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September 28, 2018 - DNA Discoveries over 5 decades
September 27, 2018 - National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day � September 27, 2018
Estimates of New HIV Infections in the United States for the Most-Affected Subpopulations, 2010 Graphic source: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/group/msm/index.html
Let us never forget all the innocent lives that were lost on that fateful day, and once again thank all the brave civil servants who died in the line duty. Many thanks to Suzanvitti.org for these wonderful graphics.
September 7, 2018 - Indicators Recommended by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Working Group on Surveillance Indicators for Substance Abuse and Mental Health
It is hard to believe that it has been 19 years since I published the first webpages that turned into this Web site. Many thanks to the thousands of visitors who contributed millions of hits during the past 19 years, and for all the nice comments along the way. I will continue to strive to make this Web site a worthwhile place to spend your time and find credible public health and health information. Thank you so much!
August 24, 2018 - Opioid Deaths
Graphic source: CDC
Graphic source: CDC
August 23, 2018 - Overdose Deaths Involving Opioids, by type of Opioid, US 2000-2015
August 21, 2018 - Remembering the August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse
Graphic source: http://eclipse2017.nasa.gov
Graphic created from: http://gatehouseprojects.com/eclipse/Solar-Eclipse/site/thetimesnews.com
Graphic source: http://earthsky.org/tonight/total-solar-eclipse-on-august-21
See the tiny black dot crossing the United States in this this animation of the August 21 solar eclipse? It�s only here that you can see a total eclipse of the sun. But everyplace within the much larger gray circle will see a partial eclipse
It is hard to believe that it has been 18 years since I published the first webpages that turned into this Web site. Many thanks to the thousands of visitors who contributed millions of hits during the past 15 years, and for all the nice comments along the way. I will continue to strive to make this Web site a worthwhile place to spend your time and find credible public health and health information. Thank you so much!
March 1, 2012 - THANK YOU!!!
February 1, 2012 - Betty C. Jung's Web site is a Healthy People Consortium Organization
I have always supported Healthy People's goals and objectives. Now, as a Healthy People Consortium Organization I will continue to do so in a more focused way.
"The Consortium is a diverse, motivated group of agencies and organizations committed to achieving Healthy People 2020 goals and objectives." http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/consortium/default.aspx
I will continue to add new links to and post pertinent updates on my Public Health Blog.
For starters, click on "Map-It" graphic for "MAP-IT: A Guide To Using Healthy People 2020 in Your Community." Also, check out: Healthy People 2020 program planning tools, a toolkit for program development!
All statistics to be updated can be found on all the Site Map Pages, the Web Site Statistics Page. This is done monthly, usually near the beginning of each month.
Academic Resources How to improve student educational outcomes: New insights from data analytics; Checking phones in lectures can cost students half a grade in exams; Forget Learning How to Multitask: Boost Productivity 10X More with Focus; How brains of doers differ from those of procrastinators; 13 Powerful Listening Skills to Improve Your Life at Work and at Home; You act most like 'you' in a time crunch, study finds
Under time pressure, selfish people act even more selfishly; Genes are key to academic success, study suggests; One in three college freshmen worldwide reports mental health disorder - Students from 19 colleges in eight countries report symptoms consistent with psychological disorder, study says;
Annotated Great Books Bibliography Celia Rivenbark's We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle; John Berendt's The City of Falling Angels;
;Geographic Variation in Pediatric Cancer Incidence � United States, 2003�2014; National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR); Changes in Cancer Staging: What You Should Know; Trends in Liver Cancer Mortality Among Adults Aged 25 and Over in the United States, 2000�2016; New setion: Multiple Organ; Malignant Mesothelioma; What Complications Can Brain Cancer Cause?; Cancer Types, A to Z; Crunching Numbers: What Cancer Screening Statistics Really Tell Us; Oncolytic Virus Therapy: Using Tumor-Targeting Viruses to Treat Cancer; NCI Map Stories; Frequent skin cancer may be a huge warning sign; WHO's Cancer Page; Immunotherapy to Treat Cancer; Family History and Cancer; Common Cancer Myths and Misconceptions;
