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Welcome to HHS HealthBeat. Launched on July 11, 2005, this service provides health promotion and disease prevention tips 5 days a week in audio and text formats.

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September 1, 2006 - "Beyond bingeing" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Road to Recovery 2006 Ask the Expert Series
  (National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month)

August 31, 2006 - "Big and feeling bad" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Overweight and Obesity: What You Can Do
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

August 30, 2006 - "Weight and worse" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Obesity And Weight Loss
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

August 29, 2006 - "Danger and looks" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Child Development
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 28, 2006 - "The contact lens solution" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Investigation of Serious Eye Infections Associated With Soft Contact Lens Use and Contact Lens Solution
  (U. S. Food and Drug Administration)

August 25, 2006 - "Sex and rough music" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Sexually degrading music may encourage teen sex
  (National Library of Medicine)

August 24, 2006 - "Sleep and diabetes" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Tossing and Turning No More: How to get a Good Night’s Sleep
• Versión En Español – Consejos para Dormir Bien
  (National Institute on Aging)

August 23, 2006 - "Boys talk about love" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Choose Respect – an initiative to help adolescents form healthy relationships
  (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)

August 22, 2006 - "Smoking mothers, difficult toddlers" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Toddlers of Mothers Who Smoked During Pregnancy Show Behavior Problems
  (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

August 21, 2006 - "Aging with polio" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Post-Polio Syndrome Fact Sheet
  (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

August 18, 2006 - "Young, big and hurt" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Youth Overweight Increases Risk of Bone Fractures, Muscle and Joint Pain
  (National Institutes of Health)

August 17, 2006 - "Intimacy and abuse" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Domestic and Intimate Partner Abuse
  (WomensHealth.gov)

August 16, 2006 - "The yin and yang of smoking" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Guide to Quitting
  (SmokeFree.gov)

August 15, 2006 - "Harder than it looks" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Aging and Your Eyes
  (National Institute on Aging)

August 14, 2006 - "Leaving the fan club" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Extreme Heat: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 11, 2006 - "Dying too young" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: We Can! Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition
  (National Institutes of Health)

August 10, 2006 - "Beyond brushing" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Oral Health for Adults
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 9, 2006 - "Music sends the pain away" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Energy Medicine: An Overview
  (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

August 8, 2006 - "Bad business" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Heat Stress in the Elderly
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 7, 2006 - "Where's the sunshine vitamin" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Questions and Answers About Breastfeeding
  (National Women's Health Information Center)
  Ekhard Ziegler of the University of Iowa says
  • "More than three quarters of breastfed babies who did not receive supplements were vitamin D deficient in the winter." [text tip]
  • "A lack of vitamin D can lead to rickets." [text tip]
  • "Breastfeeding, with supplements, is recommended during the winter." [text tip]

August 4, 2006 - "Mental health and exercise" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise Associated with Reduced Risk of Dementia in Older Adults
  (National Institute on Aging)

August 3, 2006 - "TV tubbies" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Obesity and Your Environment: A "Weighty" Subject
  (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

August 2, 2006 - "Love and hate" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Things You Can Do Right Away--Every Day--to Raise Your Self-esteem
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

August 1, 2006 - "The third who don't know" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: About Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
  (National Institutes of Health)

July 31, 2006 - "Too young to smoke" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

July 28, 2006 - "Parents smoke, kids sneeze" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Children are Hurt by Secondhand Smoke
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

July 27, 2006 - "Memory and Alzheimer's" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Understanding Memory Loss
  
• Take the Next Step: Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
  (National Institute on Aging)

July 26, 2006 - "Playing around with kids" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Across Your Lifespan: Helping Your Child
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

July 25, 2006 - "Sticks and stones" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Adventures in Parenting
  (National Institute of Child Health & Human Development)

July 24, 2006 - "Lonely" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Loneliness Boosts Blood Pressure in Older Adults
  (healthfinder® - Department of Health & Human Services)

July 21, 2006 - "Naptime" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: A Good Night's Sleep? Merely a Dream for Millions
  (National Institutes of Health, Word on Health)

July 20, 2006 - "More melanoma" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: What You Need To Know About Skin Cancer
  (National Cancer Institute)

July 19, 2006 - "Cancer strength" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Fatigue
  (National Cancer Institute)

