Danbury Hospital Health Calendar Highlights For Spring
Danbury Hospital Health Calendar Highlights For Spring
DANBURY â Danbury Hospital has scheduled community health and wellness programs for April and May. The programs will focus on discussions related to the medical advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, nicotine addiction, stroke, skin cancer, and osteoporosis.
Programs are conducted from September through June and conclude with a dedicated annual event open to all cancer patients/survivors (and a guest) who are invited to attend the 12th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day on June 7 at the Ethan Allen Inn in Danbury.
Spring Danbury Hospital Health Calendar Programs include:
*Mondays, April 20 and May 18, 7:30 pm â The Diabetes Club of Danbury, a support group for people with diabetes, their families and friends, featuring a series of guest speakers discussing living well with diabetes. For more information, call certified diabetes educator and medical director Robert Ruxin, MD, at 203-438-7339.
Tuesday, April 21, 7 pm â Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Danbury Hospital physician experts in colon and rectal surgery and gastroenterology will present discussions related to the diagnosis, treatments, and management of chronic conditions associated with IBD, ulcerative colitis and Crohnâs disease.
Tuesday, May 5, 7:30 pm â Blansfield Endowment Lecture on Nicotine Addiction and Smoking Cessation. Attendees will learn about the nature of addiction and why it took so long for cigarettes to be recognized as addictive, how nicotine acts on the body positively and negatively, as well as various successful treatments available today that can help you quit smoking.
Tuesday, May 12, 7 pm â âUnderstanding, Recognizing, and Preventing Stroke.â Physicians and clinical experts from the Danbury Hospital Primary Stroke Center will discuss the warning signs and risk factors associated with stroke, and what to do about them.
From 6 to 7 pm in the Gerard D. Robilotti Conference Center (adjacent to the auditorium), participate in a free stroke risk factor assessment and screening.