CDC Vital Minute
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
CDC Vital Signs-Colorectal Cancer
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the March 2020 CDC Vital Signs report. Colorectal cancer is the number two cancer killer of men and women in the United State...
CDC Signos Vitales - Cáncer colorrectal
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Este pódcast se basa en la edición de marzo del 2020 del informe Signos Vitales de los CDC. El cáncer colorrectal es la segunda causa de muerte por...
CDC Vital Signs-Tobacco Product Use by Youth
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the February 2019 CDC Vital Signs report. Alarmingly, tobacco product use among middle and high school students in the U.S. i...
CDC Vital Signs-Million Hearts
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the September 2018 CDC Vital Signs report. Heart disease and stroke are preventable but are the leading causes of death, disa...
CDC Vital Signs-Zika in Babies in U.S. Territories
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the August 2018 CDC Vital Signs report. Zika during pregnancy can cause severe health problems in babies, such as birth defec...
CDC Vital Signs-Opioid Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the March 2018 CDC Vital Signs report. Opioid overdoses continue to increase in the United States. Learn what can be done to ...
CDC Vital Signs-Safe Sleep for Babies
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the January 2018 CDC Vital Signs report. Every year, there are about 3,500 sleep-related deaths among U.S. babies. Learn how ...
CDC Vital Signs-Cancer and Obesity
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the October 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. Obesity is a leading cancer risk factor. Unfortunately, two out of three U.S. adults...
CDC Vital Signs-Preventing Stroke Deaths
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the September 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. Each year, more than 140,000 people die and many survivors face disability. Eighty...
CDC Vital Signs-Opioid Prescribing
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the July 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. Higher opioid prescribing puts patients at risk for addiction and overdose. Learn what ...
CDC Vital Signs-Legionnaires' Disease
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the June 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. Legionnaires' disease is a serious, often deadly lung infection. People most commonly g...
CDC Vital Signs-African American Health
02 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the May 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. The life expectancy of African Americans has improved, but it's still an average of four...
CDC Vital Signs-Zika Virus: Protecting Pregnant Women and Babies
04 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the April 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause serious birth defects. Learn how to pr...
CDC Vital Signs-Arthritis in America
10 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the March 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. Many adults in the United States have arthritis. Learn how to reduce the pain of arthr...
CDC Vital Signs-Too Loud for Too Long!
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the February 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. Being around too much loud noise-like a leaf blower or rock concert-can cause perma...
CDC Vital Signs–Native Americans With Diabetes
10 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the January 2017 CDC Vital Signs report. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure and Native Americans have a greater ...
CDC Vital Signs–Blood Pressure Medicines Don’t Work If People Don’t Take Them
13 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Blood pressure medicines don’t work if people don’t take them. Learn how health care systems can work with patients to make taking medicines easie...
CDC Vital Signs–Think Sepsis. Time Matters.
23 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the August 2016 CDC Vital Signs report. Sepsis is a medical emergency and can happen quickly. Learn the signs of sepsis and h...
CDC Vital Signs-ADHD in Young Children: What You Should Know
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the May 2016 CDC Vital Signs report. For children ages two to five who have ADHD, behavior therapy is recommended before pres...
CDC Vital Signs-Zika and Pregnancy: What You Should Know
01 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the April 2016 CDC Vital Signs report. A pregnant woman who is infected with Zika virus can pass it to her fetus which is lin...
CDC Vital Signs-Protect Patients from Antibiotic Resistance
03 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the March 2016 CDC Vital Signs report. Patients can get serious healthcare-associated infections, or HAIs, while receiving me...
CDC Vital Signs-Alcohol and Pregnancy: Why Take the Risk?
02 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the February 2016 CDC Vital Signs report. More than three million women in the U.S. are at risk for exposing their developing...
CDC Vital Signs-E-cigarette Ads and Youth
05 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the January 2016 CDC Vital Signs report. Most electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, contain nicotine, which is highly addic...