July 18, 2006 - "Unsafe and overweight" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for Everyone: Getting Started: Stage 2 — Thinking About Change
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 17, 2006 - "Pre-dads work" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preconception Care
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 14, 2006 - "Defensive eating" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Eating for a Healthy Heart
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

July 13, 2006 - "Walking and living" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Walking: A Step in the Right Direction
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

July 12, 2006 - "Checked out" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age – A Checklist for Your Next Checkup
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

July 11, 2006 - "Is it the exercise?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
  (National Institutes of Health)

July 10, 2006 - "Poor big teens" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Helping Your Overweight Child
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

July 7, 2006 - "Kids, calories and TV" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Nutrition for Everyone: Quick Tips: Healthy Children, Healthy Choices
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 6, 2006 - "Growing mold" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Protect Yourself From Mold
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 5, 2006 - "Deadly drivers" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Teens Behind the Wheel: Graduated Driver Licensing
  (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
  Dr. Li-Hui Chen of Johns Hopkins University says:
  • "The important thing is to have a comprehensive program that covered a lot of different types of restrictions." [text tip]
  • "Supervise your child and drive with them to give them some practice time." [text tip]

July 4, 2006 - "Rage -- road and elsewhere" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Intermittent Explosive Disorder Affects up to 16 Million Americans
  (National Institute of Mental Health)

July 3, 2006 - "Learning marriage" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Healthy Marriage Initiative
  (Administration for Children and Families)

June 30, 2006 - "On the road again" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Tips for Eating Healthy When Eating Out
  (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

June 29, 2006 - "Foods and allergies" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Advice to Consumers: Food Allergen Labeling
  (Food and Drug Administration)

June 28, 2006 - "Secondhand smoke, firsthand trouble" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

June 27, 2006 - "Field work" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Health Hazards in Agriculture
  (National Ag Safety Database)

June 26, 2006 - "What good are multivitamins" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: What's in the Bottle? An Introduction to Dietary Supplements
  (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

June 23, 2006 - "Boys think like that" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Boys vs Girls: Research Finds Girls Have Advantage on Timed Tests
  (Vanderbilt University)

June 22, 2006 - "Big kids do worse" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

June 21, 2006 - "Coming up short" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: About Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
  (National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June 20, 2006 - "Before the storm comes" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Key Facts about Hurricane Readiness
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June 19, 2006 - "Quitting smoking" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: You Can Quit Smoking Now
  (National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

June 16, 2006 - "Mowed down" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Machinery Safety: Mowers
  (National Ag Safety Database)

June 15, 2006 - "Drinking Greeks" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: College Drinking - Changing the Culture
  (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

June 14, 2006 - "Eyeglass injuries" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Eye Safety
  (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

June 13, 2006 - "Before better babies" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preconception Care
  (National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities)

June 12, 2006 - "Having faith" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Prayer and Spirituality in Health: Ancient Practices, Modern Medicines
  (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

June 9, 2006 - "Does aspirin help women" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: HeartHealthyWomen.org, the online source for information on heart disease in women
  (HeartHealthyWomen)

June 8, 2006 - "Not fun" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Staying Active
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

June 7, 2006 - "Feeling in your feet" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes
  (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)

June 6, 2006 - "Six months" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Pocket Guide to Good Health for Children
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

June 5, 2006 - "Clean your plate" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Help Your Child Grow Up Healthy and Strong
  (HealthierUS.gov)
  
Dr. Kyung Rhee of Boston University School of Medicine says

• "Some parents had an "authoritative" style, in which they set standards but listened to and connected with their children. Others had an "authoritarian" style that focused more on simply setting rules. The "authoritative parents" were less likely to have overweight first graders." [text tip]
• "Parenting style is only one of many things that can affect whether a child is overweight. However, she thinks authoritarian parents’ focus on setting standards may teach children to ignore their feelings of being full and keep eating anyway." [text tip]
• "Children who are told to clean their plates learn to do that, and ignore their feelings of being full." [text tip]

June 2, 2006 - "Safe on soda" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Questions and Answers on the Occurrence of Benzene in Soft Drinks and Other Beverages
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

June 1, 2006 - "Hispanic health" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Visit the National Alliance for Hispanic Health
  (National Alliance for Hispanic Health)

