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- News you can use: The CDC HIV/AIDS Hotline; three deaths in US infants aged less than 12 months associated with cough and
cold medications.
- Data: Health of U.S. Adults (2005); MEPS HC-085I: Appendix to MEPS 2004 Event Files Release Date: November 2006; MEPS
HC-087: 2004 Medical Conditions File Release Date: November 2006; MEPS HC-088: 2004 Person Round Plan Public Use File Release
Date: November 2006; 2004 Insurance Component - Metro Area Tables; 2004 Quality of Care Tables; 2004 Medical Expenditure
Tables; 2004 Medical Expenditures by Condition Tables, including a new table on source of payment; 2004 Access to Care
Tables; 2004 MEPS Household Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top 10 Drugs; 2004 MEPSnet/Household Component Data; Statistical Brief
# 147: Children Living with Adult Smokers, United States, 2004; Statistical Brief #148: A Comparison of Person
Characteristics and Reported Conditions for Adult Medicare Beneficiaries with High and Low Annual Prescription Medicine
Expenditures, 2003; Statistical Brief #149: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized
Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #150: Offer Rates, Take-Up Rates, Premiums, and Employee Contributions for
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2004; Statistical Brief
#151: Estimates of Health Care Expenditures for the 10 Largest
States, 2004; Statistical Brief #152: Asthma Treatment and Management among the U.S. Civilian
Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #153: The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription
Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for the Medicare Population Age 65
and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #154: The Top Five Therapeutic
Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian
Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief #155: Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans That
Required No Employee Contribution to the Premium Cost, 1998-2004; Statistical Brief #156: Dental Expenditures in the 10
Largest States, 2004;
- Top Killers. Cancer: Chemotherapy for recurrent, metastatic, or persistent cervical cancer:
a clinical practice guideline; Chemotherapy for relapsed small cell lung cancer: a clinical practice
guideline; Cross-sectional diagnostic imaging in lung cancer; Cross-sectional imaging in colorectal cancer; Diagnostic
imaging in breast cancer; Diagnostic imaging in lymphoma; Diagnostic imaging in the assessment of metastatic and recurrent
ovarian cancer; Ibritumomab tiuxetan in lymphoma: a clinical practice guideline; Interleukin-2 in the treatment of patients
with unresectable or
metastatic renal cell cancer: a clinical practice guideline; The role of gemcitabine in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma
and gallbladder cancer; The role of intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of women with stage III
epithelial ovarian cancer: a clinical practice guideline; The role of porfimer sodium (Photofrin™) in the ablation of
high-grade dysplasia associated with Barrett's esophagus; The role of porfimer sodium (Photofrin™) in the palliative
treatment of esophageal cancer.
Cardiovascular Disease: Hypertension guidelines. Diabetes:Diabetics confront a tangle of workplace laws; Diabetes
mellitus; Joslin Diabetes Center & Joslin Clinic clinical nutrition guideline for overweight and obese adults with type 2
diabetes, prediabetes or those
at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes; Diabetes Epidemic Out of Control; Impact of Soda in Childhood Seen in
Adolescence; Diabetes, Heart Associations Align Fight Against Heart Disease;
Coffee Drinkers Show Lower Diabetes Risk; Constant Glucose Monitoring Helps Control Type 1 Diabetes;
Follow-up Often Lacking After Gestational Diabetes; Some Advantages Seen with Rosiglitazone as Initial Treatment of Type 2
Diabetes; World Diabetes Bill Skyrockets As Disease Spreads; Diabetes Growing Rapidly Among Children; Noninvasive Test
Assesses Diabetes Vascular Damage; Exercise or Diet Both Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk.
Tobacco: Court helps ill smokers filing individual suits; Smoking cessation; Updated recommendations are also included
in a guideline synthesis; Secondhand Smoke Posters; The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A
Report of the Surgeon General;
- Adolescent Health: FACT SHEETS ON SUICIDE AND MORTALITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG
ADULTS; HISTORIC LOW IN OVERALL ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY RATE; Shifts to Prescription, OTC Drugs in Teens; Media Multitasking
Among Young People; Media Multitasking Among American Youth: Prevalence, Predictors and Pairings"
- AIDS/HIV: Updated HIV Fact Sheets;
- Asthma: NEW EDITION OF ASTHMA KNOWLEDGE PATH AVAILABLE;
- Consumer Health: 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals;
- Drug Abuse: NIDA-SPONSORED SURVEY SHOWS DECREASE IN ILLICIT DRUG USE AMONG NATION'S
TEENS BUT PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE REMAINS HIGH;
- Family Health: Caregiver assessment: principles, guidelines and strategies for change; Medicines In My Home; Institute
for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Medication Safety Self AssessmentT for Community/Ambulatory Pharmacy; Adult low back
pain; Domestic violence; Routine prenatal care;
- Healthcare Economics: City Vs. City: When It Comes to Health Insurance Costs, Geography Matters;The Hospital Outpatient
Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet; Quick Reference Information: Medicare Immunization Billing chart; Health Insurance
Coverage; KAISER/HEWITT SURVEY OF LARGE EMPLOYERS FINDS MOST INTEND TO MAINTAIN DRUG COVERAGE FOR MEDICARE RETIREES IN 2007
