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Camp del Corazon:
Camp del Corazon is a non-profit organization that provides year-round experiential opportunities for children faced with the challenges of growing up and living with heart disease. For more information, click here. >
 
Teens and Alcohol:
Drinking alcohol leads to a loss of coordination, poor judgment, slowed reflexes, distorted vision, memory lapses, and even blackouts. Get the facts, click here. >
 
End of Life Issues:
Sometimes, in spite of treatment, a condition or illness will cause death. In those cases, patients can decide what they do and do not want done. For more information, click here. >
 
Advance Directives:
What kind of medical care would you want if you were too ill or hurt to express your wishes? For documents that allow you to convey your decisions ahead of time, click here. >
 
Multiple sclerosis:
An unpredictable disease of the central nervous system, multiple sclerosis (MS) can range from relatively benign to somewhat disabling to devastating, as communication between the brain and other parts of the body is disrupted. For more informations, click here. >
 
Hypothermia:
When exposed to cold temperatures, your body begins to lose heat faster than it can be produced. For more information, click here. >
 
HIV/AIDS:
As a part of its overall public health mission, CDC provides leadership in helping control the HIV/AIDS epidemic by working with community, state, national, and international partners in surveillance, research, and prevention and evaluation activities. For more information, click here. >
 
AIDS-related Cancers :
For information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy, please click here. >
 
Congenital Heart Disease:
While congenital heart disease is present at birth, the symptoms may not be immediately obvious. For more information, click here. >
 
Congenital Heart Defects in Children:
Congenital heart defects are structural problems with the heart present at birth. To find out more, click here. >
 
The Choking Game:
What is the choking game? To find out, click here. >
 
Deep Vein Thrombosis:
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is an under diagnosed, preventable medical condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a large vein. For more information, click here. >
 
Pulmonary Embolism:
A pulmonary embolism (PULL-mun-ary EM-bo-lizm), or PE, is a sudden blockage in a lung artery, usually due to a blood clot that traveled to the lung from a vein in the leg. For more information, click here. >
 
Alcoholism:
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) routinely receives a variety of questions about alcohol. To review this FAQ, click here. >
 
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage:
Subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues that cover the brain. For more information, click here. >
 
Porphyria:
Porphyria is a term that refers to a group of disorders - the porphyrias - that affect the nervous system or skin, or both. For more information, click here. >
 
Organ Donation and Transplantation:
You have the power to change someone's world by being a donor. For more information, click here. >
 
Organ Donation and Transplantation:
For access to information on organ and tissue donation and transplantation, click here. >
 
Surgical Safety Checklist:
Use of WHO's surgical safety checklist shown to lower incidence of surgery-related deaths and complications by one third. Read more here. >
 
Kidney Disease:
For more information about kidney disease, click here. >
 
Kidney Failure:
Get more information on kidney failure, click here. >
 
Gun Violence:
For more information about the prevention of gun violence, click here. >
 
Food Allergy:
Get more information on food allergies, click here. >
 
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning :
For more information about carbon monoxide poisoning, click here. >
 
Traumatic Brain Injury :
For more information about trumatic brain injury, click here. >
 
Cardiomyopathy :
Get more information on cardiomyopathy. Click here. >
 
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Peptic Ulcers :
Get more information on NSAIDs. Click here. >
 
Peptic Ulcers :
What you need to know about Peptic Ulcers. Click here. >
 
Natural Orifice Surgery :
For more information on natural orifice surgery, click here. >
 
Tuberculosis :
For more information about tuberculosis, click here. >
 
Uninsured Americans :
For newly released health insurance statistics, click here. >
 
Childhood Cancers :
For information on the treatment, supportive care and clinical trials on childhood cancers, please click here. >
 
Intimate Partner Violence :
For more information about the prevention of intimate partner violence, click here. >
 
Assisted Reproductive Technology :
To learn more about assisted reproductive technology, click here. >
 
Falls Among Older Adults :
For more information about fall among older adults, click here. >
 
