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May 21, 2025 Donate Life Month 2025

Each year in April, we celebrate National Donate Life Month, an initiative to honor those who have donated organs and bring awareness to the life-saving gift of organ donation. With events and activities scheduled all month long to show our support, it was ...

Mar 24, 2025 Diabetes: Common Misconceptions

Each year in March we turn our attention to the important work of the annual Diabetes Alert Day. A one-day “wake up call” for Americans to take a quick Type 2 diabetes test to see if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. This year we are ...

Nov 14, 2024 Types of Diabetes

Today is World Diabetes Day! On this day we are committed to bringing awareness to diabetes, an epidemic impacting health on a global level. Many people are surprised to learn that there are multiple forms of diabetes and may not understand the key ...

Nov 7, 2024 Diabetes: How much do you know?

November is American Diabetes Month, a time to increase awareness and spread education about one of the largest health epidemics - diabetes. Did you know that diabetes is one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States? Or that 1 in 4 adults with ...

Jul 28, 2024 Hepatitis Basics for World Hepatitis Day

July 28th is World Hepatitis Day and in an effort to do our part in increasing awareness and spreading education on hepatitis, we want to share some basic information about the world’s most common type of liver infection - hepatitis. What is hepatitis? ...

Jun 13, 2024 What is Global Fatty Liver Day?

Global Fatty Liver Day, previously known as International NASH Day, was launched in June 2018 to raise awareness and understanding of fatty liver disease (FLD). This push for education stems largely from the fact that FLD is often a ‘silent’ disease, ...

Apr 22, 2024 Celebrating Donate Life Month

A Puerto Rico 40th Anniversary April is National Donate Life Month - a campaign encouraging Americans to become registered organ donors and honor those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. One way Methodist is honoring National Donate Life ...

Mar 14, 2024 Celebrating Life and Hope on World Kidney Day 2024: A Closer Look at Kidney Transplants and Emphasizing Living Donation

World Kidney Day is a global health awareness campaign that aims to shine a spotlight on the importance of our kidneys and the need to protect them. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the significant role our kidneys play in our overall ...