AND 2008 Out-of-Pocket Costs for Retirees Continue to Rise for Employer Health Coverage;
- Healthcare Quality: The Guide to Managing for Quality; TeamSTEPPS - Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance
Patient Safety; CAHPS Health Plan Survey and Reporting Kit 2007; Ambulatory EHR Time Motion Tool;
- Health Literacy: “Language issues adds challenge to emergency planning”;
- Health Services: Summary of recommendations for clinical preventive services; Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce
Resources: A Community Planning Guide; Remaking American Medicine...Health Care for the 21st Century; Leadership Guide;
Physicians' Extended Work Shifts Associated With Increased Risk of Medical Errors That Harm Patients; Trend Data for Medicaid
Home and Community-Based Service Programs;
- Infectious Disease: (1) Prevention and control of meningococcal disease. Recommendations
of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Tuberculosis: clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis,
and measures for its prevention and control;
- Maternal Child Health: New Evidence Report on Methods for Toilet Training Is Available;
- Mental Health: MENTAL HEALTH NATIONAL ANTI-STIGMA CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE; EVALUATION OF STATE CHILD HEALTH
SCREENING, REFERRAL, AND TREATMENT EFFORTS;
- Men's Health: Screening for Prostate Cancer: Sharing the Decision Slide Set;
- Minority Health: INFLUENCE OF MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN AND GLUCOSE TOLERANCE ON INFANT BIRTHWEIGHT IN A LATINO POPULATION;
- Nutrition: Three Steps to Initiate Discussion About Weight Management with Your
Patients; Tips to Weight Loss Success; Nutrition support in adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube
feeding and parenteral nutrition;
- Oral Health: RESOURCES ON MATERNAL ORAL HEALTH GUIDANCE AND CARE COMPILED;
- Pain Management: SAMHSA Releases New Issue of Substance Abuse in Brief Fact Sheet on Pain Management;
- School Health: EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL-BASED INFLUENZA VACCINATION;
- Senior Health: MENTAL EXERCISE HELPS MAINTAIN SOME SENIORS' THINKING SKILLS; NIHSENIORHEALTH ADDS INFORMATION ON
DEPRESSION; NEW BRAIN IMAGING COMPOUND SHOWS PROMISE FOR EARLIER DETECTION OF
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE;
- Women's Health: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2006 update of the breast cancer
follow-up and management guidelines in the adjuvant setting; Cervical Cancer Detailed Guide; Thinking About Testing for HPV?
Information for Women Considering Testing for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV); Genomic Tests for Ovarian Cancer Detection and
Management; Herbal Supplement Fails to Relieve Hot Flashes in Large NIH Trial; REDUCED LEVELS OF FAT IN THE DIET MAY DECREASE
THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE ACCORDING TO NEW CLINICAL TRIAL; Endometriosis Awareness Month Tool Kit; Excessive
Menstrual Bleeding Tool Kit; Take 10 for Breast Cancer Awareness Tool Kit; Take 10 for Your Heart Tool Kit; Uterine Health
Tool Kit; Your Guide to Uterine Health;
- CT Public Health: CT hospital funds for the uninsured – 2005; Governor unveils plan to cover CT’s uninsured; Uninsured
CT hospitalizations grew by 10% from 2001 to 2005; Significant health challenges facing CT Latinos; 26,000 new uninsured CT
residents from 2004 to 2006;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Wellness Outline ;
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- News You Can Use: Welcome USA.gov; FDA - Aranesp, Heparin
products, Ketek;
- Data: Statehealthfacts.org;
- Top Killers. Cancer: Too Few Americans Being Screened, Counseled
to Prevent Colorectal Cancer, Obesity, Other Conditions;
Cardiovascular Disease February is American Heart Month;
In 2004, Americans spent $32 billion on cardiovascular drugs;
Moving into Action: Promoting Heart-Healthy and Stroke-Free
Communities; The Duke Heart Center Dosing Guide 2005: Dosing of
Selected Cardiovascular Medications for Adults; Providing free
medications after heart attacks would save $5,974 per person; Heart
failure stats; Hypertension stats; VA/DoD clinical practice guideline
for the management of dyslipidemia; Chronic Heart Failure: Stoplight
Tools for Patients; Clinical policy: critical issues in the
evaluation and management of adult patients with non-ST-segment
elevation acute coronary syndromes; Myocardial infarction; Act In
Time to Heart Attack Signs; Secondary prevention of coronary artery
disease clinical practice guidelines; Heart failure - systolic
dysfunction;
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Global strategy for the
diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease;
Diabetes: STUDY TESTS ORAL INSULIN TO PREVENT TYPE 1 DIABETES;
MORE THAN 100,000 NEW YORKERS FACE COMPLICATIONS DUE TO SERIOUSLY
OUT-OF-CONTROL DIABETES; Diabetes: Stoplight Tools For Patients;
Diabetic foot disorders: a clinical practice guideline; Iron-rich
Foods Raise Heart Risks for People with Diabetes; Depression a Strong
Risk Factor for ED Among Diabetic Men; Americans Not Getting Enough
Preventive Health Care; ED Drugs Okay For Men With Diabetes; Most
People With Type 2 Diabetes Don't Exercise; Half The Country Has
Diabetes Gene; More Fast Food Meals Mean More Excess Weight;
High Cholesterol: Updated guideline synthesis on Lipid Screening
in the Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease and
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Adults;
Stroke: MRI MORE SENSITIVE THAN CT IN DIAGNOSING MOST COMMON
FORM OF ACUTE STROKE;
Tobacco: Nicotine boost was deliberate; “No smoking in the
theater, especially onstage”; “Cutting back on smokers’ liberté”;
Tobacco money -- hard habit for states to kick”; Still Smoking?
