Every person is different. Your weight management plan should be, too. That’s the foundation of Sarasota Memorial’s Eating Healthy for Life program. The four-week series of classes will help you better manage your weight by identifying personal triggers of weight gain and successful strategies for menu planning, grocery shopping and nutritional/lifestyle choices. A healthy balance of one-on-one counseling and free support group helps participants overcome key barriers to weight loss. The next sessions begin Aug. 6 or Sept. 3. Classes are held in the Waldemere Medical Plaza, 1921 Waldemere St., 6-7:30 p.m. Cost is $200. Register online or call our HealthLine (941) 917-7777 for more information.
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Do you have a question about health & fitness? Ask David - a Healthplex Expert: David-Flench@smh.com  Are you ready to take the plunge and try a new fitness activity? How about water exercise? Almost anybody can participate in water exercise and benefit from the wide variety of activities and classes currently available. Due to the buoyancy of water, a person’s weight is reduced by about 90 percent, which means that the stress on joints, bones and muscles is similarly reduced. But that won’t keep you from getting a great workout. Water exercise can improve all of the components of fitness: cardiovascular conditioning, muscular strength and flexibility. When done regularly, water exercise can also help you lose weight.
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August 12, 10:00-11 a.m.: 
Perfect Prescription for Weight Loss
For a more intensive, customized program of diet, exercise and education, try Sarasota Memorial’s new Weight Management Partner Program. The eight-week medically supervised program uses SenseWear, wireless sensors to help monitor participants’ calorie intake and exercise output in real time, every day, so you learn not only how to lose weight, but how to keep it off. Each week, participants meet with a multi-disciplinary team of health and fitness experts to adapt the program’s weight loss strategies to meet personal goals and make adjustments based on the previous week’s results. Sign up today for our next eight-week session starting Sept. 22, or attend a free information session at the Institute for Advanced Medicine, 5880 Rand Blvd. (off Clark Road). Information sessions will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 11, 25 and Sept. 8. Or join Sarasota Memorial Registered Dietitian Julie Jones for an Aug. 5 introductory class and Aug. 12 tour of the Sweetbay Supermarket (costs is $35 for the class & tour). For information, call (941) 917-4998.
Sexuality & 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 identify, manage – and often cure – your specific kind of seizure. Join Sarasota Memorial’s epileptologists Julio Cantero, MD, director of the Epilepsy Center of Sarasota Memorial, and Leonie van Passel, MD, for a free monthly education series, 5:30-7 p.m. Aug. 12 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, please call our HealthLine at (941) 917-7777 or browse our online health calendar. No reservations necessary.
Are you concerned about risks associated with a family history of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, but are not yet showing signs or symptoms of the disease? If so, visit Sarasota Memorial’s new Cardiovascular Disease Assessment Center, offering people of all ages concerned about cardiac health the earliest and most complete series of tests available to detect early markers of the disease. The results provide all of the vital information you and your doctor will need to safeguard your heart - and your quality of life. No physician referral is necessary. The center is located at Sarasota Memorial’s Institute for Advanced Medicine, 5880 Rand Blvd., Sarasota. Call (941) 917-6969 for information.
Relax & Express Yourself
Sarasota Memorial is proud to introduce Arts in Health Care – a free weekly expressive arts open studio to promote individual creative expression, relaxation, health and healing. The class meets 9-11 a.m. every Monday at Sarasota Memorial’s Institute for Advanced Medicine, 5880 Rand Blvd. Supplies are provided. Please RSVP to (941) 917-7293.
Addictions & Aging
Memory loss, disorientation, shaky hands, mood swings, depression and chronic boredom are often normal to the aging process. These behaviors, however, also can signal substance abuse problems in the elderly, a growing problem across the nation. Studies indicate that up to 70 percent of elderly hospitalizations for illness or injury are alcohol-based (compared to 25 percent for the population at large). Carol Colleran, executive vice President of the Hanley Treatment Center, will present “The Changing Face of Older Adult Addiction: From Lawrence Welk to Jerry Garcia,” a free community event for professionals and the public 10 a.m.-noon Sept. 19 in Sarasota Memorial’s first floor auditorium. CEUs are available to professionals for $10. Please RSVP to Miriam Lacher at Sarasota Memorial’s Bayside Center for Behavioral Health at (941) 917-1779.
When It All Gets To Be Too Much
Sometimes, no matter how hard you to try to balance your home with career, it can add up to more stress than you might be able to handle. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, don’t be afraid to ask for help. Call Sarasota Memorial’s Bayside Center for Behavioral Health at (941) 917-7760 for a free consultation and assessment.
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