Immigrant Health Care :
For information on immigrant health care and linguistic access, click here. >
 
Colon Cancer :
To learn more about cancer of the colon and rectum, click here. >
 
Healthy Pregnancies :
Learn about ways to maintain a healthy pregnancy and give your baby a healthy start, click here. >
 
Teen Substance Abuse :
For tips on how to keep youths mentally healthy and drug free, click here. >
 
Sexual Abuse :
For more information on Sexual Abuse, please visit the Child Welfare Information Gateway here. >
 
Drowning :
For information and facts about water related injuries, please click here. >
 
Traumatic Brain Injury :
For information on TBIs, please click here. >
 
Veterans & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder :
For information on veteran services or PTSD, please visit the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Click here. >
 
Underage Drinking :
For quick statistics and information on underage drinking, please click here. >
 
Youth Sexual Behavior :
For information on the risks on sexual behavior in youths, please click here. >
 
Disability and Health :
For information on promoting the health of people living with disabilities, please click here. >
 
Antisocial Personality Disorder :
If you suspect a loved one is in trouble, we encourage you to visit this site now. >
 
Falls Among Older Adults :
For more information, visit this site now. >
 
Body Piercing and Teens :
For more information, visit this site now. >
 
Suicide :
If you suspect a loved one is in trouble, we encourage you to visit this site now. >
 
Teen Depression: To find out more on the symptoms and types of depression, please visit the website.
 
Youth Violence: Learn facts about how you can prevent youth violence by visiting the website.
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Ricin:
To get the essential facts and information on ricin, please click here.
 
Heroin:
To get the essential facts and information on heroin, please click here.
 
Safety in the workplace:
To get the essential facts and information on safety in the workplace, please click here.
 
Blast injuries:
To get the essential facts and information on Blast Related Injuries, please click here.
 
Falls among older adults:
For information on who is at risk, the potential outcomes of falls and other information, please click here.
 
Fire related injuries:
To learn about fire related injuries, please click here.
 
Colon cancer:
For more information on colon cancer, click here.
For more information on colon cancer screening, click here.
 
Workplace violence:
For more information on workplace violence, click here.
 
Bicycle safety:
For more information on bicycle safety, click here.
 
Hospice and Palliative Care:
For more information on Hospice Care, please click here.
 
Lymphoma:
For information on Lymphoma and other types of cancer, please click here.
 
Atrial fibrillation:
Click here.
 
Ischemic bowel:
Click here.
 
Osteoporosis :
Click here.
 
Donate Life:
Right now, over 94,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ. You have the power to save lives. For information about organ and tissue donation in your state, call 800-355-7427 or visit www.organdonor.gov
 
Project 3000:
Chicago Cubs star Derek Lee and Boston Celtics CEO and co-owner Wyc Grousbeck are focused on finding the 3000 people affected by LCA, learn more here.
 
Prostate cancer:
For information on prostate and other forms of cancer, click here. >
 
Genetic testing:
The Carver Lab is dedicated to providing non-profit genetic testing for rare eye diseases, click here to review their site.
 
Intimate partner violence:
Choose Respect helps to prevent dating abuse by helping adolescents form healthy relationships from the start, for more information click here. >
 
Fire safety:
With residential fires as the highest cause of fire related mortality, learn how to prevent injury here. >
 
Down syndrome:
To learn more about Down Syndrome, its signs and symptoms, click here. >
 
Advanced directives:
Download free information on your states' advance directives here, courtesy of Caring Connections, click here. >
 
Pedestrian safety:
Preschool children are often unaware of danger so it's important to watch them at all times, gather more information here. >
 
AIDS in children:
For information about children and infants with HIV or AIDS, please click here. >
 
PTSD:
For information on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and where to get help, please click here. >
 
Occupational injuries:
For information and statistics on traumatic occupational injuries, click here. >
 
Preventing injuries:
For information on how to prevent injuries and violence, click here. >
 
Schizophrenia:
For facts and treatment options for schizophrenia, click here. >
 
Congenital heart disease:
For information about congenital heart disease, click here. >
 
End of life issues :
This is a part of life that everyone, at some point, must deal with. There are ways to cope and ways to help your loved ones. To learn more, click here. >
 
Suicide :
If you suspect a loved one is in trouble, we encourage you to visit this site now. >
 
Parvovirus :
Read up on the Symptoms and causes of "Fifth Disease," click here. >
 
Brugada syndrome:
Known to affect 5 in 10,000 people worldwide, learn more here about Brugada syndrome.
 
