February 2010 Shout-Outs

Welcome to February, 2010! Give some love to good folk doing good work...

• Age-Related Macular Degeneration / Low Vision Awareness Month
• National Children’s Dental Health Month
• National Condom Month (no pun intended...)
• American Heart Month (pun intended...)
• Kids ENT Health Month
• National Wise Health Care Consumer Month (aren't we all? Well, no.)
• National Women’s Heart Health Fairs
  
  
• National Patient Recognition Week (February 1 – 7)
• PeriAnesthesia Nurses Awareness Week (February 1 – 7)
• Burn Awareness Week (February 7 – 13)
• Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (February 7 – 14)
• National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (February 14 – 20)
• Cardiovascular Professionals Week (February 14 – 20)
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (February 21 – 27)
  
• National Wear Red Day (February 5)
  
• World Day of the Sick (February 11)

(Thanks to the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD) for the list.)