Chronic Disease Index Chronic diseases driven by metabolic dysfunction - New model suggests natural healing cycle becomes blocked by cellular miscommunication, allowing conditions like cancer, diabetes and some neurological disorders to persist;
How Your Emotions Can Hurt Your Heart - Exercise helps ease depression and protect your heart; Effects of Repeated Binge Drinking on Blood Pressure Levels and Other Cardiovascular Health Metrics in Young Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011‐2014; New section: Metabolic Syndrome; What You Should Know About Metabolic Syndrome; Trends and Patterns of Geographic Variation in Cardiovascular Mortality Among US Counties, 1980�2014; Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes; Environmental toxic metal contaminants and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis;
National Stroke Awareness Month 2018: Stroke Can Happen to Anyone at Any Time;You Really Can Die of a Broken Heart - A Cardiologist Explains; Cardiac Arrest: What You Should Know; Cut Your Odds of a Stroke;
Consumer Health Dangerous Plants to Avoid Touching; wildfire smoke; 20 Emergency Procedures Everyone Should Know; Protect Your Lungs from Wildfire Smoke;
Diabetes and Women; Adverse effect of long work hours on incident diabetes in 7065 Ontario workers followed for 12 years; Air pollution seems to promote diabetes � even at officially �safe� pollution levels; High Blood Sugar and Diabetes; Diabetes and Inflammation; Diabetic Neuropathy Overview
What Is Diabetic Nerve Pain?; Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition; All About Your A1C; The 2016 global and national burden of diabetes mellitus attributable to PM2�5 air pollution; More Women at Risk for T2DM with New Criteria for GD
-52% of women with IADPSG-defined gestational diabetes developed type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes;
Epidemiology M - Z Evaluating Behavioral Health Surveillance Systems; Birth Defects Surveillance - A Manual for Programme Managers; Public Health Surveillance: Preparing for the Future; Public Health Surveillance: Preparing for the Future; A New Strategy for Public Health Surveillance at CDC: Improving National Surveillance Activities and Outcomes;
Public Health Surveillance and Data; The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): Overview of Design and Methodology;
Evaluation Resources & Report Cards A Framework for Program Evaluation; 2018 State Report Cards: Making Strides: State Report Cards on Support for Walking, Bicycling, and Active Kids and Communities;
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about... 15 ancient civilizations you�ve never heard of; The Timeline of Human Evolution; This Is What Lunar Eclipses Can Teach Us About The Universe; A record number of Americans watched the 2017 solar eclipse -- and sought science afterward; Automated Data Plotter;
Favorite Music Sites Training in musical improvisation may teach your brain to think differently; Music lifts well-being for people in palliative care; 55 of the most iconic music videos of all time; How Productivity Music Enhances Focus (With Music Recommendations);
Fitness Adding Physical Activity to Your Life; 10 Reasons to Get Moving Today!; Regular Exercise Seems to Boost Mental Health; Physical activity and telomere length in U.S. men and women: An NHANES investigation; Want your skin to look 20 to 30 years younger? Try this; Lack of exercise puts one in four people at risk, WHO says; Updated Physical Activity Resource Guide from California Department of Public Health; More active people for a healthier world - The global action plan on physical activity 2018 - 2030; GLOBAL ACTION PLAN ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 2018-2030; Benefits of Exercise; Sample Workouts: Getting Fit for Life;
Free Software 3 security programs that should be on every computer or laptop; 4 ways to keep your anonymity online;
Graphing Same Stats, Different Graphs: Generating Datasets with Varied Appearance and Identical Statistics through Simulated Annealing; 10 Health Literacy Tips for Reporting Data;
Health Care Information Integrative medicine: Evaluate CAM claims; Emergency 101 - At what point does a fever or stomachache become a medical emergency?; Relaxation Techniques for Health; Healthcare Bluebook search for the fair price for medical services!; Hospice Care; Are There Health Hazards in Your Medicine Cabinet?;
Health Education Resources Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC); 12 Habits of Super-Healthy People;