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) :
MRSA is a type of staph infection resistant to certain antibiotics, learn more here.
 
Fifth Disease:
A common viral infection in kids that can cause miscarriage in pregnant women. To learn more, click here. >
 
Clinical trials:
Learn about the different types of clinical trials used to research new medical approaches. Read here. >
 
Head trauma:
Did you know that approximately 50,000 people a year die of head trauma? To learn more, click here. >

 

 

 

 
 
 
Workplace safety :
To learn more about potential workplace safety risks, read here. >
 
Motor neuron diseases:
Find out who is at risk and the symptoms for motor neuron diseases here. >

 

 

 

 
 
Fireworks-related injuries:
For information on firework safety and related injuries, click here. >
 
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: For more information on symptoms and how to cope with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, please visit the website.
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Depression: To find out more on the symptoms and types of depression, please visit the website.
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Drug Overdose: Find out more information about prevention and symptoms of a drug overdose, visit the website.
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Suicide: If you are in a crisis and need to talk to somebody or simply want to volunteer your time in saving lives, log on to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Click here to learn more. >
 
Intimate Partner Violence: To learn about statistics, facts, research, and more about Intimate Partner Violence, please visit the website.
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Binge Drinking: To get more information about the dangers of binge drinking please visit the website.
 
Anger Management: To learn more about controlling your anger before it controls you, please visit the website.
 
Sickle Cell Anemia: For more information about the symptoms, complications, treatment options, and support groups, please visit the website.
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Hospice: Hospice is a concept of care that involves health professionals and volunteers who provide medical, psychological, and spiritual support to terminally ill patients and their loved ones. For more information, please visit the website.
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Ovarian Cancer: To learn about ovarian cancer symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and questions to ask the doctor, please visit the website.
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Alzheimer's: Today, more than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's; every 72 seconds, someone in America will develop it. In addition, approximately 10 million Americans are currently caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Caring for someone with Alzheimer's poses special challenges; these challenges often affect the health and income of caregivers of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Get more facts on the disease, caregiver tips and how to find quality care in your community.
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High Blood Pressure: It is estimated that 1 of 3 American adults has high blood pressure or hypertension. Having high blood pressure increases one's chance for developing heart disease, a stroke, and other serious conditions. For more information on the dangers of high blood pressure, please visit the website.
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HPV Vaccine: For information and answers to questions about Human Papillomavirus and the HPV vaccine please visit the website.
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9/11 World Trade Center Response: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 exposed rescue and recovery workers to unprecedented levels of risk for job-related injury, illness, and death. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) responded swiftly to address workers' needs in the aftermath of the attacks. For more information on NIOSH, please visit the website.
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Teen Pregnancy: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is a non-partisan nonprofit whose goal is to reduce teen pregnancy by 1/3 over the next decade. Teens and parents can get additional tips, facts and more information by clicking here..
 
