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Welcome to HHS HealthBeat. Launched on July 11, 2005, this service provides health promotion and disease prevention tips 5 days a week in audio and text formats.

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December

December 30, 2005 - "Try to remember" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Diet, Exercise, Stimulating Environment Helps Old Dogs Learn
  (National Institute on Aging)

December 29, 2005 - "What doesn't kill you..." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preventing Obesity and Chronic Diseases Through Good Nutrition and Physical Activity
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 28, 2005 - "Another cup of coffee?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Habitual Caffeine Intake and the Risk of Hypertension in Women
  (National Library of Medicine)

December 27, 2005 - "The shot that helps kids, helps Gramps" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: PPV23 Vaccine (Pneumococcal Polysaccharide)
  (National Immunization Program)

December 26, 2005 - "Giving the kid a drinking problem." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Too Smart To Start Youth
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

December 23, 2005 - "Weight, Genes and Breast Cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Gene Mutations Boost Cancer Risk in Women
  (National Cancer Institute)

December 22, 2005 - "Just in Case" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preparing For Pandemic Influenza - What You Can Do
  (PandemicFlu.gov)

December 21, 2005 - "Reading the Ads" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Addicted to Nicotine – A National Research Forum
  (4Parents.gov)

December 20, 2005 - "Baby's Best" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Breastfeeding - Best for Baby. Best for Mom.
  (womenshealth.gov)

December 19, 2005 - "Dinner Time" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Talk Tips
  (4Parents.gov)

December 16, 2005 - "Dancing to the good sounds" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Getting In Shape
  (The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)

December 15, 2005 - "Smoking versus thinking" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Surgeon General’s 2004 Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking on The Human Body
  (National Center For Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

December 14, 2005 - "Programmed for fat" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise and Weight Control
  (The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)

December 13, 2005 - "What happens when teens drink?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Underage Drinking: A Major Public Health Challenge
  (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

December 12, 2005 - "The spread of middle age spread" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for Everyone
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 9, 2005 - "On vacation" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preventing Stress Through a Healthy Lifestyle
  (National Ag Safety Database – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 8, 2005 - "Why expect to slow down?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise for Older Adults
  (National Institute on Aging)

December 7, 2005 - "Good for something" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Clinical Trials Results – Low-Dose Aspirin
  
• Take the Next Step: Clinical Trials Results – Vitamin E
  (National Cancer Institute)

December 6, 2005 - "Tweaking your diet, helping your heart" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Healthy Eating
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

December 5, 2005 - "Is that supposed to be funny?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: For Women, Laughter Is a Just Reward
  (The National Women’s Health Information Center)

December 2, 2005 - "A Bit More Active" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity Web Site
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 1, 2005 - "What a Little Drink Can Do" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: How to Keep Your Heart Healthy
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

November

November 30, 2005 - "Violence and Family Tradition" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Tips for Being a Nurturing Parent
  (Administration for Children & Families)

November 29, 2005 - "A Safe Shot" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preventing the Flu
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 28, 2005 - "Be Active, Live Longer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise: Getting Fit For Life
  (National Institute on Aging)

November 25, 2005 - "Boomers Like Alternatives" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States
  (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

November 24, 2005 - "Something to Talk about at Thanksgiving" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative
  (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

November 23, 2005 - "Navajo Games" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Eat and Play the Native Way
  (Coconino County, Arizona, Health Department)

November 22, 2005 - "Good Thoughts" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Stress Management
  (National Library of Medicine)

November 21, 2005 - "Heading Toward Diabetes" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Prevent and Control Diabetes
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 18, 2005 - "Who Wants Jet Lag?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Jet Lag Prevention
  (MEDLINEplus)

November 17, 2005 - "Smoking and Breast Cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Quit to Live--How and Why to Quit Smoking Today
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 16, 2005 - "Cut the Smoke" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Tobacco Use and the Health of Young People
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 15, 2005 - "Gains We Don't Want" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Reaching and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 14, 2005 - "POZ Parties" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: HIV/AIDS--Making the Connection
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 11, 2005 - "Heavier yet" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight?
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

November 10, 2005 - "Modern-day slavery" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking
  (Administration for Children & Families)

November 9, 2005 - "Get vaccinated" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Key Facts About Influenza (Flu) Vaccine
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 8, 2005 - "Learning cholesterol control" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Cholesterol Counts For Everyone
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

November 7, 2005 - "Smoking like the stars" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: You(th) & Tobacco
  (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

