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2.28 and 2.29

DIABETES AWARENESS TREATMENT and EDUCATION

Where: St. Rose Home Health, 1125 American Pacific, Suite E

When: 5-9:30 p.m.

Details: 616-6545

2.29

CARBS: THE NEW EVIL?

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-West, 7220 S. Cimarron Road, No. 195

When: 6-7:30 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

GASTRIC BAND SEMINAR

Where: Gastric Band Institute of Las Vegas, 3810 Meadows Lane

When: 6:30 p.m.

Details: 384-8446 or www.gastricbandlv.org>

3.1

BARIATRIC SURGERY EDUCATION PROGRAM

Where: Sunrise Hospital Auditorium, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway

When: 6 p.m.

Details: 233-5454 (free, registration required)

3.3

BARIATRIC SURGERY EDUCATION PROGRAM

Where: Sunrise Hospital Auditorium, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway

When: 10 a.m.

Details: 233-5454 (free, registration required)

3.3 and 3.10

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS (TWO SESSIONS)

Where: Southern Hills Hospital Medical Office Building

9280 W. Sunset Road, Room 222

When: 8 a.m.-noon

Las Vegas, NV 89148

Details: 880-2700 (registration required)

3.3, 3.5, 3.17 and 3.27

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS

Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise Hospital, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

When: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Details: 233-5437 (registration required)

3.5

PRENATAL BREASTFEEDING CLASS

Where: Sunrise Children's Hospital, Maternal Infant Unit Classroom, Third Floor, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway

When: 11 a.m.-noon

Details: 233-5437 (registration required)

ADULT OUTPATIENT DIABETES CLASS:"OVERVIEW and MEDICATIONS"

Where: 3101 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 100

Las Vegas, NV 89109

When: 1-3 p.m.

Details: 233-5454 (registration required)

3.6

NEVADA HEALTH CENTER MAMMOVAN BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS

Where: Food 4 Less, 4965 E. Sahara Ave.

When: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details: www.nvrhc.org (free)

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 10 a.m.-noon

Details: 616-4900 (free)

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Where: Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

When: 2-3:30 p.m.

Details: 784-1947 (free, RSVP required)

3.6, 3.13, 3.20 and 3.27

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 10-11 a.m.

Details: 233-5474 (free, registration required)

3.7

NEVADA HEALTH CENTER MAMMOVAN BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS

Where: Food 4 Less, 8180 Las Vegas Blvd. South

When: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details: www.nvrhc.org (free)

CARDIAC NUTRITION

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 10-11:30 a.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

ADULT OUTPATIENT DIABETES CLASS: "NUTRITION"

Where: 3101 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 100

When: 1-3 p.m.

Details: 233-5454 (registration required)

3.7, 3.14 and 3.21

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASSES (THREE sessions)

Where: Southern Hills Hospital Medical Office Building

Room 222, 9280 W. Sunset Road

When: 6-9 p.m.

Details: 880-2700 (registration required)

3.7, 3.12, 3.14, 3.21 and 3.28

FREEDOM FROM SMOKING

Where: Southern Hills Hospital Education Room, 9300 W. Sunset Road

When: 5:30-7 p.m.

Details: 880-2700

3.8

RISE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: A VITAL FAMILY RESOURCE

Where: Southern Hills Hospital Education Room, 9300 W. Sunset Road

When: 5:30-7 p.m.

Details: 880-2700 (registration required)

3.9

ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION LECTURES: LIFE STORIES

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 3-4:30 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

3.10

ASTHMA KIDS CLUB-TRIGGERS TREASURE HUNT

Where: St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-Siena Campus, MacDonald Conference Center, 3001 St. Rose Parkway

When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free, registration required)

2012 LAS VEGAS MY HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO

Where: Dallas Ballroom at Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane

When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Details: www.myhealthandwellnessexpo.com>

BREAST IS BEST BREASTFEEDING CLASS

Where: MountainView Hospital Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: noon-2 p.m.

