24 August 2007 17:00:00 -0500 Welcome to HHS HealthBeat. Launched on July 11, 2005, this service provides health promotion and disease prevention tips 5 days a week in audio and text formats. http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/ News en-us Public Health Podcasts No Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov Men with diabetes live longer now than in earlier decades, but women have not fared as well. That difference came out of an analysis of three large databases. 24 August 2007 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/ Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov Health http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/2007/08/hb20070824a.html 00:01:00 Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov No Men with diabetes live longer now than in earlier decades, but women have not fared as well. That difference came out of an analysis of three large databases. The United States has no home-grown malaria - hasn't for some 50 years. So people get it in countries where infected mosquitoes carry the blood-borne parasite. 23 August 2007 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/ Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov Health http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/2007/08/hb20070823a.html 00:01:00 Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov No The United States has no home-grown malaria - hasn't for some 50 years. So people get it in countries where infected mosquitoes carry the blood-borne parasite. An occasional fall can be a bother to younger people but a danger to older ones. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tallied the risk. 22 August 2007 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/ Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov Health http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/2007/08/hb20070822a.html 00:01:00 Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov No An occasional fall can be a bother to younger people but a danger to older ones. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tallied the risk. A study says close to 19,000 children are diagnosed each year with diabetes. Most cases are type 1, when the body can't make enough insulin. The rest are type 2, when the body can't properly use insulin. 21 August 2007 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/ Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov Health http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/2007/08/hb20070821a.html 00:01:00 Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov No A study says close to 19,000 children are diagnosed each year with diabetes. Most cases are type 1, when the body can't make enough insulin. The rest are type 2, when the body can't properly use insulin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that, over the past decade, there have been more cases of infectious diseases from animal exhibits. 20 August 2007 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/ Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov Health http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/2007/08/hb20070820a.html 00:01:00 Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov No The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that, over the past decade, there have been more cases of infectious diseases from animal exhibits. In spotting autism, the missed milestones can make the difference. A child isn't speaking when he should, or interacting with Mom and Dad, who have a feeling that their baby is somehow not on the schedule other kids are on. 17 August 2007 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/ Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov Health http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/2007/08/hb20070817a.html 00:01:00 Ira.Dreyfuss@hhs.gov No In spotting autism, the missed milestones can make the difference. A child isn't speaking when he should, or interacting with Mom and Dad, who have a feeling that their baby is somehow not on the schedule other kids are on.