November 4, 2005 - "Stop and go and wheeze" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Environmental Triggers of Asthma
  (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

November 3, 2005 - "Safer homes, safer kids" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Raising Safe and Healthy Kids
  (Office of Women’s Health – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 2, 2005 - "Girls’ fun and games" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Fitness – Steps to a Healthy Life
  (GirlsHealth.gov)

November 1, 2005 - "Nurturing Better Health" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Problem of Overweight in Children and Adolescents
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

October

October 31, 2005 - "Safe as mother’s milk" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Breastfeeding
  (The National Women’s Health Information Center)

October 28, 2005 - "Creaky old boomers" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: How to Lose and Manage Weight
  (Food and Drug Administration)

October 27, 2005 - "Take charge of disease" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Next Steps After Your Diagnosis--Finding Information and Support
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

October 26, 2005 - "Can you repeat that?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Hearing Loss and Older Adults
  (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

October 25, 2005 - "Smokers and diabetes" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: You Can Quit Smoking Now!
  (National Cancer Institute)

October 24, 2005 - "A date with danger" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Sexual Violence: Prevention Strategies
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 21, 2005 - "Violence follows violence" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: What You Need to Know About Youth Violence Prevention
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

October 20, 2005 - "Less pain" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Chronic Pain Information Page
  (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

October 19, 2005 - "Women make the gains" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Steps to Healthier Women - Physical Activity
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

October 18, 2005 - "Cancer and a better life" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Riding the Crest of the Teachable Moment: Promoting Long-term Health After the Diagnosis of Cancer
  (National Library of Medicine)

October 17, 2005 - "What parents do right" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Adventures in Parenting
  (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

October 14, 2005 - "The good stuff" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Guide to Health Care Quality: How to Know It When You See It
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

October 13, 2005 - "Second-hand smoke, first-hand danger" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: CERHR: Smoking (8/18/03)
  (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction)

October 12, 2005 - "Looks like a runner" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Guide to Physical Activity
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

October 11, 2005 - "Your genes and your fitness" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Fitness and Nutrition: The Prescription for Healthy Aging
  (National Institute on Aging)

October 10, 2005 - "Dangerous light" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Low-Tar Cigarettes: Evidence Doesn't Indicate Benefit to Public Health
  (National Cancer Institute)

October 7, 2005 - "Getting your bell rung" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Brain Injury in Your Practice Tool Kit
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 6, 2005 - "That weight" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: A Step in the Right Direction
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

October 5, 2005 - "A pox" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Understanding Vaccine Safety: Immunization Remains Our Best Defense Against Deadly Disease
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

October 4, 2005 - "Aspirin and colon cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 3, 2005 - "The bigger they are..." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Steps to a Healthier You
  (United States Department of Agriculture)

October

September 30, 2005 - "Sex, gore, and paying attention" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Smart Drivers Just Drive
  (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

September 29, 2005 - "What doesn't kill you might not make you stronger, either" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Impact of Obesity on Active Life Expectancy in Older American Men and Women
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 28, 2005 - "Teens listen" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Survey Found Teens Hear Prevention Messages
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

September 27, 2005 - "Slower is better" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Controlling Your Weight
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

September 26, 2005 - "For better or for worse" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: NIDA Infofacts: Marijuana
  (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

September 23, 2005 - "Riding in cars with boys" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Teens' Driving Riskier with Male Teen Passenger
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 22, 2005 - "More pounds, more weariness" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Association Between Obesity and the Frailty Syndrome in Older Women
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 21, 2005 - "Grandma’s blood pressure" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: High Blood Pressure
  (National Institute on Aging)

September 20, 2005 - "Eating for two" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Pregnancy and a Healthy Diet
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

September 19, 2005 - "Ease off the weight, ease off the pressure" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

September 16, 2005 - "Older adoptee, new happiness" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
  (Administration on Children and Families)

September 15, 2005 - "Young and DUI" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Among Young Persons
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

September 14, 2005 - "The wide screen" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Experts: Test All Pregnant Women for HIV
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

September 13, 2005 - "Disability, not inability" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

September 12, 2005 - "Pulling all nighters" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Sleep Reorganizes Brain Connections to Improve Performance
  (National Institute of Mental Health)

September 9, 2005 - "Fitness and fatness" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for Everyone; Recommendations: Young People
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

September 8, 2005 - "Trouble coming" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Four Steps to Control Your Diabetes for Life
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 7, 2005 - "Trying to sleep" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Insomnia
  (women'shealth.gov)

