October 2013

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Oct

Reflecting on Bone & Joint Health National Awareness Week

Each year, Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week is held October 12-20. This annual global event is made up of a series of activities focused on disorders including arthritis, back pain, osteoporosis and trauma. The events and projects organized by individuals and organizations worldwide are designed to raise awareness of prevention, disease management and treatments, as well as advances

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14
Oct

October is Health Literacy Month

Each October, Health Literacy Month is observed in America. What is ‘health literacy’? It is the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions. Health Literacy Month is a time for organizations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information. Since its founding in 1999, thousands of awareness-raising events have

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1
Oct

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Each September, America calls attention to a deadly disease that affects thousands of women and their families across our country. National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month was created as a way of lending support to everyone touched by this disease, remembering those that have died and strengthening the effort to better prevent, detect, treat and ultimately defeat ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer

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