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September

September 27, 2012 - speaker iconTV and teens’ weights” [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Get Active (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

September 26, 2012 - speaker iconMutated smokers” [read tip]

 

September 25, 2012 - speaker iconRotavirus around the world” [read tip]

 

September 24, 2012 - speaker icon"Leading by doing" [read tip]

 

September 21, 2012 - speaker icon"Learning about the study" [read tip]

 

September 20, 2012 - speaker icon"Mindfully less lonely" [read tip]

 

September 19, 2012 - speaker icon"No drinking while pregnant" [read tip]

 

September 18, 2012 - speaker icon"Violent TV and kids’ bad nights" [read tip]

 

September 17, 2012 - speaker icon"CPR Training" [read tip]

 

September 14, 2012 - speaker icon"OK with the kid?" [read tip]

 

September 13, 2012 - speaker icon"Checking out the caregivers" [read tip]

 

September 12, 2012 - speaker icon"Seeing the alcohol ads" [read tip]

 

September 11, 2012 - speaker icon"Trying hookah" [read tip]

 

September 10, 2012 - speaker icon"Who should be gluten-free" [read tip]

 

September 7, 2012 - speaker icon"Healthy volunteers" [read tip]

 

September 6, 2012 - speaker icon"Pay attention and graduate college" [read tip]

 

September 5, 2012 - speaker icon"Weighing down kids’ thinking" [read tip]

 

September 4, 2012 - speaker icon"A bit better walking" [read tip]

 

September 3, 2012 - speaker icon"Teens’ friends’ weight" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Get Active (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

August

August 31, 2012 - speaker icon"Women, obesity, and rheumatoid arthritis" [read tip]

 

August 30, 2012 - speaker icon"Calories on the brain" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step:Calories (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

 

August 29, 2012 - speaker icon"Lonely and living less" [read tip]

 

August 28, 2012 - speaker icon"Noticeably less sleep" [read tip]

 

August 27, 2012 - speaker icon"The signs of bullying" [read tip]

 

August 24, 2012 - speaker icon"Teens’ healthy habits" [read tip]

 

August 23, 2012 - speaker icon"Lower high blood pressure" [read tip]

 

August 22, 2012 - speaker icon"More whooping cough" [read tip]

 

August 21, 2012 - speaker icon"Actively controlling inflammation" [read tip]

 

August 20, 2012 - speaker icon"Diabetes and death" [read tip]

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

 

August 17, 2012 - speaker icon"Risky Teens" [read tip]

 

August 16, 2012 - speaker icon"Look before you lock" [read tip]

 

August 15, 2012 - speaker icon"Peer pressure and parents" [read tip]

 

August 14, 2012 - speaker icon"Mercury poisoning linked to skin products" [read tip]

 

August 13, 2012 - speaker icon"Who gets botulism" [read tip]

 

August 10, 2012 - speaker icon"Healthy moms, healthy kids" [read tip]

 

August 9, 2012 - speaker icon"Real Mexican food" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Healthy Eating (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

August 8, 2012 - speaker icon"The slimmer college grad" [read tip]

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

 

August 7, 2012 - speaker icon"Lights, camera, smoking" [read tip]

 

August 6, 2012 - speaker icon"After the cancer" [read tip]

 

August 3, 2012 - speaker icon"Omega-3’s and inflammation" [read tip]

 

August 2, 2012 - speaker icon"DASH the blood pressure" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: The DASH Diet (National Institutes of Health)

 

August 1, 2012 - speaker icon"Childhood neglect, adult skin cancer" [read tip]

 

July

July 31, 2012 - speaker icon"Space by the numbers" [read tip]

 

July 30, 2012 - speaker icon"A man’s best health" [read tip]

 

July 27, 2012 - speaker icon"Vaccination against cancer" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: HPV Fact Sheet (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

July 26, 2012 - speaker icon"Living on coffee" [read tip]

 

July 25, 2012 - speaker icon"Drinking where kids don’t fit in" [read tip]

 

July 24, 2012 - speaker icon"Mom’s smoke, baby’s asthma" [read tip]

