Community Corner
Heart Health Focus of Beaumont Health Center's Open House
If your life has taken a detour away from healthy habits, Beaumont Health System can help you find a better road to heart and vascular health.
Enjoy free screenings, demonstrations, massages, information, healthy snacks and more
“Find Your Pathway to Heart Health” - a community open house at the Beaumont Health Center with free screenings, demonstrations, massages, “Ask The Doctor,” heart-healthy snacks and refreshments, prize drawings and more. Hear a special presentation by nationally renowned author Barry Franklin, Ph.D., Beaumont’s director of Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation at 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 11 - 4 to 8 p.m.
Beaumont Health Center
4949 Coolidge Highway, Royal Oak
Fee: No charge. Call 248-655-5750 for more information
Learn about ways you can prevent, halt or even reverse heart disease at a free community open house offered by the renowned heart and vascular experts at Beaumont.
The open house is Thursday, Oct. 11, 4 - 8 p.m., at the Beaumont Health Center, 4949 Coolidge Highway, Royal Oak (between 14 Mile and Maple Roads).
From 5:30 - 6 p.m., there will be a special presentation by Barry Franklin, Ph.D., Beaumont’s director of Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, on using exercise, a heart healthy diet and other behaviors to prevent and repair the damage of heart disease.
Franklin is a nationally renowned speaker on heart health topics and has written or edited 27 books, including “Take A Load Off Your Heart”, with co-author Joseph Piscatella, and the American Heart Association text “The No-Fad Diet.” Franklin has served on the Michigan Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports since 1994. He has held multiple regional and national leadership positions with the American Heart Association and has served on the national AHA Board of Trustees since 2010.
The open house will also feature:
•Free blood pressure and body mass index assessments
•Demonstrations of heart and lung tests and screenings
•Free chair massages
•Fitness demonstrations
•An “Ask The Doctor” station with Beaumont heart and lung specialists
•Heart-healthy snacks and refreshments
•Prize drawings
•Information about Beaumont’s heart and vascular programs and services
“This event will provide you with all the information needed to take charge of your heart and vascular health so you can have a longer, healthier life,” says Amy Fowler, manager, Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, Beaumont Health System.
For more information, call Beaumont’s Cardiac Rehabilitation department at 248-655-5750.
