMENT OF PARTNERS ON RECURRENT OR PERSISTENT GONORRHEA AND CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION
- Substance Abuse: Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense (VA/DoD) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Substance Use Disorders Guideline Summary; Management of Substance Use Disorders Algorithm
- Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: The Women’s Health Study found that aspirin did not prevent first heart attacks or death from cardiovascular causes in women; WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH TOOL KIT; The role of taxanes in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for women with non-metastatic breast cancer
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Evaluation Resources on the Internet http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm;
The Oscars Page http://www.bettycjung.net/Oscars.htm
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- The passing of Dr. A. Kay Keiser, Southern CT State University.
http://www.bettycjung.net/Keiser.htm
- Good to know: influenza A/H2N2; Pfizer withdraws Bextra (valdecoxib) from the market;
FDA Advisory for Crestor;
- Data: AHRQ - hospital admissions; average health care expenses; hospitalization rates;
MEPS data
- Top Ten Causes of Death. Cancer: BEVACIZUMAB COMBINED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY PROLONGS
SURVIVAL FOR SOME PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED LUNG CANCER. Cardiovascular Disease: Traditional
Risk Factors are Better than Emerging Risk Factors in Predicting Heart Disease Death in
Older People with Chronic Kidney Disease; new guidelines; workplace productivity,
Diabetes:
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Waistline Good Indicator of Diabetes; Depression & Diabetes Medication Adherence;
Fenofibrate & Microalbuminuria; Diabetes Increases Risk of Urinary Infection in
Postmenopausal Women; Mild Hyperglycemia & Community-Acquired Pneumonia; guidelines; GAO's
Managing Diabetes: Health Plan Coverage of Services and Supplies; Obesity Raises Diabetes
Risk Up to 80 Times. Hypertension: ALLHAT Study Findings for Racial Sub-groups Show
Diuretics Work Better than Newer Medicines for High Blood Pressure; Facts About the DASH
(Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Eating Plan. Stroke guidelines. Tobacco:
Secondhand smoke, hiring non-smokers, Grisham v. Philip Morris U.S.A., guidelines.
- Adolescent Health: SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN THE FAMILY AND ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIOR;
ADVANCING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH; Inhalant Use by 12- and 13-Year-Olds May
Signal Future Abuse;
- AIDS: Guidelines;
- Alcohol Abuse: COLLEGE ALCOHOL PROBLEMS EXCEED PREVIOUS ESTIMATES;
- Child Health: petting-zoo sanitary conditions; “Kentucky House passes anti-bullying
bill”; Possible Link Between Mercury and Autism; Mercury and Learning Disabilities; Mercury
Toolkit; Congress and Kids’ Mental Health;
- Drug Abuse: Dangers of Inhalant Use by 12- and 13-Year-Olds;
- Epidemiology: MMWR;
- Genetics: genetic variations and their effects on people's response to drugs
- Grants: Opps from NIH and CHHCS
- Healthcare Economics: Health care expenses; Trends and Indicators in the Changing
Health Care Marketplace Online Chartbook; Pehle v. Farm Bureau; Discount Medical Cards
study; Fewer employers offering retiree health benefits;
- Healthcare Quality: AHRQ's new Web site, Patient Safety Network; State-Specific Quality
Measures Data; CMS's Hospital Compare; ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HEALTH LITERACY AND THE STEPS
NEEDED TO PROMOTE IT; TOOL TO ASSESS QUALITY OF STATE PUBLIC HEALTH PLANS; 30 Safe Practices
for Better Health Care. Fact Sheet; The 2004 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and
National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR); Hospital Leaders Have Serious Reservations
About Mandatory Error Reporting;
- Health Disparities: CRITERIA PROPOSED FOR EVALUATING STATES' CAPACITY TO ADDRESS RACIAL
AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES; RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE;
- Health Education: "Handbook for Implementing a Comprehensive Work-Based Learning
Program According to the Fair Labor Standards Act";
- Health Policy: “World health law; “Quarantine quandary”; “State laws vary on driving
distractions”;
- Health Services: End-of-Life Care and Outcomes; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHILD AND
