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May/June 2007
Volume 25/Issue 2

Health Observances -- May/June 2007


May 2007

American Stroke Month
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org

Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
www.aafa.org

Better Sleep Month
Better Sleep Council
www.bettersleep.org

Clean Air Month
American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org

Hepatitis Awareness Month
Hepatitis Foundation International
www.hepfi.org

Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Foundation
www.lyme.org

Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
American Academy of Dermatology
www.aad.org

Mental Health Month
Mental Health America
www.nmha.org

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month
International MCS Awareness
www.nettally.com/prusty/mcs.htm

National Bike Month
League of American Bicyclists
www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth

National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
American Celiac Disease Alliance
americanceliac.org

National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Center
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhbpep_kit/

National Neurofibromatosis Month
Children's Tumor Foundation
www.ctf.org

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Osteoporosis Foundation
www.nof.org

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
President´s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
www.fitness.gov

National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Advocates for Youth
www.advocatesforyouth.org

Sturge-Weber Awareness Month
The Sturge-Weber Foundation
www.sturge-weber.com

Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
www.tsalliance.org

Ultraviolet Awareness Month
Prevent Blindness America
www.preventblindness.org

 

 


June 2007

Fireworks Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
www.preventblindness.org

Home Safety Month
Home Safety Council
www.homesafetycouncil.org/homesafetymonth

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc.
www.myasthenia.org

National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Aphasia Association
www.aphasia.org

National Scleroderma Awareness Month
Scleroderma Foundation
www.scleroderma.org

Vision Research Month
Prevent Blindness America
www.preventblindness.org

Source: 2007 National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/library/nho/nho.asp?year=2007

 

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