May 31, 2006 - "Oh, say, can we see?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Study Finds Most Americans Have Good Vision, But 14 Million Are Visually Impaired
  (National Eye Institute)

May 30, 2006 - "Keeping kids safe" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Adventures in Parenting
  (National Institute of Child Health & Human Development)

May 29, 2006 - "Exercise and living" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise for Older Adults
  (NIH SeniorHealth)

May 26, 2006 - "Hands-free" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Distractions are Everywhere
  (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy)

May 25, 2006 - "Poor shape" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Energize Yourself and Your Family
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

May 24, 2006 - "Diabetes on the rise" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Diabetes & Me
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 23, 2006 - "Thinking about leaving" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preparing to Evacuate
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 22, 2006 - "Before the storm" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preparing for a Hurricane
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 19, 2006 - "Heading off trouble" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

May 18, 2006 - "Fillings" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Health Effects of Dental Fillings in Children
  (National Institutes of Health)

May 17, 2006 - "Drinking and thinking" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Alcohol: A Woman’s Health Issue
  (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

May 16, 2006 - "Dangerous diets" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: What’s a Healthy Weight?
  (Office on Women's Health)

May 15, 2006 - "Why watch your waist?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Dietary Guidelines for Americans--Weight Management
  (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture)

May 12, 2006 - "Craving a tan" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Health Effects of Overexposure to the Sun
  (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

May 11, 2006 - "Missing the mammogram" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Mammograms: Not Just Once, But For a Lifetime
  (National Cancer Institute)

May 10, 2006 - "Sick of your spouse" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Healthy Marriage Initiative
  (Administration for Children and Families)

May 9, 2006 - "Breathing that stuff" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: A Citizen's Guide to Radon
  (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

May 8, 2006 - "Working the joints" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Questions and Answers about Arthritis and Exercise
  (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

May 5, 2006 - "Aha!" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Creativity Fringes
  (U.S. Department of the Treasury)

May 4, 2006 - "In need of care" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Elders and Caregivers
  (Administration on Aging)

May 3, 2006 - "It's mumps" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Mumps
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

May 2, 2006 - "Time's running out" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Enroll in a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
  (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

May 1, 2006 - "Kids' headaches" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: NINDS Headache Information Page
  (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
  
Tara Strine of HHS’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says

• "There are some things that children can do themselves to ease the pain of frequent or severe headaches" [text tip]
• "Millions of children have frequent or severe headaches" [text tip]
• "Children with headaches were more likely to have emotional and conduct problems" [text tip]
• "Children with headaches were more likely to have attention problems, and problems with home life and friends." [text tip]

April 28, 2006 - "Parents fight, kids hurt" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Adventures in Parenting – How Responding, Preventing, Monitoring, Mentoring and Modeling Can Help You Be A Successful Parent
  (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

April 27, 2006 - "Hurts when you’re heavy" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Overweight and Obesity: Health Consequences
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

April 26, 2006 - "Baby fat?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Ten Things Parents Can Do to Prevent Eating Disorders
  (National Eating Disorders Association)

April 25, 2006 - "Sweetness and calories" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Study Links Soft Drink Consumption to Childhood Obesity
  (Weight-control Information Network - NIDDK)

April 24, 2006 - "Get your Zzz's" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Sleeping Difficulty
  (MedlinePlus)

April 21, 2006 - "Adventures in weight loss" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: 10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
  (The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)

April 20, 2006 - "Early lunch, late snack" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Different Bodies. Different Needs
  (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

April 19, 2006 - "Getting better at getting checked" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Colorectal Cancer Screening: Questions and Answers
  (Centers for Disease Control Prevention)

April 18, 2006 - "Help makes it better" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: A Quick Guide to Finding Effective Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment
  (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment)

April 17, 2006 - "Who dies in the crash" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Aim for a Healthy Weight
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

April 14, 2006 - "More soda, less milk" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Tweens and Teens Need Calcium Now More Than Ever!
  (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

April 13, 2006 - "Anger management" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Stress Management
  (National Library of Medicine)

April 12, 2006 - "Ease for the knees?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT) Study Results
  (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

April 11, 2006 - "Big kids for the seats" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Too Few Car Seats for America's Obese Kids
  (National Library of Medicine)

April 10, 2006 - "Bigger, not better" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Weight Loss for Life
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

