April/May 2016 Health Calendar

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Are you springing into health this spring?

Are you taking care of yourself this spring?
What about your skin?
Check this out:

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http://prettyyoungerskin.com/2015/05/12/5-spring-skin-care-tips-for-gorgeous-skin/)

Click on the photo credit to find out more!

Are you determined to get and stay healthy?

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Click the photo credit for more information.
You will find out about World Health Day which was April 7, 2016.

This year's theme is Beat Diabetes.


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Click the photo credit for the World Health Organization's diabetes information.
You'll find out how many people worldwide have diabetes, and can watch a video,
take a quiz, and more.

The International Diabetes Federation South-East Asia has information
about diabetes in Nepal:
http://www.idf.org/membership/sea/nepal

Here is Nepal's scorecard:
http://www.idf.org/sites/default/files/attachments/Nepal_Scorecard.pdf

...and here is the website of Diabetes-Nepal, which has lots of information:
http://www.diabetes-nepal.org/For_Public/For_Public.html

For more information, come in for a Question/Answer session with one of our doctors.


This spring, the last week of April, was also World Immunization Week.


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To learn about this important issue, click on the above link.
Besides lots of information, you will find fact sheets, a quiz and video,
and action plans.

Did you see this article about Nepal from the World Health Organization on our Facebook page?
If not, check it out:
http://www.who.int/features/2016/nepal-immunization/en/
Here is the beautiful picture for that article:


Parents, you are invited to come in for a question and answer session with one of our pediatricians.


Coming up soon is World No Tobacco Day on May 31.

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Read about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_No_Tobacco_Day

Here is Nepal's Fact Sheet from The Tobacco Atlas:
http://www.tobaccoatlas.org/country-data/nepal/

It's scary.

So is this Tobacco Profile of Nepal from the World Health Organization:
http://www.who.int/fctc/reporting/party_reports/nepal_2012_annex2_tobacco_profile.pdf

Here is a fact sheet with a run down of all the dangers of smoking:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/

Besides those, check this out:

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Click on the photo credit for more information.

Besides that, did you know:

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Please have the smoker in your life read this photo credit:

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http://www.thetopecigarettes.com/short-%D0%B0nd-long-term-effects-%D0%BEf-smoking/)

Show them this and read the photo credit for info:


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 More importantly, take them to see one of our internal medicine docs
for help with quitting.  Help is available.

For tips on helping someone you love quit, check this out:
http://www.wikihow.com/Persuade-Someone-to-Quit-Smoking


Lastly, remember this!

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Have a nice...and healthy...day!