Cigarettes are eating you alive;
- Adolescent Health: CONTRIBUTION OF ABSTINENCE AND IMPROVED
CONTRACEPTIVE USE TO RECENT DECLINES IN ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY;
- AIDS/HIV: AIDSinfo Drug Database; AIDSinfo Translation Tool;
HIV During Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, and After Birth: Health
Information Fact Sheets for HIV Positive Pregnant Women; Adherence to
antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected patients with mental health
disorders;
- Alternative Medicine: Acupuncture and electroacupuncture:
evidence-based treatment guidelines;
- Asthma: Asthma: Stoplight Tools for Patients; Global strategy
for asthma management and prevention;
- Children Health: LAVENDER AND TEA TREE OILS MAY CAUSE BREAST
GROWTH IN BOYS; The Center for Children with Special Needs Birth
Defects Toolkit; Caring for Children With ADHD: A Resource Toolkit
for Clinicians;
- Consumer Health: Increased Use of Prescription Medicines
Changing Health Care Spending Patterns;
- Drug Abuse: NIDA UNVEILS ITS FIRST CONSUMER PUBLICATION TO
EXPLAIN THE SCIENCE OF ADDICTION;New rules may aid crystal meth
makers; The practice of travel medicine: guidelines by the Infectious
Diseases Society of America;
- Environmental Health: New laws affect nail salons, customer;
- Family Health: Compliance With Well-Child Visits; General
recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Glaucoma -
guidelines of interest; Thyroid disease - guidelines of interest;
- Healthcare Economics: Fact Sheets Examine Women's Health
Insurance Coverage; "Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18 to
64, by State, 2004-2005,";
- Healthcare Quality: Two reports find “missed opportunities” in
disparities and quality of health care; KEY FACTS: RACE, ETHNICITY
AND MEDICAL CARE, 2007 UPDATE NOW; Health Information Technology
Costs and Benefits Database; The Achievable Benchmark of Care (ABC)
User Manual; Tools to Address Disparities in Health: Data as
Building Blocks for Change; Reducing Racial, Ethnic Health
Disparities Among Medicaid Managed Care Beneficiaries Toolkit;
- Health Literacy: Toolkit for Collecting Race, Ethnicity, and
Primary Language Information from Patients; A Cultural Competency
Toolkit: Ten Grant Sites Share Lessons Learned;
- Health Policy: Quarantinable Diseases Aviation Resource Manual;
- Health Services: Electronic Health Records for the Primary Care
Provider;
- Infectious Disease: Facts About Noroviruses on Cruise Ships;
Keeping Yourself Safe from Bird Flu: An Important Message for People
Going to Asia during the Lunar New Year; Tuberculosis Information for
International Travelers; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) Sexually Transmitted
Diseases (STDs); Information Network (NPIN) Tuberculosis (TB);
“Public health law and tuberculosis control in Europe ”;
- Maternal Child Health: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL EVALUATES
INTERVENTION AIMED AT PREVENTING ALCOHOL-EXPOSED PREGNANCIES;
INTERVENTION KIT DEVELOPED TO HELP HEALTH PROFESSIONALS PREVENT FETAL
ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; FOLIC ACID MAY PREVENT CLEFT LIP AND
PALATE; Screening for elevated blood lead levels in children and
pregnant women: recommendation statement; Evaluating infants and
young children with multiple fractures; Lactose intolerance in
infants, children, and adolescents; Recommended immunization
schedules for children and adolescents: United States, 2007;
- Mental Health: Evidence Lacking To Support Many Off-Label Uses
of Atypical Antipsychotics;
- Men's Health: Benign prostatic hyperplasia;
- Nutrition: Snack Smart for Healthy Teeth; “Ban gives
Philadelphia a healthy lead in trans fat fight”;
- Obesity: Obesity Surgeries Have Jumped Dramatically Since 1998;
“House votes to eliminate BMI”; “Six states get an ‘A’ for work
against kids’ obesity”; FACTORS AFFECTING LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
Public Health Practice: FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE COMMUNICATION AND
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER BETWEEN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCHERS AND STATE
POLICYMAKERS;
- School Health: “Reviewing the school cupcake ban”;
- Senior Health: OLDER AMERICANS NOT DISCUSSING COMPLEMENTARY AND
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE USE WITH DOCTORS; New Genetic Clue to Cause of
Alzheimer's Disease; January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month;
Choosing Non-Opioid Analgesics for Osteoarthritis (Clinician Guide);
- Women's Health: REPORT TRACKS STATE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS TOWARD ELIMINATING CERVICAL
CANCER; HEART DISEASE DEATHS IN AMERICAN WOMEN DECLINE; Preparing for
Surgery: Redefining Your Recovery Tool Kit; Systemic diseases in
pregnancy; Undifferentiated vaginal bleeding/abdominal pain
suggestive of ectopic pregnancy clinical pathway; Menopause and
hormone therapy (HT): collaborative decision-making and
management; Androgen therapy in women: an Endocrine Society clinical
practice guideline; Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls; Postnatal care.
Routine postnatal care of women and their babies; Management of
ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: a clinical practice
guideline; Initial management of abnormal cervical cytology (Pap
smear) and HPV testing;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Oscar Time:
Movies
Oscars Page
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- News You Can Use: FDA Update on Peanut Butter Recall; Medwatch - erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa),Epogen (epoetin alfa), and Procrit (epoetin alfa); Online Ambien, Xanax, Lexapro, and Ativan; Ergotamine Tartrate; Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Recommendations; Public Health Legal Counsel Directory;
- Data: Updated trend tables - Health, United States, 2006 website; The American Community - Hispanics: 2004; The American Community - Blacks: 2004 The American Community - Asians: 2004;
DISPARITIES IN FETAL AND PERINATAL MORTALITY; 2005 TEDS data; Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes Study (DATOS) and the Adolescent study (DATOS-A) Data; 1970-1971 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS);
Statehealthfacts.org updated data;
- Top Killers. Cancer: ASGE guideline: colorectal cancer screening and surveillance; Management of oesophageal and gastric cancer; Routine aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) prophylaxis for colorectal cancer prevention. Cardiovascular Disease: FRAMINGHAM STUDY SHOWS PARENTS WHO LIVE LONG PASS ON LOWER RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; Oregon Heart Failure GAP Toolkit; Diagnosis and treatment of chest pain and acute coronary syndrome (ACS); Diagnosis and management of peripheral arterial disease. Diabetes: Rosiglitazone and fractures; Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus; Diabetic Retinopathy Discovery; Diabetes Linked To Increase In Kidney Stones; Diabetes Eye Exam Report; Tailored Diabetes Care Gets Results; Boric Acid Works for Yeast Infections in Diabetic Women; Diabetes in Pregnancy Can Hamper Infant Memory; Protein Linked To Elevated Body Mass Index'
Low Testosterone In Men May Be Diabetes Risk Factor. Hypertension: Hypertension diagnosis and treatment. Kidney Disease: Guidance on home compared with hospital haemodialysis for patients with
end-stage renal failure. Tobacco: “Supreme Court throws out Philip Morris verdict”; “Thousands to police smoking ban”; One year on, ban fails to persuade smokers to quit”; Brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation in primary care and other settings.