April 7, 2006 - "Bad break on spring break" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: College Drinking - Changing the Culture
  (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

April 6, 2006 - "Caffeine gene" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Genes May Dictate Caffeine's Dangers
  (National Library of Medicine)

April 5, 2006 - "Will diabetes win?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

April 4, 2006 - "Sex and aspirin" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Aspirin for Reducing Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke: Know the Facts
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

April 3, 2006 - "Active parents, active teens, good habits." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: VERB - It's What You Do
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Penny Gordon-Larsen of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says
  • “The study adds to reasons why teens should be physically active.” [text tip]
  • "It’s better for parents to be physically active with their kids rather than just watching TV.” [text tip]
  • “The study finds kids who are active, especially with their parents, are less likely to be involved in risky behaviors.” [text tip]

March 31, 2006 - "Positive thinking about asthma" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Don't Let Asthma Keep You Out of the Game
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 30, 2006 - "Grandpa drinks" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Retired Admissions in Substance Abuse Treatment
  (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration)

March 29, 2006 - "Learn from the eagle" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Eagle Books: Stories about Growing Strong and Preventing Diabetes
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 28, 2006 - "Folic acid's extra" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Improvement in Stroke Mortality in Canada and the United States, 1990 to 2002
  (National Library of Medicine).

March 27, 2006 - "Kids get a screen shot" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Be a Positive Role Model
  (Alcohol & Drug Information)

March 24, 2006 - "Parents, kids and the tube" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: National Children's Study Workshop – Media Effects on Child Health and Development
  (National Institutes of Health)

March 23, 2006 - "Healthy bones" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Offer Modest Bone Improvements
  (National Institutes of Health)

March 22, 2006 - "Can fish oil fight cancer?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Diet High in Omega-3 Fatty Acids Unlikely to Reduce Risk of Cancer
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

March 21, 2006 - "Five a day - or more" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Why Fruits and Vegetables
  (US Department of Health and Human Services)

March 20, 2006 - "Passing along the weight" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Obesity Before Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Weight Problems
  (National Institutes of Health)

March 17, 2006 - "Will They Ever Grow Up" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Teenage Brain: A work in progress
  (National Institute of Mental Health)

March 16, 2006 - "Nicotine Teens" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Parents: Nicotine is a Real Threat to Your Kids
  (National Institute of Drug Abuse)

March 15, 2006 - "Drinking in the Ads" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol
  (National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

March 14, 2006 - "Healthy Vets" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: HealthierUS Veterans
  (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

March 13, 2006 - "Real World Weight Loss" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: A Guide to Healthier Eating
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

March 10, 2006 - "Women and AIDS" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: HIV/AIDS Prevention
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

March 9, 2006 - "The Healing Touch of Exercise" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise for Older Adults
  (National Institute on Aging)

March 8, 2006 - "Brains and Blood Pressure" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Stress Management
  (National Library of Medicine)

March 7, 2006 - "Growing Pains" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: U.S. Surgeon General Gives Tips to Parents of Teenagers
  (U.S. Surgeon General/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

March 6, 2006 - "Drinking and schooling" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Drinking Among Young Adults--Screening, Brief Intervention and Outcome
  (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

March 3, 2006 - "Stretch your back" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Low Back Pain
  (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

March 2, 2006 - "Fat and the boomer brain" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Understanding Adult Obesity
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

March 1, 2006 - "Double danger" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Know Stroke. Know the Signs. Act in Time
  (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

February 28, 2006 - "The paradoxical walk" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Walking - A Step in the Right Direction
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

February 27, 2006 - "What's up with low fat?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: News from the Women's Health Initiative: Reducing Total Fat Intake May Have Small Effect on Risk of Breast Cancer, No Effect on Risk of Colorectal Cancer, Heart Disease, or Stroke
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 24, 2006 - "Early warning" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

February 23, 2006 - "Rude shock" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Health Status-Adolescents
  (Maternal and Child Health Bureau)

February 22, 2006 - "Kids off the streets" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Obesity and Your Environment, A "Weighty" Subject!
  (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

February 21, 2006 - "Kids, parents and cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PDQ®)
  (National Cancer Institute)

February 20, 2006 - "Exercise in the real world" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Walking Works, The Blue Program for a Healthier America
  (The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)

