North Suburban Mended Hearts Chapter 424
Peer-to-peer support for heart disease survivors in the northern suburbs of Chicago.D
Category: Monthly meetings
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Our May meeting will repeat a favorite from last year — we’re getting free admission to the Chicago Botanic Garden for a guided tour. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, again a bit earlier than usual, but it’s the time the Garden can take us. The Garden is just off…
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Join us for our April meeting in which staff from Evanston Hospital’s Cardio Rehab gym will give us heart-friendly exercises we can do at home this spring, and beyond. The meeting date is being changed so the staff can join us. The new date is Wednesday, April 15. And we will start at 5:30 p.m.…
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If you missed out chapter meeting in January, December or February, here’s a second chance to see them. Video of all three are now available to view on our YouTube channel. December.s meeting dealt with how to eat healthy at holiday meals and parties. Our Mended Hearts Hero Award winner, Dr. Disha Narang in January…
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Join us next Tuesday to hear Endeavor cardiologist Caroline Ball discuss living with cancer and heart disease. Dr. Ball’s expertise “includes cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, internal medicine and nuclear cardiology,” according to her Endeavor bio.“Dr. Ball combines advanced diagnostics with evidence-based treatments to support heart health and improve quality of life for her patients.” We meet at Evanston Hospital opposite…
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Dr. Disha Narang will be our featured speaker Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 6:30 p.m. She’ll give our chapter the latest information on weight-loss drugs and their use by heart patients. Dr. Narang was named the 2024 Mended Hearts Midwest Heart Hero thanks to her ongoing involvement with our chapter. She briefs us yearly on the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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