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December
December 31, 2010 - 
"A dangerous underage New Year" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Underage Drinking (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
December 30, 2010 - "Sunless tanning at the beach" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Sun Exposure (National Institutes of Health)
December 29, 2010 - "Flu shots and future mothers" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Pregnant Women Need a Flu Shot (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
December 28, 2010 - "Spiritual activity" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-Loss Program (Weight Control Information Network)
December 27, 2010 - "People can lose weight" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Aim for a Healthy Weight (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
December 24, 2010 - "Being pregnant and getting the flu" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What Pregnant Women Should Know About Flu (Department of Health and Human Services)
December 23, 2010 - "Not even one" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Causes Immediate Damage, Says New Surgeon General’s Report (Department of Health and Human Services)
December 22, 2010 - "Stopping diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Basics About Diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
December 21, 2010 - "Getting protection against pneumonia" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Pneumonia (National Institutes of Health)
December 20, 2010 - "Who needs this for Christmas" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Flu Vaccination (Department of Health and Human Services)
December 17, 2010 - "Weight training after breast cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Treatment of Lymphedema (National Cancer Institute)
December 16, 2010 - "Blankets for babies?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health & Human Development)
December 15, 2010 - "Protecting moms and babies from the flu" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Pregnant Women Need a Flu Shot! (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
December 14, 2010 - "Diabetes leaps" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Diabetes Overview (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
December 13, 2010 - "Stressed Women's Hearts" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Manage Stress (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
December 10, 2010 - "Drowsy driving" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Eight Danger Zones (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
December 9, 2010 - "Gestational diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Gestational Diabetes (National Institutes of Health)
December 8, 2010 - "Cutting your risk of a stroke" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Questions are the Answer (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
December 7, 2010 - "Helping your kid’s doctor" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Questions are the Answer (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
December 6, 2010 - "Worse at 21" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: College Drinking: Changing the Culture (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
December 3, 2010 - "Brains getting used to violence" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Know What Your Child Plays (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
December 2, 2010 - "Alcohol and breast cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Breast Cancer (National Institutes of Health)
December 1, 2010 - "On deployment" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Children Coping with Deployment (Department of Veterans Affairs)
November
November 30, 2010 - "Better for the long term" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: 4 Steps to Control Your Diabetes. For Life. (National Institutes of Health)
November 29, 2010 - "Safer teen drivers" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Teen Drivers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 26, 2010 - "Not just meant to be" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Understanding Cancer (in English) | Understanding Cancer (in Spanish) (National Cancer Institute)
November 25, 2010 - "Strength under pressure" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Manage Stress (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
November 24, 2010 - "Stronger on dialysis" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Strength Training May Help Kidneys Patients Live Longer, Healthier (National Institutes of Health)
November 23, 2010 - "What kids really eat" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Child Nutrition (National Institutes of Health)
November 22, 2010 - "More drinking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alcohol Use and Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 19, 2010 - "Survival and limitations" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Facing Forward: Life After Cancer Treatment (National Cancer Institute)
November 18, 2010 - "Kids, nights and weight" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Sleep and Sleep Disorders (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 17, 2010 - "Smoking parents" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What You(th) Should Know About Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 16, 2010 - "It’s not the blues" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Depression (National Institutes of Health)
November 15, 2010 - "Lungs and daycare" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Child Care (National Institutes of Health)
November 12, 2010 - "Moms’ shots for babies" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What Pregnant Women Should Know About the Flu (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
November 11, 2010 - "Living with arthritis" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Living with Arthritis (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
November 10, 2010 - "Vitamin before baby" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Facts About Folic Acid (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 9, 2010 - "Smoky homes and kids" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fact Sheet on Secondhand Smoke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 8, 2010 - "Treating high cholesterol" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Treating High Cholesterol (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
November 5, 2010 - "Walking the brain" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging(National Institute on Aging)
November 4, 2010 - "Moms’ weight and babies’ weight" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fit for Two: Tips for Pregnancy (National Institutes of Health)
