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March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month

March is bleeding disorders awareness month! Join us in raising awareness for the cause. Bleeding disorders are medical conditions that complicate blood clotting. 400,000 people worldwide are living with bleeding disorders. The most common bleeding disorders are hemophilia A & B and Von...

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World Leprosy Day 2023: Join Us to Raise Awareness

World Leprosy Day is observed every year on the last Sunday in January. Leprosy is a rare, chronic disease that is caused by infection with the bacterium mycobacterium leprae. Over 20,000 people are diagnosed with leprosy every year. Leprosy is curable with medications. We observe world leprosy day...

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Glaucoma Awareness Month - Over 3 Million Affected...

January is Glaucoma Awareness month. Please join us in raising awareness! Glaucoma affects more than 3 million people in the United States. What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is a disease that can impair your vision permanently and can happen without warning signs. It can persist over time to where a...

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Think Pink This October During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month This month we take time to reflect, learn, and bring awareness to the disease that affects thousands of women across the United States. Unfortunately, breast cancer is all too common. One in every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer...

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Parents of Allergy Sufferers Create Food Safety App for Eating Out

It is unsettling and very unfortunate that approximately 3,000 people die each year from food poisoning while another 128,000 are hospitalized according to the Center for Disease Control. Furthermore, every three minutes a person is admitted to the Emergency Room due to some type of allergic...

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Why Fake Medical IDs Are Not Funny

Medical IDs are worn by many people with medical conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, autism, and food allergies. The intention is to alert first responders of their chronic illness, allergies, or medications even if they are not conscious enough, old enough, or too injured to explain. According...

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8 Tips for Happy and Healthy Aging

September is National Healthy Aging Month, a month to focus on the positive aspects of growing older and improving physical, mental and social well-being. Here are 8 tips for staying happy and healthy as you age! Get Active! Regular exercise is one of the best things you can do for both your...

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Will Allow Natural Death (AND) Replace DNR?

DNR or "Do Not Resuscitate" is the predominant and customary medical order in the United States. It has been put into law and adapted by many health care organizations. A DNR gives patients a choice that when the heart stops beating for any reason, physicians are instructed not to attempt to...

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As many of you may know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness of this terrible disease, educate on the importance of early detection and provide support for those affected. With the help of this campaign, there is now earlier detection, education...

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Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month – What is it?

June is Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month This June marks the fourteenth annual “Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month,” a nationwide movement created by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc. (MGFA) to raise awareness of the often misunderstood and under-diagnosed disease, Myasthenia Gravis...

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Is a Medical ID Tattoo Right for You?

Tattoos have been around for a very, very long time (We’re talking 2000 B.C.!). They have symbolized everything from tribal associations to coming of age, but one of the most recent trends is tattoos as a form of medical identification. By inking the universal medical symbol on their bodies,...

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Next Gen Troubles from Smoking Moms

Article posted on Daily Rx News on May 20, 2013Gestational diabetes and obesity risks higher in women exposed to tobacco in uteroSmoking is a known health hazard for pregnancies. But being exposed to smoke in utero may follow a baby girl into her own pregnancy when she grows up.A recent study...