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Health Calendar

10.11

TURNING 65 WORKSHOP

Where: Valley Hospital Campus, Suite 205, 2020 Goldring Ave.

When: 11 a.m.-noon

Details: 388-4888

H2U LUNCH & LEARN AT NOON:
ALL EYES ON HEALTH

Where: Southern Hills Hospital

9300 W. Sunset Road

When: noon-1:30 p.m.

Details: 880-2700 (free, registration required)

SIBLING CLASS

Where: MountainView Hospital

Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 6-7:30 p.m.

Details: 233-5474

($10 per child or $15 per family)

BARIATRIC SEMINAR

Where: Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center, 6900 N. Durango Drive

When: 6 p.m.

Details: 369-7618

10.12

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP

Where: Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center 2075 E. Flamingo Road

When: 4:30 p.m.

Details: 369-7902

EPILEPSY SUPPORT GROUP

Where: Sunrise Hospital Auditorium

3186 S. Maryland Parkway

When: 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Details: 731-8115 (free)

YOUNG SURVIVOR’S BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Where: Breast Center at Sunrise,

3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

When: 6 p.m.

Details: 784-1947

(free, for women 40 and younger)

10.13

GASTRIC BAND SEMINAR

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

When: 6:30 p.m.

Details: 384-8446 or

www.gastricbandlv.com (free)

10.14

ADULT OUTPATIENTS DIABETES CLASS: MEDICATIONS

Where: 3101 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 100

When: 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Details: 233-5454 (free, registration required)

ADULT OUTPATIENT DIABETES CLASS: MEDICATIONS

Where: MountainView Hospital

3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Details: 233-5454 (free, space limited)

ADULT OUTPATIENT DIABETES CLASS: MEDICATIONS

Where: Southern Hills Hospital

9300 W. Sunset Road

When: 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Details: 880-2700 (free, registration required)

10.15

2011 LAS VEGAS HEART WALK

Walk and 5K run to benefit

American Heart Association

Where: Mountain’s Edge Exploration Park

9275 S. Buffalo Drive

When: registration 6:30 a.m., run 9 a.m.,

walk 9:15 a.m.

Details: http://lasvegasheartwalk.kintera.org/faf/home

AUTUMN HEALTH AWARENESS FESTIVAL

Free health screenings, flu shots and lunch

Where: Desert View Hospital, 360 S. Lola Ave., Pahrump

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

Details: 702-968-2055

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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