ADOLESCENT RACE/ETHNICITY AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WAIT TIMES; New Emergency Information
Center Model;
- Healthy People 2010: Healthy Vision Month 2005;
- HIPAA: CMS HIPAA enforcement procedures; NIST Offers HIPAA Security Guidance; CMS Sets
Forth Procedures for HIPAA Complaints; Limited Use of Electronic Medical Records; HIPAA AND
LANGUAGE SERVICES IN HEALTH CARE;
- Infectious Disease: cruise ship health care; Marburg Hemorrhagic Fevers;
Avian Influenza Outbreaks; Radiation emergencies; Tsunami Disaster;"The History of
Bioterrorism";
- Maternal Child Health: pregnancy-homicide link;
- Mental Health: Schizophrenia: core interventions; Behavioral health care patients'
experiences; Management of Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD) or Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) in
Primary Care;
- Nutrition: Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2005;‘low-sugar’ cereals; The Food Guide
Pyramid; Caffeine Impairs Sugar Metabolism; Vitamin E Linked to Increased Risk of Heart
Failure;
- Obesity: Pharmacologic and surgical management of obesity in primary care; OBESITY
THREATENS TO CUT U.S. LIFE EXPECTANCY; Employer Toolkit: Reducing Child & Adolescent
Obesity; Healthy Weight: Facts for Families;
- Public Health Continuing Ed: "Information for Providers, Physicians, Pharmacists and
Their Staff About Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage";
- School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): Communications at schools; “Schools’
suicide survey”;“Campus quandary: Junk-food ban threatens cash cow”; Sixth-grade Tendencies
Can Indicate Risk; SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL NUTRITION ENVIRONMENT; Diagnosis
and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in primary care for school
age children and adolescents; Ban on School Mental Health Screening; Target Early Drinking;
- Senior Health: 2.4 Million Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries Will Not Qualify For
Additional Subsidies Because Of Their Assets; Clinical practice guideline for the assessment
and prevention of falls in older people; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced
on March 23, 2005 that it will immediately begin covering smoking and tobacco use cessation
counseling for Medicare beneficiaries;
- STDs: Screening for genital herpes;
- Worksite Health: most Americans who work for private employers will never receive
retiree health benefits; Employer Toolkit;
- Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: "DEMEDICALIZATION" OF MENOPAUSE;
Eating disorders. Core interventions in the treatment and management of anorexia nervosa,
bulimia nervosa and related eating disorders; Clinical guidelines for the classification and
care of women at risk of familial breast cancer in primary, secondary and tertiary care
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site:
Evaluation Resources on the Internet;
and Public Health Program Evaluation
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- http://www.bettycjung.net/Keiser.htm
- Data: “N.J. seeks more data on teen risk-taking”; HOSPITAL COMPARE SITE PROVIDES INFO ON QUALITY CAREGIVERS;
- Internet: JCI Center for Patient Safety Launches Website; AHRQ LAUNCHES PATIENT SAFETY PORTAL; Redesigned kaiserEDU.org Has New Features and New Tools;
- Top Causes of Death. Cardiovascular Disease: guidelines and stats; Traditional Risk Factors are Better than Emerging Risk Factors in Predicting Heart Disease Death in Older People with Chronic Kidney Disease. Diabetes: Waistline Good Indicator of Diabetes; How Does Depression Influence Diabetes Medication Adherence in Older Patients?; Fenofibrate Slows Progression to Microalbuminuria in Patients with Diabetes; Obesity Raises Diabetes Risk Up to 80 Times; Guidelines & stats;
Managing Diabetes: Health Plan Coverage of Services and Supplies. Hypertension: ALLHAT Study Findings for Racial Sub-groups Show Diuretics Work Better than Newer Medicines for High Blood Pressure; Facts About the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Eating Plan; Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible. What Every African American Should Know; Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Stroke: Diagnosis and initial treatment of ischemic stroke. Tobacco: Secondhand smoke”; “Cold-turkey hiring can go up in smoke”; Grisham v. Philip Morris U.S.A.; The Tobacco Use Cessation and Prevention Synthesis; ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT PUBLICLY FUNDED TOBACCO TREATMENT SERVICES; HHS Guide Helps Nurses Encourage Patients to Quit Smoking.