- Adolescent Health: FACT SHEETS ON UNINTENTIONAL INJURY AND VIOLENCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS
AND YOUNG ADULTS;
- Alcohol Abuse: REDUCED BRAIN GROWTH IN ALCOHOLICS WITH FAMILY DRINKING HISTORY;
- AIDS/HIV: HIV Testing for Life. HIV Testing for All Tuberculosis Patients; Antiretroviral Formulations; Available Anti-HIV Medications; “Evolution of China ’s response to HIV/AIDS”;
- Alcohol Abuse: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?; “Airline liquor rules vary by state”;
- Alternative Medicine: Clinical practice guidelines for acupuncture, balance training, biofeedback, constraint-induced movement therapy, electrical stimulation, gait training, intensity and organization of rehabilitation, sensory interventions, shoulder subluxation, task-oriented training, therapeutic exercises, therapeutic ultrasound, transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulation (TENS);
- Bioethics: “Inmates could trade an organ for an early out”;
- Child Health: IMPACT OF THE SEXUALIZATION OF GIRLS; CHILD NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
PROGRAMS; HEALTH PLAN APPROACHES TO ADDRESS CHILD HEALTH DISPARITIES;
- Children Welfare: Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: Statistics and Interventions; ¿Qué es Child Welfare Information Gateway?; Adoption;
- Consumer Health: Questions Are the Answer: Get More Involved With Your Health Care;
- Drug Abuse: HOW SCIENCE HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE UNDERSTANDING OF DRUG ADDICTION;
- Environmental Health: Camphor poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for
out-of-hospital management;Long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning: an evidence-based
consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management; Salicylate poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management; Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management;
- Family Health: Preventive services for adults; Preventive services for children and adolescents;
- Fitness: Four commonly used methods to increase physical activity;
- Genomics: Pandemic Influenza;
- Healthcare Economics: US health care costs expected to reach $4.1 trillion by 2016; Navigating provider claims payment has become a $20 billion/year business; Interactive Online Medicare Health Plan Tracker; STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM TRENDS, EXPERIENCES, AND ISSUES WITHIN AND ACROSS STATES;
- Healthcare Quality: AHRQ QI VERSION 3.1 AND COMPOSITE MEASURE; Mistakes involving medicines are among the most common types of medical mistakes; 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) webpage; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Patient Safety Rounds Toolkit; Communicating Your Commitment to Patient Safety; 2005 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy in Hospitals;
Patient Safety Toolbox for States;Basic Patient Safety Program Resource Guide for "Getting Started";
Dissemination Planning Tool from Development of a Planning Tool to Guide Dissemination of Research Results;
- Health Literacy: Health Literacy: A Clinician's Guide;
- Health Policy: Do cell phone driver bans work?”;
- Infectious Disease: H5N1 Death in Laos Confirmed; Avian Influenza - Situation in Egypt; Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO;
Embargo of Birds from Specified Countries; REVIEW OF 1918 PANDEMIC FLU STUDIES OFFERS MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS Experts Say Further Study of Past Pandemics Key to Preparedness; A comprehensive immunization strategy to eliminate transmission of hepatitis B virus infection in the United States;
Preventing tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis among adults: use of tetanus toxoid, reduced
diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine;
- Influenza: Seasonal Influenza; Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Children with Asthma, U.S. 2004-2005 Influenza Season; Spanish Translation of "Key Facts about Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine";
- Maternal Child Health: RECENT CHANGES AFFECTING MATERNAL MORTALITY DATA; MATERNAL OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNED CESAREAN AND PLANNED VAGINAL BIRTHS; CONJOINED EFFECTS OF LOW BIRTHWEIGHT AND CHILDHOOD ABUSE ON ADAPTATION AND WELL-BEING LATER IN LIFE;
- Mental Health: “Bill would bar punishing students solely for attempting suicide”;
- Minority Health: Health Disparities Database;
- Obesity: Prevention and management of obesity (mature adolescents and adults); Identifying and preventing overweight in childhood;
- Public Health Continuing Education: How Medical Technology Affects Health Care Costs; Issue Module on Financing Long-Term Care; Expanded Health Policy Fellowships and Internships Directory;
Congress and Health Policy; Syllabus Library; Epilepsy Education Program for Residents, Medical Students, and Faculty; Epilepsy Facts and Figures; Adult Brain Tumors - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Treatment (Health Professional Version); Childhood Brain Tumors - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Treatment (Health Professional Version); Fight BAC! Foodborne Illnesses Patient Handout;
- Senior Health: Age-related macular degeneration; Cataract in the adult eye; Vision rehabilitation for adults; COULD BABY BOOMERS BE APPROACHING RETIREMENT IN WORSE SHAPE THAN THEIR
PREDECESSORS?;
- STDs: NYC CONDOMS. GET SOME; 2006 UK national guideline for the management of genital tract
infection with Chlamydia trachomatis;
