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Nicole P. Lindsey, MS1; Jennifer A. Lehman1; J.

Alcohol use during pregnancy can cause a range of lifelong physical, behavioral, and intellectual disabilities known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) (1). Alcohol use during pregnancy can also cause miscarriage, stillbirth, prematurity, and sudden infant death syndrome (2). During pregnancy, there is no known safe amount of alcohol use as well as no safe time and no safe type of alcohol to drink.

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Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among American men. Prostate cancers usually grow slowly. Most men with prostate cancer are older than 65 years and do not die from the disease. Finding and treating prostate cancer before symptoms occur may not improve your health or help you live longer.

Latetia V. Moore, PhD1; Frances E. Thompson, PhD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Miwako Kobayashi, MD1,2; Karlyn D. Beer, PhD1,3; Adam Bjork, PhD4; Kevin Chatham-Stephens, MD1,5; Cara C. Cherry, DVM1,6; Sampson Arzoaquoi, MD7; Wilmot Frank, MD8; Odell Kumeh, MD9; Joseph Sieka, MD10; Adolphus Yeiah, MD11; Julia E.

CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network is the nation’s most widely used healthcare-associated infection tracking system.

Tripurari Kumar, MPH1; Aakash Shrivastava, MD2; Anil Kumar, MD2; Kayla F. Laserson, ScD3; Jai P. Narain, MD1; Srinivasaraghavan Venkatesh, MD4; Lakhbir S.

People and organizations around the world can participate in World Birth Defects Day 2016 by sharing stories and information about birth defects using the hashtag #WorldBDDay.