about children:
http://www.nature.com/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080827/hl_hsn/
about Parkinsons disease
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7583657.stm
European Federation of Neurological Societies
http://www.efns.org/
about Indian herbal medicines
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
International weekly journal of science
http://www.nature.com/
about teeth grinding:
http://abcnews.go.com/
Parkinson's Disease Society
http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/
about marriage:
http://abcnews.go.com/
about male behavior:
http://abcnews.go.com/
about stroke survivors:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
about spanking of children:
http://news.yahoo.com/
The Stroke Association UK
http://www.stroke.org.uk/
University of Portsmouth web site
http://www.port.ac.uk/
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
about Handyman store; Manila Mayor Lim; web sites with free info
Beware of Handyman store
at Robinson Ermita. An employee of said store issued to me a proof of sale which did not contain a visible description of the items sold. Evidence available.
Citizen raps Manila Mayor Lim
I strongly denounces Manila Mayor Alfrredo S. Lim. Based on statements published on ge four of the August 25, 2008 issue of Manila Bulletin newspaper, said mayor acted on the complaint of a senior citizen concerning fastfood. "Lim then wrote the complainant . . . We hope to be of further service to you and the rest of the senior citizens . . ." However, as of August 26, 2008, I have not received any communication/help from said Mayor or his subordinates regarding my (1) written advisory against the Manila Office for Senior Citizens Affairs, which, based on evidence was received by said mayor's office some time in October 2007; (2) email
message which was sent on June 19, 2008, to said Lim through what was identified as the Manila government web site.
web sites with free useful info:
applianceaid web site
http://www.applianceaid.com/
applianceblog
http://www.applianceblog.com/
creative-weblogging web site
http://www.creative-weblogging.com/
http://www.us-cert.gov/
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors. Established in 2003 to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.
Cyber Security Alerts
Cyber Security Alerts provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits. They outline the steps and actions that non-technical home and corporate computer users can take to protect themselves from attack.
Cyber Security Alert SA08-225A archive
Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
Original release date: August 12, 2008
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT
Systems Affected
Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows
Messenger
Overview
Vulnerabilities in a variety of Microsoft products could allow an attacker to gain control
of your computer.
Solution
Install updates
Microsoft has released updates to remedy critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows.
Updates for Microsoft Windows are available on the Microsoft Update site. We recommend
enabling Automatic Updates.
Description
Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office,
Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Messenger as part of the Microsoft
Security Bulletin Summary for August 2008. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to access
your computer, install and run malicious software on your computer, or cause your computer to
crash.
More technical information is available in US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-225A.
References
* Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August 2008 -
* US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-225A -
* US-CERT Vulnerability Notes for Microsoft August 2008 updates -
Current Activity
Current Activity RSS feed Current Activity ATOM feed Current Activity RSS feed for Yahoo!
* SSH Key-based Attacks
* Microsoft Revised Security Bulletin MS08-051
* Red Hat Releases OpenSSH Security Update
* Malware Circulating via Russia/Georgia Conflict Spam Messages
* Opera Releases Version 9.52
* Webex Meeting Manager ActiveX Control Vulnerability
* Joomla! Password Reset Vulnerability
* Apple MobileMe Phishing Scam
* Microsoft Releases August Security Bulletin
* Microsoft Releases Advanced Notification for August Security Bulletin
Apple MobileMe Phishing Scam
added August 13, 2008 at 10:18 am
US-CERT is aware of public reports of a phishing attack circulating via email messages that appear to be targeting Apple MobileMe users. These messages claim that there is a problem with the user's billing information and instruct the user to follow a web link to update personal information. Clicking on this link directs the user to a web page that contains a seemingly legetimate web form requesting personal and financial information. Any information entered in this form is not sent to Apple but rather, to a malicious attacker.
US-CERT encourages users to do the following to help mitigate the risks:
* Do not follow unsolicited web links in email messages.
* Use caution when entering sensitive information online.
* Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document for more information on avoiding email scams.
* Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more
information on social engineering attacks.
straightfromthedoc web site
http://www.straightfromthedoc.com/
techspot web site
http://www.techspot.com/
at Robinson Ermita. An employee of said store issued to me a proof of sale which did not contain a visible description of the items sold. Evidence available.
Citizen raps Manila Mayor Lim
I strongly denounces Manila Mayor Alfrredo S. Lim. Based on statements published on ge four of the August 25, 2008 issue of Manila Bulletin newspaper, said mayor acted on the complaint of a senior citizen concerning fastfood. "Lim then wrote the complainant . . . We hope to be of further service to you and the rest of the senior citizens . . ." However, as of August 26, 2008, I have not received any communication/help from said Mayor or his subordinates regarding my (1) written advisory against the Manila Office for Senior Citizens Affairs, which, based on evidence was received by said mayor's office some time in October 2007; (2) email
message which was sent on June 19, 2008, to said Lim through what was identified as the Manila government web site.
web sites with free useful info:
applianceaid web site
http://www.applianceaid.com/
applianceblog
http://www.applianceblog.com/
creative-weblogging web site
http://www.creative-weblogging.com/
http://www.us-cert.gov/
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors. Established in 2003 to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.
Cyber Security Alerts
Cyber Security Alerts provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits. They outline the steps and actions that non-technical home and corporate computer users can take to protect themselves from attack.
Cyber Security Alert SA08-225A archive
Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
Original release date: August 12, 2008
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT
Systems Affected
Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows
Messenger
Overview
Vulnerabilities in a variety of Microsoft products could allow an attacker to gain control
of your computer.
Solution
Install updates
Microsoft has released updates to remedy critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows.
Updates for Microsoft Windows are available on the Microsoft Update site. We recommend
enabling Automatic Updates.
Description
Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office,
Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Messenger as part of the Microsoft
Security Bulletin Summary for August 2008. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to access
your computer, install and run malicious software on your computer, or cause your computer to
crash.
More technical information is available in US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-225A.
References
* Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August 2008 -
* US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-225A -
* US-CERT Vulnerability Notes for Microsoft August 2008 updates -
Current Activity
Current Activity RSS feed Current Activity ATOM feed Current Activity RSS feed for Yahoo!
* SSH Key-based Attacks
* Microsoft Revised Security Bulletin MS08-051
* Red Hat Releases OpenSSH Security Update
* Malware Circulating via Russia/Georgia Conflict Spam Messages
* Opera Releases Version 9.52
* Webex Meeting Manager ActiveX Control Vulnerability
* Joomla! Password Reset Vulnerability
* Apple MobileMe Phishing Scam
* Microsoft Releases August Security Bulletin
* Microsoft Releases Advanced Notification for August Security Bulletin
Apple MobileMe Phishing Scam
added August 13, 2008 at 10:18 am
US-CERT is aware of public reports of a phishing attack circulating via email messages that appear to be targeting Apple MobileMe users. These messages claim that there is a problem with the user's billing information and instruct the user to follow a web link to update personal information. Clicking on this link directs the user to a web page that contains a seemingly legetimate web form requesting personal and financial information. Any information entered in this form is not sent to Apple but rather, to a malicious attacker.
US-CERT encourages users to do the following to help mitigate the risks:
* Do not follow unsolicited web links in email messages.
* Use caution when entering sensitive information online.
* Refer to the Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams (pdf) document for more information on avoiding email scams.
* Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more
information on social engineering attacks.
straightfromthedoc web site
http://www.straightfromthedoc.com/
techspot web site
http://www.techspot.com/
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Advisory re Ayala Center, Makati; web sites with free info
Advisory re Ayala Center Makati
I have gone to to Glorietta building, within said center many times, but I have never seen any fire exit signs within said building. Even a map of said building, which I obtained, from what was identified as a concierge within said building, does not contain any visible indication of the location(s) of any fire exits within said building. Security lapses have repeatedly occurred within said building, Park Square 1, SM Makati, National Book store, Rustan's, etc. Bomb elements and deadly weapons could repeatedly have been brought into said areas because of lax security by guards at entrances to said areas. For example, on August 26, 2008, deadly weapons could have been brought into: Park Square 1, SM food court, SM supermarket, etc. because of lax security by guards at entrances to said areas. First, I went to Park Square 1. Proof that I was at Park Square 1, on said date, is cash receipt numbered 2333 and dated 8-26-08 and bearing tI name of True Value store, which was in said Park Square 1. Proof that I was at at SM food court on said date, is Tokyo Tokyo fast food store cash invoice dated 8-26-08 and numbered 2718. Proof that I was at said SM supermarket on said date is Supervalue, Inc. SM SAN LORENZO sales invoice numbered 66532 and dated 8-26-08.
web sites with free info:
drugs homeoffice gov uk web site
http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/
British Lung Foundation
http://www.lunguk.org/
I have gone to to Glorietta building, within said center many times, but I have never seen any fire exit signs within said building. Even a map of said building, which I obtained, from what was identified as a concierge within said building, does not contain any visible indication of the location(s) of any fire exits within said building. Security lapses have repeatedly occurred within said building, Park Square 1, SM Makati, National Book store, Rustan's, etc. Bomb elements and deadly weapons could repeatedly have been brought into said areas because of lax security by guards at entrances to said areas. For example, on August 26, 2008, deadly weapons could have been brought into: Park Square 1, SM food court, SM supermarket, etc. because of lax security by guards at entrances to said areas. First, I went to Park Square 1. Proof that I was at Park Square 1, on said date, is cash receipt numbered 2333 and dated 8-26-08 and bearing tI name of True Value store, which was in said Park Square 1. Proof that I was at at SM food court on said date, is Tokyo Tokyo fast food store cash invoice dated 8-26-08 and numbered 2718. Proof that I was at said SM supermarket on said date is Supervalue, Inc. SM SAN LORENZO sales invoice numbered 66532 and dated 8-26-08.
web sites with free info:
drugs homeoffice gov uk web site
http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/
British Lung Foundation
http://www.lunguk.org/
Monday, August 25, 2008
About Manila Mayor Lim; web sites with free useful info
Unequal behavior by Manila Mayor Lim regarding different senior citizens
There is evidence that, sometime on or about Oct. 2007, the office of said mayor received from a senior citizen an advisory re: The Manila Office for Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), etc. Up to August 25, 2008, said senior citizen has not received, from said mayor or his subodinates, any reply to said advisory. There is evidence that the Department of Interior and Local Government has received a copy of said evidence. Said senior citizen is willing to execute an affidavit regarding the above. On the other hand, based on statement published on page 4 of the Manila Bulletin newspaper issue of August 25, 2008, said Mayor "ordered the City Hall Legal
Office to look into the complaint of a senior citizen concerning fast food." Based on
information, said Mayor became aware, in June 2008, of said complaint regarding fastfood. "Lim then wrote the complainant in the major daily's column, Benjamin Angeles . . .We hope to be of further service to you and the rest of the senior citizens," the Mayor's letter to Angeles last July 30, 2008 aid." Said Lim and employees of: OSCA, Manila Department of Social Welfare, etc., violated R.A. 6713.
about phobias
http://phobias.about.com/
blogs com web site
http://www.blogs.com/
British Medical Journal
http://www.bmj.com/
enviroblog org
http://www.enviroblog.org/
about medication:
http://www.rd.com/
about school kids:
http://news.yahoo.com/
about heart disease:
http://www.rd.com/
kidsindanger web site
http://www.kidsindanger.org/
There is evidence that, sometime on or about Oct. 2007, the office of said mayor received from a senior citizen an advisory re: The Manila Office for Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), etc. Up to August 25, 2008, said senior citizen has not received, from said mayor or his subodinates, any reply to said advisory. There is evidence that the Department of Interior and Local Government has received a copy of said evidence. Said senior citizen is willing to execute an affidavit regarding the above. On the other hand, based on statement published on page 4 of the Manila Bulletin newspaper issue of August 25, 2008, said Mayor "ordered the City Hall Legal
Office to look into the complaint of a senior citizen concerning fast food." Based on
information, said Mayor became aware, in June 2008, of said complaint regarding fastfood. "Lim then wrote the complainant in the major daily's column, Benjamin Angeles . . .We hope to be of further service to you and the rest of the senior citizens," the Mayor's letter to Angeles last July 30, 2008 aid." Said Lim and employees of: OSCA, Manila Department of Social Welfare, etc., violated R.A. 6713.
about phobias
http://phobias.about.com/
blogs com web site
http://www.blogs.com/
British Medical Journal
http://www.bmj.com/
enviroblog org
http://www.enviroblog.org/
about medication:
http://www.rd.com/
about school kids:
http://news.yahoo.com/
about heart disease:
http://www.rd.com/
kidsindanger web site
http://www.kidsindanger.org/
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Safety advisories vs.: Glorietta at Ayala Center, Makati; Harrison Plaza building. Etc.
safety advisory vs. Glorietta at Ayala Center, Makati
I have been to said Glorietta many times but I have never seen fire exit sign(s) inside said building. Even a map, of said building, which was issued to me at a concierge inside said building, does not bear a visible (to unaided eye) indication of a fire exit inside said building.
On August 21, 2008, deadly weapons could have been brought into Harrison Plaza building at Malate, Manila because a security guard at an entrance to said building didn't inspect well my luggage, which was large enough to contain said weapons.
Then, on said date, a guard, at an entrance to SM store from the inside of Harrison Plaza building, didn't inspect well said luggage, which was large enough to contain deadly weapons.
On said date, no one at an entrance to Shopwise store, which was inside Harrison Plaza building, inspected my shoulder bag, which was large eough to contain deadly weapons.
On August 21. 2008, said store sold to me a Lemon Square brand chocolate enzaymada which did not bear a visible (to unaided eye) name and address of the company which produced/distributed said product. I believe said store violated the Consumer Act of the Philippines.
web sites with free information:
AmeriFace web site
http://www.aboutfaceusa.org/
Asian Journal On Line
http://www.asianjournal.com/
cnet web site
http://www.cnet.com
macraesbluebook web site
http://www.macraesbluebook.com/
wrongdiagnosis web site
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/
youcanhelpkids web site
http://www.youcanhelpkids.org/
I have been to said Glorietta many times but I have never seen fire exit sign(s) inside said building. Even a map, of said building, which was issued to me at a concierge inside said building, does not bear a visible (to unaided eye) indication of a fire exit inside said building.
On August 21, 2008, deadly weapons could have been brought into Harrison Plaza building at Malate, Manila because a security guard at an entrance to said building didn't inspect well my luggage, which was large enough to contain said weapons.
Then, on said date, a guard, at an entrance to SM store from the inside of Harrison Plaza building, didn't inspect well said luggage, which was large enough to contain deadly weapons.
On said date, no one at an entrance to Shopwise store, which was inside Harrison Plaza building, inspected my shoulder bag, which was large eough to contain deadly weapons.
On August 21. 2008, said store sold to me a Lemon Square brand chocolate enzaymada which did not bear a visible (to unaided eye) name and address of the company which produced/distributed said product. I believe said store violated the Consumer Act of the Philippines.
web sites with free information:
AmeriFace web site
http://www.aboutfaceusa.org/
Asian Journal On Line
http://www.asianjournal.com/
cnet web site
http://www.cnet.com
macraesbluebook web site
http://www.macraesbluebook.com/
wrongdiagnosis web site
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/
youcanhelpkids web site
http://www.youcanhelpkids.org/
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Advisory re local receipts issued by local stores; advisory re Bacolod Chicken Inasal restaurant; local news; web sites with free info
Advisory re official receipts issued by some local stores. The paper used for receipts appears to have a coating, as a result of which the printing on said receipts appears to fade faster. This is detrimental for customers.
Local info:
Bacolod Chicken Inasal restaurant, at Robinsons Ermita, issued, on August 19, 2008, an official receipt wherein the VAT charge is separate from the charge for food. Based on information from the Department of Trade and Industry, said issuance of said type of receipt is a violation of the Price Tag Law.
"Caloocan offers apprenticeships to residents
Unemployed Caloocan City residents 15 years old and above can now apply for apprenticeship with any participating company in the city and be entitled to receive wages not less than 75 percent of the prevailing minimum salary rate, Mayor Enrico Echiverri said"
"Marikina offers free breast cancer screening
Women from Marikina City's 16 barangays can avail of breast cancer screening for free starting on Aug. 21.
The service will be initially offered at the barangay hall of Barangay Malanday. Pre-registration is ongoing at yje Breast Cancer Screening Section on the 3rd floor of the Marikina Healthy City Center."
Foreign news:
FDA Approves New Genetic Test for Patients with Breast Cancer
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01857.html
FDA News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2008
Media Inquiries:
Karen Riley, 301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel genetic test for determining whether patients with breast cancer are good candidates for treatment with the drug Herceptin (trastuzumab).
The SPOT-Light HER2 CISH kit is a test that measures the number of copies of the HER2 gene in tumor tissue. This gene regulates the growth of cancer cells.
A healthy breast cell has two copies of the HER2 gene, which sends a signal to cells, telling them when to grow, divide and make repairs. Patients with breast cancer may have more copies of this HER2 gene, prompting them to overproduce HER2 protein so that more signals are sent to breast cells. As a result, the cells grow and divide much too quickly.
“When used with other clinical information and laboratory tests, this test can provide health care professionals with additional insight on treatment decisions for patients with breast cancer,” said Daniel Schultz, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
The SPOT-Light test counts the number of HER2 genes in a small sample of removed tumor. The removed piece is stained with a chemical that causes any HER2 genes in the sample to change color. This color change can be visualized under a standard microscope, eliminating the need for the more expensive and complex fluorescent microscopes required to read assays already on the market. Unlike existing tests, the SPOT-Light allows labs to store the tissue for future reference.
Patients who over-produce HER2 protein are typically treated with the drug Herceptin, which targets HER2 protein production. This helps to stop the growth of HER2 cancer cells.
The FDA based its approval of the SPOT-Light test on a study using tumor samples from patients with breast cancer in the United States and Finland. These studies confirmed that the test was effective in determining how many HER2 genes were in these patients.
SPOT-Light is manufactured by Invitrogen Corp. of Carlsbad, Calif. Herceptin is manufactured by Genentech, of San Francisco, Calif.
FDA Warns Individuals and Firms to Stop Selling Fake Cancer 'Cures'
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01852.html
FDA News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 17, 2008
Media Inquiries:
Rita Chappelle, (301) 827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
Warning Letters have been sent to 23 U.S. companies and two foreign individuals marketing a wide range of products fraudulently claiming to prevent and cure cancer, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today. The FDA also warns North American consumers against using or purchasing the products, which include tablets, teas, tonics, black salves, and creams, and are sold under various names on the Internet.
Those companies and individuals warned, the complete list of fake cancer 'cure' products and their manufacturers along with a consumer article on health scams can be found here, http://www.fda.gov/cder/news/fakecancercures.htm.
"Although promotions of bogus cancer 'cures' have always been a problem, the Internet has provided a mechanism for them to flourish," said Margaret O'K. Glavin, the FDA's associate commissioner for regulatory affairs. "These warning letters are an important step to ensure that consumers do not become the victim of false 'cures' that may cause greater harm to their health."
The FDA urges consumers to consult their health care provider about discontinuing use of these products and to seek appropriate medical attention if they have experienced any adverse effects.
The products contain ingredients such as bloodroot, shark cartilage, coral calcium, cesium, ellagic acid, Cat's Claw, an herbal tea called Essiac, and mushroom varieties such as Agaricus Blazeii, Shitake, Maitake, and Reishi.
Because these products claim to cure, treat, mitigate or prevent disease, and these products have not been shown to be safe and effective for their labeled conditions of use, they are unapproved new drugs marketed in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Examples of fraudulent claims for these products include:
* "Treats all forms of cancer"
* "Causes cancer cells to commit suicide!"
