Archive for the ‘Awareness’ Category
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you might recall our article, Launching a Staff Wellness Program, posted last spring. Relatively few medical practices sponsor organized wellness initiatives aimed at employees, though many do have small groups within the office who support one another to lose weight, exercise more, ...
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
If you’re old enough – say, 50ish or beyond – you probably remember a time when women who had breast cancer were very “hush hush” about their illness and treatment. People would whisper about this friend or that family member having cancer, but speaking about it openly simply wasn’t done. ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, which creates mixed emotions for me. I believe everyone has the right to smoke if that's what they choose to do. I, however, would have loved to spend my childhood and adulthood with my grandmother, who died from lung cancer when I was 3. ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Did you know that November is Healthy Skin Month? To spread healthy skin awareness, I've compiled advice from four medical experts on how to treat and protect your skin.
Don't smoke. "Quit smoking or, better yet, don't even start! More and more young people are smoking and doing so to relieve ...
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
We can't avoid aging (at least not yet), so why not work with aging to make it a positive and healthy experience? That's the idea behind Healthy Aging Month, created 10 years ago by Educational Television Network and now promoted by healthyaging.net. This month is about inspiring and motivating older ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
What are you going to do for International Massage Week? Get a massage? That's what I'm doing!
According to HealthWord Online, this week was designed to raise awareness of the benefits of therapeutic massage, and to encourage individuals to care for their health through massage.
I love getting massages and have ...
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