Details: 233-5474

3.13

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 7-10 a.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

SIBLING CLASS

Where: MountainView Hospital Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 6-7 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 (registration required)

3.13 and 3.14

DIABETES AWARENESS TREATMENT AND EDUCATION

Where: St. Rose Home Health, 1125 American Pacific, Suite E

When: 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Details: 616-6545

3.14

LUNCH AND LEARN "COLONOSCOPY AND YOU"

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 (registration required)

YOUNG SURVIVOR'S BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

When: 6-7:30 p.m.

Details: 784-1947

3.15

BREASTFEEDING CLASS

Where: Southern Hills Hospital Medical Office Building, 9280 W. Sunset Road, Room 222

When: 6-8:30 p.m.

Details: 880-2700 (registration required)

3.16

BECOMING MEDICINE WISE

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-West, 7220 S. Cimarron Road, No. 195

When: 9 a.m.-noon

Details: 616-4900 (free)

O2 ON THE GO SUPPORT GROUP

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 10 a.m.-noon

Details: 233-5474 (free, registration required)

3.17

BARIATRIC SEMINAR

Where: MountainView Hospital, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 9-11 a.m.

Details: 233-5474 (free)

ST. ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITAL MARDI GRAS BALL, "THE HEART OF ST. ROSE"

Where: The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South

When: 6 p.m.

Details: www.mardigrasball.org>

3.18

REAL RESULTS FITNESS 5K RUN AND KIDS DASH

Where: The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2240 Village Walk, Henderson

When: 5K run 9 a.m., Kids Dash 10 a.m.

Details: www.realresultsfitness.com (benefits Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research and UCSD Nevada Cancer Institute)

3.20

MEDICARE ABCD'S

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 9-10 a.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

ALZHEIMER'S CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 10-11 a.m.

Details: 233-5474 (reservations required)

AARP DRIVER SAFETY CLASS

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 11:45 a.m.-4 p.m.

Details: 233-5474

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Where: Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

When: 2-3:30 p.m.

Details: 784-1947 (free, RSVP required)

3.20 and 3.27

CHILDBIRTH CLASS (TWO SESSIONS)

Where: MountainView Hospital Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 6-9 p.m.

Details: 233-5474

3.21

FREE MEDICARE COUNSELING WITH SHIP COUNSELOR

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 9:15-11:15 a.m.

Details: 233-5474 (free, by appointment only)

TOTAL JOINT PATIENT EDUCATION SEMINAR

Where: MountainView Hospital, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 4-5 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 (free, reservations required)

ONCOLOGY NUTRITION CLASS

Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

When: 4-5:30 p.m.

Details: 233-5300 (free, registration required)

BARIATRIC SEMINAR

Where: MountainView Hospital, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 6-7 p.m.

Details: 233-5474

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP

Where: Sunrise Hospital Rendezvous Room, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway.

When: 6-8 p.m.

Details: 233-5300

3.22

DASH AWAY FROM HYPERTENSION

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 3-5 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

STROKE CLUB@ST. ROSE-CHAIR EXERCISE DEMONSTRATION

Where: St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-Siena Campus, MacDonald Conference Center, 3001 St. Rose Parkway

When: 6-7 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free, caregivers welcome)

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU ARE DONE EXPECTING

Where: MountainView Hospital Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

When: 6-8 p.m.

Details: 233-5474

3.24

CHILDBIRTH CLASS

Where: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

When: MountainView Hospital Lobby Classroom, 3100 N. Tenaya Way

Details: 233-5474

3.26

LOOK GOOD...FEEL GOOD

When: 10 a.m.-noon

Where: The Breast Center at Sunrise, 3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 250

Details: 784-1947 (free, RSVP required)

3.27 and 3.28

DIABETES AWARENESS TREATMENT AND EDUCATION

Where: St. Rose Home Health, 1125 American Pacific, Suite E

When: 5-9:30 p.m.

