North Suburban Mended Hearts Chapter 424
Peer-to-peer support for heart disease survivors in the northern suburbs of Chicago.D
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Chef Tom Winklebeck, himself a heart disease survivor and a prior guest of our chapter, will be returning to us at our July 14 meeting at 6:30 p.m. Plans at the moment are to get at Evanston Hospital as usual. But we would love to find an outdoor venue to turn this meeting into a…
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Hear what Mended Hearts is doing on a. national and local level during its annual meeting, online this Friday, June 26, at 3 p.m. central time. To join, simply register at this link. It’s free. The national organization is in the midst of a major leadership change. Natalie Crawford joined as executive director effective Jan. 1,…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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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Our Mended Hearts chapter recently heard a doctor speak very enthusiastically about Ozempic use by heart patients such as myself. Ozempic and similar drugs now on the market cut your appetite (to put it very simply) and you drop pounds. That in turn helps heart health. Being able to take a pill (or an injection in Ozempic’s…
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Our chapter meetings, normally held on Tuesdays, will move to Wednesday evenings in March and April. The March meeting is March 13 at 6:30 p.m and the April meeting is April 10 at 6:30 p.m. Meetings will continue to be hybrid in-person and Zoom meetings Why the move? As some of you know, I’m directing…
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Sarah Alexander, M.D. of the NorthShore Medical Group will be telling us everything we need to know about our blood pressure and dealing with multiple heart incidents this Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m. How often do you check your blood pressure? How many blood pressure monitors would we find in your house (I have…
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