Versailles, Pensacola's newest upscale dining venue, will be hosting a night of dinner and dancing on Saturday, Aug. 16 at 1504 West Intendencia, at the corner of Barrancas Avenue and "H" Street. All proceeds will benefit the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital.

The evening's festivities will begin with a cocktail hour at 5 p.m., followed by a gourmet dinner and dancing from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., with live entertainment provided by Kitt Lough.

Tickets are $100 per person and may be purchased at the door or before the event at Versailles or at Soft Rock 94.1.

This year's goal is to raise $30,000 to purchase a state-of -the-art "vein finder" for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital. This new equipment will help nurses find veins quickly, resulting in less "sticks" to make the children more comfortable. Children's is home to Northwest Florida's only dedicated Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), with 11 beds to care for the most critically ill and injured infants and children across the Gulf Coast.

For more information on this event, please call Versailles at (850) 438-7772 or Soft Rock 94.1 at (850) 994-5357 or (850) 932-0941.

For more information on Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, please call (850) 416-7000 or visit www.sacred-heart.org.

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Sacred Heart Hospital's SENIORSpirit! program will present a on stroke awareness and prevention on Tuesday, August 19 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Perdido Bay Community Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Road, in Perdido.

The seminar will be presented by Dr. Terry Neill a board-certified critical care neurologist and medical director of the Sacred Heart Regional Stroke Center. The talk will teach attendees how to recognize the signs and symptoms of stroke as well as ways to prevent and treat stroke.

Sacred Heart's Regional Stroke Center is Northwest Florida's top-rated stroke program that features a diagnostic and treatment team dedicated to saving lives and minimizing damage caused by stroke. Led by a specially trained critical care neurologist, our team of radiologists, neurologists, interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons works together to rapidly diagnose and administer life-saving treatment.

According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons over half a million Americans suffer a stroke each year. A stroke occurs when one of the blood vessels that carry oxygen to the brain either becomes clogged or bursts. This can result in muscle and speech impairment, brain damage, and death.

As seating is limited, pre-registration is encouraged. To register, please call (850) 416-1620 or 1-877-416-1620.

Sacred Heart SENIORSpirit! is a free program for persons 55 and older.  Benefits include free screenings, seminars, special in-patient benefits such as three free guest meal tickets per hospital admission, a monthly calendar of events detailing all SENIORSpirit!  events, and a quarterly newsletter containing health and event information.

For more information, please call (850) 416-7000 or visit www.sacred-heart.org.

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Sacred Heart Health System will provide free health screenings in August at sites in Escambiaa County and Santa Rosa County. The screening program targets persons who are poor, uninsured or elderly. 

At most locations, Sacred Heart staff will provide screenings to measure blood pressure, blood sugar, total cholesterol and blood count. These screenings are helpful in diagnosing conditions that put people at high risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes, and other health problems. 

The schedule is as follows:

• August 5 from 9 to 11:30 AM at St. Jude Catholic Church, 303 Rocky Av., Cantonment; adult lab screening

• August 6 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Westly Scott Place, 3300 W. Scott St; Osteoporosis

• August 7 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Felix Miga Sr. Center, 904 N 57th Av; adult lab screening

• August 12 from 7 to 9:30 AM at Downtown YMCA, 410 N. Palafox St, adult lab screening

• August 13 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Milestone Aquatics Club, 35 New Market, Cantonment; adult lab screening

• August 14 from 9 to 11:30 AM at St. Mary Catholic Church, 401 Van Pelt Lane, Osterporosis

• August 19 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Westminster Village, 1900 W. Moreno St; adult lab screening

• August 20 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Cantonment Council on Aging, 132 Mintz Lane, Cantonment; adult lab screening

• August 23 from 9 to 11:30 AM at City of Refuge Bible Center, 614 Muscogee Rd., Cantonment; adult lab screening

• August 29 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Hair Trends, 9389 Chumuckla Hwy, Pace; adult lab screening

Mission in Motion is a community service provided by Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola. The mobile unit's free services also are made possible by support from the law firm of Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin and McLeod, as well as the Gannett Foundation and other community donors. For more information, call (850) 416-7826.