November 3, 2010 - "Kids seated safely" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Child Passenger Safety(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 2, 2010 - "A bad case of the flu" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Flu Symptoms & Severity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 1, 2010 - "Abused mothers’ mental health" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence (Womenshealth.gov)
October
October 29, 2010 - "Kids and nicotine tabs" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Youth Tobacco Prevention (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 28, 2010 - "After the pandemic" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vaccination (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
October 27, 2010 - "More bad gums" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Take Care of Your Teeth and Gums (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
October 26, 2010 - "Don’t give us the flu" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Good Health Habits (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 25, 2010 - "Health advocates" [read tip]
Take the Next Step: Why It’s Wise to Use a Health Advocate (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
October 22, 2010 - "Take three" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 21, 2010 - "Sleep weight away" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 20, 2010 - "America's crash costs" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Motor Vehicle Safety (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 19, 2010 - "Just about everybody" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Flu.gov: information for individuals & families (Department of Health and Human Services)
October 18, 2010 - "Walk to school" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Kids Walk-to-School (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 15, 2010 - "Neat homes, active people" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 14, 2010 - "Pumping hearts and small brains" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: How much physical activity do older adults need? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 13, 2010 - "Stress and pregnancy" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Have a Healthy Pregnancy (National Health Information Center)
October 12, 2010 - "Shot shy" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: The Seasonal Flu Vaccine (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
October 11, 2010 - "Whooping cough" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Pertussis (Whooping Cough) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 8, 2010 - "Feeling sleepy, Baby" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Bedtime Habits (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
October 7, 2010 - "Is there a way to prevent Alzheimer's?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet (National Institute on Aging)
October 6, 2010 - "Low carbs, low fat, low cholesterol" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Get Your Cholesterol Checked(National Health Information Center)
October 5, 2010 - "Teen Hearing" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: It's a Noisy Planet: Protect Their Hearing(National Institutes of Health)
October 4, 2010 - "Sleep Work" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Sleep and Sleep Disorders: A Public Health Challenge (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 1, 2010 - "Children of older binge drinkers" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alcohol Use in Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September
September 30, 2010 - "Activity with feeling" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: About Yoga (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
September 29, 2010 - "A century of sickle cell" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What is Sickle Cell Anemia? (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
September 28, 2010 - "All-rounded kids" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Child Development (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 27, 2010 - "Smoking and chronic lung problems" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: COPD: Learn More Breathe Better (National Health Lung and Blood Institute)
September 24, 2010 - "Kids and alcohol ads" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Underage Drinking (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
September 23, 2010 - "Teen shots" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Get Your Blood Pressure Checked (Healthfinder.gov)
September 22, 2010 - "Better blood pressure control" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Get Your Blood Pressure Checked (Healthfinder.gov)
September 21, 2010 - "Fewer hospital infections" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: MRSA (National Institutes of Health)
September 20, 2010 - "Tanning after summer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Indoor Tanning: The Risks of Ultraviolet Rays (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
September 17, 2010 - "Roaming teens" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Prevent Youth Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 16, 2010 - "Bodies, computers and brains" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Forgetfulness: Knowing When to Ask for Help (National Institute on Aging)
September 15, 2010 - "DASH to lower heart risk" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
September 14, 2010 - "Working the chi" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tai Chi: An Introduction (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
September 13, 2010 - "Widespread wideness" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Losing Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 10, 2010 - "On a hot streak" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Frequently Asked Questions About Extreme Heat (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 09, 2010 - "Salmonella from dry pet food?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Be Salmonella Safe (Food and Drug Administration)
September 08, 2010 - "Walking, biking and controlling weight" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 07, 2010 - "A walk to school" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: KidsWalk-to-School (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 06, 2010 - "Eyes on women's food" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Eye Health Tips (National Eye Institute)
September 03, 2010 - "Depression, apathy and dementia" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Dementia (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
September 02, 2010 - "All washed up?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Wash Your Hands (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
September 01, 2010 - "Missing out on mammograms" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Get Tested for Breast Cancer (National Health Information Center)
