July is National Cord Blood Awareness Month! Celebrate by spreading awareness about cord blood and its benefits. Cord blood is the term used for the blood collected from the umbilical cord and placenta (afterbirth) when a healthy baby is born.

Today, the United States celebrates National Hydration Day. Proper hydration is vital to living a healthy life, but it is often overlooked. It is easy to forget to carry a water bottle on a hot day outside, but skipping out on H2O can lead to major health risks.

World Sickle Cell Day is a United Nations recognized day to raise sickle cell awareness nationally and internationally. On December 22, 2008, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that acknowledges sickle cell disease as a public health problem and “one of the world’s foremost genetic diseases.”

From its small beginnings as a grassroots survivorship movement in 1987, National Cancer Survivors Day is now one of the largest cancer survivor celebrations in the world.  Today marks the 34th annual National Cancer Survivors Day.

For many of us, riding a bicycle without training wheels is the first challenging physical activity we ever learn to master. We all remember, don’t we? A running start.

Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) holds World No Tobacco Day on May 31. Their goal is to spread awareness about the risks of tobacco use and how we can make the world tobacco-free. 

Held annually on the last Wednesday in May, the National Senior Health and Fitness Day is a nationwide health and fitness event held for older adults. There are multiple ways to get active, including with participating organizations or making your own fun to celebrate National Senior Health and Fitness Day!

On May 20 every year, the world observes Autoimmune Arthritis Day, an event to raise awareness about autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases that show up with arthritis as a significant component. The day has been organized since 2012 by a US-based non-profit organization - International Foundation for Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis (AiArthritis).