 

July 23, 2012 - speaker icon"Peer pressure and parents" [read tip]

 

July 20, 2012 - speaker icon"Lower weight, lower estrogen" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Losing Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

July 19, 2012 - speaker icon"Weight and the prostate" [read tip]

 

July 18, 2012 - speaker icon"How big is your baby" [read tip]

 

July 17, 2012 - speaker icon"Life with asthma" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Facts on Asthma (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

July 16, 2012 - speaker icon"It's not 911 over there" [read tip]

 

July 13, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Heads in helmets" [read tip]

 

July 12, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Giving a hand to handwashing" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Wash Your Hands (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

 July 11, 2012 - speaker icon"More kidney stones" [read tip]

 

July 10, 2012 - speaker icon"Heading off diabetes’ disability" [read tip]

 

July 9, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Older eyes" [read tip]

 

July 6, 2012 - speaker icon"Breast milk and good bacteria" [read tip]

 

July 5, 2012 - speaker icon"Kids above water" [read tip]

 

July 4, 2012 - speaker icon"Smoking, pregnancy, and autism" [read tip]

 

July 3, 2012 - speaker icon"Following the fighting home" [read tip]

 

July 2, 2012 - speaker icon"Solving puzzles early on" [read tip]

 

June

June 29, 2012 - speaker icon"Binge drinking and burns" [read tip]


June 28, 2012 - speaker icon"Flexibility" [read tip]


June 27, 2012 - speaker icon"What’s in the pool" [read tip]


June 26, 2012 - speaker icon"Traveling measles" [read tip]


June 25, 2012 - speaker icon"Keeping water around" [read tip]


June 22, 2012 - speaker icon"Women’s hearts and vitamin E" [read tip]


June 21, 2012 - speaker icon"Cooking until done?" [read tip]


June 20, 2012 - speaker icon"Witnessing bullying" [read tip]


June 19, 2012 - speaker icon"Obesity and inflammation" [read tip]


June 18, 2012 - speaker icon"Keeping water clean" [read tip]


June 15, 2012 - speaker icon"Supporting Family Caregivers" [read tip]


June 14, 2012 - speaker icon"Bullying, depression, and suicide" [read tip]


June 13, 2012 - speaker icon"Being active against breast cancer" [read tip]


June 12, 2012 - speaker icon"Diabetes and stroke" [read tip]


June 11, 2012 - speaker icon"Throngs at the Games" [read tip]

 

June 8, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Mouths and knees" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step:  Oral health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

June 7, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Checking for chlamydia" [read tip]

 

June 6, 2012 ­ speaker icon"On the vaccine schedule" [read tip]

 

June 5, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Hands, feet and mouths" [read tip]

 

June 4, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Deep vein travelers" [read tip]

 

June 1, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Tans, burns and cancer" [read tip]

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

 

May

May 31, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Swallowed batteries" [read tip]

 

May 30, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Medical decision-making after a traumatic brain injury " [read tip]

 

May 29, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Maintaining a healthy heart " [read tip]

 

May 28, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Fighting fat genes" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step:  Let's Move (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

May 25, 2012 ­ speaker icon"You’re never too old to play" [read tip]

 

May 24, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Fearing death, doing good" [read tip]

 

May 23, 2012 - speaker icon"Managing your blood pressure" [read tip]

 

May 22, 2012 - speaker icon"Life after smoking" [read tip]

 

May 21, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Kids, stairs and falls" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Child Safety (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

May 18, 2012 - speaker icon"PALA+" [read tip

  • Take the Next Step: PALA+ (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

May 17, 2012 ­ speaker icon"More safe kids" [read tip

  • Take the Next Step: Child Safety (National Institutes of Health)

 

May 16, 2012 - speaker icon"Happy without a drink" [read tip

  • Take the Next Step: Alcohol Abuse (National Institutes of Health)

 

May 15, 2012 - speaker icon"Older people, new experiences" [read tip

 

May 14, 2012 ­ speaker icon"Working down the risk" [read tip

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

 