* "80% more effective than the world's number one cancer drug"
* "Skin cancers disappear"
* "Target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone"
* "Shrinks malignant tumors"
* "Avoid painful surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or other conventional treatments"
The Warning Letters are part of the FDA's ongoing efforts, in collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Canadian government agencies, to prevent deceptive products from reaching consumers. The initiative originated from consumer complaints and a web search for fraudulent cancer products conducted by the FDA, FTC and members of the Mexico–United States–Canada Health Fraud Working Group. Earlier this year, FTC sent Warning Letters to 112 Web sites falsely promoting cancer "treatments" and referred several others to foreign authorities.
Parties that fail to properly resolve violations cited in Warning Letters are subject to enforcement action up to and including seizure of illegal products, injunction, and possible criminal prosecution.
Consumers and health care professionals should notify the FDA of any complaints or problems associated with these products. These reports may be made to MedWatch, the FDA's voluntary reporting program, by calling 800-FDA-1088, or electronically at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm .
To read about efforts in Canada to educate consumers about health scams, go to http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/epic/site/cb-bc.nsf/en/02614e.html .
Fake Cancer Cures
http://www.fda.gov/cder/news/fakecancercures.htm
Warning Letters have been sent to 23 U.S. companies and two foreign individuals marketing a wide range of products fraudulently claiming to prevent and cure cancer, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today. The FDA also warns North American consumers against using or purchasing the products, which include tablets, teas, tonics, black salves, and creams, and are sold under various names on the Internet.
* FDA Press Release
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01852.html
* Warning Letters
http://www.fda.gov/cder/news/fakecancercuresWL.htm
* 125 Fake Cancer "Cures" Consumers Should Avoid
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/factsheets/fakecancercures.html
* Consumer Information: Beware of Online Cancer Fraud
http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/cancerfraud061708.html
U.S. FDA update re Exenatide (marketed as Byetta)
Information for Healthcare Professionals Exenatide (marketed as Byetta)
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/InfoSheets/HCP/exenatide2008HCP.htm
Update 8/18/2008: Since issuing Information for Healthcare Professionals in October 2007, FDA has received reports of 6 cases of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta. Byetta is a medicine given by subcutaneous injection to help treat adults with type 2 diabetes. Of the 6 cases of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis, all patients required hospitalization, two patients died and four patients were recovering at time of reporting. Byetta was discontinued in all 6 cases.
Byetta and other potentially suspect drugs should be promptly discontinued if pancreatitis is suspected. There are no signs or symptoms that distinguish acute hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis associated with Byetta from the less severe form of pancreatitis. If pancreatitis is confirmed, initiate appropriate treatment and carefully monitor the patient until recovery. Byetta should not be restarted. Consider antidiabetic therapies other than Byetta in patients with a history of pancreatitis.
FDA is working with the maker of Byetta, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to add stronger and more prominent warnings in the product label about the risk of acute hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis.
The prior FDA ALERT on the topic of acute pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta is shown below.
FDA ALERT [10/2007]: FDA has reviewed 30 postmarketing reports of acute pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta, a drug used to treat adults with type 2 diabetes. An association between Byetta and acute pancreatitis is suspected in some of these cases.
Healthcare professionals should instruct patients taking Byetta to seek prompt medical care if they experience unexplained persistent severe abdominal pain which may or may not be accompanied by vomiting. If pancreatitis is suspected, Byetta should be discontinued. If pancreatitis is confirmed, Byetta should not be restarted unless an alternative etiology is identified.
FDA has asked and the maker of Byetta, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has agreed to include information about acute pancreatitis in the PRECAUTIONS section of the product label.
This information reflects FDA’s current analysis of data available to FDA concerning this drug. FDA is not advising practitioners to discontinue prescribing the product. FDA intends to update this sheet when additional information or analyses become available.
To report any unexpected adverse or serious events associated with the use of this drug, please contact the FDA MedWatch program and complete a form on line at http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/report/hcp.htm or report by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178, by mail using the postage-paid address form provided on line, or by telephone to 1-800-FDA-1088.
The Byetta full prescribing information will include new information in the PRECAUTIONS section about the potential for acute pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta.
Recommendations and Considerations
* Healthcare providers should be alert to the signs and symptoms of acute pancreatitis. Symptoms include persistent severe abdominal pain that can radiate to the back and may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Acute pancreatitis is typically confirmed by the presence of elevated levels of serum amylase and/or lipase and characteristic findings by radiological imaging.
* Discontinue Byetta if pancreatitis is suspected. If pancreatitis is confirmed, do not restart Byetta unless an alternative etiology for the pancreatitis is identified.
Information for the patient: Physicians who prescribe Byetta should discuss with their patients:
Byetta is a medicine given by injection to help treat adults with type 2 diabetes. Commonly reported side effects of Byetta include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, indigestion and upper abdominal discomfort. However, the presence of unexplained, severe abdominal pain, with or without nausea and vomiting, raises the suspicion of acute pancreatitis, a potentially serious condition that requires prompt medical attention. Therefore, patients taking Byetta should promptly seek medical care if they experience unexplained severe abdominal pain with or without nausea and vomiting.
Background Information and Data
FDA has reviewed 30 postmarketing reports of acute pancreatitis in patients treated with Byetta. Twenty-seven of the 30 patients had at least one other risk factor for acute pancreatitis such as gallstones, severe hypertriglyceridemia, and alcohol use. In six patients the symptoms of pancreatitis began or worsened soon after the dose of Byetta was increased from 5 micrograms twice daily to 10 micrograms twice daily. Twenty-one patients were hospitalized. There were no reports of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis. However, five patients developed serious complications including dehydration and renal failure; suspected ileus; phlegmon; and ascites. Twenty-two of the 30 reports indicated that the patients improved after discontinuing Byetta.
Details in three reports indicated that the symptoms of acute pancreatitis returned when Byetta was restarted. Nausea and vomiting returned in two patients when Byetta was restarted. In a third patient, abdominal pain returned when Byetta was restarted and abated after Byetta was permanently discontinued.
FDA has asked and the maker of Byetta, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has agreed to include information about acute pancreatitis in the Precautions section of the product label.
Local info:
Bacolod Chicken Inasal restaurant, at Robinsons Ermita, issued, on August 19, 2008, an official receipt wherein the VAT charge is separate from the charge for food. Based on information from the Department of Trade and Industry, said issuance of said type of receipt is a violation of the Price Tag Law.
"Caloocan offers apprenticeships to residents
Unemployed Caloocan City residents 15 years old and above can now apply for apprenticeship with any participating company in the city and be entitled to receive wages not less than 75 percent of the prevailing minimum salary rate, Mayor Enrico Echiverri said"
"Marikina offers free breast cancer screening
Women from Marikina City's 16 barangays can avail of breast cancer screening for free starting on Aug. 21.
The service will be initially offered at the barangay hall of Barangay Malanday. Pre-registration is ongoing at yje Breast Cancer Screening Section on the 3rd floor of the Marikina Healthy City Center."
Foreign news:
FDA Approves New Genetic Test for Patients with Breast Cancer
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01857.html
FDA News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2008
Media Inquiries:
Karen Riley, 301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel genetic test for determining whether patients with breast cancer are good candidates for treatment with the drug Herceptin (trastuzumab).
The SPOT-Light HER2 CISH kit is a test that measures the number of copies of the HER2 gene in tumor tissue. This gene regulates the growth of cancer cells.
A healthy breast cell has two copies of the HER2 gene, which sends a signal to cells, telling them when to grow, divide and make repairs. Patients with breast cancer may have more copies of this HER2 gene, prompting them to overproduce HER2 protein so that more signals are sent to breast cells. As a result, the cells grow and divide much too quickly.
“When used with other clinical information and laboratory tests, this test can provide health care professionals with additional insight on treatment decisions for patients with breast cancer,” said Daniel Schultz, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
The SPOT-Light test counts the number of HER2 genes in a small sample of removed tumor. The removed piece is stained with a chemical that causes any HER2 genes in the sample to change color. This color change can be visualized under a standard microscope, eliminating the need for the more expensive and complex fluorescent microscopes required to read assays already on the market. Unlike existing tests, the SPOT-Light allows labs to store the tissue for future reference.
Patients who over-produce HER2 protein are typically treated with the drug Herceptin, which targets HER2 protein production. This helps to stop the growth of HER2 cancer cells.
The FDA based its approval of the SPOT-Light test on a study using tumor samples from patients with breast cancer in the United States and Finland. These studies confirmed that the test was effective in determining how many HER2 genes were in these patients.
SPOT-Light is manufactured by Invitrogen Corp. of Carlsbad, Calif. Herceptin is manufactured by Genentech, of San Francisco, Calif.
FDA Warns Individuals and Firms to Stop Selling Fake Cancer 'Cures'
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01852.html
FDA News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 17, 2008
Media Inquiries:
Rita Chappelle, (301) 827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
Warning Letters have been sent to 23 U.S. companies and two foreign individuals marketing a wide range of products fraudulently claiming to prevent and cure cancer, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today. The FDA also warns North American consumers against using or purchasing the products, which include tablets, teas, tonics, black salves, and creams, and are sold under various names on the Internet.
Those companies and individuals warned, the complete list of fake cancer 'cure' products and their manufacturers along with a consumer article on health scams can be found here, http://www.fda.gov/cder/news/fakecancercures.htm.
"Although promotions of bogus cancer 'cures' have always been a problem, the Internet has provided a mechanism for them to flourish," said Margaret O'K. Glavin, the FDA's associate commissioner for regulatory affairs. "These warning letters are an important step to ensure that consumers do not become the victim of false 'cures' that may cause greater harm to their health."
The FDA urges consumers to consult their health care provider about discontinuing use of these products and to seek appropriate medical attention if they have experienced any adverse effects.
The products contain ingredients such as bloodroot, shark cartilage, coral calcium, cesium, ellagic acid, Cat's Claw, an herbal tea called Essiac, and mushroom varieties such as Agaricus Blazeii, Shitake, Maitake, and Reishi.
Because these products claim to cure, treat, mitigate or prevent disease, and these products have not been shown to be safe and effective for their labeled conditions of use, they are unapproved new drugs marketed in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Examples of fraudulent claims for these products include:
* "Treats all forms of cancer"
* "Causes cancer cells to commit suicide!"
* "80% more effective than the world's number one cancer drug"
* "Skin cancers disappear"
* "Target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone"
* "Shrinks malignant tumors"
* "Avoid painful surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or other conventional treatments"
The Warning Letters are part of the FDA's ongoing efforts, in collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Canadian government agencies, to prevent deceptive products from reaching consumers. The initiative originated from consumer complaints and a web search for fraudulent cancer products conducted by the FDA, FTC and members of the Mexico–United States–Canada Health Fraud Working Group. Earlier this year, FTC sent Warning Letters to 112 Web sites falsely promoting cancer "treatments" and referred several others to foreign authorities.
Parties that fail to properly resolve violations cited in Warning Letters are subject to enforcement action up to and including seizure of illegal products, injunction, and possible criminal prosecution.
Consumers and health care professionals should notify the FDA of any complaints or problems associated with these products. These reports may be made to MedWatch, the FDA's voluntary reporting program, by calling 800-FDA-1088, or electronically at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm .
To read about efforts in Canada to educate consumers about health scams, go to http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/epic/site/cb-bc.nsf/en/02614e.html .
Fake Cancer Cures
http://www.fda.gov/cder/news/fakecancercures.htm
Warning Letters have been sent to 23 U.S. companies and two foreign individuals marketing a wide range of products fraudulently claiming to prevent and cure cancer, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today. The FDA also warns North American consumers against using or purchasing the products, which include tablets, teas, tonics, black salves, and creams, and are sold under various names on the Internet.
* FDA Press Release
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01852.html
* Warning Letters
http://www.fda.gov/cder/news/fakecancercuresWL.htm
* 125 Fake Cancer "Cures" Consumers Should Avoid
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/factsheets/fakecancercures.html
* Consumer Information: Beware of Online Cancer Fraud
http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/cancerfraud061708.html
U.S. FDA update re Exenatide (marketed as Byetta)
Information for Healthcare Professionals Exenatide (marketed as Byetta)
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/InfoSheets/HCP/exenatide2008HCP.htm
Update 8/18/2008: Since issuing Information for Healthcare Professionals in October 2007, FDA has received reports of 6 cases of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta. Byetta is a medicine given by subcutaneous injection to help treat adults with type 2 diabetes. Of the 6 cases of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis, all patients required hospitalization, two patients died and four patients were recovering at time of reporting. Byetta was discontinued in all 6 cases.
Byetta and other potentially suspect drugs should be promptly discontinued if pancreatitis is suspected. There are no signs or symptoms that distinguish acute hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis associated with Byetta from the less severe form of pancreatitis. If pancreatitis is confirmed, initiate appropriate treatment and carefully monitor the patient until recovery. Byetta should not be restarted. Consider antidiabetic therapies other than Byetta in patients with a history of pancreatitis.
FDA is working with the maker of Byetta, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to add stronger and more prominent warnings in the product label about the risk of acute hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis.
The prior FDA ALERT on the topic of acute pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta is shown below.
FDA ALERT [10/2007]: FDA has reviewed 30 postmarketing reports of acute pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta, a drug used to treat adults with type 2 diabetes. An association between Byetta and acute pancreatitis is suspected in some of these cases.
Healthcare professionals should instruct patients taking Byetta to seek prompt medical care if they experience unexplained persistent severe abdominal pain which may or may not be accompanied by vomiting. If pancreatitis is suspected, Byetta should be discontinued. If pancreatitis is confirmed, Byetta should not be restarted unless an alternative etiology is identified.
FDA has asked and the maker of Byetta, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has agreed to include information about acute pancreatitis in the PRECAUTIONS section of the product label.
This information reflects FDA’s current analysis of data available to FDA concerning this drug. FDA is not advising practitioners to discontinue prescribing the product. FDA intends to update this sheet when additional information or analyses become available.
To report any unexpected adverse or serious events associated with the use of this drug, please contact the FDA MedWatch program and complete a form on line at http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/report/hcp.htm or report by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178, by mail using the postage-paid address form provided on line, or by telephone to 1-800-FDA-1088.
The Byetta full prescribing information will include new information in the PRECAUTIONS section about the potential for acute pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta.
Recommendations and Considerations
* Healthcare providers should be alert to the signs and symptoms of acute pancreatitis. Symptoms include persistent severe abdominal pain that can radiate to the back and may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Acute pancreatitis is typically confirmed by the presence of elevated levels of serum amylase and/or lipase and characteristic findings by radiological imaging.
* Discontinue Byetta if pancreatitis is suspected. If pancreatitis is confirmed, do not restart Byetta unless an alternative etiology for the pancreatitis is identified.
Information for the patient: Physicians who prescribe Byetta should discuss with their patients:
Byetta is a medicine given by injection to help treat adults with type 2 diabetes. Commonly reported side effects of Byetta include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, indigestion and upper abdominal discomfort. However, the presence of unexplained, severe abdominal pain, with or without nausea and vomiting, raises the suspicion of acute pancreatitis, a potentially serious condition that requires prompt medical attention. Therefore, patients taking Byetta should promptly seek medical care if they experience unexplained severe abdominal pain with or without nausea and vomiting.
Background Information and Data
FDA has reviewed 30 postmarketing reports of acute pancreatitis in patients treated with Byetta. Twenty-seven of the 30 patients had at least one other risk factor for acute pancreatitis such as gallstones, severe hypertriglyceridemia, and alcohol use. In six patients the symptoms of pancreatitis began or worsened soon after the dose of Byetta was increased from 5 micrograms twice daily to 10 micrograms twice daily. Twenty-one patients were hospitalized. There were no reports of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis. However, five patients developed serious complications including dehydration and renal failure; suspected ileus; phlegmon; and ascites. Twenty-two of the 30 reports indicated that the patients improved after discontinuing Byetta.
Details in three reports indicated that the symptoms of acute pancreatitis returned when Byetta was restarted. Nausea and vomiting returned in two patients when Byetta was restarted. In a third patient, abdominal pain returned when Byetta was restarted and abated after Byetta was permanently discontinued.
FDA has asked and the maker of Byetta, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has agreed to include information about acute pancreatitis in the Precautions section of the product label.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
shopping advisory vs. Metro Manila Shopping Mecca Corp.; web sites with free info
shopping advisory vs. Metro Manila Shopping Mecca Corp.
at SM City Manila. On August 18, 2008, deadly weapons could have been brought into said store because guard, at entrance to said store, didn't inspect my luggage which was large enough to contain said objects. Also said store sold a Domenico brand wallet which did not bear any visible (to unaided eye) information as to the name and address of the manufacturer/distributor of said product. I believe said firm violated the Consumer Act of the Philippines.
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BBC web site health section
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/default.stm
birth control pills:
http://news.yahoo.com/
CNN web site health section
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
dietsinreview web site
www.dietsinreview.com/
Google Hot Trends
http://google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X
happiness
http://news.yahoo.com/
ITxcellence Directory
http://www.itxcellence.com/
medpagetoday web site
http://www.medpagetoday.com/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration United States Department of Commerce
http://www.noaa.gov/
revolutionhealth web site
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/
smoking
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allergies
http://news.yahoo.com/s/
Stroke treatment
http://news.yahoo.com/
The LYCOS 50
http://50.lycos.com/
at SM City Manila. On August 18, 2008, deadly weapons could have been brought into said store because guard, at entrance to said store, didn't inspect my luggage which was large enough to contain said objects. Also said store sold a Domenico brand wallet which did not bear any visible (to unaided eye) information as to the name and address of the manufacturer/distributor of said product. I believe said firm violated the Consumer Act of the Philippines.
web sites with free information:
BBC web site health section
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/default.stm
birth control pills:
http://news.yahoo.com/
CNN web site health section
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
dietsinreview web site
www.dietsinreview.com/
Google Hot Trends
http://google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X
happiness
http://news.yahoo.com/
ITxcellence Directory
http://www.itxcellence.com/
medpagetoday web site
http://www.medpagetoday.com/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration United States Department of Commerce
http://www.noaa.gov/
revolutionhealth web site
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/
smoking
http://news.yahoo.com/
allergies
http://news.yahoo.com/s/
Stroke treatment
http://news.yahoo.com/
The LYCOS 50
http://50.lycos.com/
Monday, August 18, 2008
1 in 20 patients acquires infection in hospitals; etc.
Customer advisory vs. Astrovision, Inc., Robinson's Place, Ermita. Said store sold, on August 11, 2008, a DVD with a movie titled "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" with "* commentary by Director Doug Liman and Screenwriter Simon Kinberg * Commentary by Producers Lucas Foster and Akiva Goldsman". However, said commentaries could not be heard or viewed". Proof of sale is said firm's sales invoice No. 388778 dated 11 Aug, 2008.
Shopping advisory vs. SM Manila. On August 18, 2008, deadly weapons could have been brought into said mall because a security guard, at a street level entrance to said mall, didn't inspect well my luggage which was big enough to contain said objects. Then, a security guard at an entrance to National Book store within said mall, also didn't inspect said luggage.
From local newspapers:
"1 in 20 patients acquires infection in hospitals"
" BFAD warns public vs. anti-smoking drug"
"opening of the country's human milk bank. The community milk bank was put up in Makati. The milk is sent to the Dr. Fabella Memorial Hospital in Sta. Cruz Manila."
"BFP lists establishments violating fire code. In the city of Manila, the list of the code violators included: several establishments located inside SM Manila, Robinsons Place, Tutuban Center Mall, Plaza Miranda Mall . . ."
