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I have decided to do this every month. I am going to list off a all of the Awareness Subjects for the month that we are in that I can find and list off some information about a few of them. Along with websites that you can go to learn more about an individual subject if you like.
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles.
There are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, unfortunately, 6.2 million people (or nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease.
www.diabetes.org
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It causes 30% of all cancer deaths and is the leading cancer killer among Caucasians, African-Americans, Asians and Hispanic males. Lung cancer will kill three times as many men as prostate cancer this year and nearly twice as many women as breast cancer this year.
Over 50% of new lung cancer cases will be diagnosed at a very late stage—Stage IIIb or IV— and only 5% of them will live for 5 years.
Myth: After you stop smoking, your lungs go back to normal in 10 years.
Truth: The lungs never go back to normal. Most former smokers remain at elevated risk.
Current smokers: 35-40% of new lung cancer cases
Former smokers: 50% of new lung cancer cases
Never smoked: 10-15% of new lung cancer cases
www.lungcanceralliance.org
Mission
Founded in 1980, the National Council For Adoption (NCFA) is a research, education, and advocacy organization whose mission is to promote the well-being of children, birthparents, and adoptive families by advocating for the positive option of adoption. NCFA is an adoption advocate and expert in the halls of power and the courts of public opinion, on behalf of all parties to adoption and its member adoption agencies around the country.
http://adoptioncouncil.org/index.html
Is a progressive and fatal brain disease. More than 5 million Americans now have Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. For more information, see Symptoms or Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.
www.alz.org
About NFCA
The National Family Caregivers Association educates, supports, empowers and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of diagnoses, relationships and life stages to help transform family caregivers' lives by removing barriers to health and well being.
NFCA's core Caring Every Day messages are:
Believe in Yourself.
Protect Your Health.
Reach Out for Help.
Speak Up for Your Rights.
www.thefamilycaregiver.org
What We Know and What We Don’t
Today more than 1,400 babies in the U.S. will be born prematurely. Many will be too small and too sick to go home. Instead, they face weeks or even months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). These babies face an increased risk of serious medical complications and death; however, most, eventually, will go home.
But what does the future hold for these babies? Many survivors grow up healthy; others aren’t so lucky. Even the best of care cannot always spare a premature baby from lasting disabilities such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation and learning problems, chronic lung disease, and vision and hearing problems. Half of all neurological disabilities in children are related to premature birth.
Although doctors have made tremendous advances in caring for babies born too small and too soon, we need to find out how to prevent these tragedies from happening in the first place. Despite decades of research, scientists have not yet developed effective ways to help prevent premature delivery. In fact, the rate of premature birth increased almost 30 percent between 1981 and 2004 (9.4 to 12.5 percent).
www.marchofdimes.com
Here are some more for the month of November.
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
www.preventblindness.org
Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes
www.apma.org
Jaw Joints – TMJ Awareness Month
www.tmj.org
National Healthy Skin Month
www.aad.org
National Hospice Palliative Care Month
www.nhpco.org
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
www.pancan.org
Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
www.phassociation.org