May 11, 2012 - speaker icon"Seniors vaccinations" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Vaccines.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

May 10, 2012 - speaker icon"Overeating, aging and memory loss" [read tip]

 

May 9, 2012 - speaker icon"Getting real about fitness" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Fitness.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

May 8, 2012 - speaker icon"Talking quality before the ICU" [read tip]

 

May 7, 2012 - speaker icon"You are what you eat" [read tip]

 

May 4, 2012 - speaker icon"What’s worked in weight loss" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Fitness.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

May 3, 2012 - speaker icon"The Peter Pan drinker" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Binge Drinking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

May 2, 2012 - speaker icon"Calories and memory loss" [read tip]

 

May 1, 2012 - speaker icon"A grieving heart" [read tip]

 

April

April 30, 2012 - speaker icon"Cyberbullying" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: StopBullying.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

April 27, 2012 - speaker icon"Quality care, quality schooling" [read tip]

 

April 26, 2012 - speaker icon"Toddlers, smoke and allergies" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Secondhand Smoke (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

April 25, 2012 - speaker icon"Changing over the generations" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Food Groups (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

 

April 24, 2012 - speaker icon"The light sheds on melanoma" [read tip]

 

April 23, 2012 - speaker icon"The effects of bullying" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: StopBullying.gov U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

April 20, 2012 - speaker icon"Asleep" [read tip]

 

April 19, 2012 - speaker icon"Fully vaccinated" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Vaccines.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

April 18, 2012 - speaker icon"Getting our vitamins" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Vitamins (Food and Drug Administration)

 

April 17, 2012 - speaker icon"Calling out Medicare scams" [read tip]

 

April 16, 2012 - speaker icon"Preventing bullying" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: StopBullying.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

April 13, 2012 - speaker icon"It gets ugly with ducklings" [read tip]

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

 

April 12, 2012 - speaker icon"Tiny turtles" [read tip]

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

 

April 11, 2012 - speaker icon"Being active feels good" [read tip]

 

April 10, 2012 - speaker icon"Mom’s ecstasy, Baby’s problems" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Pregnancy (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

April 9, 2012 - speaker icon"Stop bullying" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: StopBullying.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

April 6, 2012 - speaker icon"Fish oil and polyps" [read tip]

 

April 5, 2012 - speaker icon"Watching out for glaucoma" [read tip]

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

 

April 4, 2012 - speaker icon"How’s your A1C" [read tip]

 

April 3, 2012 - speaker icon"Growing away from the roots" [read tip]

 

April 2, 2012 - speaker icon"Kicking cancer to the curb" [read tip]

 

March

March 30, 2012 - speaker icon"Breathing easy" [read tip]

 

March 29, 2012 - speaker icon"Oranges and strokes" [read tip]

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

 

March 28, 2012 - speaker icon"Raw milk" [read tip]

 

March 27, 2012 - speaker icon"Active games, less-active kids" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Let’s Move! (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

March 26, 2012 - speaker icon"Exercising this week" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Fitness.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

March 23, 2012 - speaker icon"Seeing the doctor together" [read tip]

 

March 22, 2012 - speaker icon"Working toward better health" [read tip]

 

March 21, 2012 - speaker icon"Active brains" [read tip]

 

March 20, 2012 - speaker icon"Vitamin D and prediabetes" [read tip]

 

March 19, 2012 - speaker icon"Close in on smoking" [read tip]

 

March 16, 2012 - speaker icon"Caring moms" [read tip]

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

 

March 15, 2012 - speaker icon"No kidding with tobacco" [read tip]

 

March 14, 2012 - speaker icon"Nurturing the brain" [read tip]

 

March 13, 2012 - speaker icon"Cold and snowy" [read tip]

 

March 12, 2012 - speaker icon"Vitamin D and stroke" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Vitamin D (National Institutes of Health)

 

March 9, 2012 - speaker icon"Good eating" [read tip]

 

March 8, 2012 - speaker icon"Missing the screen" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Cancer Screening (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

