Heart and Sole Club from Rogue Valley Medical Center Offers Educational Heart Health Events

Jan. 26, 2011 - PRLog -- MEDFORD, Ore.--In recognition of Heart Month, Asante Community Health Education and Rogue Valley Medical Center (http://www.rvmc.org) will present the Heart and Sole Club, a 10-week series of free, informative, heart health events from February 3 through April 9. Each event will feature heart health experts and physicians from the RVMC Heart and Vascular Center (http://www.rvmc.org/heart), the heart care leaders in the region.

“Rogue Valley Medical Center is nationally-recognized for excellence in heart care,” said Sarah Walker, Asante Community Health Education. “And this heart health series is meant to help everyone in the Rogue Valley take care of their hearts.”

In that same spirit, the RVMC Heart and Vascular Center will sponsor the RVMC Heart and Sole 5-K Run during the Pear Blossom Festival on April 9.

“We want everyone to listen to their heart and be heart healthy,” said Walker.

The Heart and Sole series will feature one heart education event each week with well-known guest speakers. People attending the series will receive an educational binder with information and heart-health tools. They will also receive free, promotional items from the RVMC Heart and Vascular Center. Lunch or dinner will be provided to all registered participants at the “Lunch and Learn” and “Dinner and Discussion” presentations.

The Heart and Sole series begins Wednesday, February 3 with “Sudden Cardiac Arrest:  Not Necessarily Fatal,” at the Smullin Health Education Center on the RVMC Campus in Medford. Presenters will show what other communities have done to improve sudden cardiac arrest survival rates and how a similar program might be developed in Jackson County. There will be open discussion afterward.

Other topics of the series will include Basics of Training for a Walk/Run, and Herbal Remedies vs. Prescription Medication: What’s Best for Your Heart. The full schedule is below.

The Heart and Sole Club classes are free. Registration is required for each class and space is limited. Please call (888) 688-4920 or register online at http://www.asante.org/classes-events.

SCHEDULE

Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Not Necessarily Fatal
Thurs., February 3, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Charles Lick, MD, of Allina Medical Transportation and Robert Niskanen, MSEE, of Take Heart America
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

Basics of Training for a Walk/Run
Lunch and Learn
Wed, February 9, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Beth Coker, MA, BS, ES of RVMC Cardiac Rehab
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

Getting Kids to be Light-Hearted: Fighting Childhood Obesity
Dinner and Discussion
Mon., February 14, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Richard Cohen, MD, President of Kid Zone Community Foundation
Three Rivers Community Hospital, Grants Pass, Main Entrance—Wild Rogue Cafe

Cooking for a Happy Heart
Lunch and Learn
Wed, February 16, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Amy Eaton, BS, ES of RVMC Cardiac Rehab
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

Nutrition and Alternative Therapies
Lunch and Learn
Wed, February 23, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Michael Altman, CN, RH (AHG) of Ventana Wellness and SOU
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

Heart of Diabetes
Lunch and Learn
Wed, March 2, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Glenda Ponder, RN, CDE, CPT of Asante Diabetes Care Center
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

Herbal Remedies vs. Prescription Medication: What’s Best for Your Heart
Lunch and Learn
Wed, March 9, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Kent Dauterman, MD, FACC of Southern Oregon Cardiology, LLC
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

Heart Disease and Seniors
Lunch and Learn
Wed, March 16, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Brian Gross, MD, FACC of Southern Oregon Cardiology, LLC
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

Sleep and Your Heart
Lunch and Learn
Wed, March 23, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Melodee Badley, FNP
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

Nutrition and Exercise for Disease Prevention in Oregon Youth
Dinner and Discussion
Wed, March 30, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Jenny Slawta, PhD
Associate Professor, SOU Health and Physical Education and Director, Healthy Kids Now
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

How to Win the Race for Your Heart and Sole
Lunch and Learn
Wed., April 6, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Smullin Health Education Center, RVMC Campus

RVMC Heart and Sole 5-K Run
(During Pear Blossom Festival)
Sat., April 9, 7 a.m.
Downtown Medford


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