- Women's Health: The role of calcium in peri- and postmenopausal women; Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness: Administrator's Handbook, Training and Implementation of BFWHW Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Guides; Healthy Women Build Healthy Communities Toolkit for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating; Women's Health USA 2006 Databook; Hormonal therapies for the adjuvant treatment of early oestrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer; The role of HER2/neu in systemic and radiation therapy for women with breast cancer: a clinical practice guideline;
- CT Public Health: From 1994 to 2003, CT averaged 147 cases of cervical cancer each year;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Blog Index
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- PHENOM recruitment
- News You Can Use: FDA MedWatch - KETEK;
- Data: HCUP Statistical Briefs; Injury Data; REPLACEMENT OF 1971 NHIS; Health Insurance Coverage; TB Data; Work Loss Data Institute;
- Top Killers Cancer: Don’t Forget to Follow-Up!; Guidelines - Polyps Are Found; Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer. A national clinical guideline. Cardiovascular Disease: INCREASING PROPORTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE DUE TO DIABETES OVER
THE LAST 50 YEARS; "INCREASING CARDIOVASCULAR BURDEN DUE TO DIABETES: THE FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY"; CALCIUM PLAQUE BUILD-UP IN THE ARTERIES LEADS TO CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN MULTI-ETHNIC GROUPS;
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Toolkit; Atrial fibrillation. National clinical guideline for management in primary and secondary care; Clinical policy: indications for reperfusion therapy in emergency department patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Diabetes: Dietary Patterns Linked To Type 2 Diabetes Risk; Job Strain Increases Obesity Risk; Active Self-care Improves Blood Glucose Control; Treatment Of Children With Diabetes Improving; Type 2 Diabetes May Raise Parkinson's Risk; Sedentary Behavior Linked To High Blood Glucose; Pig Cells Still Work In Diabetic Man After 10 Years; Phthalates Linked To Fat Bellies, Pre-diabetes; Inhaled Insulin Safe, Effective Over Long Term; Soft Drinks Associated With Diabetes, Report Finds; Diabetes: A Growing Problem In Newly-rich Asia; Depression, Diabetes Up Heart Death Risk; Poor Control Of Gestational Diabetes Harms Fetus; Urine Test May Predict Diabetic Kidney Disease; Animal Study Links Prediabetes And Gum Disease; Pesticides May Up Risk Of Diabetes In Pregnancy;
Immune System 'Reset' vs. Diabetes; Diabetes Complications Swelling U.S. Health Costs; Hip Fracture Risk High in Older Diabetics.
Lung Disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Tobacco: Tobacco Law Newsletter; NIDA STUDY IDENTIFIES GENES THAT MIGHT HELP SOME PEOPLE ABSTAIN FROM SMOKING; NYC HAS 123,000 FEWER FEMALE SMOKERS NOW THAN IN 2002; California Tobacco Laws Guide;
- Adolescent Health: “Young adults’ perceptions of cigarette warning labels in the United States and Canada”; The effects of graduated driver licensing on hospitalization rates and charges
Traffic Injury Prevention; ISSUES THAT CAN AFFECT ADOLESCENT WELL-BEING; TOOLS DESIGNED TO ASSIST ADOLESCENT PROGRAMS IN MEASURING PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT RISK CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH FOREGOING HEALTH CARE FOR REASONS OF CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERN;
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADOLESCENT DIETING BEHAVIORS AND WEIGHT GAIN OVER TIME;
- AIDS/HIV: HIV-Infected Noncitizens Report; “All states will track HIV cases”;
- Alcohol Abuse: Community How-To Guides On Underage Drinking Prevention; Focus on Prevention Guide;
- Alternative Medicine: TAI CHI BOOSTS IMMUNITY TO SHINGLES VIRUS IN OLDER ADULTS;
- Bioethics: States revising organ-donation law;
- Biostatistics: “Interpreting health statistics for policymaking”;
- Child Health: EARLY CHILD CARE LINKED TO INCREASES IN VOCABULARY, SOME PROBLEM BEHAVIORS IN FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES; Promoting Healthy Families in Your Community: 2007 Resource Packet; Pediatric asthma clinical practice guidelines;
- Consumer Health: Checklists Help Men and Women Know Which Medical Tests Are Needed To Stay Healthy at Any Age; Patient Understanding of FDA-Required Printed Drug Information;
- Disaster Preparedness: “Preparedness survey shows gaps in American concern”; RAPID RESPONSE WAS CRUCIAL TO CONTAINING THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC; Disaster Evacuees Attending New Schools; Medical Care of Ill Disaster Evacuees: Additional Diagnoses to Consider;
- Drug Abuse: NIDA SURVEY SHOWS LACK OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR OFFENDERS;
- Environmental Health: “‘Inherently toxic’ chemical faces its future”; Pollution decision could hit AEP hard”;
- Healthcare Economics: GUIDE FOCUSES ON DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE STRATEGIES IN STATE MEDICAID PROGRAMS;
Medicare: A Primer; Medicaid: A Primer; NPI – Will You Be Ready?;
Medicare Extends Date for Accepting Form CMS-1500 (12-90);
- Healthcare Quality: A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care: Safe Medication Practices Workbook;
- Health Policy: Turning Point Model Act Legislative Update;
- Health Services: Evidence Report on Nurse Staffing;
- HIPAA: “Patient confidentiality in the research use of clinical medical databases”;
- Infectious Disease: “The case builds for chickenpox vaccinations”; ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES RELEASES FIRST STATEMENT ON THE USE OF HPV VACCINE; Hepatitis A and B at Record Low Levels;
- Influenza: Pandemic Influenza; H5N1 Avian Influenza: Timeline of Major Events;
- Maternal Child Health: PREDICTORS OF CHANGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY; Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT);
- Men's Health: COMMON VARIATION IN A GENE SEGMENT THAT
INCREASES THE RISK FOR PROSTATE CANCER;
