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1. 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
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. 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
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
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
6. CDC - Preventing Bicycle-related Head Injuries

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/bikehel.htm
05-23-2002
Discussion of the problem of bicycle-related head injuries in the United States.
This policy statement reaffirms the American Academy of Pediatrics' support for the efforts of schools to include increased physical activity in the curriculum.
The overall percentage of alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths for children declined between 1991-96, but experiences for passengers, pedestrians, and bicyclists differ.
9. 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
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.
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.
12. 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
13. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Inline Skate Recall

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml00/00057.html
08-01-2000
K2 Corp., of Vashon, Wash., is recalling about 12,000 "FLIGHT ALX" brand in-line skates. The skate's plastic brake mount could crack and fail, causing the skater to fall and suffer serious injury. There have been no incidents or injuries reported with the
14. KidsHealth.org - Talking to Your Kids About Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco

http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/smoking.html
05-23-2002
Positive approach to talking with your children about the risks associated with tobacco use
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
16. KidsHealth.org - Fire Safety


http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/fire.html
05-23-2002
Fire Prevention at Home
17. AAP - Protecting Your Child from the Sun

http://www.medem.com/search/article_display.cfm?path=n:&mstr=/ZZZ9AVFOQ7C.html&soc=AAP&srch_typ=NAV_
05-23-2002
How and why to effectively protect children from sun
18. 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
19. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Firework Safety

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/july4/4thjuly.html
08-01-2000
Consumer safety tips and information about fireworks safety
20. 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
21. Spine-health, back pain and neck pain patient information

http://www.spine-health.com
12-19-2002
Spine-health.com provides in-depth information and resources about back pain and spinal disorders. The site is written and peer-reviewed by a multi-disciplinary group of leading spine specialists, and meets all of the quality criteria of the US National I
CDC's new charts are based on data gathered through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the only survey that collects data from actual physical examinations on a cross-section of Americans from all over the country. This survey
23. Food and Drug Administration: Nationwide Recall of Clinipad Antiseptic Sterile Products

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/NEW00720.html
08-01-2000
The reason for the recall is that the company has confirmed bacterial contamination in some lots of its sterile products, including one lot with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (recalled in December 1999), and therefore cannot assu
24. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Recall Roundup

http://www.cpsc.gov/roundup/rndupl00.html
08-01-2000
April 2000 CPSC and the Postal Service will send product recall alerts to all 33,000 Post Offices to be posted on bulletin boards.
25. American College of Emergency Physicians: Emergency Medical Services Week -- May

http://www.acep.org/library/index.cfm/id/1027
08-01-2000
EMS Week is observed annually during the third week of May and each year ACEP provides a kit for planning, coordinating and promoting EMS Week activities. The tools in this kit can help you plan local activities that meet the unique needs of your own comm

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