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1. Health on the Net: HONselect


http://www.hon.ch/HONselect/
10-02-2001
Health on the Net (HON)'s search integrator for strictly medical and health queries. HONselect combines five information types - MeSH® terms, authoritative scientific articles, healthcare news, Web sites and multimedia - into one service to focus and acce
In an incidence study of data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and General Estimates System (1992-1997), as well as the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (1995), it is concluded the risk of fatal injury for a 16 or 17 year-old driver in
3. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Study on Pool Alarm Reliability

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml00/00113.html
08-01-2000
The CPSC study looked at three types of alarms: floating alarms that detect waves on the surface; underwater alarms that detect waves under the surface; and a wristband alarm, which is worn by a child, and alarms when exposed to water. CPSC's tests showed
4. Pew Environmental Health Commission -- ATTACK Asthma: Appendix One, Asthma and Its Environmental Triggers

http://pewenvirohealth.jhsph.edu/html/reports/PEHCAsthmaRptApp1.pdf
08-01-2000
Statistics, factors and models on which the ATTACK Asthma Report is based. Part 2 of 3.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers that certain baby mattresses and mattress pads encourage the potentially deadly practice of placing babies to sleep on their stomachs, and claim that the products reduce the risk of S
6. Pew Environmental Health Commission: ATTACK Asthma -- Appendix Two: The Federal Asthma Research Agenda

http://pewenvirohealth.jhsph.edu/html/reports/PEHCAsthmaRptApp2.pdf
08-16-2000
Federal strategic plan on attacking the problem of asthma over 2000-2004 in conjunction with Healthy People 2010. Outlines research, planning and budgeting of efforts.
7. md4all

http://WWW.MD4ALL.COM
04-20-2004
MD4ALL operates a family of electronic information resources that meet the clinical content needs of physicians and other health care professionals.
8. American Academy of Pediatrics 2000 Family Safety Guide to Car Seats

http://www.aap.org/family/famshop.htm
08-01-2000
More children are killed or injured in car crashes than any other type of injury. Using carseats correctly can prevent many of these injuries. This is a question and answer guide about these issues.
The results reported confirm previous findings, but the mechanism by which cola drinks are associated with bone fractures in physically active girls has neither been fully explored nor determined. Nevertheless, national concern and alarm about the health
Annual presentation of the past year's ten top pediatric stories. Dr. Michael G. Burke's choices follow in order of significance.
11. Centers for Disease Control: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report -- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance 1999

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss4905a1.htm
08-01-2000
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults --- behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional injuries; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; se
12. Health On the Net Foundation (HON)


http://www.hon.ch/
10-02-2001
The Health On the Net Foundation (HON), created in 1995, is a not-for-profit International Swiss Organization. HON's mission is to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health informa
Descriptive analysis of 1985-96 deaths in US passengers (0-14 yrs)/1988-96 data on nonfatal injuries: Majority of US drinking-related child passenger deaths involve an unrestrained child.
The overall percentage of alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths for children declined between 1991-96, but experiences for passengers, pedestrians, and bicyclists differ.
Chickenpox dramatically increases the risk for acquiring invasive Group A Streptococcal disease, and universal chickenpox vaccination could potentially prevent up to 15% of all pediatric invasive GAS disease.
16. National Institute of Drug Abuse: Info-Fax on Anabolic Steroids

http://165.112.78.61/Infofax/steroids.html
08-01-2000
Anabolic-androgenic steroids are man-made substances related to male sex hormones. "Anabolic" refers to muscle-building, and "androgenic" refers to increased masculine characteristics. "Steroids" refers to the class of drugs. These drugs are available leg
The mission of OMH is to improve the health of racial and ethnic populations through the development of effective health policies and programs that help to eliminate disparities in health.
The little-known but alarming facts surrounding alcohol consumption by children ages 9 to 15 have prompted more than 25 Governors’ Spouses to join forces and put this issue on the national agenda. Today they launched Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol
19. National Alcohol Screening Day -- April: A National Wake-up Call

http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/alcohol/alc-public.htm
08-01-2000
The program addresses a range of drinking behaviors from risky drinking to alcohol dependence. Based on the model used in the other programs, the alcohol program includes an educational presentation, a written screening questionnaire, and an opportunity
20. Global Initiative in Asthma: World Asthma Day 2000

http://www.ginasthma.com/xworld.html
08-01-2000
The theme of World Asthma Day 2000 is "Let every person breathe", expressing the belief that asthmatic people have the right to timely diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and education to help self control of their asthma.
21. AAP - Chemical-Biological Terrorism and Its Impact on Children

http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZMIENR48C&sub_cat=29
05-23-2002
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A Report to the Nation from the Public Health Policy Advisory Board,an independent, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated toadvancing sound science-based policymaking in public health.May 1999
23. Club Drugs Website

http://www.clubdrugs.org/
08-01-2000
Club drugs are being used by young adults at all-night dance parties such as "raves" or "trances," dance clubs, and bars. MDMA (Ecstasy), GHB, Rohypnol, ketamine, methamphetamine, and LSD are some of the club or party drugs gaining popularity. NIDA-suppor
24. eMedicine - Bee and Hymenoptera Stings

http://emedicine.com/emerg/topic55.htm
06-28-2000
Review of bee, wasp and ant stings. Requires paid registration to view larger image of photos.
25. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute


http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/index.htm
06-28-2000
Health information site geared toward general public and health care professionals.

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