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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, 2011 - speaker icon"Fifty-plus and working on it" [read tip]

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

 

December 29, 2011 - speaker icon"Kids and sweetness" [read tip]

 

December 28, 2011 - speaker icon"Double the risk" [read tip]

 

December 27, 2011 - speaker icon"Spotting spreading measles" [read tip]

 

December 26, 2011 - speaker icon"Smokers in training" [read tip]

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

 

December 23, 2011 - speaker icon"Well-rested teens" [read tip]

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

 

December 22, 2011 - speaker icon"Rehashing family history" [read tip]

 

December 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Working out the back pain" [read tip]

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

 

December 20, 2011 - speaker icon"Making your heart race" [read tip]

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

 

December 19, 2011 - speaker icon"Choices to manage diabetes" [read tip]

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

 

December 16, 2011 - speaker icon"Teens wanting weight loss" [read tip]

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

 

December 15, 2011 - speaker icon"The echoing argument" [read tip]

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

 

December 14, 2011 - speaker icon"Caregivers’ self-care" [read tip]

 

December 13, 2011 - speaker icon"Fighting for air" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: What is COPD? (National Institutes of Health)

 

December 12, 2011 - speaker icon"The holiday gift of health" [read tip]

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

 

December 9, 2011 - speaker icon"Better C, better risk" [read tip]

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

 

December 8, 2011 - speaker icon"Spreading the shot benefit" [read tip]

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

 

December 7, 2011 - speaker icon"Teens’ drug problems" [read tip]

 

December 6, 2011 - speaker icon"Putting the pain in paintball" [read tip]

 

December 5, 2011 - speaker icon"Too tired to drive" [read tip]

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

 

December 2, 2011 - speaker icon"Hurting lungs" [read tip]

 

December 1, 2011 - speaker icon"Sleeping teens’ sugar" [read tip]

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

 

November

November 30, 2011 - speaker icon"Teen tan trouble" [read tip]

 

November 29, 2011 - speaker icon"Halt the salt" [read tip]

 

November 28, 2011 - speaker icon"Staving off stroke" [read tip]

 

November 25, 2011 - speaker icon"Drinking and breast cancer" [read tip]

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

 

November 24, 2011 - speaker icon"Working on a joint project" [read tip]

 

November 23, 2011 - speaker icon"Does Listeria lurk in your kitchen" [read tip]

 

November 22, 2011 - speaker icon"The benefits of biking" [read tip]

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

 

November 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Eyes wide open" [read tip]

 

November 18, 2011 - speaker icon"How large, how long, how risky" [read tip]

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

 

November 17, 2011 - speaker icon"Spotting breast cancer early" [read tip]

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

 

November 16, 2011 - speaker icon"Risky teen driving" [read tip]

 

November 15, 2011 - speaker icon"Sleeping easy" [read tip]

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

 

November 14, 2011 - speaker icon"Smokers’ kids sick days" [read tip]

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

 

November 11, 2011 - speaker icon"The burden of melanoma" [read tip]

 

November 10, 2011 - speaker icon"Risky sleepy teens" [read tip]

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

 

November 9, 2011 - speaker icon"Overprescribed, overdosed" [read tip]

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

 

November 8, 2011 - speaker icon"The questionable prostate supplement" [read tip]

 

November 7, 2011 - speaker icon"A dose of exercise" [read tip]

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

 

November 4, 2011 - speaker icon"Go4Life" [read tip]

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

 

November 3, 2011 - speaker icon"Drinking and thinking" [read tip]

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

 

November 2, 2011 - speaker icon"Heads-up on concussion" [read tip]

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

 

November 1, 2011 - speaker icon"A check on chickenpox" [read tip]

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

 

October

October 31, 2011 - speaker icon"Not just the lungs" [read tip]

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

 

October 28, 2011 - speaker icon"Heart to heart" [read tip]

 

October 27, 2011 - speaker icon"Parents, buckle down; kids, buckle up" [read tip]

 

October 26, 2011 - speaker icon"Kids, weight and asthma" [read tip]

 

October 25, 2011 - speaker icon"The scary eyeball" [read tip]

 

October 24, 2011 - speaker icon"Short on vitamin D" [read tip]

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

 

October 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Grieving children" [read tip]

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

 

October 20, 2011 - speaker icon"Better reasons to exercise" [read tip]

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

 