August
August 31, 2010 - "Heavier and wider kids" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Helping Your Child: Tips for Parents (Weight-control Information Network)
August 30, 2010 - "What's in the egg" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Playing It Safe With Eggs: What Consumers Need to Know (Food and Drug Administration)
August 27, 2010 - "Keeping rabies from your pets" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Rabies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 26, 2010 - "Less weight, less bothersome hot flashes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Understanding Menopause: Eating Right and Physical Activity (The National Women's Health Information Center)
August 25, 2010 - "Overcoming overweight" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Weight – it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle! (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 24, 2010 - "A little chocolate" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Improving Your Eating Habits (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 23, 2010 - "Red meat and hearts" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Heart disease and diet (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
August 20, 2010 - "Seniors' choices" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: The Aging Mind: Learning to Adjust to Natural Changes (National Institutes of Health)
August 19, 2010 - "Smoking your genes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Quitting Smoking: Why to Quit and How to Get Help (National Cancer Institute)
August 18, 2010 - "Not only cigarettes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Smoking and Tobacco Use (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 17, 2010 - "New life, new starts" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Women's Health (National Health Information Center)
August 16, 2010 - "Have a health advocate" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Why It's Wise to Use a Health Advocate (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
August 13, 2010 - "Men in chairs" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating for Men (National Institutes of Health)
August 12, 2010 - "Planning on recovery" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Having Surgery? What You Need to Know (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
August 11, 2010 - "Feeling overweight" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Body Image and Your Kids (The National Women's Health Information Center)
August 10, 2010 - "Cutting the chances of drug abuse" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Native-American Health (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
August 09, 2010 - "Smoking, babies and cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tobacco Use and Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 06, 2010 - "Unsafe safe smokes?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Guide to Quitting Smoking (National Health Information Center)
August 05, 2010 - "Don't bring home malaria" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Malaria (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 04, 2010 - "Kids and ruptured appendixes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Appendicitis (U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)
August 03, 2010 - "Good stuff about getting old" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Memory and Mental Health (National Institutes of Health)
August 02, 2010 - "A hep shot" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Hepatitis A Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July
July 30, 2010 - "Do it for the people you care about" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Men (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
July 29, 2010 - "After the hospital" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
July 28, 2010 - "Bad moves in the teen years" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Youth: Tobacco Use (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
July 27, 2010 - "Alcohol, drugs, disease and aging" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: As You Age: A Guide to Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
July 26, 2010 - "Quitting for Baby's sake" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tobacco Use and Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 23, 2010 - "Getting the red out" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Ground Beef and Food Safety (United States Department of Agriculture)
July 22, 2010 - "Eye disease and smoking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Facts About Age-Related Macular Degeneration (National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health)
July 21, 2010 - "Preventing hepatitis" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Hepatitis (MedlinePlus)
July 20, 2010 - "Processed meats" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Reduce Salt and Sodium in Your Diet (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
July 19, 2010 - "Exercise and telomeres" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
July 16, 2010 - "Living good, starting young" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors Among Youth (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
July 15, 2010 - "Race, activity and weight" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 14, 2010 - "Not acting on the warnings" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Stroke Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health)
July 13, 2010 - "Indoor tanning and dangerous skin cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Indoor Tanning: The Risks of Ultraviolet Rays (Food and Drug Administration)
July 12, 2010 - "The salt assault " [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Most Americans Should Consume Less Sodium (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
July 09, 2010 - "Smaller brains" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Obesity (National Library of Medicine)
July 08, 2010 - "Muscling away Alzheimer's" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Get Active (healthfinder.gov)Get Active (healthfinder.gov)
July 07, 2010 - "Turn it off, kids" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Exercise for Children
July 06, 2010 - "Older folks' financial thinking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Age Page (National Institute on Aging)
July 05, 2010 - "Big babies" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Weight Basics (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
July 02, 2010 - "Over the Fourth, in the E-R" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Underage Drinking (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
July 01, 2010 - "Pancreatic cancer and lots of drinking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What You Need to Know About Cancer of the Pancreas (National Cancer Institute)
