Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: 2019

Saturday, June 15, 2019

Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: What is June Awareness Month for?Health and Wellne...

Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: What is June Awareness Month for?Health and Wellne...: What is June Awareness Month for? Health and Wellness. Since Father's Day falls in June, it makes sense that June also is Men&#...

What is June Awareness Month for?

Health and Wellness. Since Father's Day falls in June, it makes sense that June also is Men's Health Month, as well as International Men's Month. June also serves as the national month for Alzheimer's and brain awareness, aphasia awareness, cataract awareness, hernia awareness, migraine and headache awareness, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

Arts and Culture

African-American Music Appreciation Month is a good fit for June since June tenth falls on June 19 in recognition of slavery being abolished in Texas on that day in 1865. June also is National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. Other arts recognized with their own month in June include audiobooks, accordions, and bathroom reading, which might be one of the oddest topics to get its own month.

It's probably appropriate that Fireworks Safety Month is in June to prepare people for the Fourth of July.

Nature

Recognizing that the weather is getting warmer, June serves as Great Outdoors month and also is the national month for camping, gardening, roses, and rivers. Since not everything about warmer weather is pleasant, June also serves as Fight the Filthy Fly Month.

Home and Family

Children's Awareness Month falls in June, as does Student Safety Month and Potty Training Awareness Month. For four-legged (or no-legged) members of the family, the month also celebrates shelter-cat adoption and aquariums. But, remember, it's probably best to keep the cats away from the aquarium fish.

For family members who enjoy sports, June also is Sports America Kids Month and Women's Golf Month.

Business

Effective Communications Month falls in June and is a good topic for business professionals to revisit, as is Entrepreneurs Do It Yourself Marketing Month.

Miscellaneous

Flag Day falls on June 14 in the U.S., but all of June is National Flag Month. Other topics or issues recognized throughout the month include celibacy awareness, gay and lesbian pride, lane courtesy, hunger awareness, safety, smiling, and rebuilding your life.

Reference

https://www.thebalancecareers.com/calendar-of-national-awareness-month-celebrations-in-june-3514989

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

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#T2Diabetes Facts - @nycHealthy @NYCHealthCommr is spending less than $3M on diabetes prevention out of a budget of $1.6B. It is time to declare #DiabetesEmergency #DiabetesCrisis

#T2Diabetes Facts – NYC has seen a 55 percent increase in diabetes-related lower limb amputations since 2009. It is time to declare #DiabetesEmergency #DiabetesCrisis

Monday, January 14, 2019

Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: Cervical Cancer Health Month

Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: Cervical Cancer Health Month: he United States Congress designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month. Nearly 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with...

Cervical Cancer Health Month

he United States Congress designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month. Nearly 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, but the disease is virtually always preventable with vaccination and appropriate screening (Pap and HPV tests).

USPSTF Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations for Women at Average Risk

Cervical cancer screening should start at 21 years of age.
Women ages 21 to 29 years should have a Pap test every three years.
Women ages 30 to 65 years have the choice to get a Pap test every three years, a HR HPV test every five years, or a Pap test and HR HPV test every five years.

Women who are not having sex or who think they're too old to have a child should still have regular cervical cancer screenings. Women who have had the HPV vaccine still need regular screening.

Women can stop getting screened if they are older than 65 and have had normal Pap results for many years. Women who have had their cervix removed during surgery for a non-cancerous reason, such as fibroids, may not need screening.

Women should talk with their health care provider to decide what is best for them.

There are two screening tests that can help prevent cervical cancer or find it early:

Papanicolaou test (known as a Pap test or Pap Smear)
A Pap test looks for changes in cells taken from the cervix and sent to a lab to be looked at under a microscope. It is most often done during a routine pelvic exam. If the Pap test results show cells that are not normal and may become cancer, your health care provider will contact you for follow-up. There are many reasons why Pap test results might not be normal. It usually does not mean you have cancer.
High Risk (HR) Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test
The HR HPV test looks for the high-risk types of this virus that cause most cases of cervical cancer. The HPV test can be done at the same time as the Pap test using either the same sample of cells or a second sample taken right after the Pap test. A positive result for HR HPV means that you should be followed closely to make sure that abnormal cells do not develop. For more information on HPV and HPV vaccine visit:
http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/human_papillomavirus/

Many people confuse pelvic exams with Pap tests because they are usually done at the same time. The pelvic exam is part of a woman's regular health care. During this exam, the health care provider looks at and feels the reproductive organs. The pelvic exam may help find diseases of the female organs, but it will not find cancer of the cervix at an early stage. To do that, cervical cancer screening tests are needed.

Revised: October 2018

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