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A list of possible breast cancer symptoms.

A set of guidelines and tips for adults and older adults to avoid or reduce adverse drug events.

The objective of this study was to assess trends in gastric bypass surgery in New Hampshire.

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EID News Synopsis: January 2012

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This study examined whether depressive symptoms and HRQOL indicators changed among participants in Pasos Adelante, a chronic disease prevention and control program implemented in a US–Mexico border community.

The objective of this study was to systematically review peer-reviewed articles on cigarette smoking initiation and effective prevention efforts among young adults.

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of the lay leader model of the programs in the first year of their implementation and to further report on participant outcome measures.

Schools are a key venue for childhood obesity prevention policies. The objective of this study was to examine factors associated with elementary school teacher awareness and implementation of their schools’ food and physical activity policies.

As public health practitioners from the National Asthma Control Program (NACP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we read the essay “From Evidence-Based Medicine to Evidence-Based Health: the Example of Asthma” (1) with great interest.

FASDs are 100% preventable if a woman does not drink alcohol during pregnancy. There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and no safe kind of alcohol.

Researchers have suggested that adolescents’ cigar use has increased beyond the rates being reported on tobacco use surveys. Differences in content knowledge and everyday colloquial expressions may be responsible for misreporting of cigar use.