Heath Happenings ? Women's Heart Health, Colorectal Cancer ...

?A Woman?s Health ? Heart Disease And Stroke?

?A Woman?s Health ? Heart Disease and Stroke? will be the subject of free community education forums from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12 and repeated from 2-4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 14 at the Santa Monica Public Library Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, more than 50 percent of women in the U.S. on average who do not have cardiovascular disease by age 45 will develop cardiovascular disease ?including stroke, congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease?in their lifetime.

The lifetime risk increases with age and cardiovascular risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking and diabetes.

The seminars are designed for those with heart disease, who care for someone with the disease, or who simply want to better understand, maintain or improve their own cardiovascular health.

Lectures will include: ?Chest Pain in Women ? Angina, Calcium Scores and Heart Attack? by Richard Wright, MD, FACC, consultative cardiologist (afternoon) and Daniel Wohlgelernter, M.D., FACC, medical director of St. John?s Post Coronary Care Unit (evening); ?Heart Rate and Rhythm Disorders including Atrial Fibrillation? by Shephal Doshi, M.D., medical director of Electrophysiology & Pacing (afternoon) and Sarina van der Zee, MD, cardiologist/cardiac electrophysiologist (evening); ?Stroke ? A Risk at Any Age ? including Multi-Infarct Dementia? by Michael Gold M.D., FAAN, neurologist; and ?Stress and Cardiovascular Health? by Nicole M. Weinberg, M.D., FACC, consultative non-invasive cardiologist.

Thirty minutes before the beginning of each forum a registered dietitian from St. John?s Nutrition and Diabetes Education Department will provide a ?Healthy Hearts? food and nutrition exhibit.

Also at that time, a physical therapist from St. John?s Performance Therapy Center ? a full-service, outpatient physical-rehabilitation and performance-improvement facility?will be available to answer questions.

The center specializes in acute and chronic-pain disabilities, sports medicine, orthopedic injury and post-op recovery, neurological recovery, hand therapy and custom-splint fabrication.

Seating for the forums is limited. Required advance reservations may be made by calling 310-829-8453.

?Frankly Speaking About Colorectal Cancer?

?Frankly Speaking about Cancer: Colorectal Cancer? will be the title of Dr. Anton Bilchik?s lecture from 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the Cancer Support Community-Benjamin Center, 1990 S. Bundy Dr., Suite 100, Los Angeles.

The free educational program will provide support and information for those affected by colorectal cancer and their loved ones.

Participants will learn about the most current colorectal cancer treatments, side-effect management strategies, social and emotional challenges of the diagnosis and survivorship issues specific to people with colorectal cancer.

All attendees will receive a free copy of the booklet, Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Colorectal Cancer.

Bilchik, chief of medicine at the John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. John?sHealth Center and co-founder of the California Oncology Research Institute, is an internationally recognized surgical oncologist who has pioneered techniques to improve staging in colon cancer and minimally invasive approaches for liver and pancreatic cancer.

Bilchik has received numerous awards and accolades. He has been honored by the American Cancer Society, the American College of Surgeons, the Israel Surgical Oncology Society and has been listed as one of ?America?s Top Surgeons? for 10 years in a row.

Bilchik serves on the editorial boards of many peer-review journals and currently serves on the board of directors of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

To RSVP, for the seminar, call 310-314-2555 or visit www.cancersupportcommunitybenjamincenter.org.

Twins Sought For USC Alzheimer?s Study

USC psychologists are studying how people develop Alzheimer?s disease.

Researchers want to interview twins (and/or their families) who have acquired the disease about life styles and the course of the disease.

Those interested in participating may contact Dr. Joanne Steuer at jsteuer@usc.edu or 213 740-7555.

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Source: http://bhcourier.com/heath-happenings-womens-heart-health-subject-st-johns-seminars/2013/02/08

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