Sacred Heart Health System will provide free health screenings in August at sites throughout Escambia County and Santa Rosa County. The screening program targets persons who are poor, uninsured or elderly. 

At most locations, Sacred Heart staff will provide screenings to measure blood pressure, blood sugar, total cholesterol and blood count. These screenings are helpful in diagnosing conditions that put people at high risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes and other health problems.

The August schedule is as follows:

. Aug. 5 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Jude Catholic Church, 303 Rocky Av., Cantonment.

. Aug. 6 at Wesley Scott Place, 3300 W. Scott St. Pensacola from 9 to 11:30 a.m. This will be an osteoporosis screening only.

. Aug. 7 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Felix Miga Seniors Center, 904 N 57th St.

. Aug. 12 from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Pensacola Downtown YMCA, 410 N. Palafox St.

. Aug. 13 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Milestone Aquatics Club, 35 New Market Road, by Nine Mile Road, Cantonment.

. Aug. 14 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church, 401 Van Pelt Lane. This is an osteoporosis screening only.

. Aug. 19 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Westminster Village, 1900 W. Moreno St., Pensacola.

. Aug. 20 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Cantonment Council on Aging, 132 Mintz Lane, Cantonment.

. Aug. 23 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the City of Refuge Bible Center, 614 Muscogee Rd., Cantonment.

. Aug. 29 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Hair Trends, 9389 Chumuckla Highway in Pace.

Mission in Motion is a community service provided by Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola. The mobile unit's free services also are made possible by support from the law firm of Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin and McLeod, as well as the Gannett Foundation and other community donors. For more information, call (850) 416-7826.

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Sacred Heart Health System will provide free health screenings in July at sites in Pensacola, Milton, Century, Miramar Beach and Gulf Shores, Ala. The screening program targets persons who are poor, uninsured or elderly. 

At most locations, Sacred Heart staff will provide screenings to measure blood pressure, blood sugar, total cholesterol and blood count. These screenings are helpful in diagnosing conditions that put people at high risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes, and other health problems. 

The schedule is as follows:

• August 5 from 9 to 11:30 AM at St. Jude Catholic Church, 303 Rocky Av., Cantonment; adult lab screening
• August 6 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Westly Scott Place, 3300 W. Scott St; Osteoporosis
• August 7 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Felix Miga Sr. Center, 904 N 57th Av; adult lab screening
• August 12 from 7 to 9:30 AM at Downtown YMCA, 410 N. Palafox St, adult lab screening
• August 13 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Milestone Aquatics Club, 35 New Market, Cantonment; adult lab screening
• August 14 from 9 to 11:30 AM at St. Mary Catholic Church, 401 Van Pelt Lane, Osterporosis
• August 19 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Westminster Village, 1900 W. Moreno St; adult lab screening
• August 20 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Cantonment Council on Aging, 132 Mintz Lane, Cantonment; adult lab screening
• August 23 from 9 to 11:30 AM at City of Refuge Bible Center, 614 Muscogee Rd., Cantonment; adult lab screening
• August 29 from 9 to 11:30 AM at Hair Trends, 9389 Chumuckla Hwy, Pace; adult lab screening

Mission in Motion is a community service provided by Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola. The mobile unit's free services also are made possible by support from the law firm of Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin and McLeod, as well as the Gannett Foundation and other community donors. For more information, call (850) 416-7826.

Sacred Heart Hospital's Senior Service's program will present a free seminar on carpel tunnel syndrome on Thursday, Aug. 14, from 12 - 1 p.m. in the Rehabilitation Center at Sacred Heart Medical Park in Pace.

The seminar will be presented by Dr. Mosi Jones, a board-certified physical medicine physician. The talk will teach attendees how to recognize the signs carpel tunnel syndrome, prevention techniques, as well as how to treat the condition with splinting and/or surgery.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a disorder of the hand, wrist and arm. The carpal tunnel is a space formed by the bones and ligaments in your wrist. A nerve running through that space lets you move and feel with your hands and fingers. With carpal tunnel syndrome, the nerve gets compressed, causing a variety of possible symptoms including numbness, tingling, pain, weakness, and burning sensations.

