World Glaucoma Week
Glaucoma week is from the 10th till the 16th of March. It a week to bring awareness to glaucoma, and how early detection can save your eyesight. According to worldglaucomaweek.org: “ Each year we adopt a common theme that is then adapted to local conditions. This unites our efforts. Recently we have concentrated on First […]
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th every year. It is a day where women’s rights are the focal point. The first International Women’s Day occurred in 1911 and was supported by over 1 million people. It has increased every year since. The theme for the 2019 campaign is #BalanceForBetter. This campaign runs all […]
Rare Disease Day 2019
Rare disease day is celebrated on the 28th of February every year. It is a day to bring awareness and support to Individuals who have a rare disease. This year will be the 12th edition of the awareness campaign. The theme for the 2019 Rare disease day is “ Bridging health and social care”. The […]
Early Detection for Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer is one of the most common cancers found in women. This type of cancer often grows very slowly and it can be detected in precancerous stages. That is why it is important to go for regular PAP tests. Symptoms of cervical cancer: There are often no symptoms, however, there can be a few. […]
6 subtle signs that your liver is not healthy
The liver is very capable of repairing damaged cells, however, after a sustained amount of damage, these cells cannot heal anymore which causes cirrhosis. The problem is many people do not notice the symptoms at first due to them being so non-specific. There are 6 subtle signs which could suggest your liver might be suffering: […]
World Cancer Day 2019
World Cancer Day is celebrated on the 4th of February every year. It is a day that empowers all of us across the world to show support, raise our collective voice, take personal action and press our governments to do more. World Cancer Day is the only day on the global health calendar where we […]
World Leprosy Day
On the last Sunday of January is World Leprosy Day. It focuses on trying to meet the target of zero cases of leprosy related disabilities in children. Disabilities do not occur overnight, but happen after a prolonged period of undiagnosed disease. Early detection is key to achieve this target, alongside scaling up interventions to prevent […]
General Medical Check Up
Making an appointment to go visit the doctor is not only for when an individual is sick, but it is important to go every year for a checkup with your GP. These checkups are actually very important for your doctor to see if you are on the right track for staying healthy. It also helps […]
Set New Year’s goals you will be able to achieve:
At the start of the new year, individuals always try and set a list of goals to follow throughout the year. Most people land up not accomplishing these goals due to them either being unrealistic or not truly something they want to achieve. Take a look at the 3 steps to set up new year […]
World Braille Day
World Braille day is celebrated on the 4th of January every year as that is Louis Braille’s birthday. He is the individual who invented braille. He was blinded in a childhood accident and mastered his new way of living. At the age of 15, he created braille. Obviously, it has been tweaked over the years […]