CDC Vital Signs-Safer Food Saves Lives
03 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the November 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. Contaminated food sent to several states can cause multistate outbreaks of foodborn...
CDC Vital Signs-Hospital Actions Affect Breastfeeding
06 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the October 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. Hospitals can implement the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding to be designated a...
CDC Vital Signs-Communication Can Save Lives
04 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
CDC Vital Signs-Hispanic Health
05 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the May 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. About one in six people living in the U.S. are Hispanic. The two leading causes of death...
Vital Signs-Trucker Safety
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the March 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. In 2012 in the United States, about 317,000 motor vehicle crashes involved a large tru...
Vital Signs-Secondhand Smoke
03 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the February 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. Secondhand smoke kills more than 400 infants and 41,000 adult nonsmokers every year...
Vital Signs-Alcohol Poisoning Deaths
06 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the January 2015 CDC Vital Signs report. In the United States, an average of six people die every day from alcohol poisoning....
Vital Signs-Cervical Cancer is Preventable!
05 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the November 2014 CDC Vital Signs report. Every visit to a doctor or nurse is an opportunity to prevent cervical cancer. Wome...
Vital Signs-Children Need More Fruits and Vegetables!
05 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the August 2014 CDC Vital Signs report. Children in the U.S. aren't eating enough fruits and vegetables. Learn what you can d...
Vital Signs-Preventing Norovirus Outbreaks
03 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the June 2014 CDC Vital Signs report. Norovirus infects about 20 million Americans each year. Learn how to protect yourself a...
Vital Signs - Antibiotic RX in Hospitals: Proceed with Caution
04 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the March 2014 CDC Vital Signs report. Antibiotics save lives, but poor prescribing practices can put patients at risk for he...
Vital Signs – Alcohol Screening and Counseling?
07 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the January 2014 CDC Vital Signs report. Millions of Americans drink too much, a dangerous behavior that can lead to serious ...
Vital Signs – Have You Been Tested for Colorectal Cancer?
05 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the November 2013 CDC Vital Signs report. Colorectal cancer screening saves lives, but only if you get tested. If you’re be...
Vital Signs – When Food Bites Back
04 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the June 2013 CDC Vital Signs report. It discusses food poisoning and specifically, Listeria. If you're 65 or older, have a w...
Vital Signs – Making Health Care Safer
05 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the March 2013 CDC Vital Signs report, which discusses lethal infections from carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE...
Vital Signs – Binge Drinking Among Women and Girls
08 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the January 2013 CDC Vital Signs report, which presents information about binge drinking among women and girls. Binge drinkin...
Vital Signs – Defeating Breast Cancer
12 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the November 2012 CDC Vital Signs report. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the Unite...
More Adults Are Walking
07 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the August 2012 CDC Vital Signs report. While more adults are walking, only half get the recommended amount of physical activ...
Stop C. difficile Infections
06 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the March 2012 CDC Vital Signs report. C. difficile is a germ that causes diarrhea linked to 14,000 deaths in the US each yea...
Colorectal Cancer - What You Need to Know
05 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the July, 2011 CDC Vital Signs report. Colorectal cancer kills about 50,000 men and women every year. Screening can save live...
Making Food Safer to Eat - What You Need to Know
07 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the June, 2011 CDC Vital Signs report. One in six Americans gets sick from eating contaminated food each year. To reduce your...
Asthma – What You Need to Know
03 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the May, 2011 CDC Vital Signs report. Children and adults can have asthma and attacks can be frightening. To help control ast...
Patients with Central Lines — What You Need to Know to Avoid a Bloodstream Infection
01 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the March, 2011 CDC Vital Signs report which indicates bloodstream infections in patients with central lines are largely prev...
Cancer – What You <i>Don't Know</i> Can Kill You
23 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on the July, 2010 CDC Vital Signs report which provides information on colorectal and breast cancer screening and the importance...