June
June 30, 2010 - "Avoiding dengue" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Dengue (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
June 29, 2010 - "Older bones" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Bones and Joints (National Institute on Aging)
June 28, 2010 - "Growing older, getting bigger, developing diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Prevent diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 25, 2010 - "Health habits and blood cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Lymphoma (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
June 24, 2010 - "Smoking during cancer treatment" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Smoking Intervention in Cancer Patients (National Cancer Institute)
June 23, 2010 - "First experience with diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 22, 2010 - "Unproven on Alzheimer's" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center (National Institute on Aging)
June 21, 2010 - "Good child care, better teens" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Childcare.gov (Administration for Children and Families)
June 18, 2010 - "Smoking women's thinking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Quit Smoking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 17, 2010 - "Sugar and the heart" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Cholesterol (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
June 16, 2010 - "Drinking young; breast cancer later" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Too Smart to Start (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
June 15, 2010 - "Foods and Alzheimer's" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alzheimer's Disease (National Institutes on Aging)
June 14, 2010 - "Drinkers' health habits" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Quick Stats: General Information on Alcohol Use and Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 11, 2010 - "What doctors might not tell you" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Information for Patients and the Public: Controlling Your Weight (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
June 10, 2010 - "Groups and drinking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Strategies for cutting down: tips to try (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health)
June 09, 2010 - "Free treatment for arthritis pain" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging)
June 08, 2010 - "Learning from Europe" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Hib Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 07, 2010 - "The Sunshine Vitamin and teens in the Sunbelt" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vitamin D (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
June 04, 2010 - "Looking for A1C" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Prevent diabetes problems: Keep your diabetes under control (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
June 03, 2010 - "Losing weight and living older" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults (National Institutes on Aging)
June 02, 2010 - "Kids with stiffer arteries" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Health Consequences of Obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
June 01, 2010 - "Heavy younger" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Helping Your Child: Tips for Parents (Weight-control Information Network)
May
May 31, 2010 - "Are you moving?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for Everyone: Children (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 28, 2010 - "Making a bad cancer worse" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: HPV (Human Papillomavirus) (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
May 27, 2010 - "Mom's comfort" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Child Mental Health (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health )
May 26, 2010 - "Watching your own eyes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: May is Healthy Vision Month (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 25, 2010 - "Sweet drinks and blood pressure" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What is High Blood Pressure? (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
May 24, 2010 - "Who gets worse arthritis" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Arthritis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 21, 2010 - "Thinking, exercise and multiple sclerosis" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Multiple Sclerosis: Hope Through Research (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
May 20, 2010 - "Obesity, pregnancy and babies' hearts" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Weight Gain During Pregnancy (United States Department of Agriculture)
May 19, 2010 - "Older bodies and brains" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging)
May 18, 2010 - "Who needs money?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Compulsive Gambling (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
May 17, 2010 - "Need a specialist?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
May 14, 2010 - "Screening for colorectal cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Colorectal Cancer (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
May 13, 2010 - "Are you going to eat that?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: The Basics: Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill (FoodSafety.gov)
May 12, 2010 - "Women, drinking and therapy" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Women and Drinking (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health)
May 11, 2010 - "Good choices on osteoarthritis" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Osteoarthritis (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health)
May 10, 2010 - "Breastfeeding – who and where " [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Breastfeeding (The National Women's Health Information Center)
May 07, 2010 - "Exercise, aging and better health" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: How much physical activity do older adults need? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 06, 2010 - "The family flu" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Caring for Someone Sick at Home (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 05, 2010 - "Later teenhood" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Raising Healthy Teens (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 04, 2010 - "A better vaccine" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Pneumococcal Pneumonia (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
May 03, 2010 - "An inheritance of stroke" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: NINDS Stroke Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
April
