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Each year, the American Cancer Society marks the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday of November by encouraging smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or a plan in advance and quit smoking by that date. By quitting – even for one day – smokers will be taking an important step toward a healthier lifestyle.

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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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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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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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Each September, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is observed in an effort to remember those lost to prostate cancer, offer support to patients and their families, and highlight the health community’s commitment to better prevention, detection and treatment methods. Among American men prostate cancer is both the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer deaths, although when

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As we age, it is inevitable that our bodies will not have the same spring in our step – literally. About 21 million American adults have osteoarthritis – the wear and tear condition that causes achy joints and may eventually lead to pain during the simple task of getting up from the sofa. Depending on risk factors, joint pain can

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As terrible of a thought that it is for any parent to consider, the fact is that each year hundreds of thousands of children go missing. Many of these children are quickly reunited with their parents – such as a child getting separated from her parents at a fair or a toddler wandering off in the mall. However, it is

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Most parents are understandably concerned about the health and well-being of their children. While most childhood illnesses are common – rash, fever, runny nose – and will run their course and typically do not need medical intervention, there are some symptoms that should not be ignored and require immediate medical attention. If such action is needed outside your pediatrician’s regular

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Keep safe this Fourth of July!

Concussions are very serious and can happen when the brain is moved around in the skull.

Often described as an art and a science, it is no wonder Americans think so highly of nurses.