After a slow summer, autumn brings us lots of health-related events in the form of awareness campaigns, observances as well as podcasts and webchats. Once again, I’ve compiled a list which I think might be interesting to out BOL readers.
EVENTS ABOUT CHILDREN’S HEALTH
October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Society
October is National Spina [...]
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In many parts of the world, including the US, September marks the month when kids start or go back to school. It is most appropriate that a lot of health observances in the month of September have something to do with children and family health. Below is a list I have compiled for Babies Online [...]
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What does the month of March have in store for us? Here is a list of events for March that might be of interest to Babies Online readers.
Health
March 1-8, 2009 National Sleep Awareness Week
March is Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
The third week of March is Poison Prevention Awareness Week
Food
March is National Nutrition Month
March [...]
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We are firm believers that when it comes to our health, fast food is the enemy. My family and I have lived in 2 European countries where burger chains are not necessarily found in every corner. My husband especially abhors anything that has to do with fast food and would only resort to going to [...]
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Thousands of children die of cancer every year. It is only appropriate that a month should be dedicated to increasing awareness of these diseases.
In the US, September is the month of Childhood Cancer Awareness. The objective of this initiative is “to spotlight childhood cancer and survivorship issues related to childhood cancer nationally.”
The organization CureSearch formed [...]
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