Registration is required and seating is limited. To register, call (850) 416-1620 or 1-877-416-1620.

Sacred Heart Medical Park at Pace provides diagnostic services and rehabilitation services to the Pace community, as well as family practice, OB/GYN and other specialty physician's offices. The facility is open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located on the north side of U.S. 90 in Pace, between Woodbine Road and Chumuckla Highway.

Sacred Heart SENIORSpirit! is a free program for persons 55 and older.  Benefits include free screenings, seminars, special in-patient benefits such as a three free guest meal tickets per hospital admission, a monthly calendar of events detailing all SENIORSpirit! events, and a quarterly newsletter containing health and event information.

For more information, please call (850) 416-7000 or visit www.sacred-heart.org.

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Sacred Heart Health System will present "An Evening with the Experts: Hip & Knee Replacement" in Pensacola on Monday, Aug. 18 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Greenhut Auditorium on Sacred Heart's Ninth Avenue campus.

The night will feature a free catered dinner and a presentation on joint replacement surgery by Dr. Robert Snowden, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, who specializes in reconstructive joint surgery and total joint replacement of the hip and knee.

The seminar will help attendees decide if joint replacement surgery is right for them. Dr. Snowden will give an overview of joint pain and treatment options, followed by an in-depth look at hip and knee replacement surgery and what to expect. After the presentation, attendees will be able to ask specific questions about their own joint pain.

Representatives from the Sacred Heart Joint Replacement Center and Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Services will also be on hand to answer questions before and after the program.

Seating is limited and reservations are required.

For more information or to make a reservation, please call 850-416-1600.

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Sacred Heart Women's Hospital in Pensacola recently extended its expertise in managing high-risk pregnancies into southwest Alabama by opening a satellite office in Fairhope. The new office is located at 150 South Ingleside Dr., Suite 6.

A Sacred Heart Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and staff from Sacred Heart's Regional Perinatal Center have started patients at the satellite office, and plans call for the physician and staff to visit twice a month. Patients must be referred by their obstetrician.
 This new office will allow pregnant women in and around the Fairhope area to receive expert care from Sacred Heart's Regional Perinatal Center staff without having to travel to Pensacola. Sacred Heart is one of 11 hospitals in Florida designated by the state as a Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center (RPICC).

 "We wanted to expand the regional availability of our services and improve birth outcomes in southwest Alabama, while allowing high-risk women to get expert prenatal care closer to home," said Dr. James Thorp, a specialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Medical Director of the Regional Perinatal Center.
 The community will reap great benefits from this clinic, too, according to Elizabeth Allerellie, Perinatal Outreach Coordinator at Sacred Heart. "The number of sick and low-birth-weight babies who would then require neonatal intensive care services will decrease," said Allerellie. "The community will see an increase in the number of high-risk pregnant women receiving prenatal care and this will support other hospitals in southwest Alabama where these patients eventually will deliver their babies." 

Studies have found that outcomes for high-risk pregnancies can be improved through continuous specialized care to pregnant women with major medical or maternal conditions that puts their pregnancy at risk or their newborn at risk for disease, death or disability. Since 1974, the state's RPICC program has improved outcomes for women with high-risk pregnancies and improved care to sick or pre-term newborns by providing a full range of specialized services and ongoing care.

At Sacred Heart, RPICC services include specialized prenatal care in a high-risk pregnancy clinic and at Sacred Heart Women's Hospital, where obstetricians and nurses with specialized training in maternal-fetal medicine manage the pregnancies and deliveries of high-risk mothers. The second component of the program - neonatal care for very sick or premature newborns - is provided by Sacred Heart's Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery.

For more information on Sacred Heart's Regional Perinatal Center, please visit www.sacred-heart.org or call (850) 416-2477 or toll-free at 1-866-904-8738.

PENSACOLA, FLA. - The American Stroke Association recently awarded Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola its Get With The GuidelinesSM-Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes Sacred Heart's continued success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment and education according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.

Sacred Heart's Regional Stroke Center is Northwest Florida's top-rated stroke program that features a diagnostic and treatment team dedicated to saving lives and minimizing damage caused by stroke. Led by a specially trained critical care neurologist, our team of radiologists, neurologists, interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons works together to rapidly diagnose and administer life-saving treatment.