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boston com web site
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craigslist web site
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Shopping advisory vs. SM Manila. On August 18, 2008, deadly weapons could have been brought into said mall because a security guard, at a street level entrance to said mall, didn't inspect well my luggage which was big enough to contain said objects. Then, a security guard at an entrance to National Book store within said mall, also didn't inspect said luggage.
From local newspapers:
"1 in 20 patients acquires infection in hospitals"
" BFAD warns public vs. anti-smoking drug"
"opening of the country's human milk bank. The community milk bank was put up in Makati. The milk is sent to the Dr. Fabella Memorial Hospital in Sta. Cruz Manila."
"BFP lists establishments violating fire code. In the city of Manila, the list of the code violators included: several establishments located inside SM Manila, Robinsons Place, Tutuban Center Mall, Plaza Miranda Mall . . ."
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http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/
boston com web site
http://www.boston.com/
craigslist web site
http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html
Saturday, August 16, 2008
shopping advisory vs. following at Ayala Center, Makati: Glorietta; SM Makati; Park Square 1; SM Supermarket;; Info on Cooking Safely in Microwave Ove
Advisory vs. following at Ayala Center, Glorietta,National Book Store, SM Makati, Park Square 1,SM Supermarket.
A guard at the entrance (in front of Park Square 1) to said Glorietta, didn't inspect well my luggage as a result of which deadly weapons could have been brought into said mall. I have been to said Glorietta many times but I have never seen any sign indicating the location of fire exit(s). On August 16, 2008, I asked a guard at the second level of said mall to show me where the fire exit(s) are. He led me to two doors which were marked "For deliveries only". He said that the fire exits could be reached through said doors.
On said date, a guard at a street level entrance (opposite Ace Hardware store) to SM Makati, didn't examine my waist bag, as a result of which deadly weapons could have been brought into said building. At SM Supermarket, within the SM building, the checkout lane for senior citizens was closed while the other checkout counters were open.
On said date, a guard, at the street level entrance (opposite Glorietta) to Park Square 1, didn't examine my waist bag, etc., as a result of which deadly weapons could have been brought into said building.
On said date, a guard, at the street level entrance to National Book Store at said center, didn't inspect well my luggage, as a result of which deadly weapons could have been brought into said store.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Cooking_Safely_in_the_Microwave/index.asp
Cooking Safely in the Microwave Oven
Microwave ovens can play an important role at mealtime, but special care must be taken when cooking or reheating meat, poultry, fish, and eggs to make sure they are prepared safely. Microwave ovens can cook unevenly and leave "cold spots," where harmful bacteria can survive. For this reason, it is important to use the following safe microwaving tips to prevent foodborne illness.
Microwave Oven Cooking
* Arrange food items evenly in a covered dish and add some liquid if needed. Cover the dish with a lid or plastic wrap; loosen or vent the lid or wrap to let steam escape. The moist heat that is created will help destroy harmful bacteria and ensure uniform cooking. Cooking bags also provide safe, even cooking.
* Do not cook large cuts of meat on high power (100%). Large cuts of meat should be cooked on medium power (50%) for longer periods. This allows heat to reach the center without overcooking outer areas.
* Stir or rotate food midway through the microwaving time to eliminate cold spots where harmful bacteria can survive, and for more even cooking.
* When partially cooking food in the microwave oven to finish cooking on the grill or in a conventional oven, it is important to transfer the microwaved food to the other heat source immediately. Never partially cook food and store it for later use.
* Use a food thermometer or the oven’s temperature probe to verify the food has reached a safe minimum internal temperature. Cooking times may vary because ovens vary in power and efficiency. Always allow standing time, which completes the cooking, before checking the internal temperature with a food thermometer.
* Cook foods to the following safe minimum internal temperatures:
o Beef, veal, and lamb steaks, roasts, and chops may be cooked to 145 °F.
o All cuts of pork to 160 °F.
o Ground beef, veal and lamb to 160 °F.
o Egg dishes, casseroles to 160 °F.
o Leftovers to 165 °F.
o Stuffed poultry is not recommended. Cook stuffing separately to 165 °F.
o All poultry should reach a safe minimum internal temperature of 165 °F.
* Cooking whole, stuffed poultry in a microwave oven is not recommended. The stuffing might not reach the temperature needed to destroy harmful bacteria.
Microwave Defrosting
* Remove food from packaging before defrosting. Do not use foam trays and plastic wraps because they are not heat stable at high temperatures. Melting or warping may cause harmful chemicals to migrate into food.
* Cook meat, poultry, egg casseroles, and fish immediately after defrosting in the microwave oven because some areas of the frozen food may begin to cook during the defrosting time. Do not hold partially cooked food to use later.
* Cover foods with a lid or a microwave-safe plastic wrap to hold in moisture and provide safe, even heating.
* Heat ready-to-eat foods such as hot dogs, luncheon meats, fully cooked ham, and leftovers until steaming hot.
* After reheating foods in the microwave oven, allow standing time. Then, use a clean food thermometer to check that food has reached 165 °F.
Containers & Wraps
* Only use cookware that is specially manufactured for use in the microwave oven. Glass, ceramic containers, and all plastics should be labeled for microwave oven use.
* Plastic storage containers such as margarine tubs, take-out containers, whipped topping bowls, and other one-time use containers should not be used in microwave ovens. These containers can warp or melt, possibly causing harmful chemicals to migrate into the food.
* Microwave plastic wraps, wax paper, cooking bags, parchment paper, and white microwave-safe paper towels should be safe to use. Do not let plastic wrap touch foods during microwaving.
* Never use thin plastic storage bags, brown paper or plastic grocery bags, newspapers, or aluminum foil in the microwave oven.
Last Modified: April 3, 2006
A guard at the entrance (in front of Park Square 1) to said Glorietta, didn't inspect well my luggage as a result of which deadly weapons could have been brought into said mall. I have been to said Glorietta many times but I have never seen any sign indicating the location of fire exit(s). On August 16, 2008, I asked a guard at the second level of said mall to show me where the fire exit(s) are. He led me to two doors which were marked "For deliveries only". He said that the fire exits could be reached through said doors.
On said date, a guard at a street level entrance (opposite Ace Hardware store) to SM Makati, didn't examine my waist bag, as a result of which deadly weapons could have been brought into said building. At SM Supermarket, within the SM building, the checkout lane for senior citizens was closed while the other checkout counters were open.
On said date, a guard, at the street level entrance (opposite Glorietta) to Park Square 1, didn't examine my waist bag, etc., as a result of which deadly weapons could have been brought into said building.
On said date, a guard, at the street level entrance to National Book Store at said center, didn't inspect well my luggage, as a result of which deadly weapons could have been brought into said store.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Cooking_Safely_in_the_Microwave/index.asp
Cooking Safely in the Microwave Oven
Microwave ovens can play an important role at mealtime, but special care must be taken when cooking or reheating meat, poultry, fish, and eggs to make sure they are prepared safely. Microwave ovens can cook unevenly and leave "cold spots," where harmful bacteria can survive. For this reason, it is important to use the following safe microwaving tips to prevent foodborne illness.
Microwave Oven Cooking
* Arrange food items evenly in a covered dish and add some liquid if needed. Cover the dish with a lid or plastic wrap; loosen or vent the lid or wrap to let steam escape. The moist heat that is created will help destroy harmful bacteria and ensure uniform cooking. Cooking bags also provide safe, even cooking.
* Do not cook large cuts of meat on high power (100%). Large cuts of meat should be cooked on medium power (50%) for longer periods. This allows heat to reach the center without overcooking outer areas.
* Stir or rotate food midway through the microwaving time to eliminate cold spots where harmful bacteria can survive, and for more even cooking.
* When partially cooking food in the microwave oven to finish cooking on the grill or in a conventional oven, it is important to transfer the microwaved food to the other heat source immediately. Never partially cook food and store it for later use.
* Use a food thermometer or the oven’s temperature probe to verify the food has reached a safe minimum internal temperature. Cooking times may vary because ovens vary in power and efficiency. Always allow standing time, which completes the cooking, before checking the internal temperature with a food thermometer.
* Cook foods to the following safe minimum internal temperatures:
o Beef, veal, and lamb steaks, roasts, and chops may be cooked to 145 °F.
o All cuts of pork to 160 °F.
o Ground beef, veal and lamb to 160 °F.
o Egg dishes, casseroles to 160 °F.
o Leftovers to 165 °F.
o Stuffed poultry is not recommended. Cook stuffing separately to 165 °F.
o All poultry should reach a safe minimum internal temperature of 165 °F.
* Cooking whole, stuffed poultry in a microwave oven is not recommended. The stuffing might not reach the temperature needed to destroy harmful bacteria.
Microwave Defrosting
* Remove food from packaging before defrosting. Do not use foam trays and plastic wraps because they are not heat stable at high temperatures. Melting or warping may cause harmful chemicals to migrate into food.
* Cook meat, poultry, egg casseroles, and fish immediately after defrosting in the microwave oven because some areas of the frozen food may begin to cook during the defrosting time. Do not hold partially cooked food to use later.
* Cover foods with a lid or a microwave-safe plastic wrap to hold in moisture and provide safe, even heating.
* Heat ready-to-eat foods such as hot dogs, luncheon meats, fully cooked ham, and leftovers until steaming hot.
* After reheating foods in the microwave oven, allow standing time. Then, use a clean food thermometer to check that food has reached 165 °F.
Containers & Wraps
* Only use cookware that is specially manufactured for use in the microwave oven. Glass, ceramic containers, and all plastics should be labeled for microwave oven use.
* Plastic storage containers such as margarine tubs, take-out containers, whipped topping bowls, and other one-time use containers should not be used in microwave ovens. These containers can warp or melt, possibly causing harmful chemicals to migrate into the food.
* Microwave plastic wraps, wax paper, cooking bags, parchment paper, and white microwave-safe paper towels should be safe to use. Do not let plastic wrap touch foods during microwaving.
* Never use thin plastic storage bags, brown paper or plastic grocery bags, newspapers, or aluminum foil in the microwave oven.
Last Modified: April 3, 2006
Friday, August 15, 2008
advisory vs. Sunny Smile Food Corporation store; web sites with free useful info
Advisory re Sunny Smile Food Corporation store which was on Taft Avenue near corner of P. Faura St., Manila. On Aygust 15, 2008, the fire exit door inside said store was padlocked, Also said store issued Sunny Smile Corporation official receipt No. 2256 dated Aug. 15, 2008 wherein the price for food was separate from the V.A.T. charge. Based on the Department of Trade and Industry, said issuance of a receipt, wherein the V.A.T. charge for food is separate from the price for food, is a violaion of the Price Tag Law. Also, there was a lane for senior citizens but said lane was closed at appoximately 10:05 A.M. on August 15, 2008.
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fightbac org web site
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safe use of batteries_results of Google search re
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/cons/batteries-piles-eng.php
Batteries: Use Them Safely
Batteries contain harmful substances, such as acids and heavy metals. If batteries are not correctly used, stored and discarded, these harmful substances may leak, or the batteries may overheat or burst. Read and follow all instructions on the battery packaging.
Safety Tips
* Install batteries correctly by lining up the "+" signs on the battery and in the battery compartment of the product.
* Do not use different types of batteries together:
battery
o Do not mix old batteries with new ones.
o Do not mix alkaline, carbon, or other types of batteries.
o Do not mix rechargeable batteries with non-rechargeable batteries.
o Do not mix batteries of different name brands.
* Only recharge batteries that are clearly labelled as rechargeable. Use the
correct battery charger for the battery type.
* Remove batteries from an item that will not be used for a long time.
* Store batteries in the original packaging in a cool, dark place. Keep them away
from household chemicals and food.
* Keep batteries out of the reach of children.
* Do not place batteries where they can touch metal, such as loose change in a
pocket.
* Never discard batteries in a fire.
* Contact your local government to find out if they have a battery recycling
program.
Toys with Batteries
* Only adults should install batteries.
* Check that young children cannot open a toy's battery compartment.
* Make sure that a child does not take a battery-operated toy to bed.
* Call a doctor or a poison control centre right away if a child swallows a
battery.
For more information contact Product Safety, Health Canada: 1-866-662-066
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/waste/use-disposal-batteries-jul06/index.html
The safe use and disposal of batteries
July 2006 Ref. INFO 161
The Ministry for the Environment is providing this fact sheet to help you with the safe use and disposal of batteries.
This fact sheet is part of the Disposal of unwanted electrical and electronic products fact sheet series.
The safe use and disposal of batteries
What is a battery?
A battery is a portable power source, converting chemical energy into electricity [Warmer Bulletin. (Jan 2000). Battery Recycling Information Sheet. Retrieved 30 May 2006, www.waste.nl/content/download/471/3776/file/ WB70-IS(batteries).pdf]. Within the last few decades there has been a dramatic growth in the number and diversity of electrical and electronic products that use batteries. Most homes will contain many pieces of equipment that depend on batteries to operate, for example, alarm clocks, toys, mobile phones, computers, watches, torches, power tools, radios and electric toothbrushes.
As the number of battery-powered products has risen so has the consumption of batteries. For more information on the different types of batteries, please see summary on page 3 or go to www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/waste/special/batteries/index.html
Why should we be concerned about battery disposal?
Although waste batteries are a relatively small amount of the solid waste stream, they are a concentrated source of toxic heavy metals such as mercury, lead and cadmium. The amount of these heavy metals may vary from battery to battery and some batteries are being manufactured without the addition of these heavy metals [Personal communication. Stephen Lardner, (22 May 2006) Energizer].
If batteries containing heavy metals are disposed of incorrectly, the metals can leach out and pollute the soil and groundwater, endangering humans and wildlife. Long-term exposure to cadmium, a known human carcinogen, can cause liver and lung disease. Mercury can cause damage to the human brain, spinal system, kidneys and liver. Sulphuric acid in lead acid batteries can cause severe skin burns or irritation upon contact. Consumers can help protect themselves and the environment by correctly disposing of all types of batteries.
Batteries contain a range of metals that can be reused as secondary raw materials. Reusing these resources reduces the environmental impact of extracting them as primary raw materials.
How should batteries be disposed of safely?
There are well-established methods for recycling most batteries containing lead, nickel cadmium, nickel-metal hydride and mercury. Both non-rechargeable and rechargeable batteries can be recycled and, wherever possible, all should be disposed of safely.
For information on safe disposal and recycling of mobile phone batteries please see the fact sheet on mobile phones www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/waste/special/e-waste/index.html
What else can you do?
* Plug appliances into the mains power supply as often as you can.
* Use rechargeable batteries and a battery charger rather than non-rechargeable batteries. Not only is this environmentally preferable, it also saves energy because, according to the UK organisation Wastewatch [Wastewatch (updated July 2005). Battery Recycling Information Sheet.
Retrieved 25 May 2006, from http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/Batteries.pdf], the energy needed to manufacture a battery is on average 50 times greater than the energy it provides. This will also save you money in the long run.
However, note that rechargeable batteries are unsuitable for smoke alarms as they tend to self discharge, preventing the alarm from warning when the battery power is low [Personal communication. Stephen Lardner, (22 May 2006) Energizer]. Nearly all other batteryoperated equipment can accept rechargeable batteries.
* If you have to use single-use batteries, choose brands with the longest life and, whenever possible, purchase low-mercury or zero-mercury batteries.
* When buying a new product or appliance, choose models that can use power derived from alternative energy sources such as solar-powered calculators or wind-up clocks and radios.
* Participate in local authority battery collection schemes, such as the Hazmobile, or drop off at your local transfer station. If your local council does not currently provide a battery collection scheme, find out if it is planning to do so in the future.
Type of battery Common uses Hazardous component Disposal recycling options
Wet Cell
Lead-acid batteries* Electrical energy supply for vehicles including cars, trucks, boats, tractors and motorcycles. Small sealed lead-acid batteries are used for emergency lighting and uninterruptible power supplies. Sulphuric acid and lead Recycle – most petrol stations and garages accept old car batteries and council waste facilities have collection points for lead-acid batteries
Dry Cell: Non-rechargeable – single use
Zinc carbon Torches, clocks, shavers, radios, toys and smoke alarms Zinc Not classed as a hazardous waste – okay to dispose of with household waste
Zinc chloride Similar to above Zinc Not classed as a hazardous waste – okay to dispose of with household waste
Alkaline manganese Personal stereos and radiocassette players Manganese (note some older alkaline batteries contain mercury*) Not classed as a hazardous waste – okay to dispose of with household waste
NB: Dry cell non-rechargeable batteries come in “AA”, “AAA”, “C”, “D”, lantern and miniature watch sizes.
Primary button cells
Mercuric oxide* Hearing aids, pacemakers and cameras Mercury Recycle at council transfer station
Zinc air Hearing aids, pagers and cameras Zinc Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Silver oxide Calculators, watches and cameras Silver Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Lithium Computers, watches and cameras Lithium (explosive and flammable) Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Dry cell rechargeable – secondary batteries
Nickel cadmium* (NiCd) Mobile phones, cordless power tools, laptop computers, shavers, motorised toys, personal stereos Cadmium Recycle at council transfer station
Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) Alternative to above. Longer life than NiCd batteries Nickel Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Lithium ion (Li-ion) As above. Greater energy storage capacity than NiCd or NiMH Lithium Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Table Note: Batteries that are asterisked* in the table are hazardous on the New Zealand Waste List. They include lead-acid batteries*, nickel cadmium batteries* and batteries containing mercury*. In cases where wastes are asterisked* as hazardous, the Ministry for the Environment recommends that landfill operators and their respective consenting authority utilise Hazardous Waste Guidelines: Landfill Waste Acceptance Criteria and Landfill Classification, to ensure correct disposal and/or treatment.
Table adapted from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Household Battery Fact Sheet. Retrieved on 10 March 2006, from www.dec.statenz. us/website/dshm/redrecy/battery.htm and information from Recycling Batteries. Retrieved on 10 March 2006, from www.enfo.ie/leaflets/as25.htm
Types of batteries
[Information from Inform: Strategies for a better environment. Community Waste Prevention Toolkit: Battery Fact Sheet. Retrieved on 12 December 2005, from www.informinc.org/fact_CWPbattery.php]
The basic component of any battery is a cell (or a series of connected cells) in which electrodes react with chemicals to produce electricity.
Alkaline
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that is often used in electronics applications requiring heavy currents for long periods of time (ie cd players, radios, etc.). Alkaline batteries can deliver 50 to 100 percent more total energy than conventional zinc carbon batteries of the same size, hence their popularity in consumer applications. (Note some older batteries can be called alkaline batteries but contain mercury.)
Zinc Carbon
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that is commonly used in low-drain consumer applications (ie clocks, calculators, garage door openers, etc.). Available in the same sizes as the alkaline and manganese dioxide (“AA”, “AAA”, 9-volt, “C” and “D”), zinc carbon are one of the most widely used, dry primary batteries because of their low cost and reliable performance.
Lithium
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that is quickly entering mainstream electronic designs, particularly in consumer, portable equipment and non-volatile memory back-up applications where small size, long life and low cost are the primary requirements. Lithium batteries have superior cold temperature performance and a shelf life of five to 10 years.
Lithium Ion (Li-ion)
One of the newer rechargeable battery technologies, Li-ion batteries can deliver 40 percent more capacity than comparably sized nickel cadmium batteries and are one of the lightest rechargeable batteries currently available. Li-ion batteries are the batteries of choice in notebook computers, wireless telephones and many camcorder models.
Lead Acid
Still the most popular battery used today, the lead acid battery’s main application is in the automobile industry, although it has a growing number of other applications. Its advantages are low cost, high voltage per cell and good capacity life. Its disadvantages are poor low temperature characteristics, that it is relatively heavy, and that it cannot be left in a discharged state for too long without being damaged. Related batteries include Absorbent Glass Matt (AGM), Gel/Gel Cell and Sealed Lead Acid.
