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1. American Dietetic Association: National Nutrition Month Fact Sheet

http://www.eatright.org/nnm/nnm00fact.html
08-01-2000
National Nutrition Month® (NNM) is a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and its Foundation. The campaign is designed to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choic
Using the two-dose schedule, the adult dose of Recombivax HB® (1.0 mL dose containing 10 µg of hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg]) is administered to adolescents aged 11--15 years, with the second dose given 4--6 months after the first dose.
3. Centers for Disease Control: School Health Index

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/SHI/index.htm
08-01-2000
The School Health Index is a self-assessment and planning tool that will enable schools to *identify the strengths and weaknesses of their physical activity and nutrition policies and programs. *develop an action plan for improving student health.
4. MedlinePlus Online Encyclopedia from ADAM.com

http://medlineplus.adam.com/
08-01-2000
Online consumer health information on various diseases from the National Library of Medicine and other sources.
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
6. 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
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
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination of healthy US infants has the potential to be cost-effective. To achieve cost savings, its cost would need to be lower than the manufacturer's list price. In addition to tangible costs, the vaccine should be appraised ba
9. Centers for Disease Control: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/
08-01-2000
CDC Web site from the National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, including information on World TB Day, TB news alerts and links to the TB-Educate Listserv(R).
Online consumer magazine from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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
12. 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
13. New England Journal of Medicine: Cigarette Smoking and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

http://www.nejm.org/content/2000/0342/0010/0681.asp
08-01-2000
Cigarette smoking is the strongest independent risk factor for invasive pneumococcal disease among immunocompetent, nonelderly adults. Because of the high prevalence of smoking and the large population attributable risk, programs to reduce both smoking an
14. National Reading Panel Report Home Page

http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/
08-01-2000
For over two years, the NRP reviewed research-based knowledge on reading instruction and held open panel meetings in Washington, DC, and regional meetings across the United States. On April 13, 2000, the NRP concluded its work and submitted "The Report of
15. US Government ClinicalTrials.gov Site

http://clinicaltrials.gov
08-01-2000
The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies.
16. Food and Drug Administration: First Pneumococcal Vaccine Approved for Infants and Toddlers

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/NEW00716.html
08-01-2000
Pneumococcal 7-valent Conjugate Vaccine (Diphtheria CRM197Protein) marketed as Prevnar by Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories protects children against Streptococcus pneumoniae.
The treatment of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women does not reduce the occurrence of preterm delivery or other adverse perinatal outcomes.
18. United Nations: Human Rights General Information

http://www.un.org/rights/geninfo.html
08-01-2000
United Nations Human Rights Information Resource
19. Centers for Disease Control: National Child Passenger Safety Week February 13-19, 2000

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4904a3.htm
08-01-2000
CDC National Child Passenger Safety Week February 13-19, 2000
In this analysis, the decline in smoking over time among pregnant women was primarily due to the overall decline in smoking initiation rates among women of childbearing age, not to an increased rate of smoking cessation related to pregnancy. To foster eff
21. Healthy People 2010

http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/default.htm
08-01-2000
Healthy People 2010 challenges individuals, communities, and professionals—indeed, all of us— to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all.
22. 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
23. 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.
24. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator

http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/facilitylocatordoc.htm
08-03-2001
This searchable directory of over 12,000 drug and alcohol treatment programs will show the location of facilities around the country that treat alcoholism, alcohol abuse and drug abuse problems. The Locator includes residential, inpatient and outpatien
25. 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

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