To receive the Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award, Sacred Heart consistently followed the treatment guidelines in the Get With The Guidelines program for 12 consecutive months. These include aggressive use of clot-busting medications and clot prevention, cholesterol reducing drugs, and smoking cessation. The 12 -month evaluation period is the second stage in an ongoing self-evaluation by the hospital to continually reach the 85 percent compliance level needed to sustain this award.

"The American Stroke Association commends Sacred Heart Hospital for its success in implementing standards of care and protocols," said Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., national Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee Member and director of the acute stroke services at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. "The full implementation of acute care and secondary prevention recommendations and guidelines is a critical step in saving the lives and improving outcomes of stroke patients."

According to the American Stroke Association, each year approximately 780,000 people suffer a stroke - 600,000 are first attacks and 180,000 are recurrent. Of stroke survivors aged 49 and older, 21 percent of men and 24 percent of women die within a year.  For those aged 70 and older, the percentages are even higher.

For more information, please call (850) 416-7000 or visit www.sacred-heart.org.

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• A medical office building to provide space for primary care and specialty physicians, as well as outpatient services
  
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The "Succeeding After Stroke" support group at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola has cancelled its meeting in August.

The next meeting of the support group will be held Sept. 2 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Sacred Heart Hospital Conference Center on Ninth Avenue.

This stroke support group is both an information and support group provided by Sacred Heart Hospital's Regional Stroke Center. The group is designed for stroke survivors, their families and caretakers. Topics discussed will vary from month to month to include information regarding community services, resources, nutrition and more. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month.

Sacred Heart's Regional Stroke Center is certified as a Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center. The Joint Commission's Certificate of Distinction for Primary Stroke Centers recognizes centers that make exceptional efforts to foster better outcomes for stroke care. For more information about the stroke support group, call 416-4794, or visit www.sacred-heart.org/strokecenter.

Sacred Heart Health System and the Florida State College of Medicine have hired Peter Jennings, M.D., a board-certified pediatrician, as the new director of the Pediatric Residency Program based at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital.

In his new role, Dr. Jennings will oversee all clinical aspects of the Pediatric Residency Program, including the Pediatric Care Center and the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Prior to his employment at Sacred Heart, Dr. Jennings served for eight years as the Michigan State University Pediatric Residency Program and as an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development in MSU's College of Human Medicine in East Lansing, Mich. Prior to becoming the Program Director, Dr. Jennings served three years as the Assistant Pediatric Residency Program Director.

During his tenure, Dr. Jennings was a recipient of numerous Resident Faculty Teaching Awards. His research interests include Resident Education, Child Advocacy, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Dr. Jennings received his medical degree from Michigan State University in 1993 and completed his pediatric residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in 1996. Dr. Jennings and his wife Shawn have three children.

The Florida State University College of Medicine Pediatric Residency Program at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital is dedicated to training the next generation of pediatric physicians and has a strong emphasis on primary care and ambulatory medicine. The three-year program currently trains a total of 21 residents.

Since 1969, Sacred Heart Children's Hospital has provided quality, compassionate care to children across the Gulf Coast, regardless of their family's ability to pay. Located in Pensacola, Florida, the state-of-the-art, 128-bed hospital is the only dedicated children's hospital in Northwest Florida. Children's Hospital provides 55 beds for infants through teenagers, including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, featuring 11 beds dedicated to the most critically ill and injured children. Children's Hospital also houses the region's only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the care of critically ill and premature newborns.

Dr. Jennings will be filling the position of Dr. Edward Kohaut, a board-certified pediatric nephrologist who has been the director of the Pediatric Residency Program since 2000. Under Dr. Kohaut's strong leadership, the program has grown 15 residents to 20 residents, and his dedication to the pediatric residents and advocacy for graduate medical education will be missed.

For more information on the Pediatric Residency Program, please call Sacred Heart at (850) 416-7658 or visit our website at www.fsuresidency-pensacola.org.

Sacred Heart Health System will provide free health screenings in July at sites in Pensacola, Milton, Century, Miramar Beach and Gulf Shores, Ala. The screening program targets persons who are poor, uninsured or elderly. 

