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In a structured questionnaire survey of toddlers and mothers in a community sample, findings suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy has an adverse effect on the child's negativity.
2. 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
3. Embryo Images--Normal & Abnormal Mammalian Development

http://www.med.unc.edu/embryo_images/
11-21-2000
Tutorial that uses scanning electron micrographs to teach mammalian embryology. 3-D like quality of the micrographs coupled with line drawings and minimal text allow relatively easy understanding of the complex morphological changes that occur in utero.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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
8. 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).
9. 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
10. 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.
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
12. 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.
13. 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 report elaborates on the meaning of oral health and explains why oral health is essential to general health and well-being. In the course of the past 50 years, great progress has been made in understanding the common oral diseases-- dental caries (too
Official conference Web site with links to post-conference information sources.
When most people think about concerns related to swimming, they think about drowning, diving injuries, and sunburns. However, few think about getting sick from swimming.
17. 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
This homepage contains electronic versions of the latest edition of Health, United States and previous editions back to 1993. Users may download a complete copy of Health, United States or selected sections, such as the chartbook, or individual tables. In
19. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Safe Sleep Practices for Babies

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/sleepingmenu.html
08-01-2000
Research, information and public service announcements for preventions of sudden infant death syndrome.
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
21. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Kick-Butts Day

http://kickbuttsday.org/
08-01-2000
Kick Butts Day is an annual initiative that encourages activism and leadership among elementary, middle and high school students.
22. Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network

http://www.cochraneconsumer.com/
05-23-2002
summaries of cochrane reviews on a variety of topics, wiith search capacity
Researchers collected samples of the dust in American bedding and found cause for concern in terms of dust mite and cockroach allergens at levels associated with asthma and allergies.
24. Smoking and Tobacco


http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/index.html
01-22-1999
Tobacco education and control
25. Pulmonary Hypertension

http://neonatal.peds.washington.edu/NICU-WEB/pphn.stm
06-30-2000
Detailed discussion of pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of persitent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

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