Awareness of Medical Conditions
Green ribbons are used to create awareness for many medical conditions, including:
- Bipolar Disorder
- Celiac Disease
- Scoliosis
- Cerebral Palsy
- Depression (specifically childhood depression)
- Gastroparesis
- Hemochromatosis
- Kidney Cancer
- Lyme Disease
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (Lime Green)
- Mitochondrial Diseases
- Organ donation and Organ transplant
- P.A.N.D.A.S.
- Tourette Syndrome
- Tracheal Williamsburg Disease
- Stuttering (sea green)
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Famous quotes containing the words awareness of, awareness, medical and/or conditions:
“It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“Homoeopathy is insignificant as an art of healing, but of great value as criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Ruth Gordon (1896–1985)