Nickel Cadmium (NiCd)
The nickel cadmium is one of the most proven and historically most widely used rechargeable batteries. It is very dependable and “robust” but has relatively low capacity when compared to other rechargeable systems. Very good high rate discharge capabilities make it very popular in high-drain applications such as power tools.
Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH)
Interchangeable with most nickel cadmium batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries generally deliver 10 to 25 percent greater capacity than nickel cadmium batteries and are more environmentally friendly since they do not contain cadmium. They are typically used in many wireless phones and camcorders.
Silver Oxide
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that is a major contributor to miniature power sources, and well suited for hearing aids, instruments, photoelectric exposure devices and electronic watches. These cells are primarily made in the smaller “button” sizes.
Zinc Air
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that was commonly used for applications such as watches and hearing aids. In relation to their physical size, zinc air batteries store more energy per unit of weight (in terms of 22 0 W h/kg) than any other primary type.
Glossary of terms
Primary battery
A battery that is not intended to be recharged and discarded when it has delivered all of its electrical energy.
Rechargeable battery
A galvanic battery that, after discharge, can be restored to the fully charged state by the passage of an electrical current through the cell in the opposite direction to that of discharge.
Recondition
One or more deep discharge cycles below 1.0 volt/cell at a very low, controlled current. Recondition helps to revert large crystals to small, desirable-sized crystals, often restoring the battery to its full capacity.
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Batteries: Use Them Safely
Batteries contain harmful substances, such as acids and heavy metals. If batteries are not correctly used, stored and discarded, these harmful substances may leak, or the batteries may overheat or burst. Read and follow all instructions on the battery packaging.
Safety Tips
* Install batteries correctly by lining up the "+" signs on the battery and in the battery compartment of the product.
* Do not use different types of batteries together:
battery
o Do not mix old batteries with new ones.
o Do not mix alkaline, carbon, or other types of batteries.
o Do not mix rechargeable batteries with non-rechargeable batteries.
o Do not mix batteries of different name brands.
* Only recharge batteries that are clearly labelled as rechargeable. Use the
correct battery charger for the battery type.
* Remove batteries from an item that will not be used for a long time.
* Store batteries in the original packaging in a cool, dark place. Keep them away
from household chemicals and food.
* Keep batteries out of the reach of children.
* Do not place batteries where they can touch metal, such as loose change in a
pocket.
* Never discard batteries in a fire.
* Contact your local government to find out if they have a battery recycling
program.
Toys with Batteries
* Only adults should install batteries.
* Check that young children cannot open a toy's battery compartment.
* Make sure that a child does not take a battery-operated toy to bed.
* Call a doctor or a poison control centre right away if a child swallows a
battery.
For more information contact Product Safety, Health Canada: 1-866-662-066
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/waste/use-disposal-batteries-jul06/index.html
The safe use and disposal of batteries
July 2006 Ref. INFO 161
The Ministry for the Environment is providing this fact sheet to help you with the safe use and disposal of batteries.
This fact sheet is part of the Disposal of unwanted electrical and electronic products fact sheet series.
The safe use and disposal of batteries
What is a battery?
A battery is a portable power source, converting chemical energy into electricity [Warmer Bulletin. (Jan 2000). Battery Recycling Information Sheet. Retrieved 30 May 2006, www.waste.nl/content/download/471/3776/file/ WB70-IS(batteries).pdf]. Within the last few decades there has been a dramatic growth in the number and diversity of electrical and electronic products that use batteries. Most homes will contain many pieces of equipment that depend on batteries to operate, for example, alarm clocks, toys, mobile phones, computers, watches, torches, power tools, radios and electric toothbrushes.
As the number of battery-powered products has risen so has the consumption of batteries. For more information on the different types of batteries, please see summary on page 3 or go to www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/waste/special/batteries/index.html
Why should we be concerned about battery disposal?
Although waste batteries are a relatively small amount of the solid waste stream, they are a concentrated source of toxic heavy metals such as mercury, lead and cadmium. The amount of these heavy metals may vary from battery to battery and some batteries are being manufactured without the addition of these heavy metals [Personal communication. Stephen Lardner, (22 May 2006) Energizer].
If batteries containing heavy metals are disposed of incorrectly, the metals can leach out and pollute the soil and groundwater, endangering humans and wildlife. Long-term exposure to cadmium, a known human carcinogen, can cause liver and lung disease. Mercury can cause damage to the human brain, spinal system, kidneys and liver. Sulphuric acid in lead acid batteries can cause severe skin burns or irritation upon contact. Consumers can help protect themselves and the environment by correctly disposing of all types of batteries.
Batteries contain a range of metals that can be reused as secondary raw materials. Reusing these resources reduces the environmental impact of extracting them as primary raw materials.
How should batteries be disposed of safely?
There are well-established methods for recycling most batteries containing lead, nickel cadmium, nickel-metal hydride and mercury. Both non-rechargeable and rechargeable batteries can be recycled and, wherever possible, all should be disposed of safely.
For information on safe disposal and recycling of mobile phone batteries please see the fact sheet on mobile phones www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/waste/special/e-waste/index.html
What else can you do?
* Plug appliances into the mains power supply as often as you can.
* Use rechargeable batteries and a battery charger rather than non-rechargeable batteries. Not only is this environmentally preferable, it also saves energy because, according to the UK organisation Wastewatch [Wastewatch (updated July 2005). Battery Recycling Information Sheet.
Retrieved 25 May 2006, from http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/Batteries.pdf], the energy needed to manufacture a battery is on average 50 times greater than the energy it provides. This will also save you money in the long run.
However, note that rechargeable batteries are unsuitable for smoke alarms as they tend to self discharge, preventing the alarm from warning when the battery power is low [Personal communication. Stephen Lardner, (22 May 2006) Energizer]. Nearly all other batteryoperated equipment can accept rechargeable batteries.
* If you have to use single-use batteries, choose brands with the longest life and, whenever possible, purchase low-mercury or zero-mercury batteries.
* When buying a new product or appliance, choose models that can use power derived from alternative energy sources such as solar-powered calculators or wind-up clocks and radios.
* Participate in local authority battery collection schemes, such as the Hazmobile, or drop off at your local transfer station. If your local council does not currently provide a battery collection scheme, find out if it is planning to do so in the future.
Type of battery Common uses Hazardous component Disposal recycling options
Wet Cell
Lead-acid batteries* Electrical energy supply for vehicles including cars, trucks, boats, tractors and motorcycles. Small sealed lead-acid batteries are used for emergency lighting and uninterruptible power supplies. Sulphuric acid and lead Recycle – most petrol stations and garages accept old car batteries and council waste facilities have collection points for lead-acid batteries
Dry Cell: Non-rechargeable – single use
Zinc carbon Torches, clocks, shavers, radios, toys and smoke alarms Zinc Not classed as a hazardous waste – okay to dispose of with household waste
Zinc chloride Similar to above Zinc Not classed as a hazardous waste – okay to dispose of with household waste
Alkaline manganese Personal stereos and radiocassette players Manganese (note some older alkaline batteries contain mercury*) Not classed as a hazardous waste – okay to dispose of with household waste
NB: Dry cell non-rechargeable batteries come in “AA”, “AAA”, “C”, “D”, lantern and miniature watch sizes.
Primary button cells
Mercuric oxide* Hearing aids, pacemakers and cameras Mercury Recycle at council transfer station
Zinc air Hearing aids, pagers and cameras Zinc Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Silver oxide Calculators, watches and cameras Silver Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Lithium Computers, watches and cameras Lithium (explosive and flammable) Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Dry cell rechargeable – secondary batteries
Nickel cadmium* (NiCd) Mobile phones, cordless power tools, laptop computers, shavers, motorised toys, personal stereos Cadmium Recycle at council transfer station
Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) Alternative to above. Longer life than NiCd batteries Nickel Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Lithium ion (Li-ion) As above. Greater energy storage capacity than NiCd or NiMH Lithium Preference is to recycle at the council transfer station, if facilities are available
Table Note: Batteries that are asterisked* in the table are hazardous on the New Zealand Waste List. They include lead-acid batteries*, nickel cadmium batteries* and batteries containing mercury*. In cases where wastes are asterisked* as hazardous, the Ministry for the Environment recommends that landfill operators and their respective consenting authority utilise Hazardous Waste Guidelines: Landfill Waste Acceptance Criteria and Landfill Classification, to ensure correct disposal and/or treatment.
Table adapted from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Household Battery Fact Sheet. Retrieved on 10 March 2006, from www.dec.statenz. us/website/dshm/redrecy/battery.htm and information from Recycling Batteries. Retrieved on 10 March 2006, from www.enfo.ie/leaflets/as25.htm
Types of batteries
[Information from Inform: Strategies for a better environment. Community Waste Prevention Toolkit: Battery Fact Sheet. Retrieved on 12 December 2005, from www.informinc.org/fact_CWPbattery.php]
The basic component of any battery is a cell (or a series of connected cells) in which electrodes react with chemicals to produce electricity.
Alkaline
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that is often used in electronics applications requiring heavy currents for long periods of time (ie cd players, radios, etc.). Alkaline batteries can deliver 50 to 100 percent more total energy than conventional zinc carbon batteries of the same size, hence their popularity in consumer applications. (Note some older batteries can be called alkaline batteries but contain mercury.)
Zinc Carbon
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that is commonly used in low-drain consumer applications (ie clocks, calculators, garage door openers, etc.). Available in the same sizes as the alkaline and manganese dioxide (“AA”, “AAA”, 9-volt, “C” and “D”), zinc carbon are one of the most widely used, dry primary batteries because of their low cost and reliable performance.
Lithium
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that is quickly entering mainstream electronic designs, particularly in consumer, portable equipment and non-volatile memory back-up applications where small size, long life and low cost are the primary requirements. Lithium batteries have superior cold temperature performance and a shelf life of five to 10 years.
Lithium Ion (Li-ion)
One of the newer rechargeable battery technologies, Li-ion batteries can deliver 40 percent more capacity than comparably sized nickel cadmium batteries and are one of the lightest rechargeable batteries currently available. Li-ion batteries are the batteries of choice in notebook computers, wireless telephones and many camcorder models.
Lead Acid
Still the most popular battery used today, the lead acid battery’s main application is in the automobile industry, although it has a growing number of other applications. Its advantages are low cost, high voltage per cell and good capacity life. Its disadvantages are poor low temperature characteristics, that it is relatively heavy, and that it cannot be left in a discharged state for too long without being damaged. Related batteries include Absorbent Glass Matt (AGM), Gel/Gel Cell and Sealed Lead Acid.
Nickel Cadmium (NiCd)
The nickel cadmium is one of the most proven and historically most widely used rechargeable batteries. It is very dependable and “robust” but has relatively low capacity when compared to other rechargeable systems. Very good high rate discharge capabilities make it very popular in high-drain applications such as power tools.
Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH)
Interchangeable with most nickel cadmium batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries generally deliver 10 to 25 percent greater capacity than nickel cadmium batteries and are more environmentally friendly since they do not contain cadmium. They are typically used in many wireless phones and camcorders.
Silver Oxide
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that is a major contributor to miniature power sources, and well suited for hearing aids, instruments, photoelectric exposure devices and electronic watches. These cells are primarily made in the smaller “button” sizes.
Zinc Air
A primary battery (non-rechargeable) that was commonly used for applications such as watches and hearing aids. In relation to their physical size, zinc air batteries store more energy per unit of weight (in terms of 22 0 W h/kg) than any other primary type.
Glossary of terms
Primary battery
A battery that is not intended to be recharged and discarded when it has delivered all of its electrical energy.
Rechargeable battery
A galvanic battery that, after discharge, can be restored to the fully charged state by the passage of an electrical current through the cell in the opposite direction to that of discharge.
Recondition
One or more deep discharge cycles below 1.0 volt/cell at a very low, controlled current. Recondition helps to revert large crystals to small, desirable-sized crystals, often restoring the battery to its full capacity.
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Doing an inventory of the household hazardous products around your home can help you protect your family's health, reduce your impact on the environment, and save you and your community money!
What Is a Household Hazardous Product?
Household hazardous products are products that can present a health or environmental threat when used, stored, or thrown away improperly. When a household hazardous product is no longer usable or wanted, it becomes a household hazardous waste.
Products are considered hazardous if they are:
* Flammable
* Corrosive
* Toxic
* Reactive
Flammable products can easily catch fire and support a flame. Toxic products are poisonous or can be harmful or fatal if swallowed, breathed in, or absorbed through the skin. Corrosive products can burn skin or corrode other materials. Reactive products can explode or produce a toxic gas if combined with other substances (e.g., mixing chlorine bleach and ammonia produces a toxic gas).
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How Do I Know What Is Hazardous?
The best way to learn what is hazardous is to read the product label. Labels on hazardous products contain SIGNAL WORDS, which tell how hazardous the product is. Signal words represent the hazard of a product, not its proper disposal. Until further regulations are developed, using signal words is the best method to use in determining the hazard level of a product, and its potential impact when thrown away.
Signal words and what they mean:
Most Hazardous Poison: highly toxic
Arrow Danger: extremely hazardous
Warning: moderately hazardous
Caution: mildly/moderately hazardous
Least Hazardous No Signal Word: The product is probably not hazardous. However, the product may be too old-if produced before 1987-to have a signal word, even if it is hazardous.
If you are buying a product, it's usually best to buy one with no signal words or the lowest level signal word.
Household hazardous products can include:
* gasoline
* motor oil
* antifreeze
* lead-acid batteries
* paint
* paint strippers
* adhesives
* wood preservatives
* pesticides
* some household cleaners
* aerosol cans
* solvents
* batteries
Paint Cans
General Actions to Take
This inventory lists actions you should take when buying, using, storing, and disposing of household hazardous products. Check off the actions YOU generally take. Total your points at the end to see how successful you are at managing household hazardous products.
Shopping for Household Hazardous Products
____ Ask yourself if you really need a product before you buy it.
____ Use up existing products before you buy new ones.
____ Borrow leftover products from friends or neighbors.
____ Use the least toxic product to do a job (this could be a commercial product).
Use the smallest amount of a product possible.
____ Buy products with no signal words or the lowest level signal word.
____ Buy one general-purpose product rather than many specific products.
____ Buy pump sprays, creams, or solids instead of aerosols. The packaging, not the
product, is the problem at this time, because of disposal problems with
aerosols.
____ Purchase toys or appliances that don't require batteries or use rechargeable
batteries.
Using Household Hazardous Products
____ Use products out of reach of children and pets.
____ Read and follow safety precautions on all labels.
____ Use products in well-ventilated areas. Keep lids on as much as possible during
use. Secure lids carefully after use.
____ Use only the recommended amount of product for the job.
____ Use protective goggles, gloves, etc. if recommended on the label.
____ NEVER mix products containing chlorine with those containing ammonia. READ
LABELS CAREFULLY.
____ Use all of the product up, whenever possible. Use only according to directions.
Storing Household Hazardous Products
____ Store chemicals out of reach of children and pets.
____ Store leaky containers in another leakproof container. Be sure to label this new
container.
____ Store products in their original container with labels intact.
____ Never mix chemicals together.
____ Keep all products away from sources of heat or flame.
____ Store latex paint, latex driveway sealer, water-based products, and liquid
pesticides where they won't freeze.
____ Store products that warn of vapors or fumes in well-ventilated areas.
____ Store products in a dry place (moisture makes containers rust and leak).
____ If containers are leaking, place in a leakproof container and relabel.
Disposing of Household Hazardous Products
____ Use up products so you don't have any wastes. Do not use banned or restricted
products.
Check with your county solid waste officer for a list of these products.
____ Share leftover products with others. DO NOT SHARE PESTICIDES.
____ Don't mix different household hazardous wastes before disposing of them in some
way.
____ Recycle all products that you can (i.e., motor oil, fuel oils, and batteries) at
appropriate recycling centers.
____ Take products to a designated household hazardous waste collection site.
____ Safely dispose of products that don't need to be taken to a collection site
(e.g., dry out latex paint before disposing of it in the garbage).
____ Total Score (total number of checks here)
If you checked off... You're...
More than 25 Actions Awesome
20-25 Actions Doing a great job
15-20 Actions Well on your way
10-15 Actions Starting off right
5-10 Actions Behind the times
0-5 Actions Get started today!
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Every action you take helps protect your health, the environment, and your pocketbook!
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For More Information...
For more information on properly shopping for, using, storing, and disposing of household hazardous products, contact your county extension agent, your county solid waste officer, or the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Household Hazardous Waste Program at: (612) 296-6300 or toll-free (800) 657-3864.
These organizations have the following fact sheets available on household hazardous products.
General Fact Sheets:
* Household Chemicals & the Environment
* Using & Storing Household Chemicals
* Household Chemical Labels
* Alternatives to Hazardous Household Products
* Facts about Household Hazardous Waste
* Household Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Household Chemical Safety Inventory
Waste Specific Fact Sheets:
* Adhesive Products
* Products in Aerosol Cans
* Used Antifreeze
* Household Fluorescent Lights
* Gasoline
* Household Cleaners
* Used Motor Vehicle Batteries
* Latex and Oil-based Paint
* Personal-Care Products
* Household Pesticides
* Cordless Electric Appliances/Rechargeable Batteries
* Household Solvents
* Used Motor Oil
* Wood Preservatives
* Managing Used Mercury Thermostats
* Disposing of Household "Sharps"
Doing an inventory of the household hazardous products around your home can help you protect your family's health, reduce your impact on the environment, and save you and your community money!
What Is a Household Hazardous Product?
Household hazardous products are products that can present a health or environmental threat when used, stored, or thrown away improperly. When a household hazardous product is no longer usable or wanted, it becomes a household hazardous waste.
Products are considered hazardous if they are:
* Flammable
* Corrosive
* Toxic
* Reactive
Flammable products can easily catch fire and support a flame. Toxic products are poisonous or can be harmful or fatal if swallowed, breathed in, or absorbed through the skin. Corrosive products can burn skin or corrode other materials. Reactive products can explode or produce a toxic gas if combined with other substances (e.g., mixing chlorine bleach and ammonia produces a toxic gas).
Drain Cleaner
How Do I Know What Is Hazardous?
The best way to learn what is hazardous is to read the product label. Labels on hazardous products contain SIGNAL WORDS, which tell how hazardous the product is. Signal words represent the hazard of a product, not its proper disposal. Until further regulations are developed, using signal words is the best method to use in determining the hazard level of a product, and its potential impact when thrown away.
Signal words and what they mean:
Most Hazardous Poison: highly toxic
Arrow Danger: extremely hazardous
Warning: moderately hazardous
Caution: mildly/moderately hazardous
Least Hazardous No Signal Word: The product is probably not hazardous. However, the product may be too old-if produced before 1987-to have a signal word, even if it is hazardous.
If you are buying a product, it's usually best to buy one with no signal words or the lowest level signal word.
Household hazardous products can include:
* gasoline
* motor oil
* antifreeze
* lead-acid batteries
* paint
* paint strippers
* adhesives
* wood preservatives
* pesticides
* some household cleaners
* aerosol cans
* solvents
* batteries
Paint Cans
General Actions to Take
This inventory lists actions you should take when buying, using, storing, and disposing of household hazardous products. Check off the actions YOU generally take. Total your points at the end to see how successful you are at managing household hazardous products.
Shopping for Household Hazardous Products
____ Ask yourself if you really need a product before you buy it.
____ Use up existing products before you buy new ones.
____ Borrow leftover products from friends or neighbors.
____ Use the least toxic product to do a job (this could be a commercial product).
Use the smallest amount of a product possible.
