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| Preface | |
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| Series | |
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| Correlation Guide | |
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| Topic Guide | |
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| Internet References | |
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| Promoting Healthy Behavior Change | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Crimes of the Heart, Walter C. Willett and Anne Underwood, Newsweek, February 15, 2010 | |
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| The Perils of Higher Education, Steven Kotler, Psychology Today, March/April 2005 | |
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| Carrots, Sticks, and Health Care Reform-Problems with Wellness Incentives, Harald Schmidt MA/DPhil/PhD, Kristin Voigt MA/DPhil/PhD, and Daniel Wikler MA/DPhil/PhD, New England Journal of Medicine, January 20, 2010 | |
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| Stress and Mental Health | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| The Depressing News about Antidepressants, Sharon Begley, Newsweek.com, February 8, 2010 | |
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| The Boom and Bust Ego, Harriet Brown, Psychology Today, January/February 2012. | |
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| Internet Addiction, Greg Beato, Reason, August/September 2010 | |
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| Nutritional Health | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Antioxidants: Fruitful Research and Recommendations, Pamela S. Brummit MA, RD/LD, Today's Dietitian, September 2008 | |
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| Keeping a Lid on Salt: Not So Easy, Nanci Hellmich, USA Today, April 28, 2010 | |
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| Vitamin D: Dandy? Dastardly? Or Debatable? Allen C. Bowling MD, PhD, Momentum, Summer 2011 | |
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| F.D.A. Panel to Consider Warnings for Artificial Food Colorings, Gardiner Harris, The New York Times, March 29, 2011 | |
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| Exercise and Weight Management | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Defeating Childhood Obesity, Tina Schwager, American Fitness, November/December 2010 | |
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| Eat Like a Greek, Consumer Reports on Health, August 2009 | |
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| Dieting on a Budget, Consumer Reports, February 2009 | |
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| The New Phys Ed., Ron Schachter, Instructor, Summer 2011 | |
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| The Hungry Brain, Dan Hurley, Discover, June 2011 | |
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| Drugs and Health | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Caffeinated Alcohol in a Can, Four Loko Does the Job, Students Agree, Don Troop, The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 12, 2010 | |
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| Ketamine Use: A Review, Celia J.A. Morgan and H. Valerie Curran, Addiction, January 2012 | |
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| This Drug Shouldn't Be Out There, John DiConsiglio, Scholastic Choices, February 2011 | |
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| Sexuality and Relationships | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| The Thoroughly Modern Guide to Breakups, Elizabeth Svoboda, Psychology Today, January/February 2011 | |
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| Are You with the Right Mate? Rebecca Webber, Psychology Today, January/February 2012 | |
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| This Man Is Addicted to Sex, Chris Lee, Newsweek, 12/5/2011 | |
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| Preventing and Fighting Disease | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Fighting Headaches with Hormones, Kent Holtorf, USA Today Magazine, May 2011. | |
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| The HIV/AIDS Epidemic at 30, Todd Melby, Contemporary Sexuality, December 2011 | |
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| The Human Vector, Wendy Orent, Discover, March 2012. | |
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| Ten Great Public Health Achievements-United States 2001-2010, Ram Koppaka, MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 5/20/11 | |
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| Health Care and the Health Care System | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| The Cost Implications of Health Care Reform, Jonathan Gruber Ph.D., New England Journal of Medicine, June 3, 2010 | |
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| Myth Diagnosis, Megan McArdle, The Atlantic, March 2010 | |
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| In Dire Health, Arnold S. Relman, American Prospect, January/February 2012. | |
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| Medicare Whac-A-Mole, Peter Suderman, Reason, January 2012. | |
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| Consumer Health | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Vaccine Refusal, Mandatory Immunization, and the Risks of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Saad B. Omer et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, May 7, 2009 | |
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| Medical Tourism: What You Should Know, Lorene Burkhart and Lorna Gentry, The Saturday Evening Post, January/February 2008 More and more Americans are traveling overseas to combine surgery with sightseeing. The benefits include greatly reduced costs of many medical procedures as well as the opportunity to seek treatments not yet available or practiced in the United States. In 2006, an estimated half million Americans went abroad for medical treatment, a trend that's expected to increase in the next few years. | |
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| Bed Bugs: The Pesticide Dilemma, Rebecca Berg, Journal of Environmental Health, June 2010 | |
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| Is Your Food Contaminated?, Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, September 2007 | |
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| Hazardous Health Plans, Consumer Reports, May 2009 | |
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| Cybermedicine: What You Need to Know, Regina A. Bailey, Health Lawyer, August 2011 | |
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| The Surprising Reason Why Heavy Isn't Healthy, Ginny Graves, Health, January/February 2010 | |
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| Contemporary Health Hazards | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| The Warrior's Brain, Andrew Bast, Newsweek, November 22, 2010 | |
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| Discovering Teenagers' Risky "Game" Too Late, Pauline W. Chen, The New York Times, March 2, 2010 | |
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| The New Sex Cancer, Alyssa Giacobbe, Men's Health, September 2011 Alyssa Giacobbe offers information on oral cancer, which can be caused by the sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus (HPV) via oral sex. She states that men are at increased risk of oropharyngeal cancer, which is just not caused by smoking or drinking but by HPV. She also mentions that oropharyngeal cancer is a form of oral cancer found in the tonsils and in the base of the tongue | |
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| Drilling into the Unknown, Peter Aldhous, New Scientist, January 28, 2012 | |
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| MRSA: Hospitals Step Up Fight. Will It Be Enough?, Julius A. Karash, H&HN, July 2010 | |
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| Countering Radiation Fears with Just the Facts, Denise Grady, The New York Times, March 26, 2011 | |
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| Test-Your-Knowledge Form | |