At most locations, Sacred Heart staff will provide screenings to measure blood pressure, blood sugar, total cholesterol and blood count. These screenings are helpful in diagnosing conditions that put people at high risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes, and other health problems. 

The schedule is as follows:

 . July 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. at New Dimensions Christian Center, 3201 Navy Blvd. Blood screening

. July 10 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 6457 Park Ave., Milton. Osteoporosis screening

. July 11 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Bayview Senior Center, 20th & Lloyd Streets. Osteoporosis screening.

. July 12 from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at Global Travels & Tours, 4806 Mobile Hwy. Blood screening

. July 15 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, 7800 U.S. Hwy. 98 in Miramar Beach. Blood screening

. July 16 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Century Council on Aging, 6025 Industrial Blvd., Century. Blood screening

. July 17 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at First West Florida Baptist Convention, 2400 W. Strong St. Blood screening

. July 23 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Christian Service Center at First Presbyterian Church in Gulf Shores, Ala., 309 E. 21st Ave. Blood screening.

. July 24 from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 303 S. Navy Blvd. Osteoporosis screening

. July 25 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 609 N. Alcaniz St. Blood screening

. July 26 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Boys & Girls Club, 2751 N. "H" St. Blood screening.

Mission in Motion is a community service provided by Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola. The mobile unit's free services also are made possible by support from the law firm of Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin and McLeod, as well as the Gannett Foundation and other community donors. For more information, call (850) 416-7826.

Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola will offer its "Freedom From Smoking" program starting Aug. 12 and Aug. 13 to help with the physical, psychological, and habitual components of nicotine addiction.

Participants can choose day or evening sessions for the seven-week course. Classes will be held: 

Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. starting Aug. 12
Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. starting Aug. 13
           

All classes will be held at Sacred Heart Hospital and will cost $75 per person. A limited number of scholarships also are available for the entire program.

Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Please call (850) 416-7764 for more information or to register.

Sacred Heart Hospital's SeniorSpirit! program will present a free seminar on age-related macular degeneration on Thursday, July 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Gulf Shores Senior Center, 300 E 16th Ave. in Gulf Shores.

The seminar will be presented by Dr. Joseph Gravlee, a board-certified ophthalmologist. The seminar will cover the signs and symptoms macular degeneration, as well as prevention and treatment options.

Age-related macular degeneration is one of the most common causes of severe vision loss for people over the age of 65.  There are two types of this disease - "wet" and "dry." "Dry" macular degeneration, the most common type of the disease, results in the thinning of the macular, which is located in the retina of the eye. This leads to some vision loss.

The "wet" form of macular degeneration only occurs in about ten percent of the cases, but it is a more serious disorder. This form occurs when new blood vessels grow beneath the retina and leak, creating a blind spot in the middle of one's field of vision.

As seating is limited, pre-registration is encouraged. To register, please call (850) 416-1620 or 1-877-416-1620.

Sacred Heart SENIORSpirit is a free program for persons 55 and older.  Benefits include free screenings, seminars, a monthly calendar of events detailing all SENIORSpirit events, and a quarterly newsletter containing health and event information.

For more information, please call (850) 416-7000 or visit www.sacred-heart.org.

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Sacred Heart Hospital's Senior Services' program will present a free seminar in Pensacola entitled "The Surviving Spouse: Making the Money Last" on Thursday, July 31, with the choice of two different sessions on the same topic.

The day session will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Senior Services, 5225 Carmel Heights Road, located behind Sacred Heart's Ninth Ave. parking garage. The evening session will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mainstay Education Center, 2810 E. Cervantes Street, at the corner of Cervantes and Perry in Pensacola.

The talk will teach attendees how to prepare for and navigate through the many decisions that need to be made upon the death of a loved one. The speaker will be Annalee Leonard, president of Mainstay Financial Group.

Registration is required and seating is limited. To register, call (850) 416-1620 or 1-877-416-1620, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sacred Heart SENIORSpirit is a free program for persons 55 and older.  Benefits include free screenings, seminars, special in-patient benefits such as three free guest meal tickets per hospital admission, a monthly calendar of events detailing all SENIORSpirit events, and a quarterly newsletter containing health and event information.

