• Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease - ADPH asks the public to be aware that cases of the contagious viral illness are more numerous and severe than normal in Alabama this winter.
  
  
• Establishment Closings - ADPH is now reporting closings of food service establishments and lodging and body art facilities online.
  
  
• Cancer Control Plan for 2011-2015 - The Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition has unveiled its five-year cancer control plan.
  
  
• April Tornadoes Telephone Survey - Were you in the path of a tornado on April 27, 2011? If yes, please help us understand better ways to prepare for future tornadoes to protect and save lives by participating in a telephone survey.
  
  
• Notifiable Disease Rules - ADPH has updated the Notifiable Disease Rules and launched an awareness campaign "DETECT, TEST and REPORT Notifiable Diseases" to all notifiable disease reporters.
  
  
• Flu Shots for State and Public Education Employees - Looking for a location to get your health screening or flu shot? State employees should visit the SEIB Wellness Schedule. Public Education employees should visit the ADPH Online Calendar.
  
  
• GAL (Get A [Healthy] Life) - The choices you make now can impact your health today, tomorrow and even the health of your children. Make the time to learn about choices you can make to achieve a healthier life.
  
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• Scale Back Alabama 2012 - The 10-week contest to encourage Alabamians to lose weight, to exercise and to have fun while doing it kicked off January 19.
  
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• Prepare for an emergency?
• Check restaurant scores?
• Apply for health insurance online?
• Order a birth/death/marriage certificate?
• Review health care facility deficiencies?
• Find a directory of health care facilities?
• Apply for WIC?
• Obtain free family planning services?
• Get help to quit smoking?
• Obtain home health services?
• Exchange meaningful use data?

Heart Disease Remains Alabama's Leading Killer of Women

Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of women age 20 and older, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year.

Cindy Haney of Millbrook could have been one of them. A 31-year-old registered nurse, Ms. Haney recently shared her story of fighting heart disease in order to make others, especially young adults and women, aware that coronary artery disease is not a respecter of age or gender and is the leading killer of men and women. Fortunately, Ms. Haney was able to receive needed care, has educated herself, and has modified her lifestyle to live with heart disease. Read her testimonial.

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