- Mental Health: One in Four Hospital Patients Is Admitted with a Mental Health or Substance Abuse Disorder; COMPENDIUM PROVIDES LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; "After a suicide, privacy on trial”;
- Minority Health: Diabetes, Hypertension Contribute to Blacks' Increased Risk of Heart Failure; Group Also Has Weaker Heart Functionality; Black Religious Leaders Discuss Faith-Based Efforts To Address HIV/AIDS; TRENDS IN EMERGENCY MEDICAID SPENDING FOR IMMIGRANTS;
- Nutrition: Race, Income, Gender, Other Factors Influence Food Purchase Choices; “Amish face food safety scrutiny in Ohio”;
- Occupational Health: “More lung damage found”;
- Public Health Continuing Education: Pandemic Influenza and Public Health Law DVD; AHRQ's HCUP Adds New Interactive Overview Course;
- Public Health Practice: Governors’ Guide to Homeland Security;
Revised Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) PowerPoint Presentation - Module One;
- School Health: "Removing schools’ soda is sticky point”;
School Health Index (SHI): A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide;
AAP Fears Rising Vaccine Costs Will Lead to Under-Immunization;
- Senior Health: Intimate Partner Abuse Has No Age Limit;
The Falls Management Program; Glaucoma Resource Guide; Healthy Vision Program Toolkit; National Multiple Sclerosis Society: A Guide for Caregivers;
- STDs: “City considers unusual tactic against STDs”;
- Wellness: “Wellness plans reach out to the healthy”;
- Women's Health: COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION REDUCES THE ACCURACY OF MAMMOGRAMS; MRI DETECTS CANCERS IN THE OPPOSITE BREAST OF WOMEN NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER; NIDA-SUPPORTED STUDY SHOWS SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SMOKING, MENTAL DISORDERS IN PREGNANT WOMEN;
- CT Public Health: Connecticut's Black Residents Dying Prematurely From Diabetes at a Higher Rate Than Whites, Other Minorities;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site:
Research Resources
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- PHENOM - recruiting for the 2007-2008 academic year;
- Connecticut - Free Continuing Ed Program;
- News You Can Use: New CDC.gov Web site; FDA Medwatch: Antidepressant medications, Compound
medications using glycerin, Buying prescription drugs over the internet, Vitros Immunodiagnostic
Products Troponin I;
- Data: Statistical Brief #166: Expenses for Office-Based Physician Visits by Specialty, 2004;
Tables of Health Insurance Coverage Series for all of 2005; Statistical Brief #160: A Comparison of
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Characteristics for the Private Sector for the Years 2001 and
2004, by Average Payroll; Statistical Brief #161: Attitudes toward Health Insurance and Their
Persistence over Time, Adults 2003-2004; Statistical Brief #162: Getting Health Care from Specialists
among Adults with Chronic Conditions, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004;
Statistical Brief #163:Trends in the Use and Expenditures for the Therapeutic Class Prescribed
Psychotherapeutic Agents and All Subclasses, 1997 and 2004; Statistical Brief #164: Expenses for
Hospital Inpatient Stays, 2004; Statistical Brief #165: Personal Health Behaviors for Heart Disease
Prevention among the U.S. Adult Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004; Statistical Brief
#166: Expenses for Office-Based Physician Visits by Specialty, 2004; Statistical Brief #167: The Five
Most Costly Conditions, 2000 and 2004; Statistical Brief #168: Trends in Outpatient Prescription Drug
Utilization and Expenditures: 1997 and 2004; Methodology Report #19: Overview of Methodology for
Imputing Missing Expenditure Data in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; Methodology Report #20:
Class Variables for MEPS Expenditure Imputations; Methodology Report #21: An Analysis of the Effects
of Post-stratification on Errors for Estimates Using the 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Household Component; State Variations in Key Disparities Indicators; Children's Health Insurance
Timeline; Children's Health Data and Customized Fact Sheets; Work Loss Data Institute: Hernia,
Hip & pelvis (acute & chronic), Knee & leg (acute & chronic), Low back - lumbar & thoracic (acute &
chronic), Neck and upper back (acute & chronic), Pain (chronic), Shoulder (acute & chronic),
Stress related conditions and other mental disorders;
- Top Killers. Cancer: RISK OF LYMPHOMA INCREASES WITH HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION. Cardiovascular
Disease: REDUCING SODIUM DECREASES LONG-TERM RISK FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, HAVING ELEVATED RISK
FACTORS IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD SIGNIFICANTLY RAISES RISK OF CORONARY CALCIUM LATER ON; Diagnosis and
Management of Dyslipidemia Key Points Card; Diagnosis and Management of Dyslipidemia Pocket Guide,
Assessing heart failure in long term care facilities; Detection of chronic kidney disease in patients
with or at increased risk of cardiovascular disease; Influenza vaccination as secondary prevention
for cardiovascular disease. Diabetes: SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR DIABETES PATIENTS; Three in Five
Diabetics Have Complications Related to Disease; Most Are Minorities; Inhaled insulin for the
treatment of diabetes (types 1 and 2); "Small Steps. Big Rewards." Your GAME PLAN for Preventing Type
2 Diabetes Health Care Provider Toolkit. Lung Disease: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Tobacco: Tobacco Newsletter; “Public smoking bans show signs of success in Europe ”; 500,000 NEW
YORKERS STARTED SMOKING AGAIN IN THE PAST YEAR;
- Adolescent Health: ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE PATH; CHALLENGES FACED BY PROGRAMS
AIMING TO REDUCE ADOLESCENT SEXUAL ACTIVITY. AIDS/HIV:Suicidality and violence in patients with
HIV/AIDS.
