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October
October 5, 2012 - “Breast cancer and family history” [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Know Your Family History (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
October 4, 2012 - “Kids, sports, and weight” [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Ways to Get Active (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
October 3, 2012 - “Young cholesterol” [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy cholesterol (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 2, 2012 - “Obese youths’ gallstones” [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Eating Tips (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
October 1, 2012 - “Changing dangers” [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Quit Smoking Today (National Institutes of Health)
September
September 28, 2012 - “More shots, less chicken pox” [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Chickenpox (Varicella) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
September 27, 2012 - “TV and teens’ weights” [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Get Active (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
September 26, 2012 - “Mutated smokers” [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What is lung cancer? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 25, 2012 - “Rotavirus around the world” [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Symptoms of Rotavirus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 24, 2012 - "Leading by doing" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: The benefits of walking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 21, 2012 - "Learning about the study" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Understand Clinical Trials (National Institutes of Health)
September 20, 2012 - "Mindfully less lonely" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: An Introduction to Meditation (National Institutes of Health)
September 19, 2012 - "No drinking while pregnant" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alcohol and Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 18, 2012 - "Violent TV and kids’ bad nights" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Keeping Kids Awake (National Institutes of Health)
September 17, 2012 - "CPR Training" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: CPR Training Opportunities (National Institutes of Health)
September 14, 2012 - "OK with the kid?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Children’s Assent (National Institutes of Health)
September 13, 2012 - "Checking out the caregivers" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Who are Caregivers? (MedlinePlus)
September 12, 2012 - "Seeing the alcohol ads" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Underage Drinking (National Institutes of Health)
September 11, 2012 - "Trying hookah" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: More Women Smoking Hookahs (National Institutes of Health)
September 10, 2012 - "Who should be gluten-free" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: A Glimpse at ‘Gluten-Free’ (Food and Drug Administration)
September 7, 2012 - "Healthy volunteers" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Search for Clinical Trials (National Institutes of Health)
September 6, 2012 - "Pay attention and graduate college" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Paying Attention Early On (National Institutes of Health)
September 5, 2012 - "Weighing down kids’ thinking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Planning for Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 4, 2012 - "A bit better walking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Walking to Better Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 3, 2012 - "Teens’ friends’ weight" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Get Active (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
August
August 31, 2012 - "Women, obesity, and rheumatoid arthritis" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Rheumatoid Arthritis (National Institutes of Health)
August 30, 2012 - "Calories on the brain" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Calories (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
August 29, 2012 - "Lonely and living less" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Depression and Stress (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
August 28, 2012 - "Noticeably less sleep" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:How Much Sleep Do I Need? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 27, 2012 - "The signs of bullying" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Warning Signs of Bullying (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
August 24, 2012 - "Teens’ healthy habits" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Adolescent Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 23, 2012 - "Lower high blood pressure" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Risk Factors for High Blood Pressure (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 22, 2012 - "More whooping cough" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Whooping Cough (National Institutes of Health)
August 21, 2012 - "Actively controlling inflammation" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Heart Disease Risk Factors (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 20, 2012 - "Diabetes and death" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Diabetes and Me (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 17, 2012 - "Risky Teens" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:Adolescent Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 16, 2012 - "Look before you lock" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Look before you lock (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
August 15, 2012 - "Peer pressure and parents" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Parents and Teachers (National Institutes of Health)
August 14, 2012 - "Mercury poisoning linked to skin products" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Mercury Poisoning Linked to Skin Products (Food and Drug Administration)
August 13, 2012 - "Who gets botulism" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:The Facts about Botulism (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 10, 2012 - "Healthy moms, healthy kids" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Planning for Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 9, 2012 - "Real Mexican food" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Eating (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 8, 2012 - "The slimmer college grad" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 7, 2012 - "Lights, camera, smoking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Talking with Teens about Tobacco (Department of Health and Human Services)
August 6, 2012 - "After the cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: The National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 3, 2012 - "Omega-3’s and inflammation" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Omega-3 Supplements (National Institutes of Health)
August 2, 2012 - "DASH the blood pressure" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: The DASH Diet (National Institutes of Health)
August 1, 2012 - "Childhood neglect, adult skin cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Child Maltreatment Prevention Strategies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July
