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Health Calendar

1.10, 1.17, 1.24 and 1.31

FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINgs

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 10-11 a.m.

Details: 233-5474, (registration required)

1.11

EPILEPSY SUPPORT GROUP

Where: Sunrise Hospital Auditorium, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway

When: 5-6:30 p.m.

Details: 731-8115

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

1.12

GASTRIC BAND SEMINAR

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

When: 6:30 p.m.

Details: 866-896-8446

1.14

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS (TWO SESSIONS)

Where: Southern Hills Hospital, Medical Office Building, 9280 W. Sunset Road, Room 222

When: 8 a.m. -noon

Details: 880-2700 ($45 couple, registration required)

BREAST IS BEST BREASTFEEDING CLASS

Where: MountainView Hospital, Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: noon-2 p.m.

Details: 233-5474$10, registration required) 233-5474

1.14, 1.21 and 1.28

LIDS ON KIDS

Program provides free ski helmets to local children

Where: Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort, 6725 Lee Canyon Road, Mount Charleston

When: 9:30-11 a.m.

Details: www.lidsonkids.org

1.16 and 1.21

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS

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, registration required)

1.17

ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 10-11 a.m.

Details: 233-5474 (reservations required)

AARP DRIVER SAFETY CLASS

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 11:45 a.m.-4 p.m.

Details: 233-5474

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Where: Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

When: 2-3:30 p.m.

Details: 784-1947

1.17 and 1.24

CHILDBIRTH CLASS (TWO SESSIONS)

Where: MountainView Hospital, Lobby Classrooom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 6 p.m. -9 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 ($15, registration required)

1.18

FREE MEDICARE COUNSELING WITH SHIP COUNSELOR

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 9:15-11:15 a.m.

Details: 233-5474

ONE ON ONE MEDICARE COUNSELING

Where: Sunrise H2U Office, 3061 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 102

When: 10 a.m.-noon

Details: 735-5510 (by appointment only)

LUNCH & LEARN “TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT AND YOU”

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 (reservations required)

ONCOLOGY NUTRITION CLASS

Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

When: 4-5:30 p.m.

Details: 233-5300 (registration required)

1.19

SIBLING CLASS

Where: MountainView Hospital, Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 6-7 p.m.

Details: 233-5474. ($10 per child or $15 per family, registration required)

BREASTFEEDING CLASS

Where: Southern Hills Hospital, Medical Office Building, 9280 W. Sunset Road, Room 222

When: 6-8:30 p.m.

Details: 880-2700 ($15 per couple, registration required)

Bariatric Surgery (Weight-Loss) Program

Where: Sunrise Hospital Auditorium, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway

When: 6-7 p.m.

Details: 233-5454 (free, registration required)

1.20

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SUPPORT GROUP

Where: Nevada Neurosciences Institute at Sunrise Health, 3131 La Canada St., Suite 101

When: 9-10 a.m.

Details: 233-5300

1.21

BARIATRIC SEMINAR

Where: MountainView Hospital, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 9-11 a.m.

Details: 233-5474

“CHEFS FOR KIDS” 5K RUN/1 MILE FUN WALK

Where: Wayne Bunker Family Park, 7351 W. Alexander Road

When: 9 a.m.

Details: 632-3777; online registration available at www.active.com

GASTRIC BAND SEMINAR

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

When: 10 a.m.

Details: 866-896-8446

1.23

LOOK GOOD…FEEL GOOD (FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER)

Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

When: 10 a.m.-noon

Details: 784-1947 (RSVP required)

1.24

LUNCH & LEARN “LIVING AN INDEPENDENT LIFE AT HOME”

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 (reservations required)

1.25

LUNCH & LEARN “LEARN THE FACTS ON PSA TESTING”

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 (reservations required)

1.26

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU ARE DONE EXPECTING

Where: MountainView Hospital, Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 6-8 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 ($10, registration required)

GASTRIC BAND SEMINAR

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

When: 6:30 p.m.

Details: 384-8446

1.28

CHILDBIRTH CLASS

Where: MountainView Hospital, Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 9 a.m. -1 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 ($15, registration required)

1.31

GASTRIC BAND SEMINAR

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

When: 6:30 p.m.

Details: 866-896-8446

2.25

LAS VEGAS COLOR RUN

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

When: 9 a.m.

Details: www.thecolorrun.com/lasvegas

3.17

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

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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