Thursday, May 29, 2014

May is a month rich in heath awareness topics

The month of May is rich with a vast many health awareness topics...see the list below and visit each site to become more knowledgeable concerning some of them. For the remainder of the week I will touch on those which I have a special interest in.

Mental Health Month
For more information visit the National Mental Health Association and National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
www.nmha.org


Children's Mental Health Awareness Week 6-12
For more information visit the National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

Arthritis Awareness Month
For more information visit the Arthritis Foundation
www.arthritis.org

May - Lyme Disease Awareness Month
For more information visit the Lyme Disease Foundation
www.lyme.org

Hearing and Speech Month
For more information visit the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Healthy Vision Month
For more information visit the National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov/healthyvisionmonth

May - National Neurofibromatosis Month
For more information visit the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation
www.ctf.org

Lupus Awareness Month
For more information visit the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

Hepatitis Awareness Month
For more information visit the Hepatitis Foundation International

National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Celiac Disease Alliance
www.americanceliac.org

May - National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
For more information visit the National Osteoporosis Foundation
www.nof.org

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 18
For more information visit the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division of AIDS
www.niaid.nih.gov/news/events/hvad/Pages/default.aspx

May - National Trauma Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Trauma Society
www.amtrauma.org

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
For more information visit the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
www.fitness.gov

May - Skin Cancer Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
 
National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation

May - Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
For more information visit the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
www.aafa.org
 
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
For more information visit the Prevent Blindness America

May - National High Blood Pressure Education Month
For more information visit the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Center
www.nhlbi.nih.gov

May - Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
For more information visit the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
www.tsalliance.org

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