February 17, 2006 - "Doing Good with Aspirin" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Aspirin for Reducing Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
  (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)

February 16, 2006 - "Working the Body, Saving the Mind" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy After 50+
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

February 15, 2006 - "What Grandma Takes" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Get the Facts – What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

February 14, 2006 - "Surprise Valentine’s Day" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Healthy Valentine
  (Office of Women’s Health)

February 13, 2006 - "For better, for worse" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Healthy Marriage Initiative
  (Administration for Children and Families)

February 10, 2006 - "Smoking and Breast Cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Straight Talk about Tobacco
  (GirlsHealth.gov)

February 9, 2006 - "Breastfeeding Against Diabetes" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Breastfeeding. Best for Baby. Best for Mom.
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

February 8, 2006 - "Care for the Obese" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Checkups, Tests, and Shots: Which Ones You Need and When To Get Them
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

February 7, 2006 - "Status Check" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day
  (Office of Minority Health)

February 6, 2006 - "Tough Customer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Workplace Violence
  (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

February 3, 2006 - "Big kid" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition)
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 2, 2006 - "Hows the family?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Heart and Vascular Diseases
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

February 1, 2006 - "Early problems, young drinkers" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Too Smart To Start Youth
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

January 31, 2006 - "Was it the carbs?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Eat 5 to 9 a Day for Better Health
  (National Cancer Institute)

January 30, 2006 - "Inside fat" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Physical Activity: Energize Your Life!
  (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

January 27, 2006 - "Race, exercise and breast cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Physical Activity and Cancer
  (National Cancer Institute)

January 26, 2006 - "Does fiber help" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Colorectal Cancer (PDQ®): Prevention
  (National Cancer Institute)

January 25, 2006 - "Actively growing older" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: You Can! Steps to Healthier Aging Campaign
  (Administration on Aging)

January 24, 2006 - "Trans. Right there on the label" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Trans Fat Now Listed With Saturated Fat and Cholesterol on the Nutrition Facts Label
  (Center For Food Safety And Applied Nutrition)

January 23, 2006 - "More than a grain of salt" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Reducing Salt and Sodium in Your Diet
  (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

January 20, 2006 - "What the kids know" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Advance Care Planning: Preferences for Care at the End of Life
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

January 19, 2006 - "More than losing weight" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Dietary Guidelines for Americans—Physical Activity
  

January 18, 2006 - "Blood pressure up, thinking down" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Treatment of High Blood Pressure
  (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

January 17, 2006 - "Tooth trouble, heart trouble" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Adult Oral Health
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

January 16, 2006 - "Actively pregnant" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Common Concerns and Exposures--Exercise
  (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction)

January 13, 2006 - "Good neighbors, good kids" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Healthy People in Healthy Communities
  (HealthyPeople.gov)

January 12, 2006 - "Kids versus smoke" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Smoking's Impact on Others
  (Smokefree.gov)

January 11, 2006 - "Help for Native vets" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: IHS & VHA Collaborations
  (Indian Health Service)

January 10, 2006 - "Pain and the brain" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Mind-Body Medicine
  (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

January 9, 2006 - "Kids eat out" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Nutrition: Eat a nutritious diet
  (HealthierUS.gov)

January 6, 2006 - "Before the surgeon starts" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Having Surgery?
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

January 5, 2006 - "Kids taking drugs" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: 2005 Monitoring the Future Survey
  (National Institutes of Health)

January 4, 2006 - "Race, poverty and smoking" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Refresh Yourself! Stop Smoking
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

January 3, 2006 - "Unfit Youth" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Teen Fitness – The Presidents Challenge
  (The President's Challenge)

January 2, 2006 - "Who needs antibacterial soaps?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Soap
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

December 30, 2005 - "Try to remember" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Diet, Exercise, Stimulating Environment Helps Old Dogs Learn
  (National Institute on Aging)

December 29, 2005 - "What doesn't kill you..." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preventing Obesity and Chronic Diseases Through Good Nutrition and Physical Activity
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 28, 2005 - "Another cup of coffee?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Habitual Caffeine Intake and the Risk of Hypertension in Women
  (National Library of Medicine)

December 27, 2005 - "The shot that helps kids, helps Gramps" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: PPV23 Vaccine (Pneumococcal Polysaccharide)
  (National Immunization Program)

