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A

• Accessing Reliable Health Information – January 2000
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse – April 1997
• Allergies – April 1999
• Alzheimer’s Disease – February 1999
• Are You Immune to Illness into the New Year? Tips for Staying Healthy (PDF) [Text version] – Winter 2005
• Arthritis – June 1997
• Aspirin: Beyond Pain Relief (PDF) [Text version] – Winter 2004
• Asthma – May 1999

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B

• Breast Cancer (PDF) [Text version] – August/September 2004
  Handouts:
  • What’s My Profile (PDF)
  • Guidelines and Information for Breast Cancer Screenings (PDF)
  • Resources (PDF)
  • My Personal Plan for Early Detection (PDF)
• Back Pain (PDF) [Text version] – April 2002
• Breast Cancer Awareness – September/October 1997

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C

• Can Creams and Cosmetics Really Improve Aging Skin? (PDF) [Text version] – August 2005
  Handouts:
  • Beware of Unproven Remedies for Wrinkles (PDF)
  • What’s the Best Way to Avoid Wrinkles? (PDF)
• Cancer Treatment, Part 1: Caring for Your Loved Ones (PDF) [Text version] – June 2004
• Cancer Treatment, Part 2: Diet, Pain Management, and Support Services (PDF) [Text version] – July 2004
• Cataracts: Caring for your eyes (PDF) [Text version] – March 2008
  Handouts:
  • Three Types of Cataracts (PDF)
  • Intraocular Lens Implants (PDF)
  • Misconceptions about Cataracts (PDF)
• Childhood Overweight: An Epidemic on the Rise, Part 1: Physical Activity for Families (PDF) [Text version] – September/October 2003
  Handouts:
  • Making Changes One Step at a Time: Teaching Good Media Habits (PDF)
  • Making Changes One Step at a Time: S.H.A.R.E Fitness with Your Children (PDF)
  • Making Changes One Step at a Time: Keeping the Fun in Family Fitness (PDF)
  • Making Changes One Step at a Time: Fitness on Your Own (PDF)
  • Making Changes One Step at a Time: Age-Appropriate Activities for 2–6 year olds (PDF)
  • Making Changes One Step at a Time: Age-Appropriate Activities for 7–10 year olds (PDF)
  • Making Changes One Step at a Time: Appropriate Activities for Ages 10 and Up (PDF)
• Childhood Overweight: Favorable Food Practices, Part 2: Following the Food Guide Pyramid (PDF) [Text version] – January 2004
  Handouts:
  • Family Food Serving (PDF)
  • Food Guide Pyramid for Children Ages 2–6 (PDF)
  • Food Guide Pyramid for Children Ages 7–12 (PDF)
  • Food Guide Pyramid (PDF)
  • Recipe Cards (PDF)
  • Healthy Shopping Checklist (PDF)
  • Fun Snack Ideas (PDF)
  • Visual Cues for Recommended Serving Sizes (PDF)
• Childhood Overweight: Fostering Healthful Behaviors, Part 3: Engaging Children in the Process (PDF) [Text version] – February/March 2004
  Handout:
  • Parents as Role Models for Healthy Living: Recommendations for Improving Your Child's Nutritional and Physical Activity Patterns (PDF)
• Childhood Overweight: Community Mobilization, Part 4: Coming Together to Improve Health (PDF) [Text version] – April/May 2004
  Handouts:
  • Ten Recommendations for School and Community Programs Promoting Physical Activity Among Young People (PDF)
  • Physical and Nutrition Activities (PDF)
• Children with Food Allergies: Special Considerations for Kids (PDF) [Text version] – August 2006
• Cholesterol & Fats in Our Diet: Part 1 – Good vs. bad (PDF) [Text version] – October 2007 (updated December 31, 2007)
  Handout:
  • How the Body Produces & Uses Cholesterol (PDF)
• Cholesterol & Fats in Our Diet: Part 2 – The latest on lifestyle change (PDF) [Text version] – November 2007 (updated December 31, 2007)
  Handout:
  • Resources…for changing your diet to lower cholesterol & reduce risk for heart disease (PDF)
  • How the Body Produces & Uses Cholesterol (PDF)
• Cholesterol & Fats in Our Diet: Part 3 – Using heart-healthy guidelines to cut fats & cholesterol in your diet (PDF) [Text version] – December 2007 (updated December 31, 2007)
  Handout:
  • Making Sense of the Guidelines: Finding your numbers (PDF)
• Cholesterol: New Guidelines (PDF) [Text version] – February/March 2002
• Colds, Flu, and Other Respiratory Infections – December 2001
• Colorectal Cancer – February/March 2000