April 30, 2010 - "RSV" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Respiratory syncytial virus (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
April 29, 2010 - "Watching sneaky kidneys" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Protect Your Kidneys by Controlling Diabetes and High Blood Pressure (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April 28, 2010 - "Surprise, multitaskers" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Multitasking Has Its Limits (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
April 27, 2010 - "The bad four" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Overweight and Obesity: Health Consequences (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April 26, 2010 - "An hour a day" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Losing Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April 23, 2010 - "How old are you really?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Participating in Activities You Enjoy—More Than Just Fun and Games (National Institute on Aging)
April 22, 2010 - "Getting your bell rung" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Concussion: Learn to Prevent & Recognize Concussions (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April 21, 2010 - "Loneliness and blood pressure" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Manage Stress (National Health Information Center)
April 20, 2010 - "Extreme obesity in kids" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: We Can! Families Finding the Balance (National Institutes of Health)
April 19, 2010 - "Pregnancy vitamins' limits" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Preeclampsia and Eclampsia (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
April 16, 2010 - "Turtle power" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Salmonellosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April 15, 2010 - "Kids and cholesterol" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Take Charge of Your Health: A guide for teenagers (National Institutes of Health)
April 14, 2010 - "Older and worse" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: How much physical activity do older adults need? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April 13, 2010 - "Snacktime, snacktime and snacktime" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Helping Your Overweight Child (National Institutes of Health)
April 12, 2010 - "A walk away from stroke" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: How to Prevent Stroke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April 09, 2010 - "Early warning on asthma" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Help Your Child Gain Control Over Asthma (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April 08, 2010 - "What babies hear" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
April 07, 2010 - "Less sleep, more fat" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Insomnia Concerns (Medline Plus)
April 06, 2010 - "Large mothers, early babies" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fit for Two: Tips for Pregnancy (Weight-control Information Network)
April 05, 2010 - "Smoking and Alzheimer's" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: The Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (National Institute on Aging)
April 02, 2010 - "Vitamin D and different hearts" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women (National Institutes of Health)
April 01, 2010 - "Donating a kidney" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Transplantation (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
March
March 31, 2010 - "Going to AA" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Guide to Finding Effective Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment)
March 30, 2010 - "What we do; what we say" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 29, 2010 - "Home births" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Childbirth (Medline Plus, U.S. National Library of Medicine)
March 26, 2010 - "Mobile MedlinePlus" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Medline Plus (National Institutes of Health)
March 25, 2010 - "The Mediterranean diet and healthy brains" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Mediterranean Diet May Help Keep You Smarter (National Institutes of Health)
March 24, 2010 - "The kids may get better" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Raising Healthy Children (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 23, 2010 - "Pregnancy weight and diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Diabetes and Pregnancy Frequently Asked Questions (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 22, 2010 - "Diabetes before pregnancy" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Diabetes and Pregnancy (National Institutes of Health)
March 19, 2010 - "How we're doing" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Your Guide to Healthy Sleep (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
March 18, 2010 - "Pipes, cigars and lungs" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Learn More Breathe Better (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
March 17, 2010 - "Less cancer" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Cancer Screening Tests (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 16, 2010 - "Weight outweighs smoke" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 15, 2010 - "Worse than you might think " [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Lung Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
March 12, 2010 - "Here's a little advice" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Marriage Initiative (Administration for Children and Families)
March 11, 2010 - "Eating after exercise" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Nutrition (HealthierUS.gov)
March 10, 2010 - "Brain lesions and smoking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Cerebral Aneurysm Fact Sheet (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
March 09, 2010 - "Germ animals" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Salmonellosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 08, 2010 - "Tracking the source of dust" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Air Pollution (National Library of Medicine)
March 05, 2010 - "Too little sleep" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Sleep and Sleep Disorders (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 04, 2010 - "Pregnant women and flu protection" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu): More Resources for Pregnant Women (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 03, 2010 - "Leafy greens and brown tobacco" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fruit and Vegetable Benefits (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 02, 2010 - "Girls' fights" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Girls and Boys and Violence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 01, 2010 - "Race and stroke" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What You Need to Know About Stroke (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