____ Buy products with no signal words or the lowest level signal word.
____ Buy one general-purpose product rather than many specific products.
____ Buy pump sprays, creams, or solids instead of aerosols. The packaging, not the
product, is the problem at this time, because of disposal problems with
aerosols.
____ Purchase toys or appliances that don't require batteries or use rechargeable
batteries.
Using Household Hazardous Products
____ Use products out of reach of children and pets.
____ Read and follow safety precautions on all labels.
____ Use products in well-ventilated areas. Keep lids on as much as possible during
use. Secure lids carefully after use.
____ Use only the recommended amount of product for the job.
____ Use protective goggles, gloves, etc. if recommended on the label.
____ NEVER mix products containing chlorine with those containing ammonia. READ
LABELS CAREFULLY.
____ Use all of the product up, whenever possible. Use only according to directions.
Storing Household Hazardous Products
____ Store chemicals out of reach of children and pets.
____ Store leaky containers in another leakproof container. Be sure to label this new
container.
____ Store products in their original container with labels intact.
____ Never mix chemicals together.
____ Keep all products away from sources of heat or flame.
____ Store latex paint, latex driveway sealer, water-based products, and liquid
pesticides where they won't freeze.
____ Store products that warn of vapors or fumes in well-ventilated areas.
____ Store products in a dry place (moisture makes containers rust and leak).
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
about :sleep; current health news; decisions; fingerprints; etc.
About Sleep
http://www.livescience.com/health/080801-top5-sleep-facts.html
http://www.livescience.com/health/070928_hn_sleep.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Current Health News
* Obese Men Face Twin Threat from Prostate Cancer (08/11/08)
* Too Much Salt Boosts Blood Pressure (08/11/08)
* Reductions in Smoking Show Promise for Reducing Home Fire Deaths (08/11/08)
About decisions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080811/sc_livescience/deliberatedecisionsarethebest;_ylt=A
About fingerprints:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hgs5ATiaP7GuTVCbHIMBqW6KQRDwD92DMG5G4
gadgetell web site
http://www.gadgetell.com/
about graohic cards for computers
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/08/nvidia.html
history_this day in history web site
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
livescience web site
http://www.livescience.com/
techdigest web site
http://www.techdigest.tv/
The Hospital Infection Society
http://www.his.org.uk/
http://www.livescience.com/health/080801-top5-sleep-facts.html
http://www.livescience.com/health/070928_hn_sleep.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Current Health News
* Obese Men Face Twin Threat from Prostate Cancer (08/11/08)
* Too Much Salt Boosts Blood Pressure (08/11/08)
* Reductions in Smoking Show Promise for Reducing Home Fire Deaths (08/11/08)
About decisions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080811/sc_livescience/deliberatedecisionsarethebest;_ylt=A
About fingerprints:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hgs5ATiaP7GuTVCbHIMBqW6KQRDwD92DMG5G4
gadgetell web site
http://www.gadgetell.com/
about graohic cards for computers
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/08/nvidia.html
history_this day in history web site
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
livescience web site
http://www.livescience.com/
techdigest web site
http://www.techdigest.tv/
The Hospital Infection Society
http://www.his.org.uk/
Monday, August 11, 2008
advisory re Savory Chicken restaurant & Dairy Queen store; web sites with free useful info
Advisory re Savory Chicken restaurant at Robinsons Ermita
Saw flies at dining table at said restaurant.
Advisory re Dairy Queen store at Robinsons Ermita
No visible sanitation permit seen at said store. The receipt issued by said restaurant had a separate charge for
V.A.T. Based on info from the Department of Trade and Industry, the V.A.T. charge should be included in the charge for food.
Based on said info, said store violated the Price Tag Law.
web sites with free useful info:
American Red Cross Disaster Services
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_500_,00.html
answers web site
http://www.answers.com/
copperwiki web site
http://www.copperwiki.org/
divinecaroline web site
http://www.divinecaroline.com/
foodsafetynetwork web site
http://www.foodsafetynetwork.ca/en/
globalgourmet web site
http://www.globalgourmet.com/
Nine Cold, Hard Weight Loss Truths
http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22178/53765-nine-cold--hard-weight-loss
By: Brie Cadman
Even if you’re not trying to lose weight, chances are you’ve seen some ideas on how to do so:
“Eat what you want and lose weight!”
“Lose thirty pounds in thirty days!”
“Finally, a diet that really works!”
“Lose one jean size every seven days!”
“Top three fat burners revealed”
“Ten minutes to a tighter tummy!”
But these claims are readily rebuked by anyone who’s tried to lose five, ten, or one hundred pounds. Losing weight ain’t that easy. It’s not in a pill, it doesn’t (usually) happen in thirty days, and judging from the myriad plans out there, there is no one diet that works for everyone.
Looking past the outrageous claims, there are a few hard truths the diet/food industry isn’t going to tell you, but might just help you take a more realistic approach to sustained weight loss.
1. You have to exercise more than you think.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting at least thirty minutes of moderate exercise most days of the week; this includes things like shoveling snow and gardening. And while this is great for improving heart health and
staying active, research indicates that those looking to lose weight or maintain weight loss have to do more—about twice as much.
For instance, members of the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR)—a group of over 5,000 individuals who have lost an average of sixty-six pounds and kept it off for five and a half years—exercise for about an hour, every day.
A study published in the July 28, 2008 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine supports this observational finding. The researchers enrolled 200 overweight and obese women on a diet and exercise regimen and followed them for two years. Compared
with those that gained some of their weight back, the women who were able to sustain a weight loss of 10 percent of their initial weight for two years exercised consistently and regularly—about 275 minutes a week, or fifty-five minutes of exercise at least five days a week.
In other words, things like taking the stairs, walking to the store, and gardening are great ways to boost activity level, but losing serious weight means exercising regularly for an hour or so. However, this doesn’t mean you have to start running
or kickboxing—the most frequently reported form of activity in the NWCR group is walking.
2. A half-hour walk doesn’t equal a brownie.
I remember going out to eat with some friends after a bike ride. Someone commented on how we deserved dessert because we had just spent the day exercising; in fact, we had taken a leisurely twenty-minute ride through the park. This probably burned the calories in a slice of our French bread, but definitely not those in the caramel fudge brownie dessert. Bummer. And while it’s easy to underestimate how many calories something has, it’s also easy to overestimate how many calories we burn while exercising. Double bummer.
Even if you exercise a fair amount, it’s not carte blanche to eat whatever you want. (Unless you exercise a ton, have the metabolism of a sixteen-year-old boy, and really can eat whatever you want). A report investigating the commonly-held beliefs about exercising, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, concludes that although exercise does burn calories during and after exercise, for overweight persons, “excessive caloric expenditure has limited implications for substantially reducing body weight independent of nutritional modifications.” In other words, to lose weight, you have to cut calories and increase exercise.
3. You have time to exercise.
If you have time to check email, watch a sitcom or two, surf the internet, have drinks/coffee/dinner with friends, go clothes shopping, and on and on, then you have time to exercise. Yes, sometimes you have to sacrifice sleep, TV, or leisure time to
fit it in. Yes, sometimes you have to prioritize your exercise time over other things. But your health and the feeling you get after having worked out is well worth it.
4. Eating more of something won’t help you lose weight.
The food industry is keen to latch onto weight loss research and spin it for their sales purposes. A prime example is the widespread claim that eating more dairy products will help you lose weight. However, a recent review of forty-nine clinical
trials from 1966 to 2007 showed that “neither dairy nor calcium supplements helped people lose weight.”
This idea—that eating more of a certain type of product will help you lose weight—is constantly regurgitated on supermarket shelves (think low-fat cake, low-carb crackers, high in whole grain cookies, and trans fat-free chips), but is in direct
opposition to the basic idea behind weight loss—that we have to eat less, not more.
5. Calories in = calories out?
There is a fair amount of controversy over the basic question of how people gain weight. Is it simply a matter of energy intake being greater than energy expenditure? Or is there more too it; do the type of calories we eat matter and can avoiding
certain types help to lose or prevent weight? The low-fat, low-carb, and glycemic index advocates can’t seem to agree on which it is. However, most can agree, and logical sense would tell us, that drinking 500 calories of soda is not equal to eating 500 calories of chicken and broccoli. One is simply “empty” calories—those that provide no real nutritional benefit and don’t do much to combat hunger. Whether you ascribe to the simple idea of trying to burn more calories than you take in or focus on avoiding certain types of calories, you want to minimize intake of empty calories, and maximize nutrient-dense calories.
6. Your body is working against you.
Most people have noticed that it’s hard to lose weight, but easy to gain it. This is a relic of harder times, when food was not as abundant as it is today. Our genetic taste buds made energy-dense food desirable because it was necessary to pack away
calories so we could make it through the thin times. We feasted when we could, in preparation for the famine. But now that we live in a time of abundance, that system predisposes many of us for weight gain and retention. And for obese dieters, this system is even harder to overcome; after weight loss, they become better at using fuel and storing fat, making it harder to keep weight off. However, this isn’t to say that many haven’t lost weight and kept it off successfully. It just means you have to be diligent.
7. Our cultural environment is also working against you.
Society does not make it easy on those trying to eat healthfully and exercise. According to Linda Bacon, associate professor of nutrition at UC Davis, “We get a tremendous amount of pressure to eat for reasons other than nurturing ourselves, and over time, people lose sensitivity to hunger/fullness/appetite signals meant to keep them healthy and well nourished. It’s hard for people to come to a healthy sense of themselves given the cultural climate, and nutritious and pleasurable options for
healthy food are not as easily accessible as less nutritious.” That doesn’t mean this can’t be overcome, but it does require maybe putting other parts of your life on a “diet.” TV would be the biggest culprit, since many food advertisements, especially for children’s junk food, come during this time. Other areas to put on a “diet” are chain and fast food restaurants (where portion sizes are distorted), a bad-influence friend, or driving, which may help increase walking and biking.
8. Maybe you don’t need to lose weight.
Some feel that the medical problems associated with excess weight are exaggerated. Gina Kolata, a New York Times science writer questions the notion that thin is a realistic or necessary objective for most. In her book, Rethinking Thin, she
asserts that weight loss is an unachievable goal for many, and that losing weight isn’t so much about health as it is about money, trends, and impossible ideals. Recent research also challenges the idea that being overweight is bad. A study in JAMA found that being twenty-five pounds overweight did not increase the risk of heart disease and cancer, and may even help stave off infections. It’s true that people can be fit and healthy and not necessarily be thin, just as it’s true that thin people may not necessarily be healthy. Good health, rather than weight, should be our focus; too often, it’s not. Striving for an unhealthy level of thinness may be detrimental to our health, but understanding the health repercussions of obesity is also critical.
9. This is not a diet; this is your life.
The diet industry would have us all think that we can lose weight fast, and that’s that. But most people who maintain their weight understand that eating and exercising are not temporary conditions, to be dumped once a pair of jeans fit. Instead,
they are lifestyle choices, and ones to be made for the long haul. First published August 2008 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Food Safety Office http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/
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* Fascioliasis — see Fasciola Infection
* Fasciolopsiasis — see Fasciolopsis Infection
* Fasciolopsis Infection [Fasciolopsiasis]
* FastStats A-Z
* Features, CDC.gov — see CDC.gov Features
* Febrile Seizures and MMRV Vaccine
* FEMA Trailer Study
* Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
* Fibromyalgia
* Fibrous Glass
* Fifth Disease [Parvovirus B19 Infection]
* Filariasis, Lymphatic — see Lymphatic Filariasis
* Financial Management, Budget and — see Budget and Financial Management
* Fire Fighters
* Fire-Related Injuries
* Fireworks Injuries
* Firing Ranges (Indoor)
* Fish and Amphibians, Infections from
* Flavorings-Related Lung Disease
* Flu — see Influenza
* Flu Vaccination — see Influenza Vaccination
* Fluoridation, Community Water
* Folic Acid
* Folliculitis — see Hot Tub Rash
* Food Irradiation
* Food Safety
* Food-Related Diseases
* FoodNet
* Forestry — see Logging
* Formaldehyde
* FEMA Trailer Study
* Formaldehyde in the Workplace
* Formaldehyde in the Workplace
* Fragile X Syndrome
* Francisella tularensis Infection — see Tularemia
* Fruits and Veggies Matter
* Funding Opportunity — see Procurement
G
* GA (Tabun)
* Gardasil Vaccine Safety Reports
* GAS (Group A Strep Infection)
* Gastroenteritis, viral — see Viral Gastroenteritis
* Gay Men's Health
* GB (Sarin)
* GBS (Group B Strep Infection)
* GBS and Menactra Meningococcal Vaccine — see Guillain-Barré Syndrome and
Menactra Meningococcal Vaccine
* GD (Soman)
* Genetic Organizations and Associations
* Genetic Testing
* Genetics and Family History — see Family History and Genetics
* Genetics and Genomics
* Genetics and Obesity — see Obesity and Genetics
* Genital Candidiasis [Vulvovaginal Candidiasis (VVC)]
* Genital Herpes [Herpes Simplex Virus Infection]
* Genital Warts — see Human Papillomavirus Infection
* Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention, Evaluation of — see Evaluation
of Genomic Applications in Practice and
Prevention
* Genomics and Disease Prevention
* Genomics and Population Research
* Genomics and Public Health
* Genomics Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues — see Ethical, Legal, and Social
Implications of Genomics
* Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
* German Measles [Rubella Virus]
* Giardia Infection [Giardiasis]
* Giardiasis — see Giardia Infection
* GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
* Glanders
* Global Health
* Global HIV/AIDS
* Global Vaccination
* Gnathostoma Infection [Gnathostomiasis]
* Gnathostomiasis — see Gnathostoma Infection
* Goals — see Health Protection Goals
* Gonorrhea [Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection]
* Gonorrhea and Drug Resistance
* Gout
* Grants & Cooperative Agreements
* Group A Strep Infection (GAS) [Group A Streptococcal Infection]
* Group A Streptococcal Infection — see Group A Strep Infection
* Group B Strep Infection (GBS) [Group B Streptococcal Infection]
* Group B Streptococcal Infection — see Group B Strep Infection
* Growth Charts
* Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Menactra Meningococcal Vaccine
* Guinea Worm Disease [Dracunculiasis]
* Gynecologic Cancer
H
* H, HD, and HT (Mustard Gas)
* H5N1 — see Avian Influenza
* HABs (Harmful Algal Blooms)
* Haemophilus influenzae Infection (Hib Infection)
* Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b Vaccination [Hib]
* Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
* Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD)
* Hansen's Disease
* Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
* Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
* Hazardous Drug Exposures in Healthcare
* Hazardous Waste Sites
* Head Lice [Pediculus humanus capitis]
* Health Communication — see Health Marketing
* Health Disparities
* see also Minority Health
* Health Disparities in Cancer
* Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and TB
* Health Marketing
* Health Promotion — see Healthy Living
* Health Protection Goals
* Health Protection Research Initiative (HPRI)
* Health, United States, 2007
* Health-e-Cards, CDC — see CDC Health-e-Cards
* Health-Related Quality of Life
* Healthcare Workers
* Healthcare-Related Infections — see Infection Control
* Healthy Drinking Water — see Drinking Water Quality
* Healthy Homes
* Healthy Joints
* Healthy Living
* Healthy People 2010
* Healthy Places
* Healthy Swimming
* Healthy Youth
* Hearing Loss in Children
* Hearing Loss, Occupational
* Heart Disease [Cardiovascular Health]
* Heat Stress
* Hematologic Cancers
* Hemochromatosis
* Hemophilia
* Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF), Viral — see Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF)
* Hendra Virus Infection
* Hepatitis A Vaccination
* Hepatitis B Vaccination
* Hepatitis, Viral — see Viral Hepatitis
* Herbicides — see National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
* Hereditary Bleeding Disorders — see Hemophilia
* Herpes Simplex Virus Infection — see Genital Herpes
* Herpes Zoster — see Shingles
* Herpes Zoster Vaccination — see Shingles Vaccination
* Herpes, Genital — see Genital Herpes
* Heterophyes Infection [Heterophyiasis]
* Heterophyiasis — see Heterophyes Infection
* Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))
* HFMD (Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease)
* Hib — see Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b Vaccination
* Hib Infection (Haemophilus influenzae Infection)
* High Blood Pressure
* Histoplasma capsulatum Disease — see Histoplasmosis
* Histoplasmosis [Histoplasma capsulatum Disease]
* History of CDC
* HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
* HIV Infection, Increased Risk for — see Increased Risk for HIV Infection
* HIV/AIDS — see Human Immunodeficiency Virus
* HIV/AIDS and STDs
* HIV/AIDS Origin and Polio Vaccine — see Polio Vaccine & Origin of HIV/AIDS
* HIV/AIDS, Global — see Global HIV/AIDS
* HN-1, HN-2, HN-3 (Nitrogen Mustard)
* Hoaxes and Rumors
* Home and Hospice Care Survey, National — see National Home and Hospice Care
Survey
* Homicide and Violence Prevention
* Horses, Infections from
* Hospital and Inpatient Care Data — see National Hospital Discharge and
Ambulatory Surgery Data
* Hospital-Related Infections — see Infection Control
* Hot Tub Rash [Pseudomonas dermatitis Infection]
* HPIVs (Human Parainfluenza Virus Infections)
* HPRI (Health Protection Research Initiative)
* HPS (Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome)
* HPV Infection (Human Papillomavirus Infection)
* HPV Vaccination (Human Papillomavirus Vaccination)
* HuGENet — see Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet)
* Human Ehrlichiosis — see Ehrlichiosis, Human
* Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, National Report on — see National
Report on Human Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals
* Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet)
* Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
* Human Papillomavirus Infection (HPV Infection)
* Human Papillomavirus Vaccination (HPV Vaccination)
* Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Safety Reports — see Gardasil Vaccine Safety
Reports
* Human Parainfluenza Virus Infections (HPIVs)
* Human Research Protection Program
* Human Subjects — see Human Research Protection Program
* Hurricanes
* Hydrofluoric Acid — see Hydrogen Fluoride
* Hydrogen cyanide (AC) — see Cyanide
* Hydrogen Fluoride [Hydrofluoric Acid]
* Hymenolepis Infection — see Dwarf Tapeworm
* Hypertension — see High Blood Pressure
* Hyperthermia — see Extreme Heat
* Hypothermia — see Extreme Cold
* Hysterectomy
I
* ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases)
* IDSR (Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response)
* Image Library, Public Health — see Public Health Image Library
* Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health
* IMMPaCt (International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention and Control
Program) — see Micronutrient Malnutrition
* Immune System and Multiple Vaccines
* Immunization
* Chickenpox Vaccination
* MMR Vaccination
* Polio Vaccination [Poliomyelitis Vaccination]
* see also Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
* see also Vaccine Safety Concerns
* see also Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Specific Vaccines
* Immunization Information Systems (IIS) — see Immunization Registries
* Immunization Practices, Advisory Committee on — see Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices
* Immunization Quality Improvement Strategy — see AFIX Immunization Strategy
* Immunization Registries [Immunization Information Systems (IIS)]
* Immunization Safety Concerns — see Vaccine Safety Concerns
* Immunization Safety Office Scientific Agenda
* Immunization Works!