- Adolescent Health: ADVANCING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH; Inhalant Use by 12- and 13-Year-Olds May Signal Future Abuse; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VIRGINITY PLEDGES AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;
- AIDS: 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; Caring for Someone with AIDS at Home; AIDSinfo; Eating Defensively: Food Safety Advice for Persons With AIDS; Living With HIV/AIDS; Preventing Infections During Travel: A Guide for People with HIV; Preventing Infections From Pets: A Guide for People with HIV Infection; NYS guidelines; TOOLS TO HELP FAMILIES COMMUNICATE ABOUT SEXUALITY;
- Alcohol Abuse: COLLEGE ALCOHOL PROBLEMS EXCEED PREVIOUS ESTIMATES;
- Child Health: “No agency monitors petting-zoo sanitary conditions”; NATIONAL SECURITY ROOTS OF MEDICAID CHILD HEALTH POLICY;
- Disaster Preparedness: Health Concerns Associated with Disaster Victim Identification After a Tsunami --- Thailand;
RADIATION EMERGENCIES; Employer Checklist: Forming Business and Public Health Preparedness Partnerships; Terrorism and Public Health Emergency Preparedness Initiative;
- Environmental Health: “Calif. adopts nation’s toughest smog law”;
- Epidemiology: MMWR Reports;
- Genetics: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidelines for pharmaceutical companies to encourage them to gather and submit information about how genetic variations affect the way people respond to their drugs; LINK BETWEEN GENOMICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH;
- Grants: CHHCS Grant Alerts;
- Healthcare Economics: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - National Provider Identifier (NPI); Kaiser Foundation briefs on Medicaid and Medicare; Health Coverage and Access Issues for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers;
- Healthcare Quality: AHRQ Releases Advances in Patient Safety-A Four-Volume Compendium; Ambulatory Performance Measures Represent a Major Step in Improving Quality of Health Care; “Hospital-error oversight called lax”; Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program; CULTURAL COMPETENCE AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; health stats;
- Health Policy: “Law lets TB patient infect 12 others: No one can be forced to take treatment”; CMS Implements $1 Billion Program to Help Hospitals and Others Recoup Unpaid Emergency Health Service Costs for Undocumented Aliens;
- HIPAA: Civil Money Penalties: Policies and Procedures for Investigations, Imposition of Penalties, and Hearings;
- Infectious Disease: Interim CDC-NIH Recommendation for Raising the Biosafety Level for Laboratory Work Involving Non-contemporary Human Influenza (H2N2) Viruses; Recent Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Asia; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS; WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV); Questions and Answers on the Executive Order Adding Potentially Pandemic Influenza Viruses to the List of Quarantinable Diseases; Hand Hygiene Guidelines; Excel Spreadsheet for Computing Grams of Alcohol Product; Infection: Don't Pass It On; SCIENTISTS DISCOVER HOW EBOLA VIRUS INFECTS CELLS'
- Maternal Child Health: THE RISK OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; NEW KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED TO HELP SERVICE PROVIDERS AND FAMILIES LOCATE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES;
- Mental Health: DEPRESSION GENE MAY WEAKEN MOOD-REGULATING CIRCUIT; Homeless stats; National consensus guidelines on identifying and responding to domestic violence victimization in health care settings;
- Men's Health: Conservative Treatment for Low-Grade, Localized Prostate Cancer;
- Minority Health: OVERWEIGHT AMONG LATINO ADOLESCENTS IN CALIFORNIA;
- Nutrition: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CONSUMERS' DECISIONS TO EAT FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; New Food Pyramid;
- Obesity: “State improves in efforts to fight obesity, UB finds”; Congress Asked to Legislate on Child Obesity; A new synthesis, Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents; A related synthesis on obesity in adults;
- Oral Health: Clinical dental guidelines;
- School Health (Also, see Adolescent Health): U.S. Education Department Encourages Schools to Test for Drugs; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN'S EARLY HOME ENVIRONMENTS AND BULLYING;
- Senior Health: Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center for Patient Safety 2004 Falls Toolkit;
- Women's Health Also see Maternal & Child Health: Heart Disease and Stroke Research and Medical Updates; New Findings Concerning Low-Dose Aspirin For Women; Depression Is Prevalent in Women During Pregnancy But Often Goes Undetected;
Clinical challenges of perimenopause;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Chinese Culture http://www.bettycjung.net/Chinese.htm
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- 2005 - 2006 PUBLIC HEALTH MENTOR DIRECTORY - now recruiting; Dr. A. Kay Keiser Scholarship is in development.
