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Addiction

• About addiction 

• Alcohol - facts to know

• Alcohol : your child and drugs 

• Facts about smoking and pregnancy  

• Have you been thinking about your alcohol or drug use NEW! February 2008

• The risks of tobacco use : a message to parents and teens 

• Smoke around you - the risks of involuntary smoking   

• Substance abuse prevention : what every parent needs to know 

• Testing your teen for illicit drugs : information for parents 

• Tool kit for teen care : alcohol and other drug use

• Quitting for life self-care handbook 

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Bones, Joints & Muscles

• After a hip fracture

• Arthritis and exercise

• Arthritis and rheumatic diseases

• Arthritis answers

• Arthritis in African Americans

• Arthritis in children

• Arthritis pain

• Back owner's manual

• Back pain 

• Bone density testing - measuring your bone health

• Boning up on calcium

• Carpal tunnel syndrome

• Cast care

• Childhood sports injuries and their prevention: a guide for parents with ideas for kids 

• Cortisone injections 

• Diet and your arthritis

• Do I have arthritis? 

• Do I have lupus?

• Elbow owner’s manual  

• Fibromyalgia   

• Foot care : ankle sprains

• Foot care : arthritis

• Foot care : bunions

• Foot care : gout

• Foot care : plantar fasciitis

• Foot care : pressure ulcers

• Foot owner's manual : a guide to good foot care  

• Gout

• Hand and wrist owner’s manual  

• Heritable disorders of connective tissue

• Hip replacement

• Inside look at osteoporosis  

• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

• Kids and their bones : a guide for parents 

• Knee owner’s manual

• Knee problems

• Knee replacement

• Living with osteoarthritis.

• Living with rheumatoid arthritis

• Managing Fibromyalgia NEW! February 2008

• The many shades of lupus : information for multicultural communities 

• Osteoporosis  

• Osteoporosis & Bone Loss NEW! February 2008

• Preventing repetitive motion injuries  

• Raynaud's phenomenon

• Scleroderma

• Should people with arthritis exercise?

• Shoulder arthroscopy  

• Shoulder problems

• Sjogren's syndrome  

• Sports injuries

• Sprains and strains

• Staying active with arthritis  

• Systemic lupus erythmatosus

• Tennis elbow   

• Total hip replacement

• Understanding arthroscopy : looking into your ankle, knee, wrist, elbow or shoulder

• Understanding heel pain

• What to take for arthritis pain? Physical Activity

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Cancer

• ABC's of breast health

• Acute lymphocytic leukemia

• Acute myelogenous leukemia  

• Advanced cancer and palliative care: treatment guidelines for patients

• Being there : African American Breast Cancer Alliance  

• Cancer facts for men

• Cancer facts for women

• Cancer of the colon and rectum

• Cancer pain : treatment guidelines for patients

• Cancer services in the Jackson area

• Cervical cancer - what every woman should know  

• Chronic myelogenous leukemia  

• Colon and rectal cancer: treatment guidelines for patients

• Colorectal cancer screening

• Facts on breast cancer

• Guidelines for the early detection of cancer

• Head & neck radiation therapy and your oral health

• Home care following mastectomy

• How to do breast self-examination  

• I can cope  

• Inside look at breast cancer management

• Learning to live with cancer self-care handbook 

• Light the night  

• Look good, feel better : latest cancer treatment for you  

• Lung cancer

• Lung cancer : getting the knowledge, treatment, and support you need  NEW! February 2008

• Multiple myeloma  

• Ovarian cancer

• Pain control : a guide for people with cancer and their families

• PSA test : screening for prostate cancer

• Reach to recovery : peer support program for people with a personal concern about breast cancer  

• Understanding bladder cancer  

• What everyone should know about cancer detection and prevention

• What everyone should know about skin cancer  

• Women and lung cancer - shouldn't women know more?

