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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Join us Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Evanston Hospital to hear neurologist Dr. Zachary Bull discuss stroke and stroke prevention. We’ve had Dr. Bulwa at past meetings and he’s always highly informative, so it should be a great meeting. Dr. Bulwa will be joining us via Zoom but we will be meeting in-person…
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Our July meeting took place at Three Crowns retirement community in evanston where Executive Chef, and heart disease survivor, Thomas Winklebleck showed us how to make a heart-healthy summer watermelon salad. You can watch the meeting on our YouTube channel by clicking here…https://youtu.be/-FOTjeZjTlY?si=wdCNzvIOoz4V2py8 The video and sound quality start off a bit rough but get…
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We had a great speaker in June, a German cardiologist who has looked specifically at heart failure and travel. He also spoke about travel issues for those of us with other heart issues. You can watch his presentation by clicking here to reach our YouTube channel and his presentation. And here are other resources if…
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Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have been all over the news as new, ‘miracle’ weight-loss drugs. But what’s the real story? And more importantly, what do heart patients need to know about them? Join us Wednesday, March 13 as Dr. Disha Narang, an endocrinologist who specializes in obesity medicine, and culinary medicine with Endeavor Health (formerly NorthShore)…
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Thomas Winklebleck, executive chef at Three Crowns Park in Evanston, will be joining us at our April 10 meeting to demonstrate heart-healthy cooking recipes. A graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, Chicago, Winklebeck has worked for the Levy Restaurants, Houlihan’s and NPK Hospitality, which owns a number of Chicago restaurants. Winklebleck also is a heart disease…
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National Mended Hearts is recommending a yes vote on newly revised national bylaws. You can review the bylaws via this post. Informational meetings on the changes involved will take place: Please vote yes or no via email to johnnfrank@gmail.com
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The North Suburban Mended Hearts chapter will be holding it’s year-end heart-healthy-eating party at Evanston Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Whether you’re a chapter member or someone who wants more information on Mended Hearts, the country’s largest patient-to-patient support group for heart patients of all kinds, come join us. Find out how…
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Join us at Evanston Hospital (or online) on Tuesday, Sept. 12 to hear from Dr. Zachery Bulwa discuss less obvious signs of stroke. Dr. Bulwa last year wrote a blog post entitled, Steps You Can Take Now to Prevent a Stroke. You can read it by clicking here. Dr Bulwa has a 4.7 out of…
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Virtual turnout was high for our February meeting, with members and guests anxious to ask our cardiologist pane about Covid and heart patients. The over0riding message from the doctors — get the vaccine, the risks of not getting it far outweighs the risks of getting it for heart patients. See what else they had to…
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