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Teach the Grownups Well... About Children, Mental Health, and Loving Bees

Teach the Grownups Well About Children, Mental Health, and Loving Bees

May 6th, 2013

By Meredith Pond, Senior Writer

Harvard Medical School’s Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D., offers his thoughts on how to support a child's mental health and shares the remarkable story of a young man with autism. President Obama has proclaimed May 2013 as National Mental Health Awareness Month, and SAMHSA celebrates Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day on May 9 and throughout the year.

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Top 10 Tweets in 2010

December 27th, 2010

By Roseline Hooks, Interactive Communications Associate II

What do the White House, Digital Postal Mail, mobile texting, and social media guidelines have in common? They all are listed in our top 10 tweets from 2010 that you (and the people active online) clicked…

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Healthy People Embrace Technology

December 13th, 2010

By Sarah Morris

"Please turn on your phones, use the hashtag #HP2020, and start tweeting!" The man next to me diligently follows orders and tweets, "I'm at #HP2020 at GWU for Healthy People 2020 launch to hear Health goals for next 10 years." Kicking myself for not getting my free upgrade, I quickly hide my useless…

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two young girls using Nintendo Wii

21st Century Health: Video Games and Interactive Fitness

November 18th, 2010

By Derek Hidey, Interactive Communications Associate II

Since the release of the Nintendo Wii in 2006, exercise routines as a form of entertainment have grown in popularity. Granted, at-home workouts are nothing new, from the 1980s-style "beach" workouts involving big hair and one-piece swimsuits to modern DVD programs such as P90X. Without a doubt…

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Drug Facts Go Viral

November 8th, 2010

By Dana Payes

Today marks the first day of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA's) inaugural Health observance-National Drug Facts Week (NDFW). But that's not all. NDFW kicks off today with its CyberShoutout-an effort to unite thousands of people and organizations around the country by shattering…

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