- Child Health: Child Abuse Identification Toolkit for Professionals; 2007 Childhood and
Adolescent Immunization Schedules; Common Questions Parents Ask about Infant Immunizations; Practice
parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders;
Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar
disorder; Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with
oppositional defiant disorder; Practice parameter on child and adolescent mental health care in
community systems of care; Diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illness in children and adults;
Guidelines for monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation for
diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: an update; Diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illness in
children and adults; Bronchiolitis in children. A national clinical guideline;
- Consumer Health: May is Healthy Vision Month;
- Disaster Preparedness: Canadian Emergency Preparedness Week (5/6-5/12); “The Pandemic and
All-Hazards Preparedness Act”;
- Drug Abuse: MOST PEOPLE WITH DRUG USE DISORDERS NEVER GET TREATMENT;
- Epidemiology: CHANGING PATTERNS OF INEQUALITIES IN U.S. INFANT, NEONATAL, AND POSTNEONATAL
MORTALITY RATES; TRENDS IN PRETERM-RELATED CAUSES OF INFANT DEATH;
- Genomics: HOW HEALTHY YOUNGER ADULTS MAKE USE OF GENETIC TESTS; “NY hospitals agree to informed
consent about genetic testing”; House backs bill barring genetic discrimination”
- Healthcare Economics: Health Care Coverage in America: Understanding the Issues and Proposed
Solutions; UB-04 fact sheet; Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) Contingency Plan; Providers can apply for
an NPI online;
- Healthcare Quality: Strong Teamwork but Room for Improvement with Handoffs and Transitions in
Hospitals; Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report;Technology,
Alert Systems, and High Workload Increase Dispensing of Potentially Harmful Drugs; Physician Practice
Patient Safety Assessment;
- Health Policy: Federal law banning a method of ending fetal life in the later stages of
pregnancy-often referred to as "partial birth"-is constitutional;
- Healthy People 2010: PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 MATERNAL, INFANT, AND CHILD
HEALTH OBJECTIVES;
- Hepatitis: Viral Hepatitis Brochures; Evaluation and Management of of Patients with Chronic
Hepatitis C: Pocket Card and Slide Set; Hepatitis C Education Class; If You Have Hepatitis C, Which
Vaccines Do You Need?;
- Infectious Disease; Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine: recommendations of the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP);
- Influenza: “Public health interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza
pandemic”; FluAid 2.0 : Estimating the State Level Impact of Pandemic Influenza; Avian Influenza
Vaccine; INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR THE USE OF FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS DURING AN
INFLUENZA PANDEMIC;
- Maternal Child Health: Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality and the Increase of
Staphylococcus aureus co-infection; Evidence Report on Breastfeeding; MENTAL DISORDERS AND NICOTINE
DEPENDENCE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN; WEB SITE TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF PERINATAL DEPRESSION;
- Mental Health: Turning Knowledge Into Practice: A Manual for Behavioral Health Administrators
and Practitioners About Understanding and Implementing Evidence-Based Practices; THE IMPACT OF
SUICIDALITY DATA ON PHYSICIAN PRACTICE PATTERNS;
- Men's Health: Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age: Your Checklist for Health;
- Minority Health: Hispanic Women More Likely Than Others To Be Diagnosed With More Aggressive
Breast Cancer; California Has Nation's Highest Percentage of Minorities Living Near Toxic, Hazardous
Waste Facilities; States Start Efforts To Address Drunken Driving Among Hispanics; How
Pay-For-Performance Programs Could Negatively Affect Racial Health Disparities;
- Nutrition: “KFC to tell customers of chemical in potatoes”; HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES TRANS FAT
HELP CENTER TO SUPPORT RESTAURANTS IN GOING TRANS FAT FREE;
- Oral Health: NATIONAL ESTIMATES AND TRENDS FOR ORAL HEALTH STATUS MEASURES;
- School Health: “Go to gym class; it’s the law”; Panel urges schools to replace junk foods”;
- Senior Health: KEEP VISION IN YOUR FUTURE: GET AN EYE EXAM TO GUARD AGAINST GLAUCOMA
Observe Healthy Vision Month in May;
- Urology: UROLOGIC DISEASES COST AMERICANS $11 BILLION A YEAR Medicare Pays Half;
- Women's Health: DECREASE IN BREAST CANCER RATES RELATED TO REDUCTION IN USE OF HORMONE
REPLACEMENT THERAPY; LOVE YOUR HEART: NEW NHLBI RESOURCE HELPS WOMEN REDUCE HEART DISEASE
RISK; WOMEN'S UNMET HEALTH COVERAGE NEEDS; REASONS FOR UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE; May is Osteoporosis
Month; Bisphosphonates (alendronate, etidronate, risedronate), selective
oestrogen receptor modulators (raloxifene) and parathyroid hormone (teriparatide) for the
secondary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women; Women: Stay Healthy
at Any Age: Your Checklist for Health; Breast Cancer Follow-Up Guideline Summary and Surveillance
Flow Sheet; Battered Immigrant Women Toolbox; Breast Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Prevention
(Health Professional Version); Breast Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ®): Screening (Health
Professional Version); Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer (PDQ) (Health Professional
Version);
- CT Public Health: Connecticut ranks lowest in the nation in the number of elderly residents who
have lost all their teeth (12% CT vs. 21% US ); CT’s Medicaid program ranks 19th among all states;
Medicare trustees issue first-ever “Medicare funding warning”; New resource – Community Health Data
Scan for Connecticut; Vast majority of CT residents unable to judge calorie content of fast food;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site:
Public Health Practice Competencies
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- News You Can Use: MedWatch warnings: Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose Solution; Toothpaste labeled as "Made in China"; Avandia (rosiglitazone);
- Data: 2005 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; MEPS HC-091:2005 Jobs File;
MEPS HC-090: 2005 Full Year Population Characteristics; MEPS Research Findings No. 26 Family-Level Expenditures on Health Care and Insurance Premiums among the U.S. Nonelderly Population, 2004;
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Data;
- Top Killers. Cancer: Skin Cancer Flier for Parents; Saving Our Skins Toolkit: Raising Awareness of the Risk of Skin Cancer; Melanoma Risk Assessment Tool;Skin Cancer (PDQ(r)): Treatment (Health Professional Version); Skin Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ(r)): Prevention (Health Professional Version); Skin Cancer - Physician Data Query (PDQ(r)): Screening (Health Professional Version); Colorectal cancer screening.
