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News Release

September 15, 2009

Contact: Chris Kaminski , 860-679-4352
e-mail: kaminski@nso.uchc.edu 

Understanding a Woman’s Heart

Free Discovery Series at UConn Health Center October 13

FARMINGTON, CONN. – Heart disease affects both men and women almost equally; however, women are uniquely different and often experience symptoms of heart disease differently than men. Cardiologists from the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center will present the latest information on women’s heart disease and offer tips and advice for reducing heart-related problems at a free Discovery Series program Tuesday, October 13.

The program starts at 7 p.m. in the University of Connecticut Health Center’s Keller Auditorium. To register, call 800-535-6232 or register online at http://discoveryseries.uchc.edu.

Dr. Joyce Meng will address chest pain and when it’s an indication of a heart attack; as well as diagnosing heart disease in a woman. Dr. Anjanette Ferris will present strategies for reducing cardiovascular risk. Dr. Jason Ryan will moderate the program.

More information about the Calhoun Cardiology Center is available at http://heart.uchc.edu.

To get to the UConn Health Center main entrance: Entering the campus from Route 4, at the first stop sign, continue straight. Bear left at the fork and continue up the hill. The main entrance is straight past the next stop sign. Visitor parking is available on the other side of the gate. Directions to the UConn Health Center are available at http://www.uchc.edu/directions/home.html.

UConn Health includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital. Home to Bioscience Connecticut, UConn Health pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. More information about UConn Health is available at www.uchc.edu.

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