What’s on in August
July 31, 2009 by Raquel
Filed under HEALTHCARE
Here are some health events in August you might want to check out:
United States
- 1 August
National Minority Donor Awareness Day
National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program
Ambulatory Care Center
www.nationalmottep.org - 2nd week August
National Health Center Week
National Association of Community Health Centers
www.healthcenterweek.com/ - Cataract Awareness Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
www.aao.org/aaoesite/eyemd/cataract.cfm - Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
www.preventblindness.org - National Children’s Vision And Learning Month
College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)
www.covd.org - National Immunization Awareness Month
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/vaccines - Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
www.curesma.org - Psoriasis Awareness Month
National Psoriasis Foundation
www.psoriasis.org
Elsewhere - 3 to 9 August
National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week (Australia)
The Spastic Centre
www.thespasticcentre.org.au/ - 24 to 30 August
Gut Week (UK)
The Gut Trust
www.theguttrust.org/
Worldwide
- 1 to 7 August
World Breastfeeding Week
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
La Leche League International
www.llli.org - MedicAlert Awareness Month
Medic Alert
www.medicalert.org
Web Health Chats at Cleveland Clinic
- 4 Aug
Valve Disease
James Thomas, MD - 11 Aug
Endovascular Grafting – Latest Advances in Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
Matthew Eagleton, MD - 19 Aug
Pediatric Heart
Constantine Mavroudis, MD - 24 Aug
Ask the GYN
Linda Bradley, MD - 26 Aug
Childhood Cancer
Margaret Thompson, MD, PhD - 31 Aug
Multiple Sclerosis Symptom Management
For details: www.clevelandclinic.org/health/chatreg/
Also check out Charity Walks and Runs at Battling Heart Disease and Stroke
