Now that Blogger is working again(!), a rundown of health observances set for February 2006:
National Heart Month: Are you at an increased risk of having a heart attack? - Quiz from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
If you have money to burn, the Nashville Heart Gala is happening this Saturday, February 11, and is a black-tie event to raise money for the American Heart Association.
I posted several other heart health resources for women here.
I have yet to see any listings of local heart health screening events, but will post them as I find them.
National Condom Week (2/13-18):
How to Use a Condom - American Social Health Association
Talking to Your Partner About Condoms - Nemours Foundation
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - National Women's Health Information Center
Preventing STIs: Safer Sex - EngenderHealth
Condoms: Fact Sheet - Kaiser Family Foundation
Condoms - MayoClinic.com
Birth Control Methods: How Well Do They Work? - Nemours Foundation
Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases - US Food & Drug Administration
National Donor Day (2/14):
Donate Life - organ and tissue donation
About Donation - The Organ and Tissue Transplantation Network
Organ Donation - National Library of Medicine
Glossary - United Network for Organ Sharing
25 Facts About Organ Donation and Transplantation - National Kidney Foundation
Myths About Organ Donation
Organ Donation: Don't Let Myths Stand in Your Way - MayoClinic.com
Tissue Donation: Statements from Various Religions - American Red Cross
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (2/26-3/4):
Eating Disorders Information - National Eating Disorders Association
Eating Disorders - Nemours Foundation
Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions - National Institute of Mental Health
I Think My Friend Has an Eating Disorder, What Should I Do? - Nemours Foundation (for teens)
10 Things Parents Can do to Prevent Eating Disorders and Eating Disorders Survival Guide - National Eating Disorders Association
Technorati Tags: condoms; eating disorders; heart disease; organ donation; sexually transmitted diseases
MeSH Tags: Condoms; Condoms, Female; Eating Disorders; Heart Diseases; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention and control; Tissue Donors; Tissue and Organ Procurement
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