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Child & Teen Health

• About asthma in children

• About good health : a coloring and activities book

• About keeping your child healthy

• Acne

• Alcohol: your child and drugs 

• Announcing the early arrival of our baby 

• Arthritis in children

• As boys grow up

• As girls grow up

• Autism and other related disorders

• Baby's first year : a calendar of tips for parents

• Bedwetting

• Breastfeeding – about nourishing your baby  

• Caring for your newborn

• Childhood asthma : treating asthma at school

• Childhood sports injuries and their prevention: a guide for parents with ideas for kids 

• Children's action plan - magnetic FastGuide

• Deciding to wait NEW! February 2008

• Do your children need health insurance?  

• Eating disorders : anorexia and bulimia 

• Elks tips for teens – club drugs

• Elks methamphetamines  

• Especially for teens : you and your sexuality 

• Especially for teens : your first ob-gyn visit 

• A friend is a friend - coloring book  

• From boy to man – what boys should know about growing up  

• Getting your period  

• Growing up with Type I diabetes

• Head lice : every parent's concern 

• Helping your child maintain a healthy weight / Watch out for TV zombies and soda monsters 

• Helping your child manage ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)

• Immunizations : what you need to know 

• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

• Keeping your kids drug-free : a how-to guide for parents and caregivers

• Kids and their bones : a guide for parents 

• Learn about AD/HD

• Right from the start : ABC's of good nutrition for young children 

• The risks of tobacco use : a message to parents and teens 

• Scoliosis in children and adolescents

• Sexual abuse -- a threat to our children

• Sports injuries

• Substance abuse prevention : what every parent needs to know 

• Talking with your teen about sex 

• Talking with your young child about sex 

• Tool kit for teen care : alcohol and other drug use 

• Way to grow! Growth Chart for children  

• Your child has diabetes

• Your child with diabetes : planning care with the school

• Your child's growth : developmental milestones 

• Your child's mental health -- what every family should know

• Your child's teeth

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Dental

• About baby bottle tooth decay

• Head & neck radiation therapy and your oral health

• Mouth owner's manual  

• Your child's teeth

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Diabetes

• About diabetes

• About kidney dialysis and transplants  

• Carb counting and exchange lists  

• Coping with diabetes during Mississippi summers

• Coping with stress and emotions

• Diabetes and nerve disease

• Diabetes and pregnancy

• Diabetes and your eye

• Diabetes and your heart : what you need to know

• Diabetes meal planning self-care handbook

• Diabetic retinopathy 

• Eating right with diabetes

• Foot care and diabetes   

• Gestational diabetes  

• Growing up with Type I diabetes  

• Healthy eating with diabetes

• Help prevent Type 2 diabetes

• Helping your child live with diabetes

• Hyperglycemia/Hypoglycemia – tear sheet  

• Introduction to exercise with diabetes

• Keeping well with diabetes  

• Living your life with diabetes self-care handbook

• Low/high blood sugar emergencies  

• Mouth care and diabetes : managing periodontal disease

• Prediabetes : a call for action

• School and the child with diabetes

• Smoking and diabetes

• Tracking your diabetes : a logbook 

• Traveling with diabetes  

• Watch your step  

• What you should know about diabetes

• When your blood sugar is low 

• When your blood sugar is high 

• Your child with diabetes  

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Digestive, Kidneys & Urinary System

• About endoscopy

• About fiber in your diet  

• About kidney dialysis and transplants

• Acid reflux : how it can affect your throat  NEW! February 2008

• Colonoscopy : diagnosing problems of the lower digestive tract 

• Colorectal cancer screening

• Constipation : getting relief

• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – a guide for children and teenagers

• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – a parent’s guide

• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – complications

• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – diet and nutrition

• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – emotional factors

• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – medications

• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis -- surgery

• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – teacher’s guide

• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis – women’s issues

• Diverticulosis and diverticulitis: understanding and managing two common colon conditions