Development of the National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030;
Proteins found in semen increase the spread of Ebola virus infection - Penn study suggests that targeting amyloid fibrils could prevent sexual transmission; Avoid Dengue by Preventing Mosquito Bites; New section: Leptospirosis; LEPTOSPIROSIS Fact Sheet for Clinicians;
Leptospirosis; Leptospirosis in Israel;
M - Z Zika; Zika Transmission Map; Diseases Spread by Mosquitoes; Zika-Associated Birth Defects and Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities Possibly; Associated with Congenital Zika Virus Infection � U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States, 2018; US Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry; Tickborne Diseases of the US Manual; Novel Respiratory Viruses, Including MERS and Influenza A (H7N9); Zika-Associated Birth Defects and Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities Possibly Associated with Congenital Zika Virus Infection � U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States, 2018; Measles Vaccination; Measles (Rubeola)For Healthcare Professionals;
Measles Cases and Outbreaks; Sentinel Surveillance for Congenital Rubella Syndrome � India, 2016�2017; MRSA originated in humans � but it frequently jumps to other animals and bounces back to us;
Maternal Child Health ; WHO/CDC/ICBDSR. Birth defects surveillance: a manual for programme managers. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014; Study raises fears of collateral damage in gene editing; Heritable genome editing: Action needed to secure responsible way forward;
Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos; What is CRISPR and what does it mean for genetics?; Editing human embryos with CRISPR is moving ahead � now�s the time to work out the ethics; Developmental Milestones; The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood; Socioeconomic Disparities Affect Prefrontal Function in Children; You won�t believe these three unexpected discoveries � and neither did the scientists who made them;
Nutrition Resources What getting too little vitamin D does over time; Low vitamin D may raise risk of bladder cancer;Alpha-gal syndrome; What's on my food.org; As we get parched, cognition can easily sputter, dehydration study says; Nitrate-Cured Meats Linked to Manic Episodes Meat sticks, jerky showed biggest association; Sugary Drinks in America: Who's Drinking What and How Much?; Left your bottled water in a hot car? Drink it with caution, some experts say; GMO legislation; Genetically Modified Organisms; Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks � United States, 2009�2015; Food Additives and Child Health; Food Additives and Child Health; TOP 10 FOOD ADDITIVES TO AVOID;50 Things Nutritionists Never Eat�So You Shouldn�t Either; This Is the Worst Diet Advice Nutritionists Have Ever Heard; Omega-3 Content of Frequently Consumed Seafood Products; 4 Big Fat Food Lies: Why You Shouldn�t Believe Them - If you want to lose weight, don't listen to this outdated advice; Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency; Calorie Restriction and Fasting Diets: What Do We Know?;
Attempts to Lose Weight Among Adults in the United States, 2013�2016; Lack of this stuff in fat may cause obesity and diabetes; Calorie Restriction and Fasting Diets: What Do We Know?; Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps;
Public Health Data Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance � United States, 2017; Why is US life expectancy falling behind?; 2017 BRFSS Survey Data and Documentation;
Public Health Data Rising Numbers of Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs, Including Carfentanil, and Increased Usage and Mixing with Non-opioids; Notes from the Field: Overdose Deaths with Carfentanil and Other Fentanyl Analogs Detected � 10 States, July 2016�June 2017; 2017 Monitoring the Future Survey (MTF) Volume 2 - NATIONAL SURVEY RESULTS ON DRUG USE 1975-2017 Volume II College Students & Adults Ages 19�55 7/2018; Naloxone Administration Frequency During Emergency Medical Service Events � United States, 2012�2016; Identification of Substance-involved Emergency Department Visits Using Data From the National Hospital Care Survey; Co-occurrence of Physical Health Conditions and Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions Among Adult Inpatient Stays, 2010 Versus 2014; Prevalence of Five Health-Related Behaviors for Chronic Disease Prevention Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults � 25 U.S. States and Guam, 2016; 2018 Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes � United States; Premature death among people with severe mental disorders; Sexual Risk Behavior Differences Among Sexual Minority High School Students � United States, 2015 and 2017; Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States from 1979 through 2016;
