Health calendar: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:59, 13 June 2017

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

Health Calendar

**Important Health Days**
Date	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
	National Glaucoma Awareness Month Thyroid Awareness Month Cervical Health Awareness Month National Birth Defects Prevention Month	American Heart Month Reproductive Health Awareness Month Environmental Health Awareness Month National Cancer Prevention Month AMD*/Low Vision Awareness Month	TB* Awareness Month Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month National Colon/Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month National Endometriosis Awareness Month National Kidney Month Trisomy Awareness Month Hemophilia Awareness Month	Health Awareness Month IBS* Awareness Month National Autism Awareness Month Oral Cancer Awareness Month STI Awareness Month Stress Awareness Month	Int. MS Month Burns Awareness Month Arthritis Awareness Month Hepatitis Awareness Month National Stroke Awareness Month Huntington's Disease Awareness Month Lupus Awareness Month National High Blood Pressure Education Month National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Month (Also December)	Men's Health Month World Blood Donor Month Myasthenia Gravis Month Alzheimer's Awareness Month Cataract Awareness Month National Aphasia Awareness Month National Congenital CMV Awareness Month National Scleroderma Awareness Month Migraine and Headache Awareness Month Bowel Cancer Awareness Month (Australia)	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	World Alzheimer's Month Cervical Cancer Awareness Month Int. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month National ITP* Awareness Month Head Lice Prevention Month National Sickle Cell Month Sepsis Awareness Month WorldAlzheimer's Month Migraine Awareness Week (varies)	ADHD Awareness Month Breast Cancer Awareness Month Mental Health Awareness Month Nation Down Syndrome Month SIDS* Month National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month National Spina Bifida Awareness Month Defibrillator Awareness Month (Australia) Polio Awareness Month (Australia) Lupus Awareness Month (Australia)	American Diabetes Month Bladder Health Month COPD Awareness Month Diabetic Eye Disease Month Lung Cancer Awareness Month National Alzheimer's Awareness Month Stomach Cancer Awareness Month National Epilepsy Awareness Month Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Prematurity Awareness Month ALPHA-1 Awareness Month (Australia) Lung Health Awareness Month (Australia)	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)			World AIDS* Day
2.				World Autism Awareness Day World Allergy Week (2-8 April)	World Asthma Day						Malaria Week (South Africa 2-6)
3.			World Hearing Day			World Heart Rhythm Week (3-9)	Sleep Awarness Week (Australia 3-9)		Cardiomyopathy Awareness Week (Australia 3-10)
4.		World Cancer Day							Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week (4-10) Women's Health Week (Australia 4-8)			National Influenza Vaccination Week (4-11)
5.
6.					Burns Awareness Week (6-12)			Polio Awareness Week Dental Health Week (Australia 6-12)	National Health and Physical education Day (Australia)	World Cerebral Palsy Day National [[[Depression]] Screening Day	National Malaria Day (South Africa)
7.		Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (7-14)		World Health Day	Pneumonia Awareness Week (Australia 7-13)			Haemochromatosis Awareness Week (Australia 7-13)
8.		Pregnancy Awareness Week (8-14)			National Amyloidosis Day World Red Cross Day World Thalasemia Day	World Brain Tumor Day				Haemophilia Awareness Week (australia 8-14)
9.			World Kidney Day						Int. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
10.		STI's Week (10-16 for 2017)			World Lupus Day				Int. Gynecological Health Day Suicide Prevention Week (10-16)	World Mental Health Day	World NET* Cancer Day
11.									National Headache and Migraine week (Australia 11-17)
12.		National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (12-18)	World Glaucoma Week (12-18)		International ME/CFS* and Immune Dysfunction Syndromes Day National Neuropathy Awareness Week (12-16)					World Arthritis Day World Sight Day (12 or 13)	World Pneumonia Day
13.		Int. Epilepsy Day			CdLS* Day	Int. Albinism Awareness Day			National Celiac Disease Awareness Day	Metastatic Breast Cancer Day
14.					National Alcohol and other Drug-related Birth Defect Week (14-20)	World Blood Donor Day			*ADHD Day (Africa)**		World Diabetes Day
15.		International Childhood Cancer Day World Cholangiocarcinoma Day								Int. Infection Prevention Week (15-21)	World COPD Day
16.			Measles Immunization Day		Hae* Day					World Spine Day	World Pancreatic Cancer Day
17.				World Hemophilia Day	World Hypertension Day					World Trauma Day
18.					World AIDS Vaccine Day	World Sickle Cell Day (18 or 19)			Malnutrition Awareness Week (18-22)
19.	World Leprosy Day			World Liver Day					World Retina Week		National Skin Cancer Week (Australia 19-25)
20.			World Head Injury Awareness Day		World Autoimmune/ Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day					World Osteoporosis Day Int. Down Syndrome Day	GERD* Awareness Week (20-26)
21.			World Down Syndrome Day		Macular Degenration Awareness Week (Australia 21-27)				World Alzheimer's Day
22.		National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day	Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day	World Primary Immunodeficiency Week (22-29) National Infant Immunization Week (Varies-End of April)						Int. Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (22-28 Varies) Respiratory Care Week
23.
24.			World Tuberculosis Day	World Meningitis Day World Immunization Week (24-30)						World Polio Day
25.				World Malaria Day
26.					Heat Safety Awareness Day				World Retina Day World Contraception Day World Environmental Health Day
27.						National HIV Testing Day			National Women's Health Day
28.			American Diabetes Association Alert Day (every 4th Tuesday in March) "Remind Dr. Gibson about 2018 Diabetes Association day!"				World Hepatitis Day		World Rabies Day	World Stroke Week (10-28 to 11-03)
29.									World Heart Day	World Stroke Day World Psoriasis Day
30.	World Leprosy Eradication Day
31.					World No Tobacco Day

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

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 __NOTOC__
 {{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{USAMA}}
@@ Line 7: / Line 8: @@
 |+ align="center" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''Important Health Days'''
 |-
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|Date}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Date}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|January}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|January}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|February}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|February}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|March}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|March}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|April}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|April}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|May}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|May}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|June}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|June}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|July}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|July}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|August}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|August}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|September}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|September}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|October}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|October}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|November}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|November}}
-! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;"| {{fontcolor|#FFF|December}}
+! style="width: 200px; background: #4479BA; text-align: center;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|December}}
 |-
 | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px;" |
@@ Line 531: / Line 532: @@
 | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |
 * Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day
-* American [[Diabetes]] Alert Day
 | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px;" |
 * World [[Primary immunodeficiency|Primary Immunodeficiency]] Week (22-29)
@@ Line 637: / Line 637: @@
 | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px;" |
 | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |
-* American [[Diabetes]] Association Alert Day
+* American [[Diabetes]] Association Alert Day (every 4th Tuesday in March)
+'''''"Remind Dr. Gibson about 2018 Diabetes Association day!"'''''
 | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px;" |
 | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |
@@ Line 701: / Line 703: @@
 |-
 |}
 <small><small>

Health calendar: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:59, 13 June 2017

Health Calendar

Abbreviations:

Navigation menu