Every September, we recognize National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness month to increase public knowledge about Sickle Cell disease (SCD). SCD is the most common inherited blood disorder; an estimated 72,000 Americans live with SCD, and approximately two million Americans, including one in 12 African Americans, carry the Sickle Cell Trait.
awareness monthStatement by Secretary Sebelius on National Sickle Cell Disease ...HHS News and Events Wed, 09/21/2011 - 23:01
Statement from Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, R...HHS News and Events Wed, 05/19/2010 - 09:00
Honoring Hepatitis Awareness Month in May and marking World Hepatitis Awareness Day on May 19 are critical ways to raise awareness and understanding about the global burden of viral hepatitis. Liver Awareness MonthThe DSIB Blog Wed, 10/01/2008 - 13:23
(Liver, Gray's Anatomy, 1918)
Our friend James Gormley has a new article up at the American Chronicle which shines all kinds of education on the liver, kicking Liver Awareness Month off properly on this first of the month. |