* Impetigo — see Group A Strep Infection
* Import Permits — see Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program
* Importation, Animal
* In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) — see Assisted Reproductive Technology
* Increased Risk for HIV Infection
* Indoor Environmental Quality
* Infection Control
* Infectious Aerosols
* Infectious Mononucleosis — see Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
* Infertility
* Infertility and STDs
* Influenza
* Influenza Surveillance Data
* Influenza Vaccination
* Influenza, Avian — see Avian Influenza
* Injuries Among Older Adults
* Injury Maps
* Injury Statistics
* Injury, Safety, and Violence
* Insect Repellent Use and Safety (DEET)
* Insects and Arthropod-Related Diseases
* Institutional Review Boards — see Human Research Protection Program
* Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
* International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
* International Health — see Global Health
* International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention & Control Program (IMMPaCt)
— see Micronutrient Malnutrition
* Intestinal Amebae Infection, Nonpathogenic — see Nonpathogenic (Harmless)
Intestinal Protozoa
* Intimate Partner Violence
* Invasive Candidiasis
* IRB — see Human Research Protection Program
* Iron Deficiency — see Anemia
* Iron Overload [Hemochromatosis] — see Hemochromatosis
* Isocyanates
* Isospora Infection [Isosporiasis]
* Isosporiasis — see Isospora Infection
* IVF (In Vitro Fertilization)
J
* Jail Health — see Correctional Health
* Japanese Encephalitis and Vaccine
* Jaundice — see Newborn Jaundice
* Joints, Healthy — see Healthy Joints
K
* Kala-Azar — see Leishmania Infection
* Kawasaki Syndrome (KS)
* Kawasaki Syndrome and RotaTeq Vaccine
* Kernicterus — see Newborn Jaundice
* KidsWalk-to-School Program
* KS (Kawasaki Syndrome)
L
* L, L-1, L-2, L-3 — see Lewisite
* La Crosse Encephalitis
* Lab Measurements in People — see Biomonitoring
* Laboratory Animals
* Laboratory Biosafety Publication
* Laboratory Global Resources
* Laboratory Guidelines And Standards
* Laboratory Personnel Issues
* Laboratory Practices, Monitoring
* Lassa Fever
* Latex Allergies
* Law, Public Health — see Public Health Law
* LCMV (Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis)
* Lead
* Lead Poisoning
* Legionellosis — see Legionnaires' Disease
* Legionnaires' Disease [Legionellosis]
* Legislation and Regulation
* Leishmania Infection [Leishmaniasis]
* Leishmaniasis — see Leishmania Infection
* Leprosy — see Hansen's Disease
* Leptospira Infection [Leptospirosis]
* Leptospirosis — see Leptospira Infection
* Lesbian Health
* Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health
* Lewisite [L, L-1, L-2, L-3]
* LGBT Health — see Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health
* LGV (Lymphogranuloma venereum Infection)
* Lice
* Lice, Body — see Body Lice
* Lice, Head — see Head Lice
* Lice, Pubic — see Pubic Lice
* Life Expectancy
* see also Mortality Data
* Life Stages
* Life Table Analysis System (LTAS)
* Listeria Infection [Listeriosis]
* Listeriosis — see Listeria Infection
* Liver Disease and Viral Hepatitis
* Lockjaw — see Tetanus Disease
* Lockjaw Vaccination — see Tetanus Vaccination
* Logging
* Long-Acting Anticoagulant — see Super Warfarin
* LTAS (Life Table Analysis System)
* Lung Cancer
* Lupus (SLE) [Systemic lupus erythematosus]
* Lyme Disease [Borrelia burgdorferi Infection]
* Lymphatic Filariasis
* Lymphedema — see Lymphatic Filariasis
* Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCMV)
* Lymphogranuloma venereum Infection (LGV)
M
* MAC (Mycobacterium avium Complex)
* Machine Safety
* Mad Cow Disease (BSE) — see Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
* Malaria
* Mammograms
* Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
* Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever
* Marine Toxins
* Marketing, Health — see Health Marketing
* Marriage Data
* Mass Casualties
* Mass Trauma — see Mass Casualties
* Maternal & Child Health
* Maternal & Child Nutrition
* MDR TB (Multidrug-Resistant TB)
* Measles
* Measles Vaccination
* Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Safety
* Medicare Modernization Act (Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage)
* Melioidosis [Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection]
* Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM), Health of — see Gay Men's Health
* Men's Health
* Meningitis [Meningococcal Disease]
* Meningococcal Disease — see Meningitis
* Meningococcal Vaccination
* Menopause
* Mental Health
* Mental Retardation
* Mercury
* Mercury and Vaccines — see Thimerosal (Mercury) and Vaccines
* Metalworking Fluids
* Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
* Micronutrient Malnutrition
* Micronutrients — see Vitamins
* Microsporidia Infection
* Migrant, Refugee, and Immigrant Health — see Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant
Health
* Mining
* Minority Health
* Mission and Vision, CDC — see CDC Mission and Vision
* MMR Vaccination
* MMRV Vaccine and Febrile Seizures — see Febrile Seizures and MMRV Vaccine
* MMWR (Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report)
* MMWR Summaries
* Mold
* Molluscum Contagiosum
* Monitoring Developmental Disabilities
* Monitoring Laboratory Practices — see Laboratory Practices, Monitoring
* Monkeypox
* Monkeypox Vaccination
* Mononucleosis, Infectious — see Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
* Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) — see Vaccine Additives
* Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
* Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
* Morgellons
* Mortality Data
* see also Life Expectancy
* see also Life Expectancy
* Mosquito-Borne Diseases
* Mother to Child HIV Transmission, Global Prevention — see Prevention of Mother
to Child HIV Transmission Globally
* Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries
* Mouse and Rat Control — see Rodents, Diseases from
* MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
* MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
* MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
* Multidrug-Resistant TB (MDR TB)
* Multiple Vaccines and the Immune System — see Immune System and Multiple
Vaccines
* Mumps
* Mumps Vaccination
* Musculoskeletal Disorders — see Ergonomic and Musculoskeletal Disorders
* Mustard Gas (H, HD, and HT) [Sulfur Mustard]
* Mycobacterium abscessus Infection
* Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC)
* Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection — see Tuberculosis
* Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection
N
* Naegleria Infection [Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)]
* Nanotechnology
* Natality Data — see Birth Data
* National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) — see Comprehensive
Cancer Control
* National Data — see Health, United States, 2007
* National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
* National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
* National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
* National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)
* National Hospital Discharge and Ambulatory Surgery Data
* National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS)
* National Program of Cancer Registries — see Cancer Registries
* National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
* National Vital Statistics Reports
* Natural Disasters — see Extreme Weather Conditions
* NCCCP (National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program)
* Necrotizing Faciitis — see Group A Strep Infection
* Needle-Free Injection Technology
* Needlesticks
* Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection — see Gonorrhea
* Neural Tube Defects
* Neurocysticercosis — see Cysticercosis
* Neurofibromatosis
* New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — see Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
* Newborn Jaundice [Kernicterus]
* Newborn Screening
* NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)
* NHHCS (National Home and Hospice Care Survey)
* NHIS (National Health Interview Survey)
* NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM)
* NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG)
* Nipah Virus Encephalitis — see Hendra Virus Infection
* Nitrogen Mustard (HN-1, HN-2, HN-3)
* Nitrous Oxide
* NMAM (NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods)
* NNHS (National Nursing Home Survey)
* Nocardiosis
* Noise
* Non-Polio Enterovirus Infections
* Nonpathogenic (Harmless) Intestinal Protozoa
* Norovirus Infection [Calicivirus]
* Norwalk-like Viruses (NLV) — see Norovirus Infection
* NPG (NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards)
* Nutrition
* Nutrition and Physical Activity Data and Surveillance
O
* OA (Osteoarthritis)
* Obesity and Genetics
* Obesity and Overweight
* Obstetrical Procedure Statistics
* Occupational Cancers
* Occupational Health Statistics
* Occupational Hearing Loss — see Hearing Loss, Occupational
* Occupational Skin Conditions — see Skin Conditions, Occupational
* Occupational Stress — see Stress, Occupational
* Occupational Violence — see Workplace Violence
* Ocular Larva Migrans (OLM) — see Roundworm
* Office Environments
* Office of Public Health Research
* Office of the Chief Science Officer — see Science
* Older Adults — see Aging
* Onchocerciasis — see River Blindness
* Online Publications
* Opisthorchis Infection
* Oral Cancer
* Oral Health
* Orf Virus — see Sore Mouth Infection
* Organic Solvents
* Organization, CDC — see CDC Organization
* Oropharyngeal Candidiasis (OPC) — see Thrush
* Osmium Tetroxide
* Osteoarthritis (OA)
* Osteoporosis — see Bone Health
* Otitis Media — see Ear Infection
* Ovarian Cancer
* Overweight and Obesity — see Obesity and Overweight
P
* Pandemic Flu
* Pap Tests
* Paperwork Reduction Act — see Legislation and Regulation
* Paragonimiasis — see Paragonimus Infection
* Paragonimus Infection [Paragonimiasis]
* Paraquat
* Parasitic Diseases
* Parvovirus B19 Infection — see Fifth Disease
* PCD Journal (Preventing Chronic Disease Journal)
* PCV (Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for children)
* Pedestrian Injury
* Pediatric and Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance Systems
* Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS) — see Pediatric and Pregnancy
Nutrition Surveillance Systems
* Pediculus humanus capitis — see Head Lice
* Pediculus humanus corporis — see Body Lice
* PedNSS (Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System)
* Peer Review
* Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
* PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)
* Permits, Import — see Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program
* Persons with Disabilities
* Pertussis
* Pertussis Vaccination
* Pesticide Illness Surveillance
* Pet-Related Diseases — see Animal-Related Diseases
* Pharmacogenomics
* PHIL — see Public Health Image Library
* PHIN (Public Health Information Network)
* Phosgene (CG)
* Phosgene Oxime (CX)
* Phosphine
* Phosphorus, Elemental White or Elemental Yellow
* Phthiriasis — see Pubic Lice
* Physical Activity
* Physical Activity and Nutrition Data and Surveillance — see Nutrition and
Physical Activity Data and Surveillance
* Physical Activity for Seniors
* PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)
* Piercing — see Body Art
* Pink Book (Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases)
* Pinworm Infection [Enterobius vermicularis Infection]
* Plague [Yersinia pestis Infection]
* Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for children (PCV)
* Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine for adults (PPV)
* Pneumoconioses, Coal Workers' — see Black Lung
* Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP) Infection — see Pneumocystis jirovecii
Pneumonia
* Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
* Pneumonia
* PNSS (Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System)
* Podcasts
* Poisoning
* Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide — see Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
* Polio Infection [Poliomyelitis Infection]
* Polio Vaccination [Poliomyelitis Vaccination]
* Polio Vaccine & Origin of HIV/AIDS
* Poliomyelitis Infection — see Polio Infection
* Poliomyelitis Vaccination — see Polio Vaccination
* Pontiac Fever — see Legionnaires' Disease
* Potassium cyanide — see Cyanide
* Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls
* PPV (Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine for adults)
* PRC (Prevention Research Centers)
* Pregnancy
* Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) — see Pediatric and Pregnancy
Nutrition Surveillance Systems
* Pregnancy Prevention — see Birth Control
* President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
* Preventing Chronic Disease Journal (PCD Journal)
* Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission Globally
* Prevention Research Centers (PRC)
* Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) — see Naegleria Infection
* Prion Diseases [Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)]
* Prison Health — see Correctional Health
* Procurement
* Prostate Cancer
* Protective Clothing
* Pseudomonas dermatitis Infection — see Hot Tub Rash
* Psittacosis
* Pubic Lice [Phthiriasis]
* Public Health and Child Development — see Child Development and Public Health
* Public Health Ethics
* Public Health Genomics — see Genomics and Public Health
* Public Health Image Library [PHIL]
* Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
* Public Health Law
* Public Health Practice, Research and Non-Research
* Public Health Research — see Science
* Public Health Research Agenda — see Advancing the Nation's Health: A Guide to
Public Health Research Needs
* Publications & Software
* Pulmonary Agents
* Pulmonary Hypertension
Q
* Q Fever [Coxiella burnetii Infection]
* QFT-G Test — see QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test
* Quality Assessment, External — see External Quality Assessment
* Quality of Life, Health-Related — see Health-Related Quality of Life
* QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test
* Quarantine
* Questions about Vaccine Recalls
R
* RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
* Rabies
* Rabies Vaccine
* Raccoon Roundworm Infection [Baylisascaris Infection]
* Radiation Emergencies
* Radiation Studies
* Rat-Bite Fever [Streptobacillus moniliformis Infection]
* Recalled Vaccines
* Recreational Water Illnesses — see Healthy Swimming
* Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Health — see Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant
Health
* Registry Plus™—Software Programs for Cancer Registries
* Regulation, Legislation and — see Legislation and Regulation
* Relapsing Fever
* Reporting Vaccine Reactions — see Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
* Reproductive Health
* Reptiles, Infections from
* Research — see Science
* Research Agenda, Public Health — see Advancing the Nation's Health: A Guide to
Public Health Research Needs
* Research Guide — see Advancing the Nation's Health: A Guide to Public Health
Research Needs
* Respirators
* Respiratory Health, Air Pollution and — see Air Pollution and Respiratory
Health
* Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection [RSV]
* RFP Solicitations
* Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
* Ricin
* Rickettsia rickettsii Infection — see Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
* Rickettsial Diseases
* Rift Valley Fever (RVF)
* Ringworm Infection
* Riot Control Agents
* Risk Increase for HIV Infection — see Increased Risk for HIV Infection
* River Blindness [Onchocerciasis]
* Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RSMF) [Rickettsia rickettsii Infection]
* Rodent Control — see Rodents, Diseases from
* Rodents, Diseases from
* RotaTeq Vaccine and Kawasaki Syndrome — see Kawasaki Syndrome and RotaTeq
Vaccine
* Rotavirus Infection
* Rotavirus Vaccination
* Rotavirus Vaccine & Intussusception
* Roundworm [Toxocariasis]
* RSMF (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)
* RSS — see Podcasts
* RSV — see Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
* Rubella Virus — see German Measles
* Rubeola — see Measles
* RVF (Rift Valley Fever)
S
* SABER (Statistical Analysis Battery for Epidemiological Research)
* Salmonella Typhi Infection
* Salmonella Infection [Salmonellosis]
* Salmonellosis — see Salmonella Infection
* Sarin (GB)
* SARS [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome]
* SAS Programs for Growth Charts
* Scabies
* Scarlet Fever — see Group A Strep Infection
* Schistosoma Infection — see Schistosomiasis
* Schistosomiasis [Schistosoma Infection]
* School Health — see Healthy Youth
* Science
* Science Coordination and Innovation — see Science
* Seasonal Flu — see Influenza
* Secondhand Smoke
* Security Risk Assessment
* Select Agent Program
* Semiconductor Manufacturing
* SETS (Statistical Export and Tabulation System)
* Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome — see SARS
* Sexual Health
* Sexual Violence
* Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Reports
* Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
* Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)
* Chlamydia [Chlamydia trachomatis Disease]
* Genital Herpes [Herpes Simplex Virus Infection]
* Gonorrhea [Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection]
* Human Papillomavirus Infection (HPV Infection)
* Syphilis [Treponema pallidum Infection]
* see also HIV/AIDS and STDs
* Sharps Safety
* Shellfish [Shellfish-Associated Foodborne Illnesses]
* Shellfish-Associated Foodborne Illnesses — see Shellfish
* Shigella Infection [Shigellosis]
* Shigellosis — see Shigella Infection
* Shingles [Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)]
* Shingles Vaccination
* Sick Building Syndrome — see Indoor Environmental Quality
* Sickle Cell Disease
* SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
* Silica
* Single Gene Disorders
* Skin Cancer
* Skin Conditions, Occupational
* SLAITS (State and Local Integrated Telephone Survey)
* SLE (Lupus)
* Sleep and Sleep Disorders
* Sleeping Sickness [African Trypanosomiasis]
* Smallpox [Variola Major and Variola Minor]
* Smallpox Vaccine
* Smallpox Vaccine Safety Monitoring
* Smart Growth — see Healthy Places
* Smokeless (Oral) Tobacco
* Smoking and Tobacco Use
* Smoking and Women
* Smoking Policies
* SNS (Strategic National Stockpile)
* Social Marketing — see Health Marketing
* Sodium Azide
* Sodium cyanide — see Cyanide
* Software
* Soman (GD)
* Sore Mouth Infection [Orf Virus]
* Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
* Spirillum minus Infection — see Rat-Bite Fever
* Spirometry Training
* Sporotrichosis
* Spraying Aircraft for Insects
* St. Louis Encephalitis
* Staph — see Staphylococcus aureus Infection
* Staphylococcus aureus Infection
* STARI (Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness)
* State and Local Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS)
* State Injury Surveillance Programs
* State Preparedness
* Statistical Analysis Battery for Epidemiological Research (SABER)
* Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS)
* STD Prevention
* STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
* STDs and HIV/AIDS — see HIV/AIDS and STDs
* Steps Program
* Stibine — see Arsine
* Stillbirth
* Stomach Flu — see Viral Gastroenteritis
* Storms and Floods
* Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
* Strep Infection, Group A — see Group A Strep Infection
* Strep Infection, Group B — see Group B Strep Infection
* Strep Throat — see Group A Strep Infection
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Nine Cold, Hard Weight Loss Truths
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By: Brie Cadman
Even if you’re not trying to lose weight, chances are you’ve seen some ideas on how to do so:
“Eat what you want and lose weight!”
“Lose thirty pounds in thirty days!”
“Finally, a diet that really works!”
“Lose one jean size every seven days!”
“Top three fat burners revealed”
“Ten minutes to a tighter tummy!”
But these claims are readily rebuked by anyone who’s tried to lose five, ten, or one hundred pounds. Losing weight ain’t that easy. It’s not in a pill, it doesn’t (usually) happen in thirty days, and judging from the myriad plans out there, there is no one diet that works for everyone.
Looking past the outrageous claims, there are a few hard truths the diet/food industry isn’t going to tell you, but might just help you take a more realistic approach to sustained weight loss.
1. You have to exercise more than you think.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting at least thirty minutes of moderate exercise most days of the week; this includes things like shoveling snow and gardening. And while this is great for improving heart health and
staying active, research indicates that those looking to lose weight or maintain weight loss have to do more—about twice as much.
For instance, members of the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR)—a group of over 5,000 individuals who have lost an average of sixty-six pounds and kept it off for five and a half years—exercise for about an hour, every day.
A study published in the July 28, 2008 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine supports this observational finding. The researchers enrolled 200 overweight and obese women on a diet and exercise regimen and followed them for two years. Compared
with those that gained some of their weight back, the women who were able to sustain a weight loss of 10 percent of their initial weight for two years exercised consistently and regularly—about 275 minutes a week, or fifty-five minutes of exercise at least five days a week.
In other words, things like taking the stairs, walking to the store, and gardening are great ways to boost activity level, but losing serious weight means exercising regularly for an hour or so. However, this doesn’t mean you have to start running
or kickboxing—the most frequently reported form of activity in the NWCR group is walking.
2. A half-hour walk doesn’t equal a brownie.
I remember going out to eat with some friends after a bike ride. Someone commented on how we deserved dessert because we had just spent the day exercising; in fact, we had taken a leisurely twenty-minute ride through the park. This probably burned the calories in a slice of our French bread, but definitely not those in the caramel fudge brownie dessert. Bummer. And while it’s easy to underestimate how many calories something has, it’s also easy to overestimate how many calories we burn while exercising. Double bummer.
Even if you exercise a fair amount, it’s not carte blanche to eat whatever you want. (Unless you exercise a ton, have the metabolism of a sixteen-year-old boy, and really can eat whatever you want). A report investigating the commonly-held beliefs about exercising, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, concludes that although exercise does burn calories during and after exercise, for overweight persons, “excessive caloric expenditure has limited implications for substantially reducing body weight independent of nutritional modifications.” In other words, to lose weight, you have to cut calories and increase exercise.