- Good to Know: Federal Law Requires Destruction of Consumer Data; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is in the process of implementing the Medicare prescription drug coverage; Six degrees of networking;
- Data: Youth Voting: Between 2000 and 2004; AHRQ Quality Indicators Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI) Version 2.1, Revision 4a Update; AHRQ Stats; All About Family Income;
- Internet: Internet Safety Month
- Top Causes of Death: Cardiovascular Disease - Depression Is Widespread Among Heart Attack Patients; New practice guidelines; Questions to Ask Your Doctor. What's Your Risk?; Ten Commandments for a Healthy Heart; The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women; The Heart Truth for African American Women: An Action Plan; The Heart Truth for Latinas: An Action Plan; New Kidney Function Test Better than Standard at Predicting Death and Cardiovascular Outcomes. Diabetes - DIABETIC RETINOPATHY OCCURS IN PRE-DIABETES; TIGHT GLUCOSE CONTROL LOWERS CVD BY ABOUT 50 PERCENT IN DIABETES; Most People with Diabetes Don't Know About Diabetic Neuropathy; Diabetes Control Crucial After Heart Attack; Low-fat Dairy Foods May Lower Diabetes Risk in Men; Paclitaxel-eluting Stents Effective in People with Diabetes; Nateglinide Improves Beta-cell Function in People with Diabetes; Depression Tied to Hospitalizations in Young People With Diabetes; Study Suggests Pioglitazone HCl May Significantly Improve Key Predictors of Cardiovascular Risk; Older People with Diabetes Have High Rate of Eye Ills;
Transplanted Liver Cells Can Produce Insulin; Sulfonylureas Only Transiently Improve Glycemic Control; Insulin May Be Critical Autoreactive T Cell Trigger in Diabetes; Dyslipidemia Often Undiagnosed in People With Diabetes; Diabetic Teens Show Early Signs of Artery Trouble; Pramlintide may Reduce Glycemic Swings in Type 1 Diabetes; Depression Increases Mortality Risk in People with Diabetes; Diabetes Prevention Program Not Linked with Depression Levels; Pioglitazone Slows Carotid Thickening in People with Diabetes; Your Game Plan For Preventing Type 2 Diabetes; ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular arrhythmias; NATIONAL DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAM TAILORS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MESSAGE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES. High Cholesterol: Lipid management in adults. Hypertension - New guidelines. Stroke: Acute stroke: mortality rate; National Stroke Awareness Month --- May 2005; Disparities in Deaths from Stroke Among Persons Aged <75 Years --- United States, 2002; Regional and Racial Differences in Prevalence of Stroke --- 23 States and District of Columbia, 2003. Tobacco - World No Tobacco Day Recognizes Critical Role of Health Care Professionals
- Adolescent Health: *Smashed: Toxic Tales of Teens and Alcohol – A Toolkit; Selected Findings on Child and Adolescent Health Care Fact Sheet Available
- AIDS: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force new recommendations on HIV screening for adults, adolescents and pregnant women; HIVnet; fact sheet "HIV Testing in the United States"; HIV During Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, and After Birth Fact Sheets
- Asthma: PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS IN INCREASING PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS' ADHERENCE TO ASTHMA GUIDELINES
- Child Health: Trends in Children's Antibiotic Use: 1996 to 2001; Federal Government, National Organizations, Local Communities Join Together to Help Parents Improve Children's Health Outlook; FOLLOW-UP TESTING AMONG CHILDREN WITH ELEVATED SCREENING BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS PROMOTE COMMUNICATION FROM BIRTH;
- Child Welfare: Update on the Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act; New Family Assessment Guidelines for Child Welfare; Program Reforms Can Improve Foster Youth Outcomes; Understanding Foster Parenting and Retention; In New York, Home Visiting During Baby’s First Year Shows Promise;
- Consumer Health: Retailers to Monitor Sale of Cold Medicines Used to Make Methamphetamine; DEA labels cold syrups a meth risk; States limit cell use by drivers; Self-Management - Healthier Living With Ongoing Health
Problems;
- Cultural Competence: IMMIGRANT FAMILIES' AWARENESS OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES;
- Disaster Preparedness: New Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness White Paper; New Web-based Tool Helps Planners Inventory Resources for Public Health Emergencies; RADIATION EMERGENCIES; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;
- Drug abuse: Management of alcohol withdrawal delirium; Substance abuse treatment for persons with co-occurring disorders;
- Environmental Health: DAY CARE SETTINGS ARE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF INDOOR ALLERGENS;
- Epidemiology: ASSESSMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC CAPACITY IN STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS; MMWR Weekly Reports;
Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease Recommendations;