December 26, 2005 - "Giving the kid a drinking problem." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Too Smart To Start Youth
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

December 23, 2005 - "Weight, Genes and Breast Cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Gene Mutations Boost Cancer Risk in Women
  (National Cancer Institute)

December 22, 2005 - "Just in Case" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preparing For Pandemic Influenza - What You Can Do
  (PandemicFlu.gov)

December 21, 2005 - "Reading the Ads" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Addicted to Nicotine – A National Research Forum
  (4Parents.gov)

December 20, 2005 - "Baby's Best" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Breastfeeding - Best for Baby. Best for Mom.
  (womenshealth.gov)

December 19, 2005 - "Dinner Time" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Talk Tips
  (4Parents.gov)

December 16, 2005 - "Dancing to the good sounds" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Getting In Shape
  (The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)

December 15, 2005 - "Smoking versus thinking" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Surgeon General’s 2004 Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking on The Human Body
  (National Center For Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

December 14, 2005 - "Programmed for fat" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise and Weight Control
  (The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)

December 13, 2005 - "What happens when teens drink?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Underage Drinking: A Major Public Health Challenge
  (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

December 12, 2005 - "The spread of middle age spread" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for Everyone
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 9, 2005 - "On vacation" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preventing Stress Through a Healthy Lifestyle
  (National Ag Safety Database – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 8, 2005 - "Why expect to slow down?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise for Older Adults
  (National Institute on Aging)

December 7, 2005 - "Good for something" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Clinical Trials Results – Low-Dose Aspirin
  
• Take the Next Step: Clinical Trials Results – Vitamin E
  (National Cancer Institute)

December 6, 2005 - "Tweaking your diet, helping your heart" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Healthy Eating
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

December 5, 2005 - "Is that supposed to be funny?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: For Women, Laughter Is a Just Reward
  (The National Women’s Health Information Center)

December 2, 2005 - "A Bit More Active" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity Web Site
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

December 1, 2005 - "What a Little Drink Can Do" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: How to Keep Your Heart Healthy
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

November 30, 2005 - "Violence and Family Tradition" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Tips for Being a Nurturing Parent
  (Administration for Children & Families)

November 29, 2005 - "A Safe Shot" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Preventing the Flu
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 28, 2005 - "Be Active, Live Longer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise: Getting Fit For Life
  (National Institute on Aging)

November 25, 2005 - "Boomers Like Alternatives" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States
  (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

November 24, 2005 - "Something to Talk about at Thanksgiving" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative
  (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

November 23, 2005 - "Navajo Games" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Eat and Play the Native Way
  (Coconino County, Arizona, Health Department)

November 22, 2005 - "Good Thoughts" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Stress Management
  (National Library of Medicine)

November 21, 2005 - "Heading Toward Diabetes" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Prevent and Control Diabetes
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 18, 2005 - "Who Wants Jet Lag?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Jet Lag Prevention
  (MEDLINEplus)

November 17, 2005 - "Smoking and Breast Cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Quit to Live--How and Why to Quit Smoking Today
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 16, 2005 - "Cut the Smoke" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Tobacco Use and the Health of Young People
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 15, 2005 - "Gains We Don't Want" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Reaching and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 14, 2005 - "POZ Parties" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: HIV/AIDS--Making the Connection
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 11, 2005 - "Heavier yet" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight?
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

November 10, 2005 - "Modern-day slavery" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking
  (Administration for Children & Families)

November 9, 2005 - "Get vaccinated" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Key Facts About Influenza (Flu) Vaccine
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 8, 2005 - "Learning cholesterol control" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Cholesterol Counts For Everyone
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

November 7, 2005 - "Smoking like the stars" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: You(th) & Tobacco
  (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

November 4, 2005 - "Stop and go and wheeze" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Environmental Triggers of Asthma
  (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

November 3, 2005 - "Safer homes, safer kids" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Raising Safe and Healthy Kids
  (Office of Women’s Health – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

November 2, 2005 - "Girls’ fun and games" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Fitness – Steps to a Healthy Life
  (GirlsHealth.gov)

November 1, 2005 - "Nurturing Better Health" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Problem of Overweight in Children and Adolescents
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

