November is recognized as National Epilepsy Awareness Month and the Epilepsy Foundation is promoting the theme, #StaySafeSide. This is a simple way to increase public awareness about the three Ss when someone suffers an epileptic seizure in your presence: Stay – with the person and time the seizure. Safe – Keep the person safe by …
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Our skin is our body’s largest organ. According to National Geographic, “Skin acts as a waterproof, insulating shield, guarding the body against extremes of temperature, damaging sunlight, and harmful chemicals. It also exudes antibacterial substances that prevent infection and manufactures vitamin D for converting calcium into healthy bones.” It is thus very important to take …
Each November, National Family Caregivers Month is celebrated across America to honor and recognize family caregivers who selflessly render care around the clock to family, friends, and loved ones who are sick, elderly, or disabled. The Caregivers Action Network (CAN), picks the theme for each year, and for 2019, the theme is, “Be Care Curious.” …
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Every year since 1983, November has been recognized in the United States as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. It is a wellness campaign to “raise awareness and challenge the stigma that surrounds dementia.” The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), states that Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia among the …
November is Diabetic Eye Disease Month when the focus this year is on diabetic retinopathy, “a condition involving chronic high blood sugar that damages the retina’s blood vessels,” according to the National Eye Institute. The International Diabetes Foundation reports that, “Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of vision loss in working-age adults (20-65 years). Approximately …