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February
February 22, 2012 - 
"Screening, early and often" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Screening and Testing to Detect Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
February 21, 2012 - "Oversalted America" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Where’s the sodium? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
February 20, 2012 - "Sleeping and shift work" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Sleep Apnea (National Institutes of Health)
February 17, 2012 - "Working off the soda" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Physical Activity (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
February 16, 2012 - "Fighting stressful eating" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Managing Stress (National Institutes of Health)
February 15, 2012 - "Activity and amyloid" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alzheimer ’s disease (National Institutes of Health)
February 14, 2012 - "Future mommies, cut the fat" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Gestational Diabetes (National Institutes of Health)
February 13, 2012 - "How much fun is safe" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Let’s Move Outside (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
February 10, 2012 - "The BMI app" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Calculate Your Body Mass Index (National Institutes of Health)
February 9, 2012 - "Vitamin D and older women" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Vitamin D (National Institutes of Health)
February 8, 2012 - "Baked, broiled, not fried" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Alzheimer ’s disease (National Institutes of Health)
February 7, 2012 - "Watching weight gain" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: ChooseMyPlate.gov (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
February 6, 2012 - "Minding meals out" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Enjoy your food, but eat less (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
February 3, 2012 - "The midlife heart crisis" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: High Blood Pressure (National Institutes of Health)
February 2, 2012 - "The little heart that could" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Pregnancy (National Institutes of Health)
February 1, 2012 - "Learning and waiting" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Marriage Initiative (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January
January 31, 2012 - "Fewer years for teens?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: ChooseMyPlate.gov (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
January 30, 2012 - "Eat what? Fruits and veggies!" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: ChooseMyPlate.gov (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
January 27, 2012 - "Fighting diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Diabetes (National Institutes of Health)
January 26, 2012 - "Up to scale" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Let’s Move (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 25, 2012 - "Babies’ iron balance" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Iron (National Institutes of Health)
January 24, 2012 - "Text4baby" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Text4baby (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 23, 2012 - "Still time left" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Flu.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 20, 2012 - "Obese and HER2" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Breast Cancer (National Institutes of Health)
January 19, 2012 - "Smoke-free teen texts" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Smokefree.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 18, 2012 - "High numbers on high blood pressure" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: What is High Blood Pressure? (National Institutes of Health)
January 17, 2012 - "Children attempting suicide" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Suicide Prevention (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
January 16, 2012 - "No time to play" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Let’s Move (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 13, 2012 - "Planning and managing diabetes" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Eat Healthy (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 12, 2012 - "Fighting breast cancer risk young" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Breast Cancer: Prevention, Genetics, and Causes (National Cancer Institute)
January 11, 2012 - "Even bigger" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Fitness.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 10, 2012 - "Coffee up, depression down" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Depression (National Institutes of Health)
January 9, 2012 - "Commit to quit" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Smokefree.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 6, 2012 - "The coffee-only break?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Eat Healthy (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 5, 2012 - "Keeping up with the medications" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe. (Agency for Health Care Research and Quality)
January 4, 2012 - "Safe kids’ activities" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Let’s Move: Get Active (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
January 3, 2012 - "A sweet risk" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy Snacks: Quick tips for parents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
January 2, 2012 - "Losing and staying lost" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step: Healthy People (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)