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Education Sessions will focus on preventing stroke and heart disease

Shelburne, Yarmouth and Digby County residents are invited to attend information sessions to help them make life changes to prevent stroke and heart disease.  Tri-county residents are invited to attend the Heart and Stroke “Live and Learn” patient education series presented by South West Health’s cardiovascular  program.  The free program begins Tuesday, October 6th (2PM to 4:00PM) and will run each Tuesday afternoon in October for four weeks. 

 “Live and Learn” educational presentations cover a variety of subjects including: understanding stroke and heart attack – its causes, effects and risk factors, diagnostic tests, medications, nutrition, physical activity, sexual activity, driving, addictions, stress management, Emergency Health Services, and community resources.  Each session has an education portion and a question period, and is interactive, informative and fun. Each participant will have an opportunity to set their own health goals to work towards throughout the sessions.

 Most presentations will take place at Yarmouth Regional Hospital but will be broadcast by Telehealth to Digby General Hospital and Roseway Hospital.  This way, participants can attend the course at their local hospital.  They will view the presenters on a television monitor, they will be seen by others attending the session at the other hospitals and they can ask questions as if they were attending the sessions in person.

 To register for the “Live and Learn” sessions please call 902-742-3542 ext. 460.