October 19, 2011 - speaker icon"Living, with the healthy four" [read tip]

 

October 18, 2011 - speaker icon"Cutting saw palmetto down to size" [read tip]

 

October 17, 2011 - speaker icon"Drinking stories" [read tip]

 

October 14, 2011 - speaker icon"Older kids shots" [read tip]

 

October 13, 2011 - speaker icon"Pregnancy and stroke" [read tip]

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

 

October 12, 2011 - speaker icon"Mom’s flu vaccination gift" [read tip]

 

October 11, 2011 - speaker icon"Renew against the flu" [read tip]

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

 

October 10, 2011 - speaker icon"Heavier young, sooner dead" [read tip]

 

October 7, 2011 - speaker icon"Good old genes" [read tip]

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

 

October 6, 2011 - speaker icon"Strokes early" [read tip]

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

 

October 5, 2011 - speaker icon"Weights and smokes" [read tip]

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

 

October 4, 2011 - speaker icon"Five ways to fight diabetes" [read tip]

 

October 3, 2011 - speaker icon"Be confident, be active" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: What is COPD? (National Institutes of Health)

 

September

September 30, 2011 - speaker icon"Ticks’ tricks" [read tip]

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

 

September 29, 2011 - speaker icon"Risk of glaucoma" [read tip]

 

September 28, 2011 - speaker icon"Billions on obesity" [read tip]

 

September 27, 2011 - speaker icon"Cancer by sex" [read tip]

 

September 26, 2011 - speaker icon"Fighting on" [read tip]

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

 

September 23, 2011 - speaker icon"The benefits of breastfeeding" [read tip]

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

 

September 22, 2011 - speaker icon"Predicting panic attacks" [read tip]

 

September 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Inactive with arthritis" [read tip]

 

September 20, 2011 - speaker icon"What’s your supplement" [read tip]

 

September 19, 2011 - speaker icon"Taking diabetes to school" [read tip]

 

September 16, 2011 - speaker icon"Scarlet fever" [read tip]

 

September 15, 2011 - speaker icon"Too big all over" [read tip]

 

September 14, 2011 - speaker icon"Exercising against Alzheimer’s" [read tip]

 

September 13, 2011 - speaker icon"Dieting, exercise and diabetes" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Diabetes Fact Sheet (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health)

 

September 12, 2011 - speaker icon"The killer tube" [read tip]

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

 

September 9, 2011 - speaker icon"No easy choice" [read tip]

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

 

September 8, 2011 - speaker icon"Heart disease, breast cancer and women" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: 

    Women’s Health (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health)

 

September 7, 2011 - speaker icon"Omega-3 and Alzheimer’s" [read tip]

 

September 6, 2011 - speaker icon"Sneeze and bark " [read tip]

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

 

September 5, 2011 - speaker icon"Hantavirus" [read tip]

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

 

September 2, 2011 - speaker icon"Protecting your liver" [read tip]

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

 

September 1, 2011 - speaker icon"The lives of boomers" [read tip]

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

 

August

August 31, 2011 - speaker icon"Be positive, be healthy" [read tip]

 

August 30, 2011 - speaker icon"Caught early" [read tip]

 

August 29, 2011 - speaker icon"Smoking kids’ movies" [read tip]

 

August 26, 2011 - speaker icon"A baby, your weight, and diabetes" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Diabetes Fact Sheet (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health)

 

August 25, 2011 - speaker icon"Diabetes health sense" [read tip]

 

August 24, 2011 - speaker icon"How to not get invasive group A strep" [read tip]

 

August 23, 2011 - speaker icon"Death by belt size" [read tip]

 

August 22, 2011 - speaker icon"Beating the heat" [read tip]

 

August 19, 2011 - speaker icon"What’s new with the family?" [read tip]

 

August 18, 2011 - speaker icon"Kids and concussions" [read tip]

 

August 17, 2011 - speaker icon"Your job, your move" [read tip]

 

August 16, 2011 - speaker icon"Your job, your move" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Stay Safe at Work (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

 

August 15, 2011 - speaker icon"The diet yo-yo" [read tip]

 

August 12, 2011 - speaker icon"Heart-protecting living" [read tip]

 

August 11, 2011 - speaker icon"Binge drinkers’ brains" [read tip]

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

 

August 10, 2011 - speaker icon"Growing healthy in community gardens" [read tip]

 