Gang Violence: Learn facts about gangs and how you can prevent youth violence by visiting the website.
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Hypothermia: Read the prevention guide to promote your own personal health and safety when it comes to hypothermia.
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Organ Donation: Right now, over 94,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ. You have the power to save lives. For information about organ and tissue donation in your state, call 800-355-7427 or visit www.donatelife.net.
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Leukemia: For more information on Leukemia and other cancers please visit the website.
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Adolescent Health: To learn more about adolescent health and safety issues, please visit the website.
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Workplace violence: Find out how you can prevent violence in the workplace. Log on to the website for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Help.
Click here to learn more. >
AHRQ - Medical Errors: Medical errors are one of the Nation's leading causes of death and injury. A recent report by the Institute of Medicine estimates that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as the result of medical errors.
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Baby Abandonment: Learn more about Safe Haven Laws and Project Cuddle featured in the November 30th episode, call Toll-Free 1-888-628-3353 or click for...
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Self Injuries and Girls: Hurting yourself, sometimes called self-injury, is when a person deliberately hurts his or her own body. Find out more about these injuries and the emotional causes behind them.
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Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality: Sexual Orientation is an enduring emotional, romantic, sexual or affectional attraction to another person. Find answers to your questions about homosexuality and sexual orientation via the American Psychological Association site.
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Coping with Advanced Cancer: Having advanced cancer can bring anxiety and uncertainty to your life. But some people with advanced cancer live far longer than expected. And remember, you are still in control of your choices and actions.
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Motor vehicle related crashes: Learn more about common crash-related injuries, and how to prevent them!
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End of Life Issues: Learn how to speak with your family and your care providers to find the best option for you or a loved one.
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Holidays the Healthy Way: Get tips on how to celebrate without over-indulging.
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Rabies: Find out more about rabies and how to get treatment.
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Homeless Health Concerns: Information about health services for the homeless and other outreach programs.
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Alcohol Abuse: Get more info on alcohol related ailments, plus locate alcohol abuse programs in your area.
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Domestic Violence: Nearly 5.3 million incidents of Intimate Partner Violence occur each year among U.S. women ages 18 and older, and 3.2 million occur among men. Click here. Get help.
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Dissociative Identity Disorder: People with dissociative disorders chronically escape their reality in involuntary, unhealthy ways ranging from suppressing memories to assuming alternate identities. These dissociative patterns usually develop as a reaction to trauma and function to keep difficult memories at bay. An estimated 3 percent of U.S. adults are affected.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Find helpful tips for taking your medicines safely.
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Arrhythmias: The term arrhythmia refers to any change from the normal sequence of electrical impulses, causing abnormal heart rhythms. This can cause the heart to pump less effectively.
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Asperger's Syndrome: Asperger syndrome (AS) is a developmental disorder. It is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), one of a distinct group of neurological conditions characterized by a greater or lesser degree of impairment in language and communication skills, as well as repetitive or restrictive patterns of thought and behavior. Other ASDs include: classic autism, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (usually referred to as PDD-NOS).
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Injury Prevention in and around the home: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CDC) The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) works to reduce the morbidity, disability, mortality and costs associated with injuries.
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Workplace Safety: Traumatic Occupational Injuries (CDC) Acute trauma at work remains a leading cause of death and disability among U.S. workers. Trauma is defined as "an injury or wound to a living body caused by the application of external force or violence." Acute trauma can occur with the sudden, one-time application of force or violence that causes immediate damage to a living body.
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Breastfeeding (DHHS): Breast milk is the most complete form of nutrition for infants. Breast milk has just he right amount of fat, sugar, water, and protein this is needed for baby's growth and development. Most babies find it easier to digest breast milk than they do formula.
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Medical Malpractice/ER Overcrowding: As part of its effort to help consumers become better informed and participate as partners in their own health care, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed materials that will help patients get safer, higher quality care. Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ is leading the Government's efforts to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
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Preterm birth is defined as the birth of an infant before 37 completed weeks of gestation (at least 3 weeks before the "due date"). Preterm birth is often characterized as "very preterm" (less than 32 weeks gestation) and moderately preterm (32–36 weeks gestation). The public health implications of preterm birth are among the most dramatic in all of infant health. Being born preterm is the greatest risk factor for infant mortality (death within the first year of life).
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Preterm labor is labor that occurs before your 37th week of pregnancy. (Most pregnancies last 38-42 weeks; your due date is 40 weeks after the first day of your last menstrual period.)

Preterm labor can happen to any woman: Only about half the women who have preterm labor fall into any known risk group. About 12 percent of births (1 in 8) in the United States are preterm. Babies who are born preterm are at higher risk of needing hospitalization, having long-term health problems and of dying than babies born at the right time.
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