Details: 616-6545

3.29

LOWER CHOLESTEROL WITH TLC (THERAPEUTIC LIFESTYLE CHANGES)

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 2-5 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

3.30-4.1

RED ROCK RENDEVOUS CLIMBING FESTIVAL

Where: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

When: rock climbing clinics throughout the day each day

Details: www.mountaingear.com/events>

3.31

FREE MOUNTAINVIEW HEART MURMUR CLINIC

Where: H2U MountainView Office, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 114

When: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details: 233-5474 (free, appointment required)

4.1

HEALTH FAIR

Where: Touro University Nevada, 874 American Pacific Drive, Henderson

When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Details: www.tun.touro.edu (free)

4.4

EMOTIONAL EATING

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-West, 7220 S. Cimarron Road, No. 195

When: 6-7:30 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

4.5

CARDIAC NUTRITION

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-West, 7220 S. Cimarron Road, No. 195

When: 10-11:30 a.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

4.9

SAFE SITTER CHILDCARE TECHNIQUES

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Details: 616-4900

4.10 and 4.11

DIABETES AWARENESS TREATMENT and EDUCATION

Where: St. Rose Home Health, 1125 American Pacific, Suite E

When: 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Details: 616-6545

4.12

ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION LECTURES-ARE YOU CARING FOR SOMEONE WITH MEMORY LOSS? RESOURCES FOR CAREGIVERS

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 2-4 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

4.14

LAS VEGAS TOUR DE CURE

Where: Henderson Events Plaza, 200 S. Water St.

When: 100-mile ride 6:30 a.m., 65-mile ride 7:30 a.m., 40-mile ride 8:30 a.m., 15-mile ride 10:30 a.m.

Details: www.diabetes.org>

4.17

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-West, 7220 S. Cimarron Road, No. 195

When: 7-10 a.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

MEDICARE ABCD'S

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, No. 330

When: 9-10 a.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free)

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?

Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-West, 7220 S. Cimarron Road, No. 195

When: 10 a.m.-noon

Details: 616-4900 (free)

4.21

SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION

Where: St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-Rose de Lima Campus, 102 E. Lake Mead Parkway

When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free, registration required)

4.24 and 4.25

DIABETES AWARENESS TREATMENT AND EDUCATION

Where: St. Rose Home Health, 1125 American Pacific, Suite E

When: 5-9:30 p.m.

Details: 616-6545

4.26

STROKE CLUB@ST. ROSE-MANAGING DIFFICULT EMOTIONS

Where: St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-Siena Campus, MacDonald Conference Center, 3001 St. Rose Parkway

When: 6-7 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free, caregivers welcome)

4.28

BABY AND CHILD BONANZA

Where: St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-San Martín Campus, 8280 W. Warm Springs Road

When: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Details: 616-4900 (free, registration required)

5.1

NEVADA HEALTH CENTER MAMMOVAN BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS

Where: Food 4 Less, 8180 Las Vegas Blvd. South

When: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details: www.nvrhc.org (free)

5.5

2012 SOUTHERN NEVADA RACE FOR THE CURE

Where: Fremont Street Experience

When: 5K timed run 8:15 a.m., 5K walk 8:20 a.m., 1-mile fun run and walk 8:45 a.m.

Details: www.southernnevada.info-komen.org

6.5

NEVADA HEALTH CENTER MAMMOVAN BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS

Where: Food 4 Less, 1301 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson

When: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details: www.nvrhc.org (free)

6.14

NEVADA HEALTH CENTER MAMMOVAN BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS

Where: Food 4 Less, 4001 S. Decatur Blvd.

When: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details: www.nvrhc.org (free)

8.16

NEVADA HEALTH CENTER MAMMOVAN BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS

Where: Food 4 Less, 1955 N. Nellis Blvd.

When: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details: www.nvrhc.org (free)

9.4

NEVADA HEALTH CENTER MAMMOVAN BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS

Where: Food 4 Less, 1301 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson

When: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details: www.nvrhc.org (free)

11.21

NEVADA HEALTH CENTER MAMMOVAN BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS

Where: Food 4 Less, 2255 N. Las Vegas Blvd, North Las Vegas

When: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.

Details: www.nvrhc.org (free)

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