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D

• Diabetes – March 1997
• Dietary Supplements: Health or Hoax? – February 1998
• Digestive Disorders: Focus on GERD – March/April 2001
• Dollars, Health, Lives: The importance of exercise interventions (PDF) [Text version] – July 2007

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E

• Early Childhood Dental Health (PDF) [Text version] – August 2003
• Emergency Preparedness – March 1999
• Energy and Sports Drinks (PDF) [Text version] – February/March 2006)
• Eye Care – May 2001

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F

• Feet, Legs, and Hips: Maintaining Movement and Independence – June 1999
• Food Allergies: Do You Have Them? (PDF) [Text version] – July 2006

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G

• Get the Facts: Seeking Credibility & Accuracy (PDF) [Text version] – April 2007
  Handouts:
  • Protecting & Promoting Human Health (PDF)
  • Help for Finding the Information You Need (PDF)
• Great American Smokeout – November 1997
• Gynecologic Health (PDF) [Text version] – January/February 2003

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H

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Spring/Summer editions of HealthHints on Health Tips for Travelers…

• April 2008
  Health Tips for Travelers - Staying healthy and help when we don’t (PDF) [Text version]
  Handouts:
  • Vaccines for Travelers (PDF)
  • Medications to Treat Traveler’s Diarrhea: Guidelines & precautions for usage (PDF)
  • Travel Notice Definitions (PDF)
• May 2008
  Health Tips for Travelers - Pack Your Bags: What to take with you for health & medical purposes (PDF) [Text version]
  Handouts:
  • Traveling with Diabetes (PDF)
  • Traveling with Heart Disease (PDF)
  • Traveling with Lung Disease (PDF)
  • Traveling with Cancer (PDF)
  • Traveling with While Pregnant (PDF)
  • Traveling with Pacemakers, Implantable Defibrillators, Implanted Metal Devices, & Coronary Stents (PDF)
• June 2008
  Health Tips for Travelers - On the Move: Effects of motion, air pressure, & time zone changes (PDF) [Text version]
• July 2008
  Health Tips for Travelers - Consider Climate & Accommodations: Tropical oasis or alpine adventure (PDF) [Text version]

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• Headache – December 1999
• Health Claims & Realities: When It Sounds Too Good to be True (PDF) [Text version] – March 2007
  Handouts:
  • Guide to Credible Food, Supplement, & Alternative Medicine Information (PDF)
  • Healthy Resources: Help for Finding the Information You Need (PDF)
• Healthy Resolutions: Tips for Reaching Your New Year’s Goals (PDF) [Text version] – January 2007
  Handout:
  • Take the 1-3-5 Challenge (PDF)
• Heart Disease – February 1997
• Heat: Keeping Your Cool in the Hot Texas Sun (PDF) [Text version] – September 2006
  Handout:
  • Working Outdoors in the Heat (PDF)
• High Blood Pressure – May 1997
• High Blood Pressure: Raising Awareness, Increasing Understanding and Taking Action (PDF) [Text version] – June 2002
• Holiday Safety Tips (PDF) [Text version] – December 2002
• Hysterectomy: Making Choices and Knowing What to Expect (PDF) [Text version] – May 2002

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K

• Keeping Children Healthy – July/August 1998
• Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution – January 1998

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L

• Lab Results: What Do They Mean? What Can You Do? (PDF) [Text version] – June 2006
  Handouts:
  • Mock Lab Report (PDF)
  • What Do Your Numbers Mean? (PowerPoint)
  • Take Time for Your Health (PowerPoint)
  • Recommended Routine Maintenance for Men (PDF)
  • Recommended Routine Maintenance for Women (PDF)
• LASIK Eye Surgery: Is It Right for Your Eyes? (PDF) [Text version] – February 2008
  Handouts:
  • Refractive Error Definitions (PDF)
  • Questions to Ask Your Potential Surgeon (PDF)
• Lactose Intolerance – September 2001
• Lead Poisoning – July 1997