August 9, 2011 - speaker icon"Bullying, then and now" [read tip]

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

 

August 8, 2011 - speaker icon"Flu-free kids" [read tip]

 

August 5, 2011 - speaker icon"Wet ears" [read tip]

 

August 4, 2011 - speaker icon"Quality of care, here and there" [read tip]

 

August 3, 2011 - speaker icon"Safe working teens" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Young Workers (Occupational Safety & Health Administration)

 

August 2, 2011 - speaker icon"Lifelong exercise for your heart" [read tip]

 

August 1, 2011 - speaker icon"Easier with yoga" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Yoga (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

 

July

July 29, 2011 - speaker icon"Not waterproof" [read tip]

 

July 28, 2011 - speaker icon"An eye on sight" [read tip]

 

July 27, 2011 - speaker icon"Tai chi fighting depression" [read tip]

 

July 26, 2011 - speaker icon"Teens, sodas and weight" [read tip]

 

July 25, 2011 - speaker icon"Cats, dogs and allergies" [read tip]

 

July 22, 2011 - speaker icon"The broader spectrum" [read tip]

 

July 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Family stories" [read tip]

 

July 20, 2011 - speaker icon"Timing babies" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Getting Pregnant Again (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health)

 

July 19, 2011 - speaker icon"Sodium, potassium and staying alive" [read tip]

 

July 18, 2011 - speaker icon"Drugged, driving and dead" [read tip]

 

July 15, 2011 - speaker icon"Active teens? Not hardly" [read tip]

 

July 14, 2011 - speaker icon"Girls’ DASH for better weight" [read tip]

 

July 13, 2011 - speaker icon"Prostate cancer, smoking and early death" [read tip]

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

 

July 12, 2011 - speaker icon"The lost weight vitamin" [read tip]

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

 

July 11, 2011 - speaker icon "Second-hand flu vaccinations" [read tip]

 

July 8, 2011 - speaker icon"Thirty years of AIDS" [read tip]

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

 

July 7, 2011 - speaker icon "Heart risk and women" [read tip]

 

July 6, 2011 - speaker icon"High blood pressure young age"  [read tip]

 

July 5, 2011 - speaker icon "Being Big, thinking small" [read tip]

 

July 4, 2011 - speaker icon"Baste, don't cook" [read tip]

 

July 1, 2011 - speaker icon"Overweight and overtired" [read tip]

 

June

June 30, 2011 - speaker icon"Thinking and the Stroke Belt [read tip]

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

 

June 29, 2011 - speaker icon"What’s in your wallet?" [read tip]

 

June 28, 2011 - speaker icon"Look into my eyes" [read tip]

 

June 27, 2011 - speaker icon"Anyone can get skin cancer" [read tip]

 

June 24, 2011 - speaker icon"The shower fall" [read tip]

 

June 23, 2011 - speaker icon"Obesity, inactivity and arthritis" [read tip]

 

June 22, 2011 - speaker icon"Living with cancer" [read tip]

 

June 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Anorexia’s brain chemistry" [read tip]

 

June 20, 2011 - speaker icon"Next Father’s Day" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Men’s Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

June 17, 2011 - speaker icon"Losing to gain against arthritis" [read tip]

 

June 16, 2011 - speaker icon"Drinking problem?" [read tip]

 

June 15, 2011 - speaker icon" Cell health and exercise" [read tip]

 

June 14, 2011 - speaker icon"Aging and eating" [read tip]

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

 

June 13, 2011 - speaker icon"Fears about breast cancer" [read tip]

 

June 10, 2011 - speaker icon"Your best shot at protection" [read tip]

 

June 9, 2011 - speaker icon"Fast and wrong" [read tip]

 

June 8, 2011 - speaker icon"Breast cancer and smoking" [read tip]

 

June 7, 2011 - speaker icon"Fat burning and fatty liver disease" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Fatty Liver Disease (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

 

June 6, 2011 - speaker icon"Dinner at 8" [read tip]

 

June 3, 2011 - speaker icon"Snakes and frogs" [read tip]

 

June 2, 2011 - speaker icon"Losing weight, remembering more" [read tip]

 

June 1, 2011 - speaker icon"Women, weight and growing older" [read tip]

 

May

May 31, 2011 - speaker icon"Older boomers driving" [read tip]

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

 

May 30, 2011 - speaker icon"The brain on ecstasy" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Ecstasy (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

