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On September 9, 2014, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Hospitalization for birth defects costs the U.S. over $2.6 billion annually. This cost is higher when including the financial and emotional impact of living with birth defects.

Quitting smoking is a critical step toward diabetes control. It is not known whether smoking rates in adults with diabetes are similar to rates among adults who do not have the disease or whether people with diabetes have increased motivation to quit.

Lung cancer screening with low-dose spiral CT scans has been shown to decrease the risk of dying from lung cancer in heavy smokers. Learn more about tests to detect lung cancer and their potential benefits and harms in this expert-reviewed summary.

Anxiety and distress are some of the many different emotions that patients may experience throughout their cancer illness, treatment, and beyond. Get detailed information about emotional and psychological distress, anxiety, and coping skills in this expert-reviewed information summary.

September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day

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Donatus U. Ekwueme, PhD1,2, K. Robin Yabroff, PhD2,3, Gery P.

Jonatan Konfino, MD1, Daniel Ferrante, MD1, Lucila Goldberg, MS1, Roberta Caixeta, DDS2, Krishna Mohan Palipudi, PhD3 (Author affiliations at end of text).