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COPD Awareness Month
November is National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month.{{Cite web, title=November is National COPD Awareness Month {{! National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), url=https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/education-and-awareness/copd-learn-more-breathe-better/copd-awareness-month, access-date=2020-07-07, website=www.nhlbi.nih.gov Sponsored by the US COPD Coalition, the observance is a time for organizations and communities across the country to increase the overall awareness of COPD. ''COPD Learn More Breathe Better'', the title of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s national awareness and education campaign, has again been adopted as the theme for the most recent National COPD Awareness Month. See also * List of environmental dates * List of month-long observances Sources ''This article incorporates text from the National Institute of Mental Health, which is in the public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all ...
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. The main symptoms include shortness of breath and a cough, which may or may not produce mucus. COPD progressively worsens, with everyday activities such as walking or dressing becoming difficult. While COPD is incurable, it is preventable and treatable. The two most common conditions of COPD are emphysema and chronic bronchitis and they have been the two classic COPD phenotypes. Emphysema is defined as enlarged airspaces ( alveoli) whose walls have broken down resulting in permanent damage to the lung tissue. Chronic bronchitis is defined as a productive cough that is present for at least three months each year for two years. Both of these conditions can exist without airflow limitation when they are not classed as COPD. Emphysema is just one of the structural abnormalities that can limit airflow and can exist without ai ...
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National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the third largest Institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. It is tasked with allocating about $3.6 billion in FY 2020 in tax revenue to advancing the understanding of the following issues: development and progression of disease, diagnosis of disease, treatment of disease, disease prevention, reduction of health care disparities within the American population, and advancing the effectiveness of the US medical system. NHLBI's Director is Gary H. Gibbons (2012–present). Operation In 1948, the National Heart Act established the National Heart Institute and the National Advisory Heart Council. The intramural research program was established a year later in 1949. In 1969, the National Heart Institute was renamed the National Heart and Lung Institute, and the scope of the institute was expanded. In 1976, it was given its current name, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insti ...
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List Of Environmental Dates
This is a List of environmental dates. These dates are designated for creating awareness of environmental issues. Species awareness days highlight biodiversity with the aim of increasing awareness about them. Some of these have been shown to lead to a rise in information seeking behaviour, and may lead to an increase in conservation fund-raising by charities and advocacy groups. Hours *Earth Hour - 8:30pm (local time), next one will take place on 25 March 2023 Days of environment Weeks Years Agriculture Decades See also *Index of environmental articles **List of environmental issues *Index of conservation articles **List of conservation issues *List of international environmental agreements *List of awareness days *International observance *List of commemorative days *List of commemorative months References {{Reflist External linksNews & Events - UN Days, Weeks and Years
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List Of Month-long Observances
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something. January * Dry January * Veganuary (United Kingdom) * National Mentoring Month (United States) * Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month (United States) February * American Heart Month (United States) * Black History Month (United States, Canada, and Germany) * LGBT History Month (United Kingdom) * National Bird-Feeding Month_(United_States) _March *_Brain_Tumor_Awareness_Month.html" ;"title="agerstown, ... (United States) March * Brain Tumor Awareness Month">agerstown, ... (United States) March * Brain Tumor Awareness Month (United Kingdom) * Irish-American Heritage Month * Mustache March * National Colon Cancer Awareness Month * Women's History Month * Youth Art Month April * Arab American Heritage Month * Cancer Control Month * Confederate Hi ...
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National Institute Of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH, in turn, is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. NIMH is the largest research organization in the world specializing in mental illness. Joshua A. Gordon is the current director of NIMH. The institute was first authorized by the U.S. government in 1946, when then President Harry Truman signed into law the National Mental Health Act, although the institute was not formally established until 1949. NIMH is a $1.5 billion enterprise, supporting research on mental health through grants to investigators at institutions and organizations throughout the United States and through its own internal (intramural) research effort. The mission of NIMH is "to transform the understanding and treatment of m ...
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Public Domain
The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work A creative work is a manifestation of creative effort including fine artwork (sculpture, paintings, drawing, sketching, performance art), dance, writing (literature), filmmaking, and composition. Legal definitions Creative works require a cre ... to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission. As examples, the works of William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci and Georges Méliès are in the public domain either by virtue of their having been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term having expired. Some works are not covered by a country's copyright laws, and are therefore in the public domain; for example, in the United States, items excluded from copyright include the for ...
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November Observances
November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. November was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus . November retained its name (from the Latin ''novem'' meaning "nine") when January and February were added to the Roman calendar. November is a month of late spring in the Southern Hemisphere and late autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. In Ancient Rome, Ludi Plebeii was held from November 4–17, Epulum Jovis was held on November 13 and Brumalia celebrations began on November 24. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. November was referred to as Blōtmōnaþ by the Anglo-Saxons. Brumaire and Frimaire were the months on which November ...
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Awareness Months
Awareness is the Mental state, state of being consciousness, conscious of something. More specifically, it is the ability to directly know and perception, perceive, to Feeling, feel, or to be cognizant of events. Another definition describes it as a state wherein a subject is aware of some information when that information is directly available to bring to bear in the direction of a wide range of Behavior, behavioral actions. The concept is often synonymous to consciousness and is also understood as being consciousness itself. The states of awareness are also associated with the states of experience so that the structure represented in awareness is Mirroring, mirrored in the structure of experience. Concept Awareness is a relative concept. It may be focused on an internal state, such as a visceral feeling, or on external events by way of sensory perception. It is analogous to sensing something, a process distinguished from observing and perceiving (which involves a basic process o ...
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