October 31, 2005 - "Safe as mother’s milk" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Breastfeeding
  (The National Women’s Health Information Center)

October 28, 2005 - "Creaky old boomers" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: How to Lose and Manage Weight
  (Food and Drug Administration)

October 27, 2005 - "Take charge of disease" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Next Steps After Your Diagnosis--Finding Information and Support
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

October 26, 2005 - "Can you repeat that?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Hearing Loss and Older Adults
  (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

October 25, 2005 - "Smokers and diabetes" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: You Can Quit Smoking Now!
  (National Cancer Institute)

October 24, 2005 - "A date with danger" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Sexual Violence: Prevention Strategies
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 21, 2005 - "Violence follows violence" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: What You Need to Know About Youth Violence Prevention
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

October 20, 2005 - "Less pain" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Chronic Pain Information Page
  (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

October 19, 2005 - "Women make the gains" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Steps to Healthier Women - Physical Activity
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

October 18, 2005 - "Cancer and a better life" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Riding the Crest of the Teachable Moment: Promoting Long-term Health After the Diagnosis of Cancer
  (National Library of Medicine)

October 17, 2005 - "What parents do right" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Adventures in Parenting
  (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

October 14, 2005 - "The good stuff" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Guide to Health Care Quality: How to Know It When You See It
  (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

October 13, 2005 - "Second-hand smoke, first-hand danger" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: CERHR: Smoking (8/18/03)
  (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction)

October 12, 2005 - "Looks like a runner" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Guide to Physical Activity
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

October 11, 2005 - "Your genes and your fitness" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Fitness and Nutrition: The Prescription for Healthy Aging
  (National Institute on Aging)

October 10, 2005 - "Dangerous light" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Low-Tar Cigarettes: Evidence Doesn't Indicate Benefit to Public Health
  (National Cancer Institute)

October 7, 2005 - "Getting your bell rung" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Brain Injury in Your Practice Tool Kit
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 6, 2005 - "That weight" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: A Step in the Right Direction
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

October 5, 2005 - "A pox" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Understanding Vaccine Safety: Immunization Remains Our Best Defense Against Deadly Disease
  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

October 4, 2005 - "Aspirin and colon cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

October 3, 2005 - "The bigger they are..." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Steps to a Healthier You
  (United States Department of Agriculture)

September 30, 2005 - "Sex, gore, and paying attention" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Smart Drivers Just Drive
  (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

September 29, 2005 - "What doesn't kill you might not make you stronger, either" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Impact of Obesity on Active Life Expectancy in Older American Men and Women
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 28, 2005 - "Teens listen" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Survey Found Teens Hear Prevention Messages
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

September 27, 2005 - "Slower is better" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Controlling Your Weight
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

September 26, 2005 - "For better or for worse" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: NIDA Infofacts: Marijuana
  (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

September 23, 2005 - "Riding in cars with boys" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Teens' Driving Riskier with Male Teen Passenger
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 22, 2005 - "More pounds, more weariness" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Association Between Obesity and the Frailty Syndrome in Older Women
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 21, 2005 - "Grandma’s blood pressure" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: High Blood Pressure
  (National Institute on Aging)

September 20, 2005 - "Eating for two" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Pregnancy and a Healthy Diet
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

September 19, 2005 - "Ease off the weight, ease off the pressure" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

September 16, 2005 - "Older adoptee, new happiness" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
  (Administration on Children and Families)

September 15, 2005 - "Young and DUI" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Among Young Persons
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

September 14, 2005 - "The wide screen" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Experts: Test All Pregnant Women for HIV
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

September 13, 2005 - "Disability, not inability" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

September 12, 2005 - "Pulling all nighters" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Sleep Reorganizes Brain Connections to Improve Performance
  (National Institute of Mental Health)

September 9, 2005 - "Fitness and fatness" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for Everyone; Recommendations: Young People
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

September 8, 2005 - "Trouble coming" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Four Steps to Control Your Diabetes for Life
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 7, 2005 - "Trying to sleep" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Insomnia
  (women'shealth.gov)

September 6, 2005 - "Healthier cells" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Dietary Measures and Exercise: New Twists on the Link to Prevention and Metastasis of Breast Cancer
  (US Department of Defense)

September 5, 2005 - "Had breakfast?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Why Milk Matters Now for Children and Teens
  (National Institutes of Health)

