Recent and Featured CDC Podcasts
CDC Vital Signs-Heart Age
This podcast is based on the September 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. Your heart age is the age of your heart and blood vessels as a result of your risk factors for heart attack and stroke. If you smoke or have high blood pressure, your heart age will be much higher than your actual age. Learn what you can do to lower your heart age and keep it low. Created: 9/1/2015 by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Date Released: 9/1/2015.
CDC Signos Vitales-Edad del corazón (Heart Age)
Este podcast se basa en la edición de septiembre del 2015 del informe Signos Vitales de los CDC. La "edad del corazón" es la edad que tienen su corazón y vasos sanguíneos como resultado de sus factores de riesgo de ataque cardiaco y accidente cerebrovascular. Si usted fuma o tiene la presión arterial alta, la edad de su corazón será mucho mayor que su edad real. Sepa qué puede hacer para disminuir la edad de su corazón y mantenerla baja. Created: 9/1/2015 by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Date Released: 9/1/2015.
Heart Age PSA (:60)
This 60 second public service announcement is based on the September 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. Your heart age is the age of your heart and blood vessels as a result of your risk factors for heart attack and stroke. If you smoke or have high blood pressure, your heart age will be much higher than your actual age. Learn what you can do to lower your heart age and keep it low. Created: 9/1/2015 by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Date Released: 9/1/2015.
Food Environment, Diet, and Obesity Among LA County Adults
This podcast features Nelly Mejia, winner of the journal’s 2015 Student Research Paper Contest and PhD Candidate at the Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, California. Nelly discusses her winning paper, which examined the relationship between neighborhood food outlet locations and the diet and body mass index of adults living in Los Angeles County, California. Created: 8/31/2015 by Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Date Released: 8/31/2015.
Neurocysticercosis—a Parasitic Brain Infection
Dr. Seth O’Neal discusses his article on the economic burden of neurocysticercosis, which is a brain infection caused by Taenia solium larval cysts. Created: 8/20/2015 by National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID). Date Released: 8/20/2015.
Meningococcal Immunizations for Preteens and Teens
This podcast provides information about vaccine recommendations to help prevent meningococcal disease in preteens and teens. Created: 8/11/2015 by National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Bacterial Diseases (DBD), Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch (MVPDB). Date Released: 8/11/2015.
CDC Vital Signs-Communication Can Save Lives
This podcast is based on the August 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. Antibiotic-resistant germs cause at least 23,000 deaths each year. Learn how public health authorities and health care facilities can work together to save lives. Created: 8/4/2015 by National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID). Date Released: 8/4/2015.
Signos Vitales de los CDC-La comunicación puede salvar vidas (Communication Can Save Lives)
Este podcast se basa en la edición de agosto del 2015 del informe Signos Vitales de los CDC. Las bacterias resistentes a los antibióticos causan por lo menos 23 000 muertes anuales. Infórmese sobre cómo pueden las autoridades de salud pública y los establecimientos de atención médica colaborar para salvar vidas. Created: 8/4/2015 by National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID). Date Released: 8/4/2015.
Communication Can Save Lives PSA (:60)
This 60 second public service announcement (PSA) is based on the August 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. Antibiotic-resistant germs cause at least 23,000 deaths each year. Learn how public health authorities and health care facilities can work together to save lives. Created: 8/4/2015 by National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID). Date Released: 8/4/2015.
Keep Contacts Clean (A Minute of Health with CDC)
For millions of Americans, contact lenses are a popular alternative to glasses. If not properly worn and cared for, they can put wearers at risk for eye infections. This podcast discusses proper care for contact lenses. Created: 9/3/2015 by MMWR. Date Released: 9/3/2015.
Keep Contacts Clean (A Cup of Health with CDC)
For millions of Americans, contact lenses are an effective form of vision correction and a popular alternative to glasses. However, if not properly worn and cared for, they can put wearers at risk for eye infections. In this podcast, Dr. Jennifer Cope discusses the importance of proper contact lens care. Created: 9/3/2015 by MMWR. Date Released: 9/3/2015.
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