Archive for June, 2009
HEALTH TIPS: Kids, smoking and movies (Pediatrics)
Health Tip – Audio Version – “Kids, smoking and movies (Pediatrics)”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – Be a Positive Role Model (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration)
Kids do remember what they see, even when it’s not good for them. Researchers found signs of that in elementary school kids who saw movies [...]
HEALTH TIPS: Vitamin D and hearts
Health Tip – Audio Version – “Vitamin D and hearts”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D (Office of Dietary Supplements)
A study indicates people who don’t get enough vitamin D may have a higher risk of heart disease.
Thomas Wang of Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital bases that on data from [...]
HEALTH TIPS: Where you live – or die
Health Tip – Audio Version – “Where you live – or die”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – Cardiac Arrest (National Library of Medicine)
Where you live can affect whether you live. Researchers who looked at cases of cardiac arrest – when the heart stops beating – found people in some parts of the country [...]
HEALTH TIPS: Diabetes, Southern style
Health Tip – Audio Version – “Diabetes, Southern style”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – State-Based Diabetes Prevention & Control Programs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The number of people being diagnosed with diabetes has increased dramatically across the United States.
Southern states and Puerto Rico are leading the pack with increased new diagnosis.
“Risk factors [...]
HEALTH TIPS: Moms and babies watching
Health Tip – Audio Version – “Moms and babies watching”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – Babies & Toddlers: Learn Some Positive Parenting Tips (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
TV grabs attention. And a look at data on mothers of six-month-olds says not a lot of words pass between mothers and babies during TV [...]
HEALTH TIPS: Learning from heart disease
Health Tip – Audio Version – “Learning from heart disease”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – Heart Disease Prevention: What You Can Do (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Being physically active reduces your chances of heart disease. And if you have heart disease, taking up the habit of physical activity can be one good [...]
HEALTH TIPS: Something good about migraines
Health Tip – Audio Version – “Something good about migraines”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – Understanding Cancer Series: Estrogen Receptors/SERMs (National Cancer Institute)
A scientist has found something good to say about migraines. Christopher Li at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center:
“Women who reported a history of migraine had about a 30 percent reduction [...]
HEALTH TIPS: The 30 days
Health Tip – Audio Version – “The Health Tip – Audio Version days”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – How Can Death Due to Sudden Cardiac Arrest Be Prevented? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
A study says around one heart attack patient in 100 dies in the first 30 days, of sudden cardiac death, [...]
HEALTH TIPS: Spiritual help
Health Tip – Audio Version – “Spiritual help”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – Getting Help: Locate Services (National Institute of Mental Health)
A study finds people who more strongly felt a sense of purpose and meaning in their life, and people who regularly attended services, were less likely to report having had depression.
Joanna Maselko of [...]
HEALTH TIPS: A Thanksgiving history
Health Tip – Audio Version – “A Thanksgiving history”
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step – Surgeon General’s Family History Initiative (U.S. Surgeon General)
It’s a good question as the family gets together for Thanksgiving. And you can get an even better answer if part of the question is about everybody’s health.
Acting Surgeon General Steven Galson [...]