 

May 27, 2011 - speaker icon"Tai chi and hearts" [read tip]

 

May 26, 2011 - speaker icon"Hooked on hookah" [read tip]

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

 

May 25, 2011 - speaker icon"Youth, heads and motorcycle helmets" [read tip]

 

May 24, 2011 - speaker icon"How to raise a boy’s blood pressure" [read tip]

 

May 23, 2011 - speaker icon"Gambling over the years" [read tip]

 

May 20, 2011 - speaker icon"Giving vaccines a shot" [read tip]

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

 

May 19, 2011 - speaker icon"Age problems early" [read tip]

 

May 18, 2011 - speaker icon"Easing arthritis pain" [read tip]

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

 

May 17, 2011 - speaker icon"Breastfeeding and moms’ brains" [read tip]

 

May 16, 2011 - speaker icon"Discretion about sugar" [read tip]

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

 

May 13, 2011 - speaker icon"Meditation and the brain" [read tip]

 

May 12, 2011 - speaker icon"Millions of Falls" [read tip]

 

May 11, 2011 - speaker icon"Walking with Parkinson’s" [read tip]

 

May 10, 2011 - speaker icon"Making Moms-to-Be Stronger" [read tip]

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

 

May 9, 2011 - speaker icon"Not talking about CAM" [read tip]

 

May 6, 2011 - speaker icon"No quarter to high blood pressure" [read tip]

 

May 5, 2011 - speaker icon"Overweight and real weight" [read tip]

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

 

May 4, 2011 - speaker icon"The tetanus boost" [read tip]

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

 

May 3, 2011 - speaker icon"Liking alcohol" [read tip]

 

May 2, 2011 - speaker icon"Food on the brain" [read tip]

 

April

April 29, 2011 - speaker icon"Eskimo disease risk" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Fish Oil (National Library of Medicine)

 

April 28, 2011 - speaker icon"Trouble beyond eating disorders" [read tip]

 

April 27, 2011 - speaker icon"Unbuckling the diabetes belt" [read tip]

 

April 26, 2011 - speaker icon"Need sleep?" [read tip]

 

April 25, 2011 - speaker icon"More cancer survivors" [read tip]

 

April 22, 2011 - speaker icon"Off schedule" [read tip]

 

April 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Another problem for overweight teens" [read tip]

 

April 20, 2011 - speaker icon"Workers on the move" [read tip]

 

April 19, 2011 - speaker icon"Not just kids" [read tip]

 

April 18, 2011 - speaker icon"Cocoa and heart risk" [read tip]

 

April 15, 2011 - speaker icon"Activity against disability" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Go4Life (National Institute on Aging)

 

April 14, 2011 - speaker icon"More fiber, fewer deaths" [read tip]

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

 

April 13, 2011 - speaker icon"The kidney spiral" [read tip]

 

April 12, 2011 - speaker icon"Boxing and kids’ heads" [read tip]

 

April 11, 2011 - speaker icon"Nightcaps — not such a great idea" [read tip]

 

April 8, 2011 - speaker icon"Teens taking risks" [read tip]

 

April 7, 2011 - speaker icon"Fighting sight loss" [read tip]

 

April 6, 2011 - speaker icon"A bad rich tan" [read tip]

 

April 5, 2011 - speaker icon"A bowl of whole grain goodness" [read tip]

 

April 4, 2011 - speaker icon"More fiber, less heart risk" [read tip]

 

April 1, 2011 - speaker icon"Kids, asthma and mealtimes" [read tip]

 

March

March 31, 2011 - speaker icon"Hidden salt" [read tip]

 

March 30, 2011 - speaker icon"E-cigarettes" [read tip]

 

March 29, 2011 - speaker icon"Prescriptions and poisonings" [read tip]

 

March 28, 2011 - speaker icon"Obese and triple-negative" [read tip]

 

March 25, 2011 - speaker icon"Walk the dog" [read tip]

 

March 24, 2011 - speaker icon"Counting counties’ activity" [read tip]

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

 

March 23, 2011 - speaker icon"Breast cancers" [read tip]

 

March 22, 2011 - speaker icon"Not for toddlers and babies" [read tip]

 

March 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Young teens drinking" [read tip]

 

March 17, 2011 - speaker icon"The cost of safer food" [read tip]

 

March 16, 2011 - speaker icon"Hispanics with arthritis" [read tip]