February
February 26, 2010 - "Kids, calories and fast food" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tips for Parents – Ideas to Help Children Maintain a Healthy Weight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 25, 2010 - "Mumps goes up" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Mumps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 24, 2010 - "Seeing or smoking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Age-related Macular Degeneration: Causes and Risk Factors (National Institute on Aging)
February 23, 2010 - "Lead and the mind" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Lead (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
February 22, 2010 - "Rodent revenge" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: All About Hantaviruses (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 19, 2010 - "Good old volunteering" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Young at Heart: Tips for Older Adults (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
February 18, 2010 - "Flu drugs and pregnancy" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu): Resources for Pregnant Women (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 17, 2010 - "Differences in the heart" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
February 16, 2010 - "Diabetes, calories, sodium and eyes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Prevent Diabetes Problems: Keep Your Eyes Healthy (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
February 15, 2010 - "Beating smoking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Quit Smoking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 12, 2010 - "Well done" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fact Sheet: Trichinellosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 11, 2010 - "COPD – half don't know" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 10, 2010 - "Long-lasting lead damage" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Lead Poisoning (National Library of Medicine)
February 09, 2010 - "Not worse is not better" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Overweight and Obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 08, 2010 - "Three together" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Your Guide To Lowering Your Blood Pressure With Dash [PDF-978 KB] (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
February 05, 2010 - "Refusing the chickenpox vaccine" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Chickenpox (National Library of Medicine)
February 04, 2010 - "Yoga versus stress" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Yoga for Health: An Introduction (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
February 03, 2010 - "Exercise, age and thinking" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Exercise May Stave Off Mental Decline (Office of Minority Health)
February 02, 2010 - "Which kid gets diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Tips for Kids: How to Lower Your Risk for Type 2 Diabetes (National Institutes of Health)
February 01, 2010 - "Watching for worse depression" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Depression (The National Institute of Mental Health)
January
January 29, 2010 - "Believing you can" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Self-Management (PDF – 150KB) (National Institutes of Health)
January 28, 2010 - "Wheezing, traffic fumes and indoor air" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
January 27, 2010 - "Don't kiss them; they're not princes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Investigation Update: Outbreak of Human Salmonella (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
January 26, 2010 - "Listen to Wes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: General Information About 2009 H1N1 Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
January 25, 2010 - "COPD – it doesn't take much" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: COPD – it doesn't take much (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
January 22, 2010 - "Breast cancer and pregnancy" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Endogenous estrogen (National Cancer Institute)
January 21, 2010 - "Playtime in child care" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Schools: Healthy Youth! (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Healthy Schools: Healthy Youth! (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
January 20, 2010 - "Autism" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Autism Information (Department of Health and Human Services)
January 19, 2010 - "Gums and diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Diabetes and Oral Health (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)
January 18, 2010 - "H1N1, American Indians and Alaska Natives" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: In the News: Deaths related to 2009 H1N1 & American Indians and Alaskan Natives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
January 15, 2010 - "Happy hangover" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: How to Cut Down on Your Drinking (National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism)
January 14, 2010 - "High walking points" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Walking: A Step in the Right Direction (National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism)
January 13, 2010 - "More time without diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Publications (Preventing Diabetes) (National Diabetes Education Program)
January 12, 2010 - "Losing sleep" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Sleep Disorders Information (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
January 11, 2010 - "Depression, pregnancy and flu" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
January 08, 2010 - "How much H1N1" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Situation Update (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
January 07, 2010 - "Gains from losses" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Aim for a Healthy Weight (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
January 06, 2010 - "Thinking again about Ginkgo" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Ginkgo (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
January 05, 2010 - "The morning after" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Rethinking Holiday Drinking (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
January 04, 2010 - "Playtime in child care" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Schools: Healthy Youth! (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
January 01, 2010 - "Better on cholesterol?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Cholesterol (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)