March 7, 2012 - speaker icon"Sharp old thoughts" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Go4Life (National Institutes of Health)

 

March 6, 2012 - speaker icon"Big shots" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Vaccines.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

March 5, 2012 - speaker icon"Sugar-sweetened teens" [read tip]

 

March 2, 2012 - speaker icon"The host drinks the most" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: College Drinking (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

March 1, 2012 - speaker icon"Staying afloat" [read tip]

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

 

February

February 29, 2012 - speaker icon"On the binge" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Binge Drinking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

February 28, 2012 - speaker icon"Down and Eating" [read tip]

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

 

February 27, 2012 - speaker icon"Kids on salt" [read tip]

 

February 24, 2012 - speaker icon"Pets, people and illness" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: AIDS.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

February 23, 2012 - speaker icon"Slow carbs, fast carbs" [read tip]

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

 

February 22, 2012 - speaker icon"Screening, early and often" [read tip]

 

February 21, 2012 - speaker icon"Oversalted America" [read tip]

 

February 20, 2012 - speaker icon"Sleeping and shift work" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Sleep Apnea (National Institutes of Health)

 

February 17, 2012 - speaker icon"Working off the soda" [read tip]

 

February 16, 2012 - speaker icon"Fighting stressful eating" [read tip]

 

February 15, 2012 - speaker icon"Activity and amyloid" [read tip]

 

February 14, 2012 - speaker icon"Future mommies, cut the fat" [read tip]

 

February 13, 2012 - speaker icon"How much fun is safe" [read tip]

 

February 10, 2012 - speaker icon"The BMI app" [read tip]

 

February 9, 2012 - speaker icon"Vitamin D and older women" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Vitamin D (National Institutes of Health)

 

February 8, 2012 - speaker icon"Baked, broiled, not fried" [read tip]

 

February 7, 2012 - speaker icon"Watching weight gain" [read tip]

 

February 6, 2012 - speaker icon"Minding meals out" [read tip]

 

February 3, 2012 - speaker icon"The midlife heart crisis" [read tip]

 

February 2, 2012 - speaker icon"The little heart that could" [read tip]

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

 

February 1, 2012 - speaker icon"Learning and waiting" [read tip]

 

January

January 31, 2012 - speaker icon"Fewer years for teens?" [read tip]

 

January 30, 2012 - speaker icon"Eat what? Fruits and veggies!" [read tip]

 

January 27, 2012 - speaker icon"Fighting diabetes" [read tip]

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

 

January 26, 2012 - speaker icon"Up to scale" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Let’s Move (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

January 25, 2012 - speaker icon"Babies’ iron balance" [read tip]

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

 

January 24, 2012 - speaker icon"Text4baby" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Text4baby (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

January 23, 2012 - speaker icon"Still time left" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Flu.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

January 20, 2012 - speaker icon"Obese and HER2" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Breast Cancer (National Institutes of Health)

 

January 19, 2012 - speaker icon"Smoke-free teen texts" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Smokefree.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

January 18, 2012 - speaker icon"High numbers on high blood pressure" [read tip]

 

January 17, 2012 - speaker icon"Children attempting suicide" [read tip]

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

 

January 16, 2012 - speaker icon"No time to play" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Let’s Move (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

January 13, 2012 - speaker icon"Planning and managing diabetes" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Eat Healthy (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

January 12, 2012 - speaker icon"Fighting breast cancer risk young" [read tip]

 

January 11, 2012 - speaker icon"Even bigger" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Fitness.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

January 10, 2012 - speaker icon"Coffee up, depression down" [read tip]

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

 

January 9, 2012 - speaker icon"Commit to quit" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Smokefree.gov  (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

January 6, 2012 - speaker icon"The coffee-only break?" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Eat Healthy (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

January 5, 2012 - speaker icon"Keeping up with the medications" [read tip]

 

January 4, 2012 - speaker icon"Safe kids’ activities" [read tip]

 

January 3, 2012 - speaker icon"A sweet risk" [read tip]

 

January 2, 2012 - speaker icon"Losing and staying lost" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Healthy People (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)