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Native people telling their health stories...
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Report: Most women need Paps every 3 or 5 years cbsnews.com
Most women can wait three to five years between checks for cervical...
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Public Health Institute phi.org
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October in Video content.govdelivery.com
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Social Networking - at Work? Say what? content.govdelivery.com
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services sent this bulletin at...
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Food for thought content.govdelivery.com
After school starts, kids eat a lot of meals out – and that doesn't...
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Prevention or Treatment: Why Is Heart Disease Mortality Dropping? rwjf.org
Forty years of debate has failed to identify the most effective...
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repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and converting Medicaid to a... kff.org
This analysis of the House Budget Plan that was passed in 2012 finds...
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The Skinny on Obesity - UCTV Prime (playlist) youtube.com
(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/skinny-on-obesity/) How sweet is sweet?...
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The road to socialism?
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Understanding the patients who are the most expensive to care for kevinmd.com
Patients who were top-spenders at the end of their lives deserve...
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Insurers Are Again Selling Child-Only Health Policies After... kaiserhealthnews.org
One of the first provisions of the Affordable Care Act to take effect...
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BMI Study
Prospective cohort study of body mass index and the risk of...
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How Healthcare Is Changing—for the Better | healthcare news scoop.it
The federal government is providing more grants for nursing home...
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Pre-diabetes Prevention is more beneficial than trying to reverse... nytimes.com
Diet and weight loss did not prevent heart attacks and strokes in...
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HVA treats everything from heart attacks to hangovers at... annarbor.com
The HVA bus at Michigan Stadium on Saturday. Daniel Brenner I...
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To win, we have to lose. The four-part HBO Documentary Films series, The Weight of The Nation explores the obesity epidemic in America. For more information on The Weight of the Nation, visit http://hbo.com/theweightofthenation. Connect with The Weight of the Nation on Facebook: http://facebook.com/theweightofthenation Talking about it on ...
Webinar: Using Healthy People to Achieve Your Goals: Implementation, Action, and New Tools
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 | 12pm-1:30pm ET
Find out what Healthy People is working on and how can you use it in your own work! ...
Health Literacy Month Twitter Chat — October 25th
Thursday, October 25, 2012 | 3 PM EDT
October is Health Literacy Month! The HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion ...
Healthier School Lunches: New Nutrition Guidelines
The 2012–13 school year brought new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrition guidelines for school meals aimed at providing ...
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services | Adolescents are exposed to various forms of gang violence, and such exposure has led them to feel unsafe in their neighborhood and have differing interactions with...
While healthy sleep is essential for alertness and other key functions related to academic success, research involving the impact of the amount of sleep on a child’s day-to-day behavior in school is limited. An estimated 64...
Healthy People 2020 Public Comment Period is Now Open!
Participate in the Healthy People 2020 process! The public comment period will be open through 5:00pm ET on November 2, 2012.
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Diet and weight loss did not prevent heart attacks and strokes in overweight and obese people with Type 2 diabetes.
It's expected that practices are going to have to spend more time with patients who have put off care for years.
Group Introductions—Get To Know Fellow Members
Now that Healthy People 2020 is an open group, we want to make sure new members get a chance to introduce themselves. To jump-start the ...
Active Living and Healthy Eating on a Budget," airing in November in 4 languages, works to help Minnesotans lead healthier lives
U OF M EXTENSION AND ECHO PARTNER ON NOVEMBER MULTILINGUAL NUTRITION TV PROGRAM .
Saint Paul, Minn. October 17, 2012 - According to the ...
Active Living and Healthy Eating on a Budget echominnesota.org
Healthy living can be easy and affordable. Making choices to improve our health can have lifelong benefits. From taking the stairs more often, to eating more vegetables and fruits, we all have the ability to improve our lives....
The Perils of Texting While Parenting online.wsj.com
One sunny July afternoon in a San Francisco park, tech recruiter Phil Tirapelle was tapping away on his cellphone while walking with his 18-month-old son. As he was texting his wife, his son wandered off in front of a policeman...
Liver Injury – Free Database of Drugs Associated with Liver Injury | Military Health Matters! militaryhealthmatters.org
A free source of evidence-based information for health care professionals and for researchers studying liver injury associated with prescription and over-the-counter drugs, herbals, and dietary supplements is now available from...
Stigmatizing Anti-Obesity Ads: Causing More Harm Than Good?
When it comes to developing effective public health campaign messages, is it better to use a positive or negative tone?
Researchers at ...