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

 

March 15, 2011 - speaker icon"Strong ties against breast cancer" [read tip]

 

March 14, 2011 - speaker icon"Make the call" [read tip]

 

March 11, 2011 - speaker icon"Dangers of diabetes" [read tip]

 

March 10, 2011 - speaker icon"Sleep and colon cancer" [read tip]

 

March 9, 2011 - speaker icon"Lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol" [read tip]

 

March 8, 2011 - speaker icon"Tag adds up" [read tip]

 

March 7, 2011 - speaker icon"Energy trouble" [read tip]

 

March 4, 2011 - speaker icon"Younger strokes" [read tip]

 

March 3, 2011 - speaker icon"Ticked off" [read tip]

 

March 2, 2011 - speaker icon"Controlling high blood pressure" [read tip]

 

March 1, 2011 - speaker icon"Stop bullying, wherever it is" [read tip]

 

February

February 28, 2011 - speaker icon"Weighing less, moving more" [read tip]

  • Take the Next Step: Go4Life (National Institute on Aging)

 

February 25, 2011 - speaker icon"Buckling down about buckling up" [read tip]

 

February 24, 2011 - speaker icon"Staying with breastfeeding" [read tip]

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

 

February 23, 2011 - speaker icon"Over 100 and going strong" [read tip]

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

 

February 22, 2011 - speaker icon"Good medicine, but maybe not for Baby" [read tip]

 

February 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Breastfeeding and cancer survivors" [read tip]

 

February 18, 2011 - speaker icon"Middle school friends" [read tip]

 

February 17, 2011 - speaker icon"No help from caffeine" [read tip]

 

February 16, 2011 - speaker icon"Keep crossing the street" [read tip]

 

February 15, 2011 - speaker icon"Obesity clusters" [read tip]

 

February 14, 2011 - speaker icon"Feeling really good about yourself" [read tip]

 

February 11, 2011 - speaker icon"Learn more, breathe better" [read tip]

 

February 10, 2011 - speaker icon"Actively living" [read tip]

 

February 9, 2011 - speaker icon"Thinking and Mediterranean eating" [read tip]

 

February 8, 2011 - speaker icon"Understanding ADHD" [read tip]

 

February 7, 2011 - speaker icon"The tell-tale brain" [read tip]

 

February 4, 2011 - speaker icon"Staying active; staying alive" [read tip]

 

February 3, 2011 - speaker icon"Walking and living longer" [read tip]

 

February 2, 2011 - speaker icon"Who gets up" [read tip]

 

February 1, 2011 - speaker icon"Alcohol and obesity" [read tip]

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

 

January

January 31, 2011 - speaker icon"Kids’ sports versus exercise" [read tip]

 

January 28, 2011 - speaker icon"Happy over quitting" [read tip]

 

January 27, 2011 - speaker icon"Illness in the millions" [read tip]

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

 

January 26, 2011 - speaker icon"Can smoking give you arthritis?" [read tip]

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

 

January 25, 2011 - speaker icon"Parents are the key" [read tip]

 

January 24, 2011 - speaker icon"Less embarrassment, more exam" [read tip]

 

January 21, 2011 - speaker icon"Save the antibiotics" [read tip]

 

January 20, 2011 - speaker icon"Odds on indoor tanning" [read tip]

 

January 19, 2011 - speaker icon"Beating the spread" [read tip]

 

January 18, 2011 - speaker icon"Millions driving under the influence" [read tip]

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

 

January 17, 2011 - speaker icon"Walking and weights works against diabetes" [read tip]

 

January 14, 2011 - speaker icon"Fish oil and Alzheimer’s" [read tip]

 

January 13, 2011 - speaker icon"Big teens, bigger adults" [read tip]

 

January 12, 2011 - speaker icon"Still safe" [read tip]

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

 

January 11, 2011 - speaker icon"Underlying weight in kids with asthma" [read tip]

 

January 10, 2011 - speaker icon"Fried fish and stroke" [read tip]

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

 

January 7, 2011 - speaker icon"Smoke and genes" [read tip]

 

January 6, 2011 - speaker icon"Restart the heart" [read tip]

 

January 5, 2011 - speaker icon"Right fights" [read tip]

 

January 4, 2011 - speaker icon"Stopping strokes" [read tip]

 

January 3, 2011 - speaker icon"Compression alone" [read tip]