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Health Calendar

1.31

GASTRIC BAND SEMINAR

Where: Gastric Band Institute of Las Vegas, 3810 Meadows Lane

When: 6:30 p.m.

Details: 866-896-8446

2.15

NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE EIGHTH ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL LUNCHEON & CONFERENCE

Where: Tuscany, 255 E. Flamingo Road

When: classes 8 a.m., luncheon 11 a.m., afternoon classes 1:30 p.m.

Details: 938-3910 or www.nah.org>

2.18

HEALTH FORUM

Where: East Las Vegas Senior Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave.

When: 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Details: 473-6021

2.25

LAS VEGAS COLOR RUN

Where: Lake Las Vegas, 1600 Lake Las Vegas Parkway, Henderson

When: 9 a.m.

Details: www.thecolorrun.com/lasvegas>

3.10

2012 LAS VEGAS MY HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO

Where: Dallas Ballroom at Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane

When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Details: www.myhealthandwellnessexpo.com>

3.17

ST. ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS 55TH ANNUAL MARDI GRAS BALL, “THE HEART OF ST. ROSE”

Where: The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South

When: 6 p.m.

Details: www.mardigrasball.org>

3.30-4.1

RED ROCK RENDEVOUS CLIMBING FESTIVAL

Where: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

When: clinics throughout the day each day

Details: www.mountaingear.com/events>

4.14

LAS VEGAS TOUR DE CURE

Where: Henderson Events Plaza, 200 South Water St.

When: 100-mile ride 6:30 a.m., 65-mile ride 7:30 a.m., 40-mile ride 8:30 a.m., 15-mile ride 10:30 a.m.

Details: www.diabetes.org>

5.5

2012 SOUTHERN NEVADA RACE FOR THE CURE

Where: Fremont Street Experience, downtown Las Vegas

When: 5K timed run 8:15 a.m., 5K walk 8:20 a.m., 1-mile fun run and walk 8:45 a.m.

Details: www.southernnevada.info-komen.org

The Health Calendar runs Mondays. Information on health or fitness events can be mailed to Health Calendar, Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125 or emailed as a text file to healthbriefs@reviewjournal.com.

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