• Gallstones : finding relief for an uncomfortable problem

• Gastritis : an inflammation of the stomach lining 

• Gastroesophageal reflux disease [GERD] : a common and uncomfortable problem 

• Hemorrhoids : steps to finding relief

• Irritable bowel syndrome : a common digestive problem

• Managing kidney disease  

• Medicare – Medicare coverage for kidney dialysis

• Medicare – Medicare coverage of kidney dialysis and kidney transplant services  

• Rectal bleeding : a common problem that needs medical care 

• Sigmoidoscopy

• Slowing progressive kidney disease  

• Treatment options for kidney failure

• Ulcerative colitis : understanding this chronic illness

• Understanding urinary tract infections

• What everyone should know about kidneys and kidney diseases  

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Drugs & Medications

• How to manage your medications  

• Taking Nitroglycerin

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End-of-life Decisions

• About choosing a nursing home

• About DNR orders - do-not-resuscitate orders

• About funeral planning

• About hospice

• Advance medical directives – for you, and for those you love

• Caring for a loved one with a terminal illness

• End-of-life decisions - making the right choice for you  

• Everyone needs advance directives  

• Palliative care at the end of life - for comfort and caring 

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Exercise  

• Arthritis and exercise 

• Get walking! for better health at any age 

• Helping your child maintain a healthy weight / Watch out for TV zombies and soda monsters

• Introduction to exercise with diabetes

• Should people with arthritis exercise?

• Sports injuries 

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Eyes

• Age related macular degeneration : AMD  

• Cataracts 

• Diabetic retinopathy 

• Glaucoma 

• Macular degeneration  

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Food & Nutrition

• About fiber in your diet  

• About good nutrition

• Boning up on calcium

• Counting carbohydrates

• Diabetes meal planning self-care handbook

• Diet and your arthritis  

• Easy food tips for heart-healthy eating 

• Eating disorders : anorexia and bulimia 

• Eating healthy : a rainbow of foods in your daily diet

• Good nutrition, good health  

• Heart healthy diet

• Helping your child maintain a healthy weight / Watch out for TV zombies and soda monsters

• Just enough for you : about food portions

• Learning about healthy foods  

• Learning about services size

• MyPyramid : the new food pyramid 

• Right from the start : ABC's of good nutrition for young children 

• Taking control of your cholesterol  NEW! February 2008

• Teaching kids healthy eating

• Weight management

• What you should know about fat in your diet

• What you should know about sodium in your diet  

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General Health

• About tuberculosis

• Acne 

• Alopecia Areata

• Answers for doctors and other health professionals  

• Autoimmunity

• Children's action plan - magnetic FastGuide

• Cirrhosis  

• Deciphering medspeak 

• Eating disorders : anorexia and bulimia 

• Headaches

• Healthy hygiene  

• Helping your child maintain a healthy weight / Watch out for TV zombies and soda monsters

• Home safety checklist 

• Insomnia 

• Fitness 

• Men's action plan - magnetic FastGuide

• MRSA Infection : stop the spread  NEW! February 2008

• Nasal allergies 

• Planning for your posthospital care

• Post-op pain management : you're part of the team

• Psoriasis 

• Relaxation for better health self-care handbook

• Rosacea 

• Sports injuries

• Stopping TB – treatment can’t wait

• The thyroid book : medical and surgical treatment of thyroid problems

• Tuberculosis facts -- TB and HIV

• Tuberculosis -- TB can be cured

• Tuberculosis -- you can prevent TB

• Weight management 

• Wellness in your life 

• What everyone should know about wellness  

• What you should know about flu  

• Women's action plan - magnetic FastGuide

• You need to protect your family from West Nile Virus

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Genetics & Birth Defects

• About sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait

• Genetic counseling  

• Learn about sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait

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Health Services

• About caregiving

• About hospital social work services

• About paying for nursing home care

• Caring for a loved one with a terminal illness    

• Hinds County health alliance  

• How to read your Medicare summary notice  

• Hudspeth Regional Center early intervention program

• Lupus Foundation of Mississippi  

• Medicaid – Elderly and disabled waiver

• Medicaid – Independent living waiver

• Medicaid – Medicaid eligibility guide

• Medicaid – Mentally retarded/developmentally disabled waiver

• Medicaid – Traumatic brain/spinal cord injury waiver

• Medicare and Medicaid : there is a difference  NEW! February 2008

• Medicare – Medicare and you (annual)

• Medicare – Medicare coverage for kidney dialysis

• Medicare – Medicare coverage of kidney dialysis and kidney transplant services

• Medicare – Medicare preventive services  

• Medicare & you 2006 : this year it's different

• Mississippi access to visitation

• Mississippi Dept of Human Resources  

• When you can't afford your medicine  

• Your guide to choosing a nursing home

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Heart & Circulatory System

• About cholesterol

• After your heart attack : what you can do to survive and thrive 

• An inside look at managing high blood pressure

• Cardiac rehabilitation

• Cardiac rehabilitation : home exercises  

• Diabetes and your heart : what you need to know

• Do you have high blood pressure?  

