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Health Calendar

2.11

WOMEN’S HEART DISEASE LECTURE

Where Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Auditorium, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway

When 10 a.m.

Details 233-5300 (free; registration required)

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

WOMEN’S HEART DISEASE LECTURE

Where Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Auditorium, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway

When 6 p.m.

Details 233-5300 (free; registration required)

2.17

GO RED LUNCHEON FOR WOMEN

Where: Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road

When: registration, auction, expo 10 a.m.; lunch, presentation, noon

Details: 367-1366 or jason.belland@heart.org

Pulmonary Disease Support Group

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

When: 10:15 a.m.-noon

Details: 233-5474

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

Junior League of Las Vegas Care Fair

Where: Boys and Girls Clubs of Las Vegas James Clubhouse, 2530 E. Carey Ave.

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

Details: 822-6536; fair will provide no-cost immunizations and complimentary exams for eyes, ears and teeth

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>

3.18

REAL RESULTS FITNESS 5K RUN AND KIDS DASH

Where: The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2240 Village Walk, Henderson

When: 5K run 9 a.m., Kids Dash 10 a.m.

Details: www.realresultsfitness.com; benefits Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research and UCSD Nevada Cancer Institute

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 S. 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

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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