SMH University – Don’t Miss Final Classes & Graduation!
SMH University offers people of all ages a way to stay on top of the latest health care trends and technology with free health classes presented by Sarasota Memorial’s physician and health education leaders. Only three classes remain in our 2008 series:
• March 11, 4-5 p.m. – Memory and Aging: The Art of Brain Maintenance, by Sarasota Memorial Memory Disorders Clinic program manager Kathleen Houseweart, MBA.
• March 18, 4-5 p.m. – New Treatment Options for Overactive Bladder and Retention, by Kenneth Bregg, MD
• March 25, 4-5 p.m. – Graduation & State-of-the-Health-System Update by Sarasota Memorial CEO Gwen MacKenzie.
All classes take place in Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s auditorium, located on the first floor of the hospital, 1700 S. Tamiami Trail. Enter a drawing to win a free health screening each time you attend a class. Health screenings will include fasting blood glucose, lipid profile, screening ultrasound of the abdominal aorta and the carotid arteries. Ten free screenings will be awarded during our graduation ceremony on March 25. Screenings will be scheduled in April. For more information, call our HealthLine at 917-7777 or browse our health calendar on smh.com.
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We all talk about “getting fit”, but do you know what type of fitness you want to achieve? Healthplex fitness experts recommend: Achieving a balance between the three is important because each contributes to total fitness.
Visit Sarasotahealthplex.com or
call 941-917-7000 for more information on programs to fit your needs.
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March 11, 10:00-11 a.m.: Better With Age – How to Keep Your Body, Mind & Spirit Up & Moving
Living Well With Heart Failure
If you or someone you love is living with heart failure, you can learn ways to help prevent its progression with ongoing advice from Sarasota Memorial’s team of cardiac specialists. Living Well with Heart Failure is a new resource and support group that meets 10-11:30 am March 25 (fourth Tuesday of every month) in the Waldemere Medical Plaza, Magnolia Room, 1921 Waldemere Street (across the street from the main hospital). Classes feature monthly speakers and are free to the community. Please RSVP to 917-7777.
Because One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Done with fad diets and their yo-yo results? Check out the new weight management program at Sarasota Memorial’s Healthplex Fitness Center. Supervised by a multidisciplinary group of medical specialists, the program utilizes a new technology – one you wear – to help you track your daily activity and food consumption. Easily integrated into daily life, it provides a totally customized approach to weight loss. So forget the one-size-fits-all approach and join us for a free information session to learn more about the program. Upcoming sessions: 6-7 p.m. March 17 and March 31 institute for Advanced Medicine, 5880 Rand Blvd. (1/2 mile west of I-75 off Clark Road). Call Healthplex today at 917-4998 for information.
Wake Up To Sleep Disorders
Some 40 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders that leave them irritable, fatigued and susceptible to many other medical problems. And yet, despite the fact that most sleep disorders are easily diagnosed and treated, many people never discuss their symptoms with a doctor. Sarasota Memorial’s Sleep Disorders Centers are highly specialized outpatient facilities equipped to evaluate and treat people suffering from sleep-related problems. For more information, call 917-2525.
New Treatments For Epilepsy
Next to stroke, seizures are the most common brain disorder affecting people today. The good news is that advances in medicine now offer new tests and treatments to manage – and often cure – your exact kind of seizure. Join Sarasota Memorial’s epileptologists Julio Cantero, MD, and Leonie van Passel, MD, for a free monthly education series, 5:30-7 pm the second Tuesday of every month at the Sarasota Memorial Institute For Advanced Medicine, Education Center, 5880 Rand Blvd. (1/2 mile west of I-75 off Clark Road). For information or to RSVP, please call our HealthLine at 917-7777. For other free community health education events, browse our online health calendar at smh.com.
Freestanding ER in North Port Under Construction
Representatives from the City of North Port, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System and local physicians recently marked the start of the long-awaited expansion of emergency care and comprehensive diagnostic and medical services to the North Port community. The Sarasota Memorial Health Care Center at Toledo Blade, which is slated to open in January of 2009, will feature a freestanding ER with 18 treatment rooms, including a 24-hour observation unit and specialized rooms for obstetrics, trauma and psychiatric care. The outpatient center also will include Walk-in Care, Rehabilitation Services, Home Health, Lab and Imaging (mammography, bone density, ultrasound, CT, MRI and general radiology). To learn more about the center, call Sarasota Memorial’s HealthLine at 917-7777.
See a doctor in 30 minutes or less.
If you are unable to see your doctor on short notice or have an urgent health concern that doesn’t quite warrant a trip to the emergency room, you can visit one of Sarasota Memorial’s two urgent care Walk-In Medical Centers – and see a doctor in 30 minutes or less . Sarasota Memorial's Walk-In Medical Centers are staffed by the hospital’s nationally ranked emergency and family medicine physicians to meet all your personal and family's health needs. No appointment necessary. Most insurance plans accepted. Discounts available for self-pay patients.
Convenient locations and hours:
North Sarasota/Manatee 941-917-1234
2401 University Parkway, between US 301 and Tuttle Road
Mon. – Sat. 8 am – 8 pm and Sun. 10 am – 4 pm through April 30
South Sarasota/Gulf Gate 941-917-5678
6130 S. Tamiami Trail, just north of Stickney Point Road
Mon. – Sat. 8 am – 8 pm
Visit Sarasota Memorial's Walk In Medical Centers on smh.com for more information.
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