September 6, 2005 - "Healthier cells" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Dietary Measures and Exercise: New Twists on the Link to Prevention and Metastasis of Breast Cancer
  (US Department of Defense)

September 5, 2005 - "Had breakfast?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Why Milk Matters Now for Children and Teens
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 2, 2005 - "Working off the weight" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Helping Your Overweight Child
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

September 1, 2005 - "Safe shots" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August

August 31, 2005 - "Where's the care?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The 7 Principles for Controlling Your Diabetes for Life
  (National Diabetes Education Program)

August 30, 2005 - "Getting the kids to go" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: BAM! Body and Mind Physical Activity
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 29, 2005 - "Betting against the house" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Recognizing Compulsive Gambling
  (healthfinder® - Department of Health & Human Services)

August 26, 2005 - "Won't slow down" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

August 25, 2005 - "The hot flashes are back" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Menopause and Menopause Treatments
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

August 24, 2005 - "Gaining on the poor" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Understanding Adult Obesity
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

August 23, 2005 - "Drug abusers and their other troubles" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Drug Abuse and Mental Illness Fast Facts
  (National Drug Intelligence Center)

August 22, 2005 - "All together, give it up?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: You Can Quit Smoking Now!
  (NCI, CDC, NIH, HHS, FIRSTGOV)

August 19, 2005 - "A lighter position" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Yoga Yields Weight Loss in Middle Age
  (healthfinder® - Department of Health & Human Services)

August 18, 2005 - "Had it with diets" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: HealthierUS.gov
  (Executive Office of the President and the Department of Health & Human Services)
• MyPyramid.gov
  (United States Department of Agriculture)

August 17, 2005 - "Moms in the middle" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Help! Where to Find It
  (Administration on Aging)

August 16, 2005 - "Better after breast cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Chemotherapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment
  (National Cancer Institute)

August 15, 2005 - "Behind the wheel and on the phone" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Tips for Safe Driving
  (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

August 12, 2005 - "Heavy thinking" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: What are the Risk Factors for Dementia?
  (National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

August 11, 2005 - "Young and sober" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child about Alcohol
  (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

August 10, 2005 - "Sad news" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: How to Deal with Grief
  (Center for Mental Health Services)

August 9, 2005 - "PMS?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Premenstrual Syndrome
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

August 8, 2005 - "Save your skin" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Play it Safe in the Sun: A Guide for Parents
  (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

August 5, 2005 - "Junk forever?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: We Can! Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition
  (National Institutes of Health)

August 4, 2005 - "Live, babe" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Health Problems in African-American Women: Infant Deaths
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

August 3, 2005 - "Healthy babies start young" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Frequently Asked Questions on Folic Acid
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

August 2, 2005 - "Seeing your way clear" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Low Vision
  (National Institutes of Health)

August 1, 2005 - "Living on" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
  (SAMHSA, CDC, NIH, HRSA, IHS)

July

July 29, 2005 - "The pathway to friendship." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles; Physical Activity and Nutrition
  (Administration on Aging)

July 28, 2005 - "Going with the group." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Mental Health Services Locator
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

July 27, 2005 - "Don’t stop." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for Everyone: Energize Your Life!
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 26, 2005 - "Beating the games." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercised Lately?
  (President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)

July 25, 2005 - "What’s that?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Outdoor Eating Food Safety Tips
  (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)

July 22, 2005 - "Happy birthday." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise: Getting Fit For Life
  (National Institute on Aging)

July 21, 2005 - "Not too old." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise for Older Adults
  (National Institutes of Health)

July 20, 2005 - "Keeping an eye on diabetes." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Diabetic Retinopathy: What you should know
  (National Eye Institute)

July 19, 2005 - "A brisk walk from depression." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Depression
  (National Institute of Mental Health)

July 18, 2005 - "Bigger than your stomach." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Keep an Eye on Portion Size
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

July 15, 2005 - "A step back from colon cancer." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Colon and Rectal Cancer
  (National Cancer Institute)

July 14, 2005 - "Thinking young." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Young at Heart: Tips for Older Adults
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

July 13, 2005 - "Walking away from breast cancer." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Questions and Answers: Physical Activity and Cancer
  (National Cancer Institute)

July 12, 2005 - "Too hot!" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Extreme Heat
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 11, 2005 - "Where do you want that six-pack?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Alcoholic Beverages
  (Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture)