Health Calendar: Aug. 27
8.27
THE AGING EYE
Where: Barbara Greenspun WomensCare Center of Excellence-Henderson, 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 330
When: noon-1:30 p.m.
Details: 616-4900 (free, reservations required)
8.28
BARIATRIC (WEIGHT-LOSS) SURGERY EDUCATION PROGRAM
Where: Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson
When: 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Details: 233-5454, (free, registration required)
8.29
GASTRIC BAND SEMINAR
Where: Surgical Weight Control Center of Las Vegas, 3810 Meadows Lane
When: 6:30 p.m.
Details: 384-8446 or www.bandandbypass.com
8.30
ONE-ON-ONE MEDICARE COUNSELING
Where: Southern Hills Hospital Education Room, 9300 West Sunset Road
When: 8-9 a.m.
Details: 880-2700 (free, by appointment only)
SKIN CANCER SCREENINGS
Where: Boulevard Mall, 3528 South Maryland Parkway
When: 10 a.m.-noon
Details: 212-725-5176 or www.skincancer.org/tour (free full body skin cancer screenings)
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)
9.8
PEDAL TO THE MEDAL
Where: West Career and Technical Academy, 11945 W. Charleston Blvd.
When: 50-mile ride 7 a.m., 25-mile ride 8 a.m.
Details: www.sonv.org (bicycle ride benefits Special Olympics of Southern Nevada)
9.17
SKIN CANCER SCREENINGS
Where: Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive.
When: 10-11 a.m.
Details: 595-4896 (space limited; participants must be age 65 or older and have a current city of Las Vegas Active Adult/Senior membership)
9.22
VIVA BIKE VEGAS GRAN FONDO
Where: Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South
When: 122-mile, 102-mile, 75-mile and 17-mile rides, 5 a.m.
Details: www.vivabikevegas.com
10.6
VEGAS PBS KEEPING KIDS FIT 5K RUN AND 1-MILE WALK
Where: Vegas PBS building, 3050 E. Flamingo Road
When: 8 a.m.
Details: VegasPBS.org/KKF5K, 799-1010 or Facebook.comKeepingKidsFit
FAAN WALK FOR FOOD ALLERGY AND ANAPHYLAXIS
Where: The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2240 Village Walk Drive
When: 9 a.m.
Details: www.foodallergywalk.org
10.13
LIFE TIME TORCHLIGHT 5K RUN
Where: Life Time Fitness Summerlin, 10721 W. Charleston Blvd.
When: packet pick-up and late registration 3 p.m., race 5 p.m., postrace party, 5:15 p.m.
Details: www.bazumedia.com/reg/form?eventID=1663
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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