Public Health Data Co-occurrence of Physical Health Conditions and Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions Among Adult Inpatient Stays, 2010 Versus 2014;NIOSH Worker Health Charts; 2018 Kids Count Data Book - State Trends in Child Well-Being; More than mass shootings:
Gun violence narratives in California news; US Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry; School Shooting Simulations: At What Point Does Preparation Become More Harmful than Helpful?; The School Shootings That Weren't; Data sources make it difficult to know how many school shootings happen each year; New section: Car-related Fatalities; Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke Fact Sheet; Heatstroke Deaths of Children in Vehicles; 2018 U.S. CHILD HOT CAR FATALITIES; Firearm deaths around the world 1990�2016; The State of Mental Health in America 2018; Ascertainment of the Estimated Excess Mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico; Infant Walker�Related Injuries in the United States; Our Kids, Our Future, Solutions to Child Poverty in the U.S.; After Sandy Hook, we said never again. And then we let 1.850 mass shootings happen;
Public Health Practice The CDC Clear Communication Index; Visual Communication Resources; Everyday Words for
Public Health Communication; Health Impact in 5 Years; Social determinants of health and well-being among young people - Key findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: international report from the 2009/2010 survey;
Public Health Sites A - C HIV Transmission; WHO Calls �Gaming Disorder� Mental Health Condition; Living With HIV/AIDS: Myths and Facts; Living With HIV/AIDS: Myths and Facts; Study examines alcohol's effects on sexual aggression; Teen Depression; Risk-taking, antisocial teens 5 times more likely to die young; Binge Drinking: Predictors, Patterns, and Consequences; Health matters: harmful drinking and alcohol dependence; Sticky Situations for Teen Girls;Crazy Stuff Teens Use to Get High;
Public Health Sites D-G New section: Assessment Tools: The Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medications, and other Substance (TAPS) Tool; Instrument: TAPS Tool; Chart of Evidence-Based Screening Tools and Assessments for Adults and Adolescents; What is kratom?; Your Healthy Home; Treating Opioid Use Disorder With Medications; Protecting Yourself from Heat Stress; Protect your workers from Heat Stress; Inhalant; Protecting Workers from Heat Illness; Adjusting to Work in the Heat: Why Acclimatization Matters; FEMA's Extreme Heat Safety Graphics; Banned from Soap, Is Triclosan in Your Toothpaste?; Cannabis makes the brain �noisy� when it�s at rest; Traveler's diarrhea; Emotionally Unskilled, Unaware, and Uninterested in Learning More: Reactions to Feedback About Deficits in Emotional Intelligence; Statement from FDA warning about significant health risks of contaminated illegal synthetic cannabinoid products that are being encountered by FDA; New section: Tianeptine; Characteristics of Tianeptine Exposures Reported to the National Poison Data System � United States, 2000�2017;Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke; Planet at risk of heading towards �Hothouse Earth� state; What is marijuana?; Our Other Prescription Drug Problem; Dangers of rising benzo prescriptions raise alarms of next drug crisis Doctors are prescribing benzodiazepines, like Xanax and Ativan, at skyrocketing rates. But most don't know about their debilitating, even deadly, effects; The Poisoned Papers; �Poison Papers� Reveal Chemical Industry Secrets; Fentanyl: China�s Deadly Export to the United States; Weed-killing chemical linked to cancer found in some children's breakfast foods; New drug:
Fubinaca; Investigation Into K2 Overdoses in New Haven Reveals Drug Contaminated With Fubinaca; New Haven K2 Contained Powerful Fubinaca Chemical: PD; The drug has been described as putting people in a "zombie-like" state; �Zombie� Outbreak Caused by the Synthetic Cannabinoid AMB-FUBINACA in New York; AMB-FUBINACA;