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M

• Making a Profit…Returns on Your Enery Expenditure (PDF) [Text version] – May 2007
  Handout:
  • Definition of Terms (PDF)
• Mammography: Making Wise Choices for Your Health (PDF) [Text version] – January 2002
• Maximizing Your Exercise Payoffs: How much? How long? How often? (PDF) [Text version] – June 2007
• Menopause – September/October 2000
• Men’s Health: Prostate Cancer Concerns – September 1999
• Mobilizing Your Community for Tobacco Prevention (PDF) [Text version] – July/August 2002
• Motivation for Health Change: Tools & Incentives to Keep You Going (PDF) [Text version] – February 2007
  Handout:
  • Making Healthy Goals a Family Affair – Building up Your Family for Better Health (PDF)
• MRSA – Antibiotic resistant staph infection (PDF) [Text version] – Special Edition, November 2007
  Handouts:
  • Proper Use of Antibiotics: Do’s and Don’ts (PDF)
  • How to Wash Hands (PDF)
  • Caring for MRSA at Home (PDF)
  • English and Spanish Resources on Antibiotic-Resistant Staph & MRSA (PDF)

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N

• New Year – New Food Choices: Tips for choosing & preparing the right foods for heart health (PDF) [Text version] – January 2008
  Handouts:
  • Which Foods to Choose? Oats, bran, nuts, fish, butter, eggs, soy? (PDF)
  • Quick Tips: Healthy Food Choices at-a-Glance (PDF)
  • Eating Out (PDF)

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O

• Osteoporosis – July/August 2000

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P

• Pedometers, Heart Rate Monitors…Motivational Tools (PDF) [Text version] – Fall 2004
  Handout:
  • A Consumer’s Guide to Buying a Pedometer (PDF)
• Poison Prevention: Putting You in Touch with the Resources (PDF) [Text version] – March 2003
• Postpartum Depression – August 2001
• Preparing for a New School Year: Getting a healthy start/Keeping your kids healthy (PDF) [Text version] – August 2007
  Handouts:
  • Types of Contagious Illness (PDF)
  • Guidelines for Handwashing (PDF)
  • Oh, My Aching Back (PDF)
  • Tips for Reducing Risk if Injury (PDF)
  • Resources (PDF)
• Preventing Falls – February 2001

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R

• Reducing Contagious Illness in the Child Care Setting: Taking Action for Yourself & Your Kids (PDF) [Text version] – December 2006

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S

• Safety Camps for Kids – October/November 1999
• Safety in Sports (PDF) [Text version] – September 2002
• Saving Money on Medication (PDF) [Text version] – January/February 2005 (updated August 2006)
• Secondhand Smoke – June/July 2001
• Showering the Babies in Your Life with Safety (PDF) [Text version] – October/November 2002
• Skin and Nails (PDF) [Text version] – April/May 2003
  Handout:
  • Three Common Concerns of Aging Skin (PDF)
• Sleep – January 2001
• Sleep Apnea: An Underdiagnosed Disorder (PDF) [Text version] – May 2006
  Handout:
  • Are You Sleeping Well? (PDF)
• A Smart Start – A Safe Route: Back to School Preparation (PDF) [Text version] – September 2007
  Handout:
  • Eating for Health and Academic Achievement (PDF)
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) – April 2000
• Sugar Substitutes: Are They Safe? (PDF) [Text version] – April 2006
• Sunscreen, Insect Repellent and Other Safe Summer Remedies (PDF) [Text version] – July 2003
• Sunscreen Use: Making Sense of Sunscreen and Tanning Products (PDF) [Text version] – May/June 2005
• Stress – August 1997
• Stroke –November/December 2000
• Sun Safety – May/June 1998

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T

• Tell-A-Friend Friday: Making Mammography a Priority – July/August 1999
• Thyroid Disorders (PDF) [Text version] – June 2003
• Tobacco Cessation: Best Practices and Programs for Quitting Tobacco (PDF) [Text version] – Spring 2005
  Handouts:
  • Steps for Quitting Tobacco (PDF)
  • Quitting Tobacco Tips (PDF)
  • Weight Control While Quitting (PDF)
• Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Events (PDF) [Text version] – July 2005
• Type 2 Diabetes Among Youth – October/November 2001

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U

• Understanding & Preparing for “Flu”: Human influenza & avian “bird” flu concerns (PDF) [Text version] – September 2005
  Handouts:
  • Do I Have the Flu? What to Do. (PDF)
  • The Flu Shot — Or Not? (PDF)

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W

• Weight Loss – January 1999
• Women and Heart Disease – May/June 2000
• Women’s Health: Focus on Cervical Cancer – March/April 1998
• Workouts that Work for You: Finding it, fitting it, following it (PDF) [Text version] – January 2006
  Handout:
  • Activity Resource Guide (PDF) [Text version]
• Worksite Wellness – December 1998

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Y

• Your Place in School Health: Advocating for Healthy Kids in Your School District (PDF) [Text version] – Fall 2005

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