3. You have time to exercise.
If you have time to check email, watch a sitcom or two, surf the internet, have drinks/coffee/dinner with friends, go clothes shopping, and on and on, then you have time to exercise. Yes, sometimes you have to sacrifice sleep, TV, or leisure time to
fit it in. Yes, sometimes you have to prioritize your exercise time over other things. But your health and the feeling you get after having worked out is well worth it.
4. Eating more of something won’t help you lose weight.
The food industry is keen to latch onto weight loss research and spin it for their sales purposes. A prime example is the widespread claim that eating more dairy products will help you lose weight. However, a recent review of forty-nine clinical
trials from 1966 to 2007 showed that “neither dairy nor calcium supplements helped people lose weight.”
This idea—that eating more of a certain type of product will help you lose weight—is constantly regurgitated on supermarket shelves (think low-fat cake, low-carb crackers, high in whole grain cookies, and trans fat-free chips), but is in direct
opposition to the basic idea behind weight loss—that we have to eat less, not more.
5. Calories in = calories out?
There is a fair amount of controversy over the basic question of how people gain weight. Is it simply a matter of energy intake being greater than energy expenditure? Or is there more too it; do the type of calories we eat matter and can avoiding
certain types help to lose or prevent weight? The low-fat, low-carb, and glycemic index advocates can’t seem to agree on which it is. However, most can agree, and logical sense would tell us, that drinking 500 calories of soda is not equal to eating 500 calories of chicken and broccoli. One is simply “empty” calories—those that provide no real nutritional benefit and don’t do much to combat hunger. Whether you ascribe to the simple idea of trying to burn more calories than you take in or focus on avoiding certain types of calories, you want to minimize intake of empty calories, and maximize nutrient-dense calories.
6. Your body is working against you.
Most people have noticed that it’s hard to lose weight, but easy to gain it. This is a relic of harder times, when food was not as abundant as it is today. Our genetic taste buds made energy-dense food desirable because it was necessary to pack away
calories so we could make it through the thin times. We feasted when we could, in preparation for the famine. But now that we live in a time of abundance, that system predisposes many of us for weight gain and retention. And for obese dieters, this system is even harder to overcome; after weight loss, they become better at using fuel and storing fat, making it harder to keep weight off. However, this isn’t to say that many haven’t lost weight and kept it off successfully. It just means you have to be diligent.
7. Our cultural environment is also working against you.
Society does not make it easy on those trying to eat healthfully and exercise. According to Linda Bacon, associate professor of nutrition at UC Davis, “We get a tremendous amount of pressure to eat for reasons other than nurturing ourselves, and over time, people lose sensitivity to hunger/fullness/appetite signals meant to keep them healthy and well nourished. It’s hard for people to come to a healthy sense of themselves given the cultural climate, and nutritious and pleasurable options for
healthy food are not as easily accessible as less nutritious.” That doesn’t mean this can’t be overcome, but it does require maybe putting other parts of your life on a “diet.” TV would be the biggest culprit, since many food advertisements, especially for children’s junk food, come during this time. Other areas to put on a “diet” are chain and fast food restaurants (where portion sizes are distorted), a bad-influence friend, or driving, which may help increase walking and biking.
8. Maybe you don’t need to lose weight.
Some feel that the medical problems associated with excess weight are exaggerated. Gina Kolata, a New York Times science writer questions the notion that thin is a realistic or necessary objective for most. In her book, Rethinking Thin, she
asserts that weight loss is an unachievable goal for many, and that losing weight isn’t so much about health as it is about money, trends, and impossible ideals. Recent research also challenges the idea that being overweight is bad. A study in JAMA found that being twenty-five pounds overweight did not increase the risk of heart disease and cancer, and may even help stave off infections. It’s true that people can be fit and healthy and not necessarily be thin, just as it’s true that thin people may not necessarily be healthy. Good health, rather than weight, should be our focus; too often, it’s not. Striving for an unhealthy level of thinness may be detrimental to our health, but understanding the health repercussions of obesity is also critical.
9. This is not a diet; this is your life.
The diet industry would have us all think that we can lose weight fast, and that’s that. But most people who maintain their weight understand that eating and exercising are not temporary conditions, to be dumped once a pair of jeans fit. Instead,
they are lifestyle choices, and ones to be made for the long haul. First published August 2008 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Food Safety Office http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/
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* E. coli Infection [Escherichia coli Infection]
* EAIPP (Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program)
* Ear Infection [Otitis Media]
* Earthquakes
* Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
* Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
* EBV Infection (Epstein-Barr Virus Infection)
* Education
* EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis)
* EGAPP (Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention)
* Ehrlichiosis, Human
* EID Journal (Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal)
* EIS (Epidemic Intelligence Service)
* Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF)
* Electrical Safety
* Elephantiasis — see Lymphatic Filariasis
* ELSI (Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomics)
* Emergency Preparedness & Response
* Emergency Preparedness (Vaccine Safety)
* Emergency Responders
* Emerging Infectious Diseases
* Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal (EID Journal)
* EMF (Electric and Magnetic Fields)
* Encephalitis, Mosquito-Borne and Tick-Borne
* Entamoeba histolytica infection — see Amebiasis, Intestinal
* Enterobius vermicularis Infection — see Pinworm Infection
* Enterovirus Infections (Non-Polio) — see Non-Polio Enterovirus Infections
* Environmental Chemicals, National Report on Human Exposure to — see National
Report on Human Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals
* Environmental Health
* Environmental Health Laboratory — see National Report on Human Exposure to
Environmental Chemicals
* Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)
* Epidemic Typhus — see Typhus Fevers
* Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Pink Book)
* Epilepsy
* Epstein-Barr Virus Infection (EBV Infection)
* Ergonomic and Musculoskeletal Disorders
* Escherichia coli Infection — see E. coli Infection
* Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomics (ELSI)
* Ethics Program Activity, CDC and ATSDR
* Ethics, Public Health — see Public Health Ethics
* Ethylene Glycol
* Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program (EAIPP)
* Evaluation of Adverse Events — see Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
* Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention (EGAPP)
* Exercise — see Physical Activity
* Exercise for Seniors — see Physical Activity for Seniors
* Expectancy, Life — see Life Expectancy
* Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (XDR TB)
* External Quality Assessment
* Extreme Cold [Hypothermia]
* Extreme Heat [Hyperthermia]
* Extreme Weather Conditions
* Eye Safety
F
* Faciitis, Necrotizing — see Group A Strep Infection
* Fainting after Vaccination [Syncope]
* Falls Among Older Adults, Cost of — see Cost of Falls Among Older Adults
* Falls from Elevation
* Falls, Older Adults
* Family Health
* Family History and Genetics
* Farm Animals, Infections from
* Farm Worker Injuries
* Fasciola Infection [Fascioliasis]
* Fascioliasis — see Fasciola Infection
* Fasciolopsiasis — see Fasciolopsis Infection
* Fasciolopsis Infection [Fasciolopsiasis]
* FastStats A-Z
* Features, CDC.gov — see CDC.gov Features
* Febrile Seizures and MMRV Vaccine
* FEMA Trailer Study
* Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
* Fibromyalgia
* Fibrous Glass
* Fifth Disease [Parvovirus B19 Infection]
* Filariasis, Lymphatic — see Lymphatic Filariasis
* Financial Management, Budget and — see Budget and Financial Management
* Fire Fighters
* Fire-Related Injuries
* Fireworks Injuries
* Firing Ranges (Indoor)
* Fish and Amphibians, Infections from
* Flavorings-Related Lung Disease
* Flu — see Influenza
* Flu Vaccination — see Influenza Vaccination
* Fluoridation, Community Water
* Folic Acid
* Folliculitis — see Hot Tub Rash
* Food Irradiation
* Food Safety
* Food-Related Diseases
* FoodNet
* Forestry — see Logging
* Formaldehyde
* FEMA Trailer Study
* Formaldehyde in the Workplace
* Formaldehyde in the Workplace
* Fragile X Syndrome
* Francisella tularensis Infection — see Tularemia
* Fruits and Veggies Matter
* Funding Opportunity — see Procurement
G
* GA (Tabun)
* Gardasil Vaccine Safety Reports
* GAS (Group A Strep Infection)
* Gastroenteritis, viral — see Viral Gastroenteritis
* Gay Men's Health
* GB (Sarin)
* GBS (Group B Strep Infection)
* GBS and Menactra Meningococcal Vaccine — see Guillain-Barré Syndrome and
Menactra Meningococcal Vaccine
* GD (Soman)
* Genetic Organizations and Associations
* Genetic Testing
* Genetics and Family History — see Family History and Genetics
* Genetics and Genomics
* Genetics and Obesity — see Obesity and Genetics
* Genital Candidiasis [Vulvovaginal Candidiasis (VVC)]
* Genital Herpes [Herpes Simplex Virus Infection]
* Genital Warts — see Human Papillomavirus Infection
* Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention, Evaluation of — see Evaluation
of Genomic Applications in Practice and
Prevention
* Genomics and Disease Prevention
* Genomics and Population Research
* Genomics and Public Health
* Genomics Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues — see Ethical, Legal, and Social
Implications of Genomics
* Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
* German Measles [Rubella Virus]
* Giardia Infection [Giardiasis]
* Giardiasis — see Giardia Infection
* GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
* Glanders
* Global Health
* Global HIV/AIDS
* Global Vaccination
* Gnathostoma Infection [Gnathostomiasis]
* Gnathostomiasis — see Gnathostoma Infection
* Goals — see Health Protection Goals
* Gonorrhea [Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection]
* Gonorrhea and Drug Resistance
* Gout
* Grants & Cooperative Agreements
* Group A Strep Infection (GAS) [Group A Streptococcal Infection]
* Group A Streptococcal Infection — see Group A Strep Infection
* Group B Strep Infection (GBS) [Group B Streptococcal Infection]
* Group B Streptococcal Infection — see Group B Strep Infection
* Growth Charts
* Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Menactra Meningococcal Vaccine
* Guinea Worm Disease [Dracunculiasis]
* Gynecologic Cancer
H
* H, HD, and HT (Mustard Gas)
* H5N1 — see Avian Influenza
* HABs (Harmful Algal Blooms)
* Haemophilus influenzae Infection (Hib Infection)
* Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b Vaccination [Hib]
* Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
* Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD)
* Hansen's Disease
* Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
* Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
* Hazardous Drug Exposures in Healthcare
* Hazardous Waste Sites
* Head Lice [Pediculus humanus capitis]
* Health Communication — see Health Marketing
* Health Disparities
* see also Minority Health
* Health Disparities in Cancer
* Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and TB
* Health Marketing
* Health Promotion — see Healthy Living
* Health Protection Goals
* Health Protection Research Initiative (HPRI)
* Health, United States, 2007
* Health-e-Cards, CDC — see CDC Health-e-Cards
* Health-Related Quality of Life
* Healthcare Workers
* Healthcare-Related Infections — see Infection Control
* Healthy Drinking Water — see Drinking Water Quality
* Healthy Homes
* Healthy Joints
* Healthy Living
* Healthy People 2010
* Healthy Places
* Healthy Swimming
* Healthy Youth
* Hearing Loss in Children
* Hearing Loss, Occupational
* Heart Disease [Cardiovascular Health]
* Heat Stress
* Hematologic Cancers
* Hemochromatosis
* Hemophilia
* Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF), Viral — see Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF)
* Hendra Virus Infection
* Hepatitis A Vaccination
* Hepatitis B Vaccination
* Hepatitis, Viral — see Viral Hepatitis
* Herbicides — see National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
* Hereditary Bleeding Disorders — see Hemophilia
* Herpes Simplex Virus Infection — see Genital Herpes
* Herpes Zoster — see Shingles
* Herpes Zoster Vaccination — see Shingles Vaccination
* Herpes, Genital — see Genital Herpes
* Heterophyes Infection [Heterophyiasis]
* Heterophyiasis — see Heterophyes Infection
* Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))
* HFMD (Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease)
* Hib — see Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b Vaccination
* Hib Infection (Haemophilus influenzae Infection)
* High Blood Pressure
* Histoplasma capsulatum Disease — see Histoplasmosis
* Histoplasmosis [Histoplasma capsulatum Disease]
* History of CDC
* HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
* HIV Infection, Increased Risk for — see Increased Risk for HIV Infection
* HIV/AIDS — see Human Immunodeficiency Virus
* HIV/AIDS and STDs
* HIV/AIDS Origin and Polio Vaccine — see Polio Vaccine & Origin of HIV/AIDS
* HIV/AIDS, Global — see Global HIV/AIDS
* HN-1, HN-2, HN-3 (Nitrogen Mustard)
* Hoaxes and Rumors
* Home and Hospice Care Survey, National — see National Home and Hospice Care
Survey
* Homicide and Violence Prevention
* Horses, Infections from
* Hospital and Inpatient Care Data — see National Hospital Discharge and
Ambulatory Surgery Data
* Hospital-Related Infections — see Infection Control
* Hot Tub Rash [Pseudomonas dermatitis Infection]
* HPIVs (Human Parainfluenza Virus Infections)
* HPRI (Health Protection Research Initiative)
* HPS (Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome)
* HPV Infection (Human Papillomavirus Infection)
* HPV Vaccination (Human Papillomavirus Vaccination)
* HuGENet — see Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet)
* Human Ehrlichiosis — see Ehrlichiosis, Human
* Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, National Report on — see National
Report on Human Exposure to Environmental
Chemicals
* Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet)
* Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
* Human Papillomavirus Infection (HPV Infection)
* Human Papillomavirus Vaccination (HPV Vaccination)
* Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Safety Reports — see Gardasil Vaccine Safety
Reports
* Human Parainfluenza Virus Infections (HPIVs)
* Human Research Protection Program
* Human Subjects — see Human Research Protection Program
* Hurricanes
* Hydrofluoric Acid — see Hydrogen Fluoride
* Hydrogen cyanide (AC) — see Cyanide
* Hydrogen Fluoride [Hydrofluoric Acid]
* Hymenolepis Infection — see Dwarf Tapeworm
* Hypertension — see High Blood Pressure
* Hyperthermia — see Extreme Heat
* Hypothermia — see Extreme Cold
* Hysterectomy
I
* ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases)
* IDSR (Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response)
* Image Library, Public Health — see Public Health Image Library
* Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health
* IMMPaCt (International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention and Control
Program) — see Micronutrient Malnutrition
* Immune System and Multiple Vaccines
* Immunization
* Chickenpox Vaccination
* MMR Vaccination
* Polio Vaccination [Poliomyelitis Vaccination]
* see also Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
* see also Vaccine Safety Concerns
* see also Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Specific Vaccines
* Immunization Information Systems (IIS) — see Immunization Registries
* Immunization Practices, Advisory Committee on — see Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices
* Immunization Quality Improvement Strategy — see AFIX Immunization Strategy
* Immunization Registries [Immunization Information Systems (IIS)]
* Immunization Safety Concerns — see Vaccine Safety Concerns
* Immunization Safety Office Scientific Agenda
* Immunization Works!