Testing for synthetic drugs; Acute Poisonings from Synthetic Cannabinoids � 50 U.S. Toxicology Investigators Consortium Registry Sites, 2010�2015; USGS Rolls Out Groundbreaking Earthquake Study: The HayWired Earthquake Scenario; The HayWired earthquake scenario�We can outsmart disaster Fact Sheet 2018-3016 (Abstract); The HayWired Earthquake Scenario�We Can Outsmart Disaster; The HayWired Earthquake Scenario Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5013;What You Need to Know About Marijuana Use and Driving; 11 Things to Get When You Run to the Store for Emergency Hurricane Supplies; World Weather Attribution (WWA) initiative has been conducting real-time attribution analysis of extreme weather events as they happen around the world; Nonstick Chemicals May Disrupt Metabolic Function in Women-Higher PFAS concentrations tied to weight regain, slower metabolism; PFAS Exposure Tied to Weight Gain; Kratom Tea is the Focus of a Florida Lawsuit�and FDA Scrutiny. Here's Why; Opioid Alternative Kratom Is Actually an Opioid Itself, FDA Warns; No, Kratom Isn't a Safe Natural 'Remedy' for Pain and Opioid Addiction, FDA Says; Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. on FDA advisory about deadly risks associated with kratom;Here's What'll Happen When Plate Tectonics Grinds to a Halt; Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2/Spice) Unpredictable Danger; Comorbidity: Substance Use and Other Mental Disorders; Preparedness and Safety Messaging for Hurricanes, Flooding, and Similar Disasters; PFAS Exposure Tied to Kidney Disease; Chemicals in Consumer Products May Promote Weight Gain. But There's an Easy Fix; Researchers warn environmental exposure 'threat' to kidneys;Increase in fentanyl -- responsible ; for 44 percent of New York City overdose deaths -- has led to apprehension and caution; Association of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances With Adiposity; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and the Workplace: Current Position and Need for an Occupational Health Surveillance Protocol; Facing Addiction in America - Surgeon General Spotlight on Opioids - Summary and Full Report;
Public Health Sites H-L Tinnitus: What�s That Noise?; Hearing Loss: Triaged Referral; Mortality due to cirrhosis and liver cancer in the United States, 1999-2016: observational study; Immunizing Adult Patients: Standards for Practice; Drought and Public Health in the U.S. Fact Sheet; Drought and Your Health; Managing Asthma; Is Your Immune System Unhealthy? Why Things Can Go Wrong;
Public Health Sites M - N Men and Depression; Depression: Recognizing the Physical Signs; How Sex/Gender Influence Health & Disease (A-Z); How SEX and GENDER Influence Health and Disease; Income Inequality in the U.S. Is Rising Most Rapidly Among Asians; Key findings on the rise in income inequality within America�s racial and ethnic groups; Forty percent of people have a fictional first memory; Psychotic Disorders;Depression Basics; Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review; How What You Eat Affects Your Mental Health; Not All In the Mind - When food allergy meets mental health; Anxiety: 5 Signs That It�s a Problem for You; Anxiety and Complementary Health Approaches; Trends in Human Papillomavirus�Associated Cancers � United States, 1999�2015; It�s Time to Treat Physical and
Mental Health With Equal Intent; The 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress NOVEMBER 2015;
Public Health Sites O-Z The lowdown on how to prevent sexually transmitted diseases; Corneal Infections Associated with Sleeping in Contact Lenses � Six Cases, United States, 2016�2018; What are Prions: The Charismatic Proteins; New section: Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis) ; �Flesh-eating� STD allegedly making the rounds; Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis); Suicide: Key Facts; Chronic Pain Among Suicide Decedents, 2003 to 2014: Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System; Pain, Opioids, and Suicide Mortality in the United States;
Senior Health Subjective Cognitive Decline Among Adults Aged 45 Years � United States, 2015�2016; Estimate your required minimum distributions in retirement; Calculate Your Required Minimum Distribution From IRAs; RMD Rules for Inherited IRAs; Required Minimum Distribution - Calculate your earnings and more; Required Minimum Distribution Worksheets; IRA Required Minimum Distribution Worksheet - PDF; Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs); Required Minimum Distribution - Calculate your earnings and more; Publication 590-B (2017), Distributions from Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs); RMD Comparison Chart (IRAs vs. Defined Contribution Plans); Retirement Plan and IRA Required Minimum Distributions FAQs; Required Minimum Distributions for IRA Beneficiaries; RMD Calculator;
Required Minimum Distribution Calculator; Rules For Calculating Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) During Life; 401(K) AND IRA REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION CALCULATOR; Exercise Tips for Travelers; 4 Types of Exercise; Videos of Sample Workouts: Getting Fit for Life; Stay motivated & stay moving!
