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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 |
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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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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 |
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National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Launches National Initiative to Prevent Underage Drinking
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2000/niaaa-23.htm 08-01-2000 |
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 |
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Journal of the American Medical Association: Carrying Passengers as a Risk Factor for Crashes Fatal to 16- and 17-Year-Old Drivers
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v283n12/abs/joc90737.html 08-01-2000 |
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 |
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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. |
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American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement: Physical Fitness and Activity in Schools (RE9907)
http://www.aap.org/policy/re9907.html 08-01-2000 |
This policy statement reaffirms the American Academy of Pediatrics' support for the efforts of schools to include increased physical activity in the curriculum. |
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Journal of the American Medical Association: Alcohol and Motor Vehicle Related Deaths of Children as Passengers, Pedestrians, and Bicyclists
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v283n17/full/joc91238.html 08-01-2000 |
The overall percentage of alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths for children declined between 1991-96, but experiences for passengers, pedestrians, and bicyclists differ. |
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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 |
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Online consumer health information on various diseases from the National Library of Medicine and other sources. |
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Centers for Disease Control: Highlight On Recreational Waterborne Diseases -- Parasite Information and Quiz
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/highlight2/index.htm 08-01-2000 |
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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine: Teenaged Girls, Carbonated Beverage Consumption, and Bone Fractures
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v154n6/abs/poa90400.html 08-01-2000 |
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 |
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KidsHealth.org - Fire Safety
http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/fire.html 05-23-2002 |
Fire Prevention at Home |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Centers for Disease Control: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) -- Growth Charts: United States
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts 08-01-2000 |
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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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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