Holiday Heart-Healthy Recipes from Teresa Pagan
Nutritionist Teresa Pagan, at our recent December meeting, gave an information-packed presentation on preparing heart-healthy holiday recipes. Below are the recipes she discussed and gave out samples of at the meeting. We’ll be posting a video of her presentation to our YouTube channel in a few weeks. In the meantime, cook away and enjoy.
Learn about amyloid heart issues Oct. 14
Amyloid disease of the heart is becoming a hot topic in cardiac health circles, with recent articles about it appearing in the New York Times and Chicago Tribune. We’ll give you all the latest at our Tuesday, Oct. 14 meeting with guest speaker Dr. Nitasha Sarswat, Endeavor’s expert on the subject. We also expect a…
Help us reach children who struggle with heart disease
Members of our chapter will be staffing a Mended Hearts table at a fall picnic sponsored by Lurie Children’s Hospital on Sunday, Sept. 14. We’re looking for volunteers to help at the event, which goes from roughly 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. he picnic and barbecue will take place at Labagh Woods, Grove 4 (entry…
Join us in September to hear about depression & heart disease
Damita Cravens, a mental health therapist and life coach, will be speaking with our chapter Tuesday, Sept. 9, about how depression impacts heart patients and what they can do to cope with it. Cravens is an outreach worker with the city of Evanston. She earned her Master’s of Science in Clinical Counseling from National Louis…
July treat: heart healthy eating with Chef Tom
Join us Tuesday, July 8th, at the Three Crowns retirement community in Evanston where Chef Tom Winklebeck will be showing us how to eat heart-healthy this summer. Chef Tom is himself a heart disease survivor who changed his life and his cooking style after his battle with heart issues. He’s cooked for us before and…
Join us in June, hear about dental health & heart health
If you don’t think there’s any connection between dental health and heart health, think again. Our speakers Tuesday, June 10, will tell us all about the connections and what you need to know. Past dental talks have been quite lively, so expect that on Tuesday when we begin at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be…
Chicago Botanic Garden tour drew a big crowd
More than a dozen chapter members and several family members/caregivers, joined us for our May tour of the Chicago Botanic Gardens. You can see video highlights of the tour and hear about the history of the garden on our YouTube channel by clicking this link. Here are pictures of some of the spring blooms we…
Join us virtually Feb. 18 to ask the cardiologist
February is national heart month and we’ll be celebrating with our annual Ask the Cardiologist meeting, featuring Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg. Given the uncertain weather this time of year, this meeting will be virtual only. Do not come to Evanston hospital for it, the meeting will be online only. Use this link: https://zoom.us/j/99887167977?pwd=dEJENmRFc2k5aHlvbjZlVnZiS0MrZz09 These Ask the…
Join us Tuesday, Jan 14 to discuss Ozempic, other weight loss drugs & heart disease
Our Mended Hearts chapter will be gathering at Evanston Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. to hear from Dr. Disha Narang, an endocrinologist who specializes in obesity medicine, and culinary medicine with Endeavor Health. Dr Narang gave us the low-down on these medications last March, so we’re excited to hear what’s changed and what we…
Dec. meeting — a special time & place for a special tour, plus cookies
Join us in December at a special time and place for a very special tour of the new cardiovascular institute at Endeavor Health’s Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview. Rather than meet on the second Tuesday of December, this meeting will take place on Dec. 17, the third Tuesday of the month, at 4 p.m. The roughly…
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