For more information, please call Sacred Heart at (850) 416-7000 or visit us online at www.sacred-heart.org.

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Dr. Jeffrey Lord, a specialist in weight-loss surgery techniques, will present "Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right for You?" on Thursday, July 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Hospital Conference Center in Pensacola.

The seminar is sponsored by Sacred Heart's Institute for Surgical Weight Loss.  Sacred Heart offers two types of weight loss surgery that use small incisions. The first is laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, which involves a permanent rerouting of the digestive system that leaves patients with a small stomach pouch. The surgery creates a bypass that reroutes food around a portion of the small intestine.

The second, newer approach performed at Sacred Heart is adjustable gastric banding. Using a laparoscope, the surgeon places an inflatable band around the stomach, creating a small upper pouch at the top, with restricted passage to the rest of the stomach. This pouch fills quickly and creates a feeling of fullness.

Dr. Lord, who has advanced fellowship training in weight-loss surgery, serves as director of the Sacred Heart Institute for Surgical Weight Loss. Dr. Lord and staff provide comprehensive evaluation of clinically obese patients to determine their candidacy for these life-changing procedures as well as extensive patient/family education to create a foundation for a healthy lifestyle.

Reservations are required for this free seminar. To make a reservation or to obtain more information, please call (850) 416-1628 or visit www.sacred-heart.org

Sacred Heart Hospital's SENIORSpirit! program will present a free seminar age-related macular degeneration on Thursday, July 17, from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. in the Rehabilitation Center at The Club in Gulf Breeze.

The seminar will be presented by Dr. John Myers, a board certified ophthalmologist with Retina Specialists. The seminar will cover the signs and symptoms macular degeneration, as well as prevention and treatment options.

Age-related macular degeneration is one of the most common causes of severe vision loss for people over the age of 65.  There are two types of this disease - "wet" and "dry." "Dry" macular degeneration, the most common type of the disease, results in the thinning of the macular, which is located in the retina of the eye. This leads to some vision loss.

The "wet" form of macular degeneration only occurs in about ten percent of the cases, but it is a more serious disorder. This form occurs when new blood vessels grow beneath the retina and leak, creating a blind spot in the middle of one's field of vision.

As seating is limited, pre-registration is encouraged. To register, please call (850) 416-1620 or 1-877-416-1620.

Located at The Club at 1230 Crane Cove Blvd. in Gulf Breeze, Sacred Heart Rehabilitation focuses on patient education and provides treatments which help individuals to strive towards improving and maintaining their own health. The clinic is staffed with two full-time physical therapists and a physical therapy assistant to help get patients back on their feet quickly after injury or illness and help reduce or eliminate pain. Services include aquatic therapy, orthopedic rehabilitation, post-arthroscopic rehabilitation, injury rehabilitation, sports medicine, and joint replacement rehabilitation.

Sacred Heart SENIORSpirit! is a free program for persons 55 and older. Benefits include free screenings, seminars, special in-patient benefits such as three free guest meal tickets (up to $5) per hospital stay, a monthly calendar of events detailing all SENIORSpirit! events, a discounted pre-paid lab coupon program, and a quarterly newsletter containing health and event information.

For more information, please call (850) 416-7000 or visit www.sacred-heart.org.

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Sacred Heart Hospital's SENIORSpirit! program will present a free seminar foot pain in seniors on Monday, July 14 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. in the Dudley Greenhut Auditorium on Sacred Heart's main campus.

The seminar will be presented by Dr. Joseph Kiefer, a board-certified podiatric surgeon. The seminar will discuss common causes of foot pain in seniors as well as prevention and treatment options.

As seating is limited, pre-registration is encouraged. To register, please call (850) 416-1620 or 1-877-416-1620.

Sacred Heart SENIORSpirit! is a free program for persons 55 and older. Benefits include free screenings, seminars, special in-patient benefits such as three free guest meal tickets (up to $5) per hospital stay, a monthly calendar of events detailing all SENIORSpirit! events, a discounted pre-paid lab coupon program, and a quarterly newsletter containing health and event information.

For more information, please call (850) 416-7000 or visit www.sacred-heart.org.

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