September 2, 2005 - "Working off the weight" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Helping Your Overweight Child
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

September 1, 2005 - "Safe shots" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 31, 2005 - "Where's the care?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The 7 Principles for Controlling Your Diabetes for Life
  (National Diabetes Education Program)

August 30, 2005 - "Getting the kids to go" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: BAM! Body and Mind Physical Activity
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

August 29, 2005 - "Betting against the house" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Recognizing Compulsive Gambling
  (healthfinder® - Department of Health & Human Services)

August 26, 2005 - "Won't slow down" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities
  (Office of the Surgeon General)

August 25, 2005 - "The hot flashes are back" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Menopause and Menopause Treatments
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

August 24, 2005 - "Gaining on the poor" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Understanding Adult Obesity
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

August 23, 2005 - "Drug abusers and their other troubles" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Drug Abuse and Mental Illness Fast Facts
  (National Drug Intelligence Center)

August 22, 2005 - "All together, give it up?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: You Can Quit Smoking Now!
  (NCI, CDC, NIH, HHS, FIRSTGOV)

August 19, 2005 - "A lighter position" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Yoga Yields Weight Loss in Middle Age
  (healthfinder® - Department of Health & Human Services)

August 18, 2005 - "Had it with diets" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: HealthierUS.gov
  (Executive Office of the President and the Department of Health & Human Services)
• MyPyramid.gov
  (United States Department of Agriculture)

August 17, 2005 - "Moms in the middle" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Help! Where to Find It
  (Administration on Aging)

August 16, 2005 - "Better after breast cancer" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Chemotherapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment
  (National Cancer Institute)

August 15, 2005 - "Behind the wheel and on the phone" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Tips for Safe Driving
  (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

August 12, 2005 - "Heavy thinking" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: What are the Risk Factors for Dementia?
  (National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

August 11, 2005 - "Young and sober" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child about Alcohol
  (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

August 10, 2005 - "Sad news" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: How to Deal with Grief
  (Center for Mental Health Services)

August 9, 2005 - "PMS?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Premenstrual Syndrome
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

August 8, 2005 - "Save your skin" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Play it Safe in the Sun: A Guide for Parents
  (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

August 5, 2005 - "Junk forever?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: We Can! Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition
  (National Institutes of Health)

August 4, 2005 - "Live, babe" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Health Problems in African-American Women: Infant Deaths
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

August 3, 2005 - "Healthy babies start young" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Frequently Asked Questions on Folic Acid
  (National Women's Health Information Center)

August 2, 2005 - "Seeing your way clear" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Low Vision
  (National Institutes of Health)

August 1, 2005 - "Living on" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
  (SAMHSA, CDC, NIH, HRSA, IHS)

July 29, 2005 - "The pathway to friendship." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles; Physical Activity and Nutrition
  (Administration on Aging)

July 28, 2005 - "Going with the group." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Mental Health Services Locator
  (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

July 27, 2005 - "Don’t stop." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Physical Activity for Everyone: Energize Your Life!
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 26, 2005 - "Beating the games." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercised Lately?
  (President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)

July 25, 2005 - "What’s that?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Outdoor Eating Food Safety Tips
  (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)

July 22, 2005 - "Happy birthday." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise: Getting Fit For Life
  (National Institute on Aging)

July 21, 2005 - "Not too old." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Exercise for Older Adults
  (National Institutes of Health)

July 20, 2005 - "Keeping an eye on diabetes." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Diabetic Retinopathy: What you should know
  (National Eye Institute)

July 19, 2005 - "A brisk walk from depression." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Depression
  (National Institute of Mental Health)

July 18, 2005 - "Bigger than your stomach." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Keep an Eye on Portion Size
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

July 15, 2005 - "A step back from colon cancer." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Colon and Rectal Cancer
  (National Cancer Institute)

July 14, 2005 - "Thinking young." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Young at Heart: Tips for Older Adults
  (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

July 13, 2005 - "Walking away from breast cancer." [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Questions and Answers: Physical Activity and Cancer
  (National Cancer Institute)

July 12, 2005 - "Too hot!" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: Extreme Heat
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

July 11, 2005 – "Where do you want that six-pack?" [text tip]

• Take the Next Step: 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Alcoholic Beverages
  (Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture)

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