Category: Health Events

Eye Care Month, Ntl.: January

Monthly

National Eye Care Month is dedicated to safeguarding one of your most useful senses, your eyes. Steps you can take now to help insure your eyesight include: • Have a complete eye exam with glaucoma test e...

January

Family Fit Lifestyle Month: January

Monthly

The United States Department of Agriculture wishes to remind all families about the importance of eating healthy, avoiding canned and processed foods, and sitting down for family dinners. With globaliza...

January

Festival of Sleep Day: January 3

Daily

Now that Christmas is over and New Year's Eve is behind us, it is time to take a day (or a few hours) and get that well-deserved rest! Ergo the Festival of Sleep Day on January 3rd. Just before you have t...

January

Folic Acid Awareness Week, Ntl.: January 5...

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National Folic Acid Awareness Week is an awareness campaign by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Folic acid is a B-vitamin that is necessary for proper cell growth. If taken before and duri...

January

Glaucoma Awareness Month, Ntl.: January

Monthly

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month in the United States. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, according to the World Health Organization. It is an eye diseases that gradually...

January

Healthy Weight Week: January 19-25

Weekly

Healthy Weight Week urges people to educate themselves on not dieting, rather opting for a healthy lifestyle of sensible eating and an active lifestyle. Timed during the third week of January when many p...

January

HPV Awareness Week (US/CA): January 27-31

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Because this event first ran in 2019, we have no historical data to consult and the organizer has not set the 2020 date, this date is estimated. Members of American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), t...

January

Hugging Day, Ntl.: January 21

Daily

National Hugging Day is celebrated every year in January. It was created by Kevin Zaborney in 1986; Zaborney chose this day because he felt people are generally tired and with low spirits between the Chr...

January

Hypnotism Day, World: January 4

Daily

World Hypnotism Day acknowledges and spreads the word about the positive effects of hypnosis: weight control, self-control, stress management, dealing with anxiety and panic attacks, pain management, impr...

January

Keto Day, Ntl: January 5

Daily

First held in 2019, National Keto Day serves to educate the public on the benefits of a low carb, high protein diet. Throughout the week of this event, National Keto Day sponsor The Vitamin Shoppe® holds...

January

Leprosy Day, World: January 26

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World Leprosy Day takes place on the last Sunday in January. The day aims to raise awareness of a disease that many people believe extinct, when in fact around 210,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. T...

January

Life, Celebration of Life Day: January 22

Daily

Celebration of Life Day is a day set aside during Celebration of Life Month to focus specifically on the blessings brought to you by family, specifically children and grandchildren. The internet marks thi...

January

Manuary™ (CA/US/UK): January

Monthly

Established in 2010, Manuary™ is dedicated to raising funds to supporting cutting edge research and improving clinical care for patients suffering with head and neck cancer. Men are four times more likely...

January

March of Dimes Month (CA): January

Monthly

In Canada, January is also known as the March of Dimes Month. The March of Dimes is a 65+ year old tradition of fundraising for Canadians with physical disabilities. During January, many Canadians put...

January

Mauni Amavasya (H): January 24

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Mauni Amavas (Mauni Amavasya) commemorates of the birthday of Manu Rishi in the Hindu faith. Rituals include bathing in holy rivers to promote prosperity. A Maun (silent) Vrat is observed on this day to q...

January

Memento Mori (Mortality Day): January 3

Daily

This is not a fun holiday, but an important one. Memento Mori, or Mortality Day, is a day to remind us of our own mortality and the unavoidable fact that one day each and everyone of us will all die. It'...

January

Nanakusa (JP): January 7

Daily

Nanakusa is a Japanese tradition originating during the 600s AD. It features the seven herbs and vegetables given to the emperor at the time for their medicinal value: Aona, Chickweed, Cottonweed, Hotoke-...

January

New Year's Resolution Week: January 1-4

Weekly

Make resolutions for your success and glory during this week. Fill yourself with enthusiasm and energy. It is the opportunity to begin a new life and look forward with optimism. This week offers the per...

January

Non-Smoking Week, Ntl. (CA): January 19-25

Weekly

National Non-Smoking Week (NNSW) is one of the longest running initiatives in Canada’s ongoing public health education efforts. The week is designed to help those who want to quit smoking, quit. It is org...

January

Nurse & Midwife, Intl. Year of: 2020

Annual

For the first time in history, the nations of the world will unite in celebration of the benefits that nursing and midwifery in 2020, the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. ICN President Annette Kennedy sai...

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