• Heart attack first aid

• Heart healthy diet

• High blood pressure and stroke : understanding the link

• Learning to live with heart failure self-care handbook

• Managing heart disease and preventing stroke 

• Preventing a stroke (brain attack)  

• Preventing atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)

• Procedures for carotid artery problems 

• Procedures for peripheral arterial disease

• Rate yourself as a cardiovascular risk

• Signs of a heart attack magnetic FastGuide  

• Stroke risk scorecard  

• Taking Nitroglycerin

• Warning signs of stroke  

• What everyone should know about stroke  

• What you should know about sodium in your diet  

• Women and heart disease

• You and your heart 

• Your blood pressure and you : keeping a strong heart

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Hepatitis

• About hepatitis A

• About hepatitis B   

• Hepatitis C : are you at risk?

• Hepatitis C prevention

• Living  with chronic hepatitis B

• Living with chronic hepatitis C 

• Prevent hepatitis A

• Prevent hepatitis B: get vaccinated

• Protect your baby from Hepatitis B for for life

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Men's Health

• Birth control : choosing a method for preventing pregnancy

• Cancer facts for men

• Diagnostic testing for male factor infertility  

• Inside look at prostate problems  

• Men's action plan - magnetic FastGuide 

• Men's guidelines for health - ages 20-49

• Men's guidelines for health - ages 50-64

• Men's guidelines for health - ages 65 and above

• PSA test : screening for prostate cancer

• Treating erectile dysfunction : help for a common problem NEW! February 2008

• Your prostate health: prostate screening for better health

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Mental Health

• About AD/HD

• About bipolar disorder  

• About dementia  

• About obsessive-compulsive disorder NEW! February 2008

• About schizophrenia

• About suicide : from depression to hope NEW! February 2008

• AD/HD in adults

• Caring for a loved one with a terminal illness

• Domestic abuse

• Getting help for anxiety disorders  NEW! February 2008

• Getting help for PTSD : post traumatic stress disorder  NEW! February 2008

• Going through bereavement

• High-fiber diet : helping your digestive tract function better  NEW! February 2008

• Learn about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

• Postpartum depression : more than "the blues"

• Relaxation for better health self-care handbook

• Understanding anxiety disorders 

• Understanding depression  

• Understanding stress 

• Wellness in your life 

• What everyone should know about depression

• What everyone should know about stress  

• What everyone should know about wellness  

• You can manage bipolar disorder NEW! February 2008

• Your child's mental health -- what every family should know

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Neurological

• About Alzheimer's disease

• About headaches

• About Parkinson's disease

• After traumatic brain injury  NEW! February 2008

• Autism and other related disorders

• Caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease

• Epilepsy in later life

• Epilepsy foundation of Mississippi  

• First aid for all seizures  

• Seizures in later life  

• What everyone should know about epilepsy  

• What everyone should know about multiple sclerosis  

• What everyone should know about seizures  

• When a loved one has Alzheimer's disease  

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Pain Management

• About living with chronic pain

• Learning to manage your pain 

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Parenting

• About keeping your child healthy

• About parenting 

• Announcing the early arrival of our baby 

• ASAP – a simple acknowledgment of paternity

• Baby's first year : a calendar of tips for parents

• Bedwetting

• Breastfeeding – about nourishing your baby  

• Caring for your newborn

• Childhood sports injuries and their prevention: a guide for parents with ideas for kids 

• Children's action plan - magnetic FastGuide

• Do your children need health insurance?  