Get motivated with Go4Life tracking tools and connect with us on social media;What's Normal Aging?; Racial and ethnic estimates of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the United States (2015–2060) in adults aged ≥65 years;
Circadian Rhythm Disruption & the Link to Cancer Risk; What Happens When You Sleep?; The Comprehensive Guide to Sleep Deprivation: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment; Do Your Children Get Enough Sleep?; How night shifts disrupt metabolism;Poor sleep triggers viral loneliness and social rejection; The latest on blue light and sleep; Lack of sleep generates social anxiety that infects those around us; This is the No. 1 reason Americans are losing sleep; 4 Sleep Routine Tweaks You Can Make to Transform Your Health and Mood; Circadian Rhythms, Thyroid Hormone and Vision Loss; What Happens When You Sleep?;
Social Media Homeland Security subpoenas Twitter for data breach finder's account; 2018 Stats on Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Trends; Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops?; This photo of people taking photos haunts me We�re increasingly living our lives through, not just with, our phones; Digital media use linked to behavioral problems in kids - Teens who frequently use smartphones and multimedia devices are more likely to develop ADHD symptoms; 14% of Americans have changed their mind about an issue because of something they saw on social media; How Teens and Parents Navigate Screen Time and Device Distractions;How To Check If Your Twitter Account Has Been Hacked; 7 Twitter Tricks You Should Know About;
Statistical FunctionsNew section:California Consumer Privacy Act; AB-375 Privacy: personal information: businesses.(2017-2018); California Consumer Privacy Act: What businesses need to know
California recently passed the act, which allows users to control how their data is shared with companies; Alarming Error Common in Survey Analyses; California Consumer Privacy Act: What you need to know to be compliant
California's new privacy law, AB 375, might not burden security as much as the GDPR, but details are subject to change; When writing about survey data, 51% might not mean a �majority�; New section: Odds Ratio; Odds Ratios�Current Best Practice and Use; Understanding the t-distribution and its normal approximation; My Data Request;
Temperament How Your Personality Can Affect Your Health; 10 Things You Don't Know about Yourself; How happy you are may depend on the type of personality;
Tobacco Health Systems Change - Starter Toolkit for Clinics; Kids sneak smoking substitute into school - New undetectable JUUL device is more likely to hook kids on nicotine than free adults from cigarettes; #Hookahlife: Social media posts spread misleading information on hookah use; Harms of Cigarette Smoking and Health Benefits of Quitting; Vaping May Not Help Smokers Kick the Habit, E-cigarette users no more likely to quit than non-users in study; Are electronic nicotine delivery systems helping cigarette smokers quit? Evidence from a prospective cohort study of U.S. adult smokers, 2015�2016;The more you smoke, the greater your risk of a heart rhythm disorder; E-cigarettes increase cardiovascular risk as much as cigarettes do; Use of nicotine during pregnancy may increase risk of sudden infant death syndrome; E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A�Report of the Surgeon General; Study casts doubt on effectiveness of e-cigs for smoking cessation; Are electronic nicotine delivery systems helping cigarette smokers quit? Evidence from a prospective cohort study of U.S. adult smokers, 2015�2016; American Thoracic Society Amicus brief; Cigar Makers Skirt Flavor Bans With Ambiguous Labels; Flavour chemicals in a sample of non-cigarette tobacco products without explicit flavour names sold in New York City in 2015; Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students � United States, 2011�2017; E-cigarette vapor disables key immune cells in the lung and boosts inflammation - Effects similar to those seen in regular smokers and patients with chronic lung disease; Childhood Smoke Exposure Tied to Early COPD Death - Adult exposure also linked to increased all-cause mortality in never-smokers; Tobacco Atlas; E-cigarettes Shaped Like USB Flash Drives: Information for Parents, Educators, and Health Care; SmokeFreeTeen; About Electronic Cigarettes (E-Cigarettes); Vaping Can Damage DNA, Saliva Study Suggests - E-cigarette users showed DNA change linked to acrolein exposure; E-Cig Flavorings May Damage Blood Vessel Lining; Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students � United States, 2014�2017; Where There's Smoke; Request for Investigative and Enforcement Action to Stop Deceptive Advertising Online; Global Issues: Warning Labels; Study: Cold Turkey Best for Cutting Cigarette Nicotine Content - Trial results favor immediate over gradual reduction; E-cigarettes Shaped Like USB Flash Drives: Information for Parents, Educators, and Health Care Providers; Keep Kids E-Cigarette Free; F.D.A. Cracks Down on Juul and E-Cigarette Retailers; Prevalence of Cannabis Use in Electronic Cigarettes Among US Youth;
US Government Statistics 10 Things to Know
