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HEALTHY YOU CALENDAR
Doctors’ offices are open and abiding by COVID-19 safety protocols. Now is the time to get screenings and appointments scheduled. Here are some dates to remember.
MARCH
• Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
• Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
• National Endometriosis Awareness Month, National Kidney Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Traumatic Brain
Injury Awareness Month
• Save Your Vision Month
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 11: World Kidney Day March 14-20: National Sleep
Awareness Week
March 15-21: Brain Awareness Week
APRIL
• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Awareness Month
• National Autism Awareness Month
• National Cancer Control Month
• National Donate Life Month
• National Minority
Health Month
• National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
• Oral Cancer Awareness Month
• Parkinson’s Awareness Month
• Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 7: World Health Day 2021
April 17: World Hemophilia Day
April 22-28: World Immunization Week
MAY
• Arthritis Awareness Month • Hepatitis Awareness Month • Lupus Awareness Month
• Mental Health Month
• National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
• National Nurses Month
• National Osteoporosis Month
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
• National Stroke Awareness Month
• Skin Cancer Prevention Month
May 2-8: National Hospital Week
May 4: World Asthma Day May 6: National School
Nurse Day
May 6-12: National Nurses Week
May 10-16: National Women’s Health Week
JUNE
• Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
• Cataract Awareness Month
• Men’s Health Month • National Scleroderma
Awareness Month
• PTSD Awareness Month
• Scoliosis Awareness Month
June 6: National Cancer Survivors Day
June 8: World Brain Tumor Day June 14-20: Men’s Health Week
June 19: World Sickle Cell Day
JULY
• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• Sarcoma Awareness Month July 28: World Hepatitis Day
AUGUST
• National Breastfeeding Month • Psoriasis Action Month
• Summer Sun Safety Month
Aug. 1: World Lung Cancer Day Aug. 1-7: World
Breastfeeding Week
SEPTEMBER
• Blood Cancer Awareness Month
• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• National Sickle Cell Month • Ovarian Cancer
Awareness Month
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Sept. 4: World Sexual Health Day
Sept. 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
Sept. 13-17: National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
OCTOBER
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Dental Hygiene Month
• National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
• SIDS Awareness Month
Oct. 3-9: Mental Illness Awareness Week
Oct. 10: World Mental Health Day
Oct. 11: International Day of the Girl
Oct. 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
NOVEMBER
• American Diabetes Month • Bladder Health Month
• COPD Awareness Month • Lung Cancer
Awareness Month
• National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
• National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Nov. 1-7: National Diabetes Education Week
Nov. 7-13: National Nurse Practitioner Week
Nov. 14: World Diabetes Day Nov. 19: Great
American Smokeout
Nov. 23-29: GERD Awareness Week
DECEMBER
• National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Dec. 1: World AIDS Day
Dec. 6-12: National Influenza Vaccination Week
JANUARY
• Thyroid Awareness Month • National Glaucoma
Awareness Month
• National Birth Defects Prevention Month
• Cervical Health Awareness Month
FEBRUARY
• American Heart Month
• National Children’s Dental Health Month
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