Health Calendar, Sept. 17
9.17
SKIN CANCER SCREENINGS
Where: Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive.
When: 10-11 a.m.
Details: 595-4896 (space limited; participants must be age 65 or older and have a current city of Las Vegas Active Adult/Senior membership)
9.22
VIVA BIKE VEGAS GRAN FONDO
Where: Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South
When: 122-mile, 102-mile, 75-mile and 17-mile rides, 5 a.m.
Details: www.vivabikevegas.com
10.1
FREE PRENATAL BREASTFEEDING CLASS
When: 11 a.m.-noon
Where: Sunrise Children’s Hospital Maternal Infant Unit Classroom, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway
Details: 233-5437 (free, space limited)
10.2
ADULT OUTPATIENT DIABETES CLASS: “OVERVIEW AND MEDICATIONS”
Where: 3121 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 600
When: 1-3 p.m.
Details: 233-5454 (free; provides an introduction to diabetes and the effects of medications)
PHYSICIAN DINNER LECTURE: HEART MURMUR/HEART VALVE
Where: Sunrise Hospital Auditorium, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway
When: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Details: 233-5300 (free)
10.2, 10.11, 10.26
ADULT OUTPATIENT DIABETES CLASSES (THREE SESSIONS)
Where: MountainView Hospital Private Dining Room (on the first floor of the hospital), 3100 N. Tenaya Way
When: Session 1- Overview, 10-11:30 a.m. Oct. 2; Session 2 – Nutrition, 1-2:30 p.m. Oct. 11; Session 3 – Overview and Medications, 1-2:30 p.m. Oct. 26
Details: 233-5474 (free, reservations required)
10.3
H2U FLU SHOT CLINIC
Where: Walgreens, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 179
When:9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Details: 233-5474 (free, appointments required)
10.6
VEGAS PBS ‘KEEPING KIDS FIT’ 5K RUN AND 1-MILE WALK
Where: Vegas PBS building, 3050 E. Flamingo Road
When: 8 a.m.
Details: VegasPBS.org/KKF5K, 799-1010 or Facebook.comKeepingKidsFit
FAAN WALK FOR FOOD ALLERGY AND ANAPHYLAXIS
Where: The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2240 Village Walk Drive
When: 9 a.m.
Details: www.foodallergywalk.org
10.6 and 10.13
PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Where: Southern Hills Hospital Childbirth Classroom, 9300 W. Sunset Road
When:8 a.m.-noon
Details: 880-2700 ($45 per couple, registration required)
10.6 and 10.20
PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise Hospital, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250
When: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Details: 233-5437 ($45 per couple, registration required
10.8
BREASTFEEDING CLASS
Where: Southern Hills Hospital Childbirth Classroom, 9300 W. Sunset Road
When: 6-8 p.m.
Details: 880-2700 (registration required)
10.10
YOUNG SURVIVOR’S BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250
When: 6-7:30 p.m.
Details: 784-1947 (for women 40 years old and younger who have been diagnosed with breast cancer)
10.10, 10.17 and 10.24
PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Where: Southern Hills Hospital Childbirth Classroom, 9300 W. Sunset Road
When: 6-9 p.m.
Details: 880-2700 (registration required)
10.11
13TH ANNUAL WINE AND FOOD TASTING EXTRAVAGANZA TO BENEFIT PEDIATRIC PROGRAM AT NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE
Where: Gaudin Motor Co., 7200 W. Sahara Ave.
When: 5:30-8 p.m.
Details: 938-3910 or ww.nah.org
LUNCH AND LEARN: END OF LIFE DECISIONS
Where: Sunrise H2U Office, 3131 La Canada St., Suite 107
When: 6-9 p.m.
Details: 233-5300
10.13
LIFE TIME TORCHLIGHT 5K RUN
Where: Life Time Fitness Summerlin, 10721 W. Charleston Blvd.
When: packet pick-up and late registration 3 p.m., race 5 p.m., postrace party, 5:15 p.m.
Details: www.bazumedia.com/reg/form?eventID=1663
10.16
LUNCH AND LEARN : LATE LIFE DEPRESSION NOT A NATURAL PART OF AGING
SWhere: outhern Hills Hospital Education Room, 9300 W. Sunset Road
When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Details: 880-2700 (registration required at least 48 hours in advance)
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250
When: 2-3 p.m.
Details:784-1947
10.17
ONE-ON-ONE MEDICARE COUNSELING
Where: Sunrise H2U Office, 3131 La Canada St., Suite 107
When: 9 a.m.-noon
Details: 233-5300 or 486-0863
ONCOLOGY NUTRITION CLASS
Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250
When: 4-5:30 p.m.
Details: 233-5300 (free; registration required)
STROKE SUPPORT GROUP
Where: Sunrise Hospital Rendezvous/Sky Room, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway.
When: 6-8 p.m.
Details: 233-5300
10.17, 10.24 and 10.31
FREE MEDICARE COUNSELING
Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114
When: 9:15-11:15 a.m.
Details: 233-5474 (free; by appointment only)
10.20
BARIATRIC SEMINAR
Where: MountainView Hospital Mark Howard Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way
When: 9-10 a.m.
Details: 233-5474 (free)
SMILES FOR SURVIVORS FOUNDATION
BREAST CANCER PARTY and SILENT AUCTION
Where: Square Colour Salon + Spa, 1225 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 160
When: 4 -11 p.m.
Details: www.smilesforsurvivors.org or info@smilesforsurvivors.org (benefit to raise funds to provide necessary dental care for breast cancer patients and survivors in Nevada)
10.22
LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER
When: The Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250
When: 10 a.m.-noon
Details: 784-1947 (free)
10.24
BARIATRIC SEMINAR
Where: MountainView Hospital Mark Howard Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way
When: 6-7 p.m.
Details: 233-5474
10.27
FREE HEART MURMUR CLINIC
Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 140
When: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Details: 233-5474 (by appointment only)
11.21
NEVADA HEALTH CENTER MAMMOVAN BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS
Where: Food 4 Less, 2255 N. Las Vegas Blvd., North Las Vegas
When: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.
Details: www.nvrhc.org (free)
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