Fitness: Physical Activity Effects for 6-to-18-Year-Olds; Physical Activity and Older Americans: Benefits and Strategies;
- Genetics: NEWBORN GENETIC TESTING;
- Grants: new opportunities;
- Healthcare Economics: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announces the following plans for transitioning to the National Provider Identifier (NPI) in the Fee-for Service Medicare Program; All health care providers can apply for their National Provider Identifier (NPI);IMPACT OF INCREASING OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS ON MEDICAID AND SCHIP BENEFICIARIES;
- Healthcare Quality: Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults; Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+; Quick Tips--When Planning for Surgery; Reducing Errors in Health Care: Translating Research Into Practice; Ways You Can Help Your Family Prevent Medical Errors; New Triage Tools for Hospital Emergency Departments;CERTs Program Brief on Medicare; Medical Malpractice Law and Trends; State Medical Malpractice Claims Data; Preoperative tests: the use of routine preoperative tests for elective surgery: evidence, methods, & guidance;
- Health Information HHS Releases Report on Health Information Exchange; Plans to
Advance Health IT with National Collaboration;
- Health Policy: WHO OKs procedures for disease outbreaks; Infected may sue for negligence, court rules; What All Americans Should Consider Regarding H.R. 2234;
- Health Services: ER visits rising while number of ERs dropping nationally; Canadian Supreme Court Strikes Down Quebec Law Banning Private Health Care; Quebec Ban on Private Medical Care Struck Down;
- HIPAA: CMS Publishes More HIPAA Security Guidance; Justice Dept. Limits Prosecutions Under HIPAA Privacy Rule;
Mandatory Electronic Submission of Medicare Claims Begins in July;
- Infectious Disease: EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EXPERIMENTAL SHINGLES VACCINE PROVES EFFECTIVE;
- Maternal Child Health: SURGEON GENERAL ISSUES HEALTHY DOZEN LIST FOR TODDLERS; Breastfeeding and the use of human milk; Helping families raise children with special health care needs at home; Tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs: the role of the pediatrician in prevention, identification, and management of substance abuse;
- Men's Health: FATHER’S DAY; Resources for and about Fathering; Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age -- Checklist for Your Next Checkup;
- Mental Health: Violence: the short-term management of disturbed/violent behaviour in psychiatric in-patient settings and emergency departments; NACCHO CALLS ATTENTION TO LINKS BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH;
- Minority Health: RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY POSTPARTUM DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS;
- Nutrition: Eating Better and Moving More: A Guidebook for Community Programs
- Obesity: STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK PROVIDES KEY FACTS ABOUT OBESITY; Junk food geography; NEW EDITION OF OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS KNOWLEDGE PATH RELEASED; Pharmacologic and surgical management of obesity in primary care: a
clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians; Updated guideline synthesis on Assessment and Treatment of Obesity and Overweight in Adults;
- Public Health Continuing Opps: Guide for Medicare Fee-for-Service; The Outreach Toolkit;
- School Health: New guidelines; Regulating youth obesity; EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS TO REDUCE DRINKING AND DRIVING AND RIDING WITH DRINKING DRIVERS;
- Senior Health: Check For Safety: A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older Adults; What YOU Can Do To Prevent Falls;
71 Percent of Older Adults Use Alternative Medicine; Older Americans Nutrition Program Toolkit; Steps to Healthy Aging: Eating Better and Moving More: A Guidebook for Older Americans;
- STDs: Screening for gonorrhea: recommendation statement; Update on Chlamydia Infections;
- Women's Health: EFFORTS TO INCREASE WOMEN'S AWARENESS AND USE OF PREVENTIVE CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PERCEPTIONS; First Annual Health Survey: Women Talk; Task Force Makes Recommendation Against Routine Use of Estrogen;
Hormone therapy for the prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women: recommendation statement; The Heart Truth for Women: An Action Plan; Bone Health & Osteoporosis Outreach Toolkit; Domestic violence. A guide to screening and intervention; Diagnosis of osteoporosis in men, premenopausal women, and children; Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Nurses; Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age--Checklist for Your Next Checkup;
- CT Public Health: State may require warnings on fish; State passes a budget; Study finds that care for the uninsured adds $198 to CT individual premiums and $583 for families; CT poll of voters shows strong support for health care coverage for everyone; A fat chance for junk food in schools;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Evaluation Resources http://www.bettycjung.net/Evaluation.htm
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