(West Islip, NY) Good Samaritan Hospital offers a free lecture series, “Good Sam University.” The format features a monthly lecture in three categories: “Food For Thought,” showing the impact of nutrition on a person’s health at every stage of life; “Women’s Wellness,” addressing women’s health issues; and “Aging Gracefully,” providing expert advice on topics related to health and wellness in the senior years. The program is sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, with additional support from media sponsor WALK FM.
Speakers include physicians and allied health professionals from Good Samaritan’s expert staff. These free community lectures are designed to educate the community, raise awareness and to help explain risk factors, methods of diagnosis and treatments. September lectures sponsored by WALK Radio Group are:
Wednesday, November 6 – Aging Gracefully
- Hip Hop: What’s New in Hip & Knee Replacement?
- The rise in hip and knee replacements among baby boomers is putting a fresh spring in their step. Every year, nearly a million people have a total hip or knee replacement and numbers are expected to keep growing. End-stage arthritis is the leading cause for joint replacement.
- Jonathan Owens, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Noon • Bay Shore Brightwaters Library, 1 South Country Road, Brightwaters
Thursday, November 7 –Women’s Wellness
- Underactive? Overactive? The Thyroid’s Role in Health
- The thyroid is responsible for the body’s metabolic processes. For an estimated 27 million Americans, the thyroid produces either too much or too little of the hormones we need, which causes an array of
- health symptoms. Thyroid disease is often misdiagnosed or simply overlooked leaving many unaware of a problem.
- Leonard V. Gioia, MD, Endocrinologist
- 7:00 pm • Villa Monaco Restaurant, 778 Montauk Highway, West Islip
- 10% o dinner for lecture attendees with reservations between 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Tuesday, November 19 – Food For Thought
DASH into Healthier Eating
- Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, also known as DASH, has been hailed one of the best diets, especially for those with diabetes. It has been proven to lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and is associated with lower risk of several types of cancer, heart disease and stroke.
- Susan Ardilio, MS, RD, CDN, CDE, Nutritionist
- 6:00 pm • West Islip Fire Department, 309 Union Blvd
For more information or to register, please call (631) 376-4444.
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is a 537-bed (including 100 nursing home beds), voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located in West Islip. The medical center, which has more than 3,775 employees and 900 physicians on staff, had nearly 28,000 patient admissions and nearly 100,000 emergency department visits in 2012. Good Samaritan is a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Visit the website at www.good-samaritan-hospital.org.
The medical center supplies residents with the tools necessary to maintain good health. This includes community lectures, screenings, health fairs and other community programs and services.
