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The Resurgence of Measles: Guidance for Clinicians
What steps must be taken to once again eradicate measles?
February 02, 2012
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Transitioning Adolescents Into Adult Healthcare
Careful planning can smooth the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare for the adolescent.
December 14, 2011
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Top 10 in 2011: Most-Read Articles by Public Health Professionals
Which articles were most read by your colleagues during the past year?
December 08, 2011
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Dietary Supplements and the Clinical Encounter
Patients are taking more dietary supplements. Do you know the right questions to ask?
October 27, 2011
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Tackling the Nation's Drug Problem
Policy has implications for all healthcare professionals, regardless of practice setting.
September 28, 2011
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Social Media Primer for Healthcare Professionals
Popular social media sites can benefit healthcare professionals, if used appropriately. Find out how.
September 20, 2011
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The Obese Patient in the Healthcare Environment
Weight bias in healthcare is no joke. Find out if your environment is sensitive to and accepting of diverse patient sizes.
September 13, 2011
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9/11 Ten Years Later: Bioterrorism Preparedness, Then vs Now
In the wake of the 10-year passing of 9/11, how ready are we to respond to new/emerging bioterrorist threats? Dr. James J. James discusses what we need to do to plan for today's potential challenges.
September 08, 2011
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September 11 at 10 Years: Public Health Preparedness for Disasters
Ten years after 9/11, are we now more or less prepared? Dr. Linda Landesman, a renowned expert on public health preparedness, discusses our current level of readiness to respond to disasters.
September 06, 2011
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Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine
The barriers to clinician prescribing of lifestyle medicine are slowly, but surely, being removed.
August 15, 2011
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Florida 'Gag Law' on Asking Patients About Firearms
What are the potential implications of the Florida "gag" law on gun questions for clinical practice and public health? Stephen W. Hargarten, MD, MPH, offers his perspectives.
July 22, 2011
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Stepping Up STI Counseling and Prevention
Here's how to ask the questions that you know you should be asking.
July 20, 2011
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Three Decades of HIV/AIDS
Reflections on the history and progress of HIV/AIDS during the past 3 decades and opportunities in the future for halting the "world's most visible disease."
July 15, 2011
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Weight Stigma: Health Implications
Far from being an incentive to lose weight, negative stereotypes and weight discrimination are significant physical and mental health risks for the overweight and obese.
May 31, 2011
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Advising Patients on Safe Travel Abroad
If your patients are traveling abroad, be ready with this advice on how to prevent illness or injury.
May 06, 2011
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Preventing Injury and Death in Young Workers
Adolescents who enter the workforce are at high risk for work-related injury, but the right information may protect them.
April 01, 2011
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The Prevention and Public Health Fund: A Prescription for Health
One year after passage of the health reform bill, work is already underway to improve health at the community level. Will this be enough, unless we redefine value in preventive healthcare?
March 17, 2011
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Motivational Interviewing of Obese Patients
Tools for promoting health behaviors and weight loss with obese patients are provided.
February 25, 2011
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The Public Health Implications of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines
What are the most positive updates? What recommendations could have been made stronger?
February 15, 2011
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2010 Dietary Guidelines From USDA and HHS
What are the new recommendations and changes? Could these updates help to reverse the trends in overweight and obesity in the United States?
February 14, 2011