FREE Health Presentations Offered

Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Hosting Free Bariatric Information Session

Darby, PA (September 13, 2011): When your weight threatens your health and keeps you from living the life you want, it’s time to reach out for help. About 220,000 people with morbid obesity underwent bariatric (weight loss) surgery in 2009 according to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Learn if bariatric surgery is right for you or your loved one at a free information session at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.

Mercy Bariatrics Clinical Program Director Dr. Prashanth Ramachandra and Program Manager Barbara Bunting will lead the session and answer questions.

The information session will take place in Room A on the Lobby Floor of the Medical Science Building. The hospital is located at 1500 Lansdowne Avenue in Darby.

To reserve your seat or to schedule a one-on-one consultation, call 1.855.LESS.YOU (1.855.537.7968).

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Delaware County Memorial Hospital’s Colleen McGee, DO, family medicine physician, and Margie Harper, BSN, CHPN, Palliative Care Coordinator, will present, “The Purpose of Palliative Care,” at noon, Sept. 29, in Meeting Room A at the hospital.
Bring a lunch and a friend to this FREE presentation and learn what palliative care is, who is eligible for the services, the benefits of receiving this type of care and difference between palliative care and hospice.
For information or to sign up, call 610-284-8158.
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  John Rizzo, MD, co-chief of the Section of Ophthalmology at Taylor Hospital, will present a FREE seminar, “The Eyes Have It:  Facts About Macular Degeneration” on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Downstairs Program Room of Springfield Library, 70 Powell Road, Springfield.
Macular Degeneration is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people over 60. Participants will learn the difference between “dry” and “wet” macular Degeneration, tests to help with diagnosis and treatment options.
Call 1-800-CK-HEALTH to register.