* Impetigo — see Group A Strep Infection
* Import Permits — see Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program
* Importation, Animal
* In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) — see Assisted Reproductive Technology
* Increased Risk for HIV Infection
* Indoor Environmental Quality
* Infection Control
* Infectious Aerosols
* Infectious Mononucleosis — see Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
* Infertility
* Infertility and STDs
* Influenza
* Influenza Surveillance Data
* Influenza Vaccination
* Influenza, Avian — see Avian Influenza
* Injuries Among Older Adults
* Injury Maps
* Injury Statistics
* Injury, Safety, and Violence
* Insect Repellent Use and Safety (DEET)
* Insects and Arthropod-Related Diseases
* Institutional Review Boards — see Human Research Protection Program
* Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
* International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
* International Health — see Global Health
* International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention & Control Program (IMMPaCt)
— see Micronutrient Malnutrition
* Intestinal Amebae Infection, Nonpathogenic — see Nonpathogenic (Harmless)
Intestinal Protozoa
* Intimate Partner Violence
* Invasive Candidiasis
* IRB — see Human Research Protection Program
* Iron Deficiency — see Anemia
* Iron Overload [Hemochromatosis] — see Hemochromatosis
* Isocyanates
* Isospora Infection [Isosporiasis]
* Isosporiasis — see Isospora Infection
* IVF (In Vitro Fertilization)
J
* Jail Health — see Correctional Health
* Japanese Encephalitis and Vaccine
* Jaundice — see Newborn Jaundice
* Joints, Healthy — see Healthy Joints
K
* Kala-Azar — see Leishmania Infection
* Kawasaki Syndrome (KS)
* Kawasaki Syndrome and RotaTeq Vaccine
* Kernicterus — see Newborn Jaundice
* KidsWalk-to-School Program
* KS (Kawasaki Syndrome)
L
* L, L-1, L-2, L-3 — see Lewisite
* La Crosse Encephalitis
* Lab Measurements in People — see Biomonitoring
* Laboratory Animals
* Laboratory Biosafety Publication
* Laboratory Global Resources
* Laboratory Guidelines And Standards
* Laboratory Personnel Issues
* Laboratory Practices, Monitoring
* Lassa Fever
* Latex Allergies
* Law, Public Health — see Public Health Law
* LCMV (Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis)
* Lead
* Lead Poisoning
* Legionellosis — see Legionnaires' Disease
* Legionnaires' Disease [Legionellosis]
* Legislation and Regulation
* Leishmania Infection [Leishmaniasis]
* Leishmaniasis — see Leishmania Infection
* Leprosy — see Hansen's Disease
* Leptospira Infection [Leptospirosis]
* Leptospirosis — see Leptospira Infection
* Lesbian Health
* Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health
* Lewisite [L, L-1, L-2, L-3]
* LGBT Health — see Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health
* LGV (Lymphogranuloma venereum Infection)
* Lice
* Lice, Body — see Body Lice
* Lice, Head — see Head Lice
* Lice, Pubic — see Pubic Lice
* Life Expectancy
* see also Mortality Data
* Life Stages
* Life Table Analysis System (LTAS)
* Listeria Infection [Listeriosis]
* Listeriosis — see Listeria Infection
* Liver Disease and Viral Hepatitis
* Lockjaw — see Tetanus Disease
* Lockjaw Vaccination — see Tetanus Vaccination
* Logging
* Long-Acting Anticoagulant — see Super Warfarin
* LTAS (Life Table Analysis System)
* Lung Cancer
* Lupus (SLE) [Systemic lupus erythematosus]
* Lyme Disease [Borrelia burgdorferi Infection]
* Lymphatic Filariasis
* Lymphedema — see Lymphatic Filariasis
* Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCMV)
* Lymphogranuloma venereum Infection (LGV)
M
* MAC (Mycobacterium avium Complex)
* Machine Safety
* Mad Cow Disease (BSE) — see Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
* Malaria
* Mammograms
* Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
* Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever
* Marine Toxins
* Marketing, Health — see Health Marketing
* Marriage Data
* Mass Casualties
* Mass Trauma — see Mass Casualties
* Maternal & Child Health
* Maternal & Child Nutrition
* MDR TB (Multidrug-Resistant TB)
* Measles
* Measles Vaccination
* Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Safety
* Medicare Modernization Act (Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage)
* Melioidosis [Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection]
* Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM), Health of — see Gay Men's Health
* Men's Health
* Meningitis [Meningococcal Disease]
* Meningococcal Disease — see Meningitis
* Meningococcal Vaccination
* Menopause
* Mental Health
* Mental Retardation
* Mercury
* Mercury and Vaccines — see Thimerosal (Mercury) and Vaccines
* Metalworking Fluids
* Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
* Micronutrient Malnutrition
* Micronutrients — see Vitamins
* Microsporidia Infection
* Migrant, Refugee, and Immigrant Health — see Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant
Health
* Mining
* Minority Health
* Mission and Vision, CDC — see CDC Mission and Vision
* MMR Vaccination
* MMRV Vaccine and Febrile Seizures — see Febrile Seizures and MMRV Vaccine
* MMWR (Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report)
* MMWR Summaries
* Mold
* Molluscum Contagiosum
* Monitoring Developmental Disabilities
* Monitoring Laboratory Practices — see Laboratory Practices, Monitoring
* Monkeypox
* Monkeypox Vaccination
* Mononucleosis, Infectious — see Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
* Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) — see Vaccine Additives
* Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
* Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
* Morgellons
* Mortality Data
* see also Life Expectancy
* see also Life Expectancy
* Mosquito-Borne Diseases
* Mother to Child HIV Transmission, Global Prevention — see Prevention of Mother
to Child HIV Transmission Globally
* Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries
* Mouse and Rat Control — see Rodents, Diseases from
* MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
* MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
* MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
* Multidrug-Resistant TB (MDR TB)
* Multiple Vaccines and the Immune System — see Immune System and Multiple
Vaccines
* Mumps
* Mumps Vaccination
* Musculoskeletal Disorders — see Ergonomic and Musculoskeletal Disorders
* Mustard Gas (H, HD, and HT) [Sulfur Mustard]
* Mycobacterium abscessus Infection
* Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC)
* Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection — see Tuberculosis
* Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection
N
* Naegleria Infection [Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)]
* Nanotechnology
* Natality Data — see Birth Data
* National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) — see Comprehensive
Cancer Control
* National Data — see Health, United States, 2007
* National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
* National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
* National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
* National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)
* National Hospital Discharge and Ambulatory Surgery Data
* National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS)
* National Program of Cancer Registries — see Cancer Registries
* National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
* National Vital Statistics Reports
* Natural Disasters — see Extreme Weather Conditions
* NCCCP (National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program)
* Necrotizing Faciitis — see Group A Strep Infection
* Needle-Free Injection Technology
* Needlesticks
* Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection — see Gonorrhea
* Neural Tube Defects
* Neurocysticercosis — see Cysticercosis
* Neurofibromatosis
* New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — see Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
* Newborn Jaundice [Kernicterus]
* Newborn Screening
* NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)
* NHHCS (National Home and Hospice Care Survey)
* NHIS (National Health Interview Survey)
* NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM)
* NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG)
* Nipah Virus Encephalitis — see Hendra Virus Infection
* Nitrogen Mustard (HN-1, HN-2, HN-3)
* Nitrous Oxide
* NMAM (NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods)
* NNHS (National Nursing Home Survey)
* Nocardiosis
* Noise
* Non-Polio Enterovirus Infections
* Nonpathogenic (Harmless) Intestinal Protozoa
* Norovirus Infection [Calicivirus]
* Norwalk-like Viruses (NLV) — see Norovirus Infection
* NPG (NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards)
* Nutrition
* Nutrition and Physical Activity Data and Surveillance
O
* OA (Osteoarthritis)
* Obesity and Genetics
* Obesity and Overweight
* Obstetrical Procedure Statistics
* Occupational Cancers
* Occupational Health Statistics
* Occupational Hearing Loss — see Hearing Loss, Occupational
* Occupational Skin Conditions — see Skin Conditions, Occupational
* Occupational Stress — see Stress, Occupational
* Occupational Violence — see Workplace Violence
* Ocular Larva Migrans (OLM) — see Roundworm
* Office Environments
* Office of Public Health Research
* Office of the Chief Science Officer — see Science
* Older Adults — see Aging
* Onchocerciasis — see River Blindness
* Online Publications
* Opisthorchis Infection
* Oral Cancer
* Oral Health
* Orf Virus — see Sore Mouth Infection
* Organic Solvents
* Organization, CDC — see CDC Organization
* Oropharyngeal Candidiasis (OPC) — see Thrush
* Osmium Tetroxide
* Osteoarthritis (OA)
* Osteoporosis — see Bone Health
* Otitis Media — see Ear Infection
* Ovarian Cancer
* Overweight and Obesity — see Obesity and Overweight
P
* Pandemic Flu
* Pap Tests
* Paperwork Reduction Act — see Legislation and Regulation
* Paragonimiasis — see Paragonimus Infection
* Paragonimus Infection [Paragonimiasis]
* Paraquat
* Parasitic Diseases
* Parvovirus B19 Infection — see Fifth Disease
* PCD Journal (Preventing Chronic Disease Journal)
* PCV (Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for children)
* Pedestrian Injury
* Pediatric and Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance Systems
* Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS) — see Pediatric and Pregnancy
Nutrition Surveillance Systems
* Pediculus humanus capitis — see Head Lice
* Pediculus humanus corporis — see Body Lice
* PedNSS (Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System)
* Peer Review
* Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
* PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)
* Permits, Import — see Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program
* Persons with Disabilities
* Pertussis
* Pertussis Vaccination
* Pesticide Illness Surveillance
* Pet-Related Diseases — see Animal-Related Diseases
* Pharmacogenomics
* PHIL — see Public Health Image Library
* PHIN (Public Health Information Network)
* Phosgene (CG)
* Phosgene Oxime (CX)
* Phosphine
* Phosphorus, Elemental White or Elemental Yellow
* Phthiriasis — see Pubic Lice
* Physical Activity
* Physical Activity and Nutrition Data and Surveillance — see Nutrition and
Physical Activity Data and Surveillance
* Physical Activity for Seniors
* PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)
* Piercing — see Body Art
* Pink Book (Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases)
* Pinworm Infection [Enterobius vermicularis Infection]
* Plague [Yersinia pestis Infection]
* Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for children (PCV)
* Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine for adults (PPV)
* Pneumoconioses, Coal Workers' — see Black Lung
* Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP) Infection — see Pneumocystis jirovecii
Pneumonia
* Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
* Pneumonia
* PNSS (Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System)
* Podcasts
* Poisoning
* Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide — see Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
* Polio Infection [Poliomyelitis Infection]
* Polio Vaccination [Poliomyelitis Vaccination]
* Polio Vaccine & Origin of HIV/AIDS
* Poliomyelitis Infection — see Polio Infection
* Poliomyelitis Vaccination — see Polio Vaccination
* Pontiac Fever — see Legionnaires' Disease
* Potassium cyanide — see Cyanide
* Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls
* PPV (Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine for adults)
* PRC (Prevention Research Centers)
* Pregnancy
* Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) — see Pediatric and Pregnancy
Nutrition Surveillance Systems
* Pregnancy Prevention — see Birth Control
* President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
* Preventing Chronic Disease Journal (PCD Journal)
* Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission Globally
* Prevention Research Centers (PRC)
* Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) — see Naegleria Infection
* Prion Diseases [Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)]
* Prison Health — see Correctional Health
* Procurement
* Prostate Cancer
* Protective Clothing
* Pseudomonas dermatitis Infection — see Hot Tub Rash
* Psittacosis
* Pubic Lice [Phthiriasis]
* Public Health and Child Development — see Child Development and Public Health
* Public Health Ethics
* Public Health Genomics — see Genomics and Public Health
* Public Health Image Library [PHIL]
* Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
* Public Health Law
* Public Health Practice, Research and Non-Research
* Public Health Research — see Science
* Public Health Research Agenda — see Advancing the Nation's Health: A Guide to
Public Health Research Needs
* Publications & Software
* Pulmonary Agents
* Pulmonary Hypertension
Q
* Q Fever [Coxiella burnetii Infection]
* QFT-G Test — see QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test
* Quality Assessment, External — see External Quality Assessment
* Quality of Life, Health-Related — see Health-Related Quality of Life
* QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test
* Quarantine
* Questions about Vaccine Recalls
R
* RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
* Rabies
* Rabies Vaccine
* Raccoon Roundworm Infection [Baylisascaris Infection]
* Radiation Emergencies
* Radiation Studies
* Rat-Bite Fever [Streptobacillus moniliformis Infection]
* Recalled Vaccines
* Recreational Water Illnesses — see Healthy Swimming
* Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Health — see Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant
Health
* Registry Plus™—Software Programs for Cancer Registries
* Regulation, Legislation and — see Legislation and Regulation
* Relapsing Fever
* Reporting Vaccine Reactions — see Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
* Reproductive Health
* Reptiles, Infections from
* Research — see Science
* Research Agenda, Public Health — see Advancing the Nation's Health: A Guide to
Public Health Research Needs
* Research Guide — see Advancing the Nation's Health: A Guide to Public Health
Research Needs
* Respirators
* Respiratory Health, Air Pollution and — see Air Pollution and Respiratory
Health
* Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection [RSV]
* RFP Solicitations
* Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
* Ricin
* Rickettsia rickettsii Infection — see Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
* Rickettsial Diseases
* Rift Valley Fever (RVF)
* Ringworm Infection
* Riot Control Agents
* Risk Increase for HIV Infection — see Increased Risk for HIV Infection
* River Blindness [Onchocerciasis]
* Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RSMF) [Rickettsia rickettsii Infection]
* Rodent Control — see Rodents, Diseases from
* Rodents, Diseases from
* RotaTeq Vaccine and Kawasaki Syndrome — see Kawasaki Syndrome and RotaTeq
Vaccine
* Rotavirus Infection
* Rotavirus Vaccination
* Rotavirus Vaccine & Intussusception
* Roundworm [Toxocariasis]
* RSMF (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)
* RSS — see Podcasts
* RSV — see Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
* Rubella Virus — see German Measles
* Rubeola — see Measles
* RVF (Rift Valley Fever)
S
* SABER (Statistical Analysis Battery for Epidemiological Research)
* Salmonella Typhi Infection
* Salmonella Infection [Salmonellosis]
* Salmonellosis — see Salmonella Infection
* Sarin (GB)
* SARS [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome]
* SAS Programs for Growth Charts
* Scabies
* Scarlet Fever — see Group A Strep Infection
* Schistosoma Infection — see Schistosomiasis
* Schistosomiasis [Schistosoma Infection]
* School Health — see Healthy Youth
* Science
* Science Coordination and Innovation — see Science
* Seasonal Flu — see Influenza
* Secondhand Smoke
* Security Risk Assessment
* Select Agent Program
* Semiconductor Manufacturing
* SETS (Statistical Export and Tabulation System)
* Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome — see SARS
* Sexual Health
* Sexual Violence
* Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Reports
* Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
* Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)
* Chlamydia [Chlamydia trachomatis Disease]
* Genital Herpes [Herpes Simplex Virus Infection]
* Gonorrhea [Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection]
* Human Papillomavirus Infection (HPV Infection)
* Syphilis [Treponema pallidum Infection]
* see also HIV/AIDS and STDs
* Sharps Safety
* Shellfish [Shellfish-Associated Foodborne Illnesses]
* Shellfish-Associated Foodborne Illnesses — see Shellfish
* Shigella Infection [Shigellosis]
* Shigellosis — see Shigella Infection
* Shingles [Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)]
* Shingles Vaccination
* Sick Building Syndrome — see Indoor Environmental Quality
* Sickle Cell Disease
* SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
* Silica
* Single Gene Disorders
* Skin Cancer
* Skin Conditions, Occupational
* SLAITS (State and Local Integrated Telephone Survey)
* SLE (Lupus)
* Sleep and Sleep Disorders
* Sleeping Sickness [African Trypanosomiasis]
* Smallpox [Variola Major and Variola Minor]
* Smallpox Vaccine
* Smallpox Vaccine Safety Monitoring
* Smart Growth — see Healthy Places
* Smokeless (Oral) Tobacco
* Smoking and Tobacco Use
* Smoking and Women
* Smoking Policies
* SNS (Strategic National Stockpile)
* Social Marketing — see Health Marketing
* Sodium Azide
* Sodium cyanide — see Cyanide
* Software
* Soman (GD)
* Sore Mouth Infection [Orf Virus]
* Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
* Spirillum minus Infection — see Rat-Bite Fever
* Spirometry Training
* Sporotrichosis
* Spraying Aircraft for Insects
* St. Louis Encephalitis
* Staph — see Staphylococcus aureus Infection
* Staphylococcus aureus Infection
* STARI (Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness)
* State and Local Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS)
* State Injury Surveillance Programs
* State Preparedness
* Statistical Analysis Battery for Epidemiological Research (SABER)
* Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS)
* STD Prevention
* STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
* STDs and HIV/AIDS — see HIV/AIDS and STDs
* Steps Program
* Stibine — see Arsine
* Stillbirth
* Stomach Flu — see Viral Gastroenteritis
* Storms and Floods
* Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
* Strep Infection, Group A — see Group A Strep Infection
* Strep Infection, Group B — see Group B Strep Infection
* Strep Throat — see Group A Strep Infection
* Streptobacillus moniliformis Infection — see Rat-Bite Fever
* Streptococcal Diseases
* Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection
* Stress, Occupational
* Stroke
* Strongyloides Infection [Strongyloidiasis]
* Strongyloidiasis — see Strongyloides Infection
* Strychnine
* Substance Abuse
* Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
* Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Vaccines
* Suicide
* Sulfur Mustard — see Mustard Gas
* Sulfur Mustard (H) — see Mustard Gas
* Super Warfarin
* Surgeon General's Reports on Tobacco
* Surveillance — see Data & Statistics
* Surveillance Reports, Sexually Transmitted Disease — see Sexually Transmitted
Disease Surveillance Reports
* Surveys & Data Collection Systems
* Survivorship, Cancer — see Cancer Survivorship
* Swim Healthy, Swim Safely — see Healthy Swimming
* Swimmer's Itch [Cercarial dermatitis Infection]
* Swimming-Related Illnesses — see Healthy Swimming
* Syncope — see Fainting after Vaccination
* Syncope After Vaccination — see Fainting after Vaccination
* Syndemics
* Syphilis [Treponema pallidum Infection]
* Systemic lupus erythematosus — see Lupus
T
* Tabun (GA)
* Taenia Infection — see Tapeworm Infection
* Take Home Toxins
* Tapeworm Infection [Taenia Infection]
* Tapeworm, Dog and Cat Flea [Dipylidium Infection]
* Tattoos — see Body Art
* TB (Tuberculosis)
* TB and HIV
* TB in African-Americans — see Tuberculosis in African-Americans
* TB Skin Test
* TB Surveillance Reports — see Tuberculosis Surveillance Reports
* TB Training
* TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)
* TCAC (Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee)
* Tear Gases — see Riot Control Agents
* Technology Transfer Office
* Teen Health — see Adolescent Health
* Telebriefing Transcripts
* Terrorism
* Testicular Cancer
* Testing and Monitoring Vaccines
* Tetanus Disease [Clostridium tetani Infection]
* Tetanus Vaccination
* Thalassemia — see Cooleys Anemia
* Thallium
* Therapeutic Drug Use Statistics
* Thimerosal (Mercury) and Vaccines
* Thrombophilia — see Clotting Disorders
* Thrombosis — see Clotting Disorders
* Thrush [Oropharyngeal Candidiasis (OPC)]
* Tick-borne Relapsing Fever — see Relapsing Fever
* Tickborne Diseases
* Tobacco and Women — see Smoking and Women
* Tobacco Policies — see Smoking Policies
* Tobacco Use, Smoking and — see Smoking and Tobacco Use
* Tobacco, Smokeless (Oral) — see Smokeless (Oral) Tobacco
* Toluene
* Tornadoes
* Tourette Syndrome (TS)
* Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
* Toxocara Infection — see Roundworm
* Toxocariasis — see Roundworm
* Toxoplasma Infection — see Toxoplasmosis
* Toxoplasmosis [Toxoplasma Infection]
* Trachoma Infection
* Transgender Health
* Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) — see Prion Diseases
* Trauma, Mass — see Mass Casualties
* Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
* Traumatic Occupational Injuries
* Travelers' Health
* Travelers' Required Immunizations
* Traveling with Children
* Trenching and Excavation
* Treponema pallidum Infection — see Syphilis
* Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC)
* Tribal Consultation Policy
* Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)
* Trichomonas Infection — see Trichomoniasis
* Trichomoniasis [Trichomonas Infection]
* Trisomy 21 — see Down Syndrome
* Trypanosoma cruzi Infection — see Chagas Disease
* Trypanosomiasis, African — see Sleeping Sickness
* TS (Tourette Syndrome )
* TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome)
* Tsunami
* Tuberculosis (TB) [Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection]
* Tuberculosis and HIV — see TB and HIV
* Tuberculosis in African-Americans
* Tuberculosis Skin Test — see TB Skin Test
* Tuberculosis Surveillance Reports
* Tuberculosis Training — see TB Training
* Tuberculosis Vaccine (BCG)
* Tularemia [Francisella tularensis Infection]
* Tuskegee Health Benefit Program
* Typhoid Fever [Salmonella typhi Infection] — see Salmonella Typhi Infection
* Typhoid Fever Vaccine
* Typhus Fevers
U
* Undulant Fever — see Brucella Infection
* Unexplained Dermopathy — see Morgellons
* Unidentified Chemical
* Unintended Pregnancy Prevention — see Birth Control
* United States Cancer Statistics
* Universal Data Collection Updates
* Uterine Cancer
V
* Vaccination — see Immunization
* Vaccination Certification
* Vaccination, American Indian and Alaska Native — see American Indian and Alaska
Native Vaccination
* Vaccine Additives
* Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
* Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative (VISI)
* Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
* Vaccine Management System (VACMAN)
* Vaccine Recalls, Questions About — see Questions about Vaccine Recalls
* Vaccine Safety
* Vaccine Safety (Emergency Preparedness) — see Emergency Preparedness (Vaccine
Safety)
* Vaccine Safety Concerns
* Vaccine Safety Concerns
* Vaccine Safety for Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) — see Measles,
Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Safety
* Vaccine Safety, Intussusception and Rotavirus Vaccine — see Rotavirus Vaccine &
Intussusception
* Vaccine Side Effects
* Vaccine Technology
* Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Specific Vaccines
* Vaccines — see Immunization
* Vaccines and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) — see Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS) and Vaccines
* Vaccines, Testing and Monitoring — see Testing and Monitoring Vaccines
* VACMAN (Vaccine Management System)
* VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System)
* Vaginal and Vulvar Cancers
* Vaginal Yeast Infection — see Genital Candidiasis
* Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections [VISA/VRSA]
* Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci Infection (VRE)
* Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
* Varicella Disease — see Chickenpox
* Varicella Vaccination — see Chickenpox Vaccination
* Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) — see Shingles
* Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection
* Variola Major and Variola Minor — see Smallpox
* vCJD (Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)
* Vehicle Safety
* Vessel Sanitation and Health — see Cruise Ship Sanitation
* Veterans' Health
* Veterinary Biothreat Agents
* Vibration
* Vibrio cholerae Infection — see Cholera
* Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infection
* Vibrio vulnificus Infection
* Video — see CDC TV
* Violence
* Violence, Occupational — see Workplace Violence
* Viral Gastroenteritis
* Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF)
* Viral Hepatitis
* Viral Meningitis [Aseptic Meningitis]
* VIS (Vaccine Information Statements) — see Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
* VISA/VRSA — see Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Infections
* Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM) — see Roundworm
* VISI (Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative)
* Vision and Mission, CDC — see CDC Mission and Vision
* Vision Impairment
* Visitors Center
* Vital and Health Statistics Reports (Rainbow Series)
* Vitamins
* Volcanoes
* Von Recklinghausen Disease — see Neurofibromatosis
* Von Willebrand Disease — see Hemophilia
* VPD Surveillance Manual — see Manual for the Surveillance of
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
* VRE (Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci Infection)
* Vulvovaginal Candidiasis (VVC) — see Genital Candidiasis
* VX
* VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) — see Shingles
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