About CBO; Oversight of the Congressional Budget Office; The 2015 National School Climate Survey - The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth in Our Nation�s Schools; Incomes of whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians in the U.S., 1970 and 2016; 2018�s States with the Best & Worst School Systems; 2015-16 Civil Rights Data Collection: School Climate & Safety, new for 2018; The American middle class is stable in size, but losing ground financially to upper-income families; Are you in the American middle class? Find out with our income calculator;
Useful Sites 100 Super-Simple Car Repairs You Don�t Need to Go to the Shop For;
Webmastering Tools 20 of the Best Free Stock Photo Sites to Use in 2018;
Web Resources Defending Against Illicit Cryptocurrency Mining Activity; What Is WPA3, and When Will I Get It On My Wi-Fi?; What is Cryptojacking, and How Can You Protect Yourself?; After 14 years, a new generation of Wi-Fi security is coming. Here�s what to know; Mini-glossary: Cryptocurrency terms you need to know; Microsoft CEO calls on Congress to regulate use of facial recognition, The executive says it�s important that lawmakers create comprehensive standards; FTC Recommends Best Practices for Companies That Use Facial Recognition Technologies; Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You�re a White Guy; The Perpetual Line-up - Unregulated Face Recognition in America; Amazon shareholders call for halt of facial recognition sales to police-The tech giant is receiving pressure from nearly 20 groups to end the practice; Are �you� just inside your skin or is your smartphone part of you? Extended Mind Thesis; ADHD may have modest link with teen tech use
More than half of teens admit they are heavy screen users; How to Search on Google: 31 Google Advanced Search Tips; Chemists discover how blue light from digital devices speeds blindness; Blue light from smartphones or laptops may be slowly making us blind; New section: Augmented and virtual reality; Augmented and virtual reality mean business: Everything you need to know An executive guide to the technology and market drivers behind the hype in AR, VR, and MR;Augmented and virtual reality; The Plain English Guide to Machine Learning vs. Deep Learning;Internet of Things (IoT): Cheat sheet; Federal Office for Radiation Protection; Is fortnite becoming a relationship wrecker?;
Best meditation apps for iOS and Android to relieve stress;The best job search apps for iOS and Android to help you get hired; Apps to Stop Panic and Anxiety; Discover Herbal Products App;StepUp - The Social Pedometer App; Foodswitch App; 10 Anxiety Relief Apps to Take the Edge Off When Stress Hits Hard; 12 mobile apps to organize and simplify your life;
Wellness Resources Part I (1 - 5) The best job search apps for iOS and Android to help you get hired; 30 Things People Will Say If They Want to Cheat; If you�re wondering why you�ve lost friends in adulthood, this is probably why - We all do it, and it�s probably doing damage to our friendships; Early family experience affects later romantic relationships;
Wellness Resources Part II (6 - 11) This Is the Worst Diet Advice Nutritionists Have Ever Heard; 50 Things Nutritionists Never Eat�So You Shouldn�t Either;
Women's Health How SEX and GENDER Influence Health and Disease; How Sex/Gender Influence Health & Disease (A-Z);The waves of feminism, and why people keep fighting over them, explained;
Women's Health - Life Cycle Preparing for Menopause - A Woman�s Midlife Change; New section: Stillbirth; Facts about Stillbirth; Stillbirth: A Healthcare Professional�s Role;
Women's Health Issues US Opioid Crisis:
Addressing Maternal and Infant Health; Primary Prevention and Public Health Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome; Opioid Use Disorder Documented at Delivery Hospitalization � United States, 1999�2014; Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women With Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants;
Women's Health - Breast and Other Female Cancers Triple-Negative Breast Cancer; What is a BRCA test?; Long-Term Heart Risks After Breast Cancer Tx - Risk impact of modern radiotherapy techniques unclear;
Writing Junk Food and Junk News: The Case for �Information Fitness�; Everyday Words for Public Health Communication; Checking the source: how to read a scientific paper; By the Book, Which English Is Better?; Why you shouldn�t say �girls are as good as boys at math�; 12 Grammatical Errors Even Smart People Make; Why we're susceptible to fake news, how to defend against it;Tips on writing for email vs. writing for social media;40 Everyday Slang Words That Were Invented Online; See the Top Slang Term from Every U.S. State; 20 Slang Terms From the 1950s No One Uses Anymore; 20 Slang Terms From the 1960s No One Uses Anymore; 20 Slang Terms From the 1970s No One Uses Anymore; 20 Slang Terms From the 1980s No One Uses Anymore; 20 Slang Terms From the 1990s No One Uses Anymore; 40 Slang Terms No One Over 40 Should Ever Use; Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate; How Ad Fontes Ranks News Sources - ad fontes media;
Career Resources The Dunning Kruger Effect: Why Your Coworkers Believe They're Way Smarter Than They Actually Are;Unskilled and unaware of it: how difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments;
Links to public health pages, SCSU Thesis/Special Project documents and forms, SCSU Public Health Alumni Pages - MPH Accreditation Committee, Scholarship Committee, Service Committee (Mentor, Speaker Programs) pages; MPH Alumni Record - Main, Accomplishments, Presentations, Professional organizations, Programs & Projects, Teaching, Written Works pages
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