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Provides links to information on the connection between human growth hormones and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and to support organizations and journal articles.?

Provides information on Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and NHPP's use of human growth hormones.

Trends in overweight, obesity, and severe obesity for children, adolescents, and adults.

Brian A. King, PhD1, Roshni Patel, MPH1, Stephen D. Babb, MPH1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

FASDs are 100% preventable if a woman does not drink alcohol during pregnancy. There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and no safe kind of alcohol.

Sara E. Luckhaupt, MD1, Geoffrey M. Calvert, MD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Preetha J. Iyengar, MD1, Joseph Wamala, MD2, Jeffrey Ratto, MPH3, Curtis Blanton, MS3, Mugagga Malimbo, MS2, Luswa Lukwago, PhD2, Steven Becknell, MPH4, Robert Downing, PhD4, Sudhir Bunga, MD3, James Sejvar, MD5, Issa Makumbi, MD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Jennie McKenney, MPH1, Rachel M. Smith, MD2, Tom M. Chiller, MD2, Roger Detels, PhD1, Audrey French, MD3, Joseph Margolick, MD4, Jeffrey D.

The true prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is unknown. The objective of this study was 1) to provide the most current GDM prevalence reported on the birth certificate and the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) questionnaire and 2) to compare GDM prevalence from PRAMS across 2007–2008 and 2009–2010.

This study examined patterns of use of flavored tobacco products in a nationally generalizable sample of Canadian students in grades 9 through 12 after the implementation of a national ban on certain flavored tobacco products.