Date/Time
Start Date: 02/18/2012 07:30AM
End Date: 02/18/2012 04:00PM
Description
Our 5th annual seminar will offer screenings and speakers. We will cover stroke and heart disease. February is woman's health month. Please take some time to learn the warning signs of heart disease; the number one killer of women today.
- Warning Signs and Risk Factors
- High Blood Pressure
- Obesity
- Heart Disease
- Stroke Support
- Smoking
*** FREE ***
- Support Group Information
- Blood Pressure Checks
- Hear the latest on Strokes
- Please call to reserve your space today
You can register online or for further information please call our “STROKE HELP LINE” AT 1-888-794-9466 or 1-949-916-1597. The cost for the event is $25.00, with screenings, breakfast, and lunch included. Also complimentary parking. Please call ahead and register for the event. We accept cash, check, money order, and credit card.
80% of Strokes can be prevented. Come and learn how YOU can prevent a stroke from happening to you.
Seminar will be in the Houssels Forum at Long Beach Memorial Hospital.
Additional Information
7:30 - 9 a.m. - Registration and Screenings
9 - 10:00 a.m. - Stroke 101 - An Update on Stroke Treatment and Prevention --Angela West, RN, CCRN, CNRN
10 - 10:45 a.m. - Skipping A Beat - Atrial Fibrillation -- Steven Appleby, M.D.
10:45 - 11:15 a.m. - Break and Screenings
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Laughing Your Stress Away --Mariusz Wirga, M.D.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Lunch and Personal Stories -- Paula's Heart Journey & Weight Loss Reveal & Brian Healy - Stroke Survivor
1:15 - 2:00 p.m. - Keep Your Legs Kicking - Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) - Khiet Huong, M.D.
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Hormones and Your Heart - What Do We Know? - Carol Grabowski, M.D.