Talk to the experts! Meet cardiologists, pharmacists, integrative medicine specialists, dietitians and other Greenwich Hospital staff. This is your chance to ask questions about prevention, treatment and medication in [...]]]> Heart Health Fair
Friday, Feb. 12
8-11am
Noble Conference Center

Talk to the experts! Meet cardiologists, pharmacists, integrative medicine specialists, dietitians and other Greenwich Hospital staff. This is your chance to ask questions about prevention, treatment and medication in casual, one-on-one conversations.

Preregister to receive a free metabolic screening that measures total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglyceride and glucose levels, as well as blood pressure and weight. Available to the first 65 preregistrants. Fasting required. Screenings can be scheduled between 7:30-10:30am.

Registration is not required to attend the Heart Fair. To sign up for a metabolic screening, call (203) 863-4277 or (888) 305-9253. FREE.

Learn how diagnostic electrophysiology can pinpoint the exact origin of arrhythmia, palpitations or other “misfirings” of the heart. Get [...]]]> Seminar: Pacemakers, Defibrillators and Electrophysiology
Wednesday, Feb. 3
12noon – 1pm
Noble Conference Center
Speaker: Alexander Del Vecchio, MD Cardiologist/ Electrophysiologist

Learn how diagnostic electrophysiology can pinpoint the exact origin of arrhythmia, palpitations or other “misfirings” of the heart. Get information on various treatment methods and when implantable devices are beneficial.

To register, call (203) 863-4277 or (888) 305-9253 or register online. FREE.

Greenwich Hospital is offering a series of programs during November, which happens to [...]]]> Try as you might, you just can’t kick the cigarette habit.  Are there any new, cutting edge methods to help you stop smoking?  And while we’re on that topic, what are the risk factors for lung cancer?  Symptoms?  What are the latest treatments?

Greenwich Hospital is offering a series of programs during November, which happens to be Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

On Thursday, November 5, at 6:30-8pm, Dr. Hyman Miller, Section Head of Thoracic Surgery, will address the “basics” of cancer and smoking cessation.  FREE.  Register here.