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Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.

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Introduction

Health Calendar

Important Health Days
Date January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • American Heart Month
  • Reproductive Health Awareness Month
  • Environmental Health Awareness Month
  • National Cancer Prevention Month
  • AMD*/Low Vision Awareness Month
  • Health Awareness Month
  • IBS* Awareness Month
  • National Autism Awareness Month
  • Oral Cancer Awareness Month
  • STI Awareness Month
  • Stress Awareness Month
  • Mental Illness Awareness Month
  • Int. Group B Strep Awareness Month
  • BMSC Donation & Leukemia Awareness Month (August 15-OCtober 15)
  • Organ Donor Month
  • Women’s Health Month
  • Children’s Health Month
  • National Breastfeeding Month
  • National Immunization Awareness Month
  • Int. AIDS Awareness Month
  • Skin Cancer Awareness Month (Dec 1 to January 31)
1.
  • Aplastic Anemia and MDS Week (1-6)
  • World Breastfeeding Week (1-7)
  • National Asthma Awareness Week (Australia 1-7)
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3.
  • Sleep Awarness Week (Australia 3-9)
4.
  • Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week (4-10)
  • Women’s Health Week (Australia 4-8)
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6.
  • Burns Awareness Week (6-12)
  • Polio Awareness Week
  • Dental Health Week (Australia 6-12)
  • National Health and Physical education Day (Australia)
  • National Malaria Day (South Africa)
7.
  • Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (7-14)
  • World Health Day
8.
9.
10.
  • STI‘s Week (10-16 for 2017)
  • World Mental Health Day
  • World NET* Cancer Day
11.
12.
  • National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (12-18)
13.
  • CdLS* Day
14.
  • National Alcohol and other Drug-related Birth Defect Week (14-20)
15.
16.
  • Hae* Day
17.
18.
  • World AIDS Vaccine Day
19.
20.
  • World Head Injury Awareness Day
  • GERD* Awareness Week (20-26)
21.
22.
  • Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day
  • ADA 78th Scientific Sessions – American Diabetes Association

(22-26 June 2018)

“Dr. Gibson has asked to remind him before the Session”

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24.
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26.
  • Heat Safety Awareness Day
27.
  • National HIV Testing Day
  • National Women’s Health Day
28.
  • American Diabetes Association Alert Day (every 4th Tuesday in March)
  • World Stroke Week (10-28 to 11-03)
29.
30. World Leprosy Eradication Day
31.
Abbreviations:

*ADHD: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

*AMD: Age related macular degeneration

*AIDS: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

*CdLS: Cornelia de Lange syndrome

*GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease

*Hae: Heriditary angioedema

*Int: International

*IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome

*ITP: Immune thrombocytopenia

*ME/CSF: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic fatigue syndrome

*MS: Multiple sclerosis

*MDS: Myelodysplastic syndrome

*NET: Neuroendocrine tumor

*SIDS: Sudden infant death syndrome

*STI: Sexually transmitted infections

*TB: Tuberculosis

Editor-In-Chief:
C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2]