Cardiovascular Disease: Let's Talk About Stroke; Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Legislative Database; Transient Ischemic Attack Prevention; Cerebrovascular disease; Chronic chest pain-suspected cardiac origin; Acute coronary syndromes. A national clinical guideline; Cardiac arrhythmias in coronary heart disease. A national clinical guideline; Management of chronic heart failure. A national clinical guideline; Management of stable angina. A national clinical guideline; Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease;
Diabetes: Diabetes management in correctional institutions; Nutrition recommendations and interventions for diabetes: a position statement of the American Diabetes Association; Standards of medical care in diabetes. I. Classification and diagnosis; Standards of medical care in diabetes. II. Screening for diabetes; Standards of medical care in diabetes. III. Detection and diagnosis of
gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM); Standards of medical care in diabetes. IV. Prevention/delay of type 2 diabetes; Standards of medical care in diabetes. V. Diabetes care; Standards of medical care in diabetes. VI. Prevention and management of diabetes complications; Standards of medical care in diabetes. VII. Diabetes care in specific populations; Standards of medical care in diabetes. VIII. Diabetes care in specific settings; Clinical guideline for adults with diabetes; Clinical guideline for pharmacological management of type 2 diabetes;
High Blood Pressure: National High Blood Pressure Education Month Planning Kit;
Tobacco: Put it out, shweetheart"; How to prevent 100 million deaths from tobacco";
- Adolescent Health: THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF ALCOHOL SOURCES AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENTS; More Attention Urged to Substance Abuse by Teen Girls; BARRIERS TO ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SCREENING
IN PRIMARY CARE;
- AIDS/HIV: (1) Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected
adults and adolescents. (2) 2007 addendum;
- Alcohol Abuse: EVIDENCE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACHES TO PREVENTING UNDERAGE DRINKING THAT A COMMUNITY COULD IMPLEMENT;
- Child Health: NIH STUDY TRACKS BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN SOME 500 CHILDREN ACROSS U.S.
First Report Looks at Intelligence, Behaviors from Ages 6-18; DEATH RATES FROM INJURY FOR CHILDREN BY RACE AND ETHNICITY; Children's Exposure to Food Advertising on Television;
- Consumer Health: Be Prepared for Medical Appointments: Build Your Question List; Your Medications: A Guide to Better Understanding;
- Disaster Preparedness: "Mock disasters challenge federal, state and local responders"; Disaster preparedness: Are physicians ready?; Preparedness for Chemical, Biological Radiological, Nuclear and
Explosive (CBRNE) Events: Questionnaire for Health Care Facilities; Bioterrorism: Are You Prepared;
Cross Training Respiratory Extenders for Medical Emergencies (Project XTREME) DVD; Healthcare Pandemic Preparedness Guidance; Pandemic Influenza: Best Practices and Model Protocols;
- Healthcare Economics: Financial Measures for the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program; Hospital pricing policies fall hardest on the poor;
- Healthcare Quality: WEB TOOL DEMONSTRATES VARIETY OF APPROACHES FOR HEALTH CARE QUALITY
REPORT CARDS; U.S. Health Care Sector Moves Rapidly To Provide Consumer Information on Value; New Web Tool Provides Samples of Report Cards on Health Care Quality; Final Specifications for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative;
- Infectious Disease: "TB patient isolated after taking two flights"; Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults; "Tuberculosis 2007" (687 pages, PDF, 8.3) is now available for
download;
- Influenza: " U.S. military begins planning for avian flu pandemic"; Pandemic Influenza; Avian Influenza; Antiviral therapy and prophylaxis for influenza in children; Prevention of influenza: recommendations for influenza immunization of children, 2006-2007;
- Maternal Child Health: LEVEL AND VOLUME OF NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE AND MORTALITY IN VERY-LOW-BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS;
- Minority Health: NEW SPANISH PUBLICATION GIVES EVIDENCE-BASED PARENTING GUIDELINES; SOCIOCULTURAL ROOTS OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN A LATINO COMMUNITY; RELATIONSHIP OF STD-RELATED SHAME AND STIGMA TO CONDOM-PROTECTED INTERCOURSE;
- Nutrition: CHILD FOOD HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES REVISED AND UPDATED; Tell Starbucks to Buy Safer Milk!;"Food watchdog backs folic acid in bread";
- Public Health Research: LANDMARK FEDERAL HANDBOOK ON THE USE OF PATIENT REGISTRIES;
- Senior Health: Skin Cancer Information is Newest Offering on NIHSeniorHealth Web Site; Lower Infection Rates for Elderly Patients Found at Better Staffed Hospital ICUs;
- Women's Health: TOOLKIT OFFERS RESOURCES FOR PROVIDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
TO WOMEN AFFECTED BY CONFLICT; The role of gemcitabine in the management of metastatic breast cancer:
a clinical practice guideline; Estrogen and progestogen use in peri- and postmenopausal women:
March 2007 position statement of The North American Menopause Society;
- CT Public Health: CT Health Care Spending; CT Dept. of Insurance report on medical malpractice awards;
- What's New on Betty C. Jung's Web Site: Useful Sites for Day to Day Activities
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