July 31, 2012 - "Space by the numbers" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Children’s Development (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 30, 2012 - "A man’s best health" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for Adults (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 27, 2012 - "Vaccination against cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: HPV Fact Sheet (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 26, 2012 - "Living on coffee" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Coffee Drinkers (National Institutes of Health)
July 25, 2012 - "Drinking where kids don’t fit in" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Adolescents and Alcohol (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 24, 2012 - "Mom’s smoke, baby’s asthma" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Smoking and pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 23, 2012 - "Peer pressure and parents" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Talking with teens (Department of Health and Human Services)
July 20, 2012 - "Lower weight, lower estrogen" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Losing Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 19, 2012 - "Weight and the prostate" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Prostate Cancer Prevention (National Institutes of Health)
July 18, 2012 - "How big is your baby" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Childhood Obesity Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 17, 2012 - "Life with asthma" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Facts on Asthma (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 16, 2012 - "It's not 911 over there" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy travel during the Olympics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 13, 2012 "Heads in helmets" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Motorcycle Safety (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
July 12, 2012 "Giving a hand to handwashing" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Wash Your Hands (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 11, 2012 - "More kidney stones" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Diet for Kidney Stone Prevention (National Institutes of Health)
July 10, 2012 - "Heading off diabetes’ disability" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Staying Active with Diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 9, 2012 "Older eyes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Age-Related Eye Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
July 6, 2012 - "Breast milk and good bacteria" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Why breastfeeding is important (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
July 5, 2012 - "Kids above water" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Drowning: Get the Facts (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 4, 2012 - "Smoking, pregnancy, and autism" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tobacco Use and Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 3, 2012 - "Following the fighting home" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Solving Family Issues (National Institutes of Health)
July 2, 2012 - "Solving puzzles early on" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Milestones for Toddlers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June
June 29, 2012 - "Binge drinking and burns" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: How to prevent binge drinking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 28, 2012 - "Flexibility" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Improve your flexibility (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 27, 2012 - "What’s in the pool" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Avoid water recreational illnesses (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 26, 2012 - "Traveling measles" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: International travel and vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 25, 2012 - "Keeping water around" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Create a disaster supply kit (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 22, 2012 - "Women’s hearts and vitamin E" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tips to prevent heart failure (National Institutes of Health)
June 21, 2012 - "Cooking until done?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tips to protect your skin from the sun (Environmental Protection Agency)
June 20, 2012 - "Witnessing bullying" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: How to talk about bullying with children (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
June 19, 2012 - "Obesity and inflammation" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Losing weight the healthy way (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 18, 2012 -

- Take the Next Step: How to protect your drinking water (Environmental Protection Agency)
June 15, 2012 - "Supporting Family Caregivers" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Help for caregivers (National Institutes of Health)
June 14, 2012 - "Bullying, depression, and suicide" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: How to prevent bullying (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
June 13, 2012 - "Being active against breast cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical activity with cancer (National Institutes of Health)
June 12, 2012 - "Diabetes and stroke" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Heart problems associated with diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 11, 2012 -

- Take the Next Step: Health tips for those traveling to London (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 8, 2012 "Mouths and knees" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Oral health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 7, 2012 "Checking for chlamydia" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Chlamydia Diagnosis (National Institutes of Health)
June 6, 2012 "On the vaccine schedule" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vaccine schedule for kids (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
June 5, 2012 "Hands, feet and mouths" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Prevention and treatment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 4, 2012 "Deep vein travelers" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: DVT facts, symptoms and treatment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 1, 2012 "Tans, burns and cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Sunburn (National Institutes of Health)
May
May 31, 2012 "Swallowed batteries" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Button batteries (National Institutes of Health)
May 30, 2012 "Medical decision-making after a traumatic brain injury " [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Traumatic Brain Injury (National Institutes of Health)
May 29, 2012 "Maintaining a healthy heart " [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: High Blood Pressure (National Institutes of Health)
May 28, 2012 "Fighting fat genes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Let's Move (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
May 25, 2012 "You’re never too old to play" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: You’re Never Too Old To Play (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
