Awareness

In recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day, HHS announced it is awarding $79.1 million in overdose prevention grants as a part of President Joe Biden’s National Drug Control Strategy.

The Skin Cancer Foundation reports that skin cancer is more prevalent in the U.S. than all other cancers combined, with more than 9,500 Americans diagnosed and more than two reported deaths every day.

DENVER — A leader must first have personal awareness before taking action during a crisis, according to the keynote speaker here at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America annual conference.

March is Autoimmune Awareness Month, and rheumatology organizations have been using their reach and influence on social media sites to spread the word and help patients with autoimmune diseases find community.

The 20th annual National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week is being recognized from March 21 to 25.

Today is Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, which serves as a reminder that while many advancements have been made in the treatment of heart valve disease, not all patients have been able to take advantage of them.

A global healthy lifestyle intervention initiated in preschool settings was associated with improved health knowledge, attitude and habits and could potentially reduce CVD risk across the life span, data from a 10-year review show.

Increasing diagnoses of paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes in the U.S. correlates to heightened awareness by physicians as well as greater testing availability, according to a population-based epidemiology study published in Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.

Increased awareness is needed to mitigate burden fatty liver disease and modifiable risk factors among adolescents and young adults, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

Eighty percent of respondents in a large-scale worldwide survey indicated that they view an eye exam as important for their overall health, but less than half said they get one each year.