Wellness Events

For questions or more information, please contact:

Robyn Talesnik, Community Wellness Manager: rtalesni@lifebridgehealth.org
Sherri Zaslow, Community Wellness Coordinator: szaslow@lifebridgehealth.org
Rachel Roemer, Community Wellness Coordinator: rroemer@lifebridgehealth.org

Virtual Sessions/Community Health
Winter-Spring 2022

Register for these upcoming events at lifebridgehealth.org/virtualhealth 

Living a healthy lifestyle for weight loss
Wednesday, January 26 | 12:00-1:00pm via virtual–Windstream      
Tornia Anderson Morgan, RD, LDN, CPT, Bariatric Dietician
Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Northwest Hospital

Get into a healthier mindset this year! Navigating through a new diet can be a challenge with all of the conflicting information available online. Join us and learn nutrition tips and healthy eating strategies from a registered bariatric dietitian who specializes in weight loss.

How do blood pressure numbers effect my heart?
Wednesday, February 16 | 12:00-1:00pm via virtual–Windstream
Athol Morgan M.D., Chief of Cardiology
Grace Medical Center

High blood pressure often has no symptoms. Overtime, it can cause health conditions, including strokes, heart disease and cancer. Please join us and learn about how to track and monitor your blood pressure numbers. 

Keeping an eye out for thyroid eye disease
Wednesday, March 30 | 12:00-1:00pm via virtual–Windstream
Marc Hirschbein, M.D., FACS
Director of Oculoplastic Surgery, Sinai Hospital
Associate Chairman, The Krieger Eye Institute 

With the right medications and treatments, it’s possible to treat thyroid eye disease—and even reverse some of the symptoms.  Marc Hirschbein, M.D., FACS, an ophthalmology and oculofacial specialist from the Krieger Eye Institute, will provide valuable information regarding the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options for thyroid eye disease.

Brain Fitness Activities- Preventing and dealing with cognitive decline
Wednesday, May 11 | 1:00-2:00pm via virtual–Windstream
Lauri Malin, RN, Director of Adult Day Services
Julie Heyman, MS, OTR/L, CBIS, CDP, Occupational Therapist
Levindale

The brain is an organ and a very unusual and complex one at that.  With aging, a person’s cognitive thinking abilities deteriorate.  Learn brain fitness activities that we can do for ourselves and loved ones to help avoid and minimize mental decline as we age.

Diabetes Support Group
Meetings are held on Thursdays, once a month at 6:00 pm on Zoom

January 13, 2022
February 10, 2022 
March 10, 2022
April 7, 2022
May 12, 2022

Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 551 427 6168
Passcode: health

JANUARY TELEHEALTH SESSIONS   JANUARY DIABETES TELELEARNING

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