May 24, 2012 "Fearing death, doing good" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Providing Comfort at the End of Life (National Institutes of Health)
May 23, 2012 - "Managing your blood pressure" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: High Blood Pressure (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 22, 2012 - "Life after smoking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tips from Former Smokers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 21, 2012 "Kids, stairs and falls" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Child Safety (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 18, 2012 - "PALA+" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: PALA+ (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
May 17, 2012 "More safe kids" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Child Safety (National Institutes of Health)
May 16, 2012 - "Happy without a drink" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alcohol Abuse (National Institutes of Health)
May 15, 2012 - "Older people, new experiences" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: You’re Never Too Old To Play (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
May 14, 2012 "Working down the risk" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 11, 2012 - "Seniors vaccinations" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vaccines.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
May 10, 2012 - "Overeating, aging and memory loss" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Understanding Memory Loss (National Institutes of Health)
May 9, 2012 - "Getting real about fitness" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fitness.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
May 8, 2012 - "Talking quality before the ICU" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Patients in the ICU (National Institutes of Health)
May 7, 2012 - "You are what you eat" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Choose My Plate (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
May 4, 2012 - "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 - "The Peter Pan drinker" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Binge Drinking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 2, 2012 - "Calories and memory loss" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease (National Institutes of Health)
May 1, 2012 - "A grieving heart" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Symptoms of a Heart Attack (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April
April 30, 2012 - "Cyberbullying" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: StopBullying.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
April 27, 2012 - "Quality care, quality schooling" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Helping Your Preschool Child (U.S. Department of Education)
April 26, 2012 - "Toddlers, smoke and allergies" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Secondhand Smoke (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
April 25, 2012 - "Changing over the generations" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Food Groups (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
April 24, 2012 - "The light sheds on melanoma" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Your Melanoma Risk (National Cancer Institute)
April 23, 2012 - "The effects of bullying" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: StopBullying.gov U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
April 20, 2012 - "Asleep" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Your Guide to Healthy Sleep (National Institutes of Health)
April 19, 2012 - "Fully vaccinated" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vaccines.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
April 18, 2012 - "Getting our vitamins" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vitamins (Food and Drug Administration)
April 17, 2012 - "Calling out Medicare scams" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fraud Alert for People with Diabetes (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
April 16, 2012 - "Preventing bullying" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: StopBullying.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
April 13, 2012 - "It gets ugly with ducklings" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Salmonellosis (National Institutes of Health)
April 12, 2012 - "Tiny turtles" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Salmonellosis (National Institutes of Health)
April 11, 2012 - "Being active feels good" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
April 10, 2012 - "Mom’s ecstasy, Baby’s problems" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Pregnancy (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
April 9, 2012 - "Stop bullying" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: StopBullying.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
April 6, 2012 - "Fish oil and polyps" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Colonic Polyps (National Institutes of Health)
April 5, 2012 - "Watching out for glaucoma" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Glaucoma (National Institutes of Health)
April 4, 2012 - "How’s your A1C" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: The A1C Test and Diabetes (National Institutes of Health)
April 3, 2012 - "Growing away from the roots" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Choose My Plate (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
April 2, 2012 - "Kicking cancer to the curb" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Cancer Rates Decline (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March
March 30, 2012 - "Breathing easy" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Breathing Better. Learn more about COPD (National Institutes of Health)
March 29, 2012 - "Oranges and strokes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Stroke (National Institutes of Health)
March 28, 2012 - "Raw milk" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Got Raw Milk? Don’t Drink It (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
March 27, 2012 - "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 - "Exercising this week" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fitness.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
March 23, 2012 - "Seeing the doctor together" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Talking With Your Doctor (National Institutes of Health)
March 22, 2012 - "Working toward better health" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: My Family Health Portrait (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
March 21, 2012 - "Active brains" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: About Alzheimer’s Disease (National Institutes of Health)
March 20, 2012 - "Vitamin D and prediabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Diabetes and Prediabetes (National Institutes of Health)
March 19, 2012 - "Close in on smoking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tips from Former Smokers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 16, 2012 - "Caring moms" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Parenting (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 15, 2012 - "No kidding with tobacco" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
March 14, 2012 - "Nurturing the brain" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Nurturing Moms (National Institutes of Health)
March 13, 2012 - "Cold and snowy" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Heart Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