• Especially for teens : you and your sexuality

• Facts about air pollution in your home

• Head lice : every parent's concern 

• Home safety checklist 

• Immunizations : what you need to know 

• Keeping your cool when your young child cries

• Helping your child maintain a healthy weight / Watch out for TV zombies and soda monsters 

• Living smoke-free for you and your baby

• Loving discipline for children NEW! February 2008

• Never shake a baby 

• Parenting - raising your children well

• Right from the start : ABC's of good nutrition for young children 

• The risks of tobacco use : a message to parents and teens 

• Substance abuse prevention : what every parent needs to know 

• Talking with your teen about sex 

• Talking with your young child about sex 

• Teaching kids healthy eating

• Testing your teen for illicit drugs : information for parents 

• Tool kit for teen care : alcohol and other drug use

• Your baby's first weeks : caring for new baby and mom 

• Your child's mental health -- what every family should know

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Pregnancy & Reproduction

• An Inside Look at You, Your Developing Baby and a Healthy Pregnancy

• About gestational diabetes  

• Baby's first year : a calendar of tips for parents

• Birth control : choosing a method for preventing pregnancy

• Caring for your newborn

• Diagnostic testing for male factor infertility  

• Facts about alcohol and pregnancy

• Facts about drugs and pregnancy  

• Facts about smoking and pregnancy  

• Genetic counseling  

• Gestational diabetes  

• Healthy pregnancy for you : a calendar with tips

• Hi mom!

• Know the signs of preterm labor  

• Living smoke-free for you and your baby

• Postpartum depression : more than "the blues"

• Premature labor  

• Prenatal care for a healthy baby

• Smoking during pregnancy

• Understanding fertility problems : your options for treatment  

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Pulmonary

• About asthma in children

• An inside look at controlling COPD

• Asthma fact sheet

• Childhood asthma : treating asthma at school

• Facts about air pollution in your home

• Living life to the fullest with COPD 

• Stopping TB – treatment can’t wait

• Tuberculosis facts -- TB and HIV

• Tuberculosis -- TB can be cured

• Tuberculosis -- you can prevent TB

• Understanding COPD

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Senior's Health

• About injury prevention and older people  

• About paying for nursing home care

• Age page : getting your affairs in order 

• Age page : health quackery - spotting health scams 

• Age page : hearing loss 

• Age page : shingles 

• Age page : what's your aging IQ? 

• Age related macular degeneration : AMD  

• Eligibility guide: Medicaid for persons age 65 or over or disabled

• Your guide to choosing a nursing home

• What every woman should know about menopause

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Spanish

• Acerza de la tristeza

• Alimentacion sana con diabetes

• Artritis reumatoidea

• Buena salud de por vida 

• Controlando su dolor  

• Cuando usted no puede pagar para su propia medicina… 

• El cuidado personal de mama

• Curando el pesar 

• La diabetes y usted

• Diabetes – No es un dulce tema

• La dieta saludable por el corazon

• Examenes medicos importantes para conservar la buena salud de la mujer 

• Fibromialgia

• Mi cuerpo es mi tesoro 

• Necesita ayuda para pagar su medicina? Esta a su alcance.

• Los ninos y sus huesos : una guia para los padres 

• Lupus

• Para acabar con la tuberculosis 

• Podria usted esta a riesgo de tener diabetes?

• Que puedo comer  

• Respuestas sobre la artritis

• Sobre el escoger una residencia clinica

• Sobre hospicios

• Sobre la mamografia  

• Stroke risk scorecard - Spanigh language version

• Tengo artritis?

• Tengo lupus? 

• Teresa esta embarazada 

• Teresa presencia el milagro de la vida  

• Toda mujer

• Tome acido folico 

• Trate bien a su bebe antes de que nazca

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Don't take chances with HIV/AIDS 

• Facts about HIV and AIDS

• Genital HPV

• Herpes

• HIV Testing-get the facts

• HPV and Genital Warts NEW! February 2008

• Love bugs : sexually transmitted diseases  

• STDS : sexually transmitted diseases

• What everyone should know about STDs

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Tests & Procedures

• 10 tips for getting a mammogram

• About endoscopy

• About hysterectomy

• About kidney dialysis and transplants  

• About nuclear medicine

• About physical therapy

• About ultrasound

• Bone density testing - measuring your bone health

• Chemotherapy

• Colonoscopy : diagnosing problems of the lower digestive tract

• Colorectal cancer screening 

• Cortisone injections