Listed below are links to H4H News Flash Items:

   • DS3 Eases Red Tape for Vets

      www.armyds3.org

      Support Program Helps Disabled Soldiers to Drive On The Army
      has established a new support program to ensure that severely wounded
      Soldiers don't get lost between the cracks or tangled in government
      red tape once they are medically discharged from service. The Disabled
      Soldier Support System, or DS3, was to be launched officially April 30 but
      pentagon officials quietly have been phasing in the program for the past
      several months.


   • DoD Health Officials Concerned Over Military Suicides

      http://www.hooah4health.com/new/2004newsflash/militarysuicides.htm

      WASHINGTON, April 15, 2004 -- The number of suicides in Iraq has
      the full attention of Defense Department health officials, who are
      asking Soldiers suffering from combat related stress to seek
      medical assistance.


   • HHS Launches Overweight Strategies

      http://www.hooah4health.com/new/2004newsflash/overweightstrategies.htm

      With poor diet and physical inactivity poised to become the leading preventable
      cause of death in America, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson on March 9 renewed efforts
      against obesity and overweight, announcing a new national education campaign and a new
      research strategy at HHS' National Institutes of Health (NIH).


   • Potential Dangers and Guidance Regarding Dietary Supplements and
      Performance Enhancing Aids

      http://www.hooah4health.com/new/2004newsflash/dietarysupp.htm

      Soldier health and physical fitness are top priorities for the army.
      Therefore, Soldiers need to make informed decisions about the appropriate
      use of dietary supplements. Dietary supplements include herbal preparations,
      vitamin and mineral supplements, amino acids, protein powders, and various
      animal products (e.g., gland and tissue extracts, bee products).


   • New Temporary Health Benefits for Reserves Announced

      http://www.hooah4health.com/new/2004newsflash/newhealthbenefits.htm

      12 February, 2004
      The Department of Defense announced today that it will implement the "2004
      Temporary Reserve Health Benefit Program" for certain eligible Reserve
      Component sponsors and their Family members.


   • Ricin in the news again, following discovery of envelope containing
      ricin powder in Senator Bill Frist's mail

      http://www.hooah4health.com/new/2004newsflash/ricin.htm

      Dec. 30, 2003
      This highly toxic, plant-based substance is considered to be a prime candidate for
      use as a chem./bio terrorist weapon. Interestingly, the parents and grandparents
      of many baby-boomers probably routinely used a derivative of this
      same plant - castor oil! We've compiled a fact sheet about ricin and the castor
      bean plant from information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


   • FDA Announces Plans to Prohibit Sales of Dietary Supplements
      Containing Ephedra

      http://www.hooah4health.com/new/2003newsflash/ephedra_ban.htm

      Dec. 30, 2003
      FDA issued a consumer alert on the safety of dietary supplements containing ephedra.
      The alert advised consumers to immediately stop buying and using ephedra products.


   • Severe Pneumonia Cases Cease Among Service Members in Southwest Asia

      http://www.hooah4health.com/new/2003newsflash/pneumonia_ceases.htm

      WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2003
      By Gerry J. Gilmore - American Forces Press Service