March 12, 2012 - "Vitamin D and stroke" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vitamin D (National Institutes of Health)
March 9, 2012 - "Good eating" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: The DASH Eating Plan (National Institutes of Health)
March 8, 2012 - "Missing the screen" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Cancer Screening (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
March 7, 2012 - "Sharp old thoughts" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Go4Life (National Institutes of Health)
March 6, 2012 - "Big shots" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vaccines.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
March 5, 2012 - "Sugar-sweetened teens" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What Is High Blood Pressure? (National Institutes of Health)
March 2, 2012 - "The host drinks the most" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: College Drinking (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
March 1, 2012 - "Staying afloat" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Drowning (National Institutes of Health)
February
February 29, 2012 - "On the binge" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Binge Drinking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 28, 2012 - "Down and Eating" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Depression (National Institutes of Health)
February 27, 2012 - "Kids on salt" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Where’s the sodium? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 24, 2012 - "Pets, people and illness" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: AIDS.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
February 23, 2012 - "Slow carbs, fast carbs" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Carbohydrates (National Institutes of Health)
February 22, 2012 - "Screening, early and often" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Screening and Testing to Detect Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
February 21, 2012 - "Oversalted America" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Where’s the sodium? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 20, 2012 - "Sleeping and shift work" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Sleep Apnea (National Institutes of Health)
February 17, 2012 - "Working off the soda" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
February 16, 2012 - "Fighting stressful eating" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Managing Stress (National Institutes of Health)
February 15, 2012 - "Activity and amyloid" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alzheimer ’s disease (National Institutes of Health)
February 14, 2012 - "Future mommies, cut the fat" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Gestational Diabetes (National Institutes of Health)
February 13, 2012 - "How much fun is safe" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Let’s Move Outside (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
February 10, 2012 - "The BMI app" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Calculate Your Body Mass Index (National Institutes of Health)
February 9, 2012 - "Vitamin D and older women" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vitamin D (National Institutes of Health)
February 8, 2012 - "Baked, broiled, not fried" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alzheimer ’s disease (National Institutes of Health)
February 7, 2012 - "Watching weight gain" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: ChooseMyPlate.gov (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
February 6, 2012 - "Minding meals out" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Enjoy your food, but eat less (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
February 3, 2012 - "The midlife heart crisis" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: High Blood Pressure (National Institutes of Health)
February 2, 2012 - "The little heart that could" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Pregnancy (National Institutes of Health)
February 1, 2012 - "Learning and waiting" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Marriage Initiative (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January
January 31, 2012 - "Fewer years for teens?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: ChooseMyPlate.gov (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
January 30, 2012 - "Eat what? Fruits and veggies!" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: ChooseMyPlate.gov (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
January 27, 2012 - "Fighting diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Diabetes (National Institutes of Health)
January 26, 2012 - "Up to scale" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Let’s Move (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 25, 2012 - "Babies’ iron balance" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Iron (National Institutes of Health)
January 24, 2012 - "Text4baby" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Text4baby (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 23, 2012 - "Still time left" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Flu.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 20, 2012 - "Obese and HER2" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Breast Cancer (National Institutes of Health)
January 19, 2012 - "Smoke-free teen texts" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Smokefree.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 18, 2012 - "High numbers on high blood pressure" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What is High Blood Pressure? (National Institutes of Health)
January 17, 2012 - "Children attempting suicide" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Suicide Prevention (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
January 16, 2012 - "No time to play" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Let’s Move (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 13, 2012 - "Planning and managing diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Eat Healthy (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 12, 2012 - "Fighting breast cancer risk young" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Breast Cancer: Prevention, Genetics, and Causes (National Cancer Institute)
January 11, 2012 - "Even bigger" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fitness.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 10, 2012 - "Coffee up, depression down" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Depression (National Institutes of Health)
January 9, 2012 - "Commit to quit" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Smokefree.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 6, 2012 - "The coffee-only break?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Eat Healthy (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 5, 2012 - "Keeping up with the medications" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe. (Agency for Health Care Research and Quality)
January 4, 2012 - "Safe kids’ activities" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Let’s Move: Get Active (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 3, 2012 - "A sweet risk" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